Police have claimed officers were attempting to de-escalate tensions after outrage spread over an image of police tearing down posters of people abducted by Hamas in Israel. The posters, headed ...

Two officers were photographed stripping flyers of those taken hostage during the October 7 assault on Israel from shutters outside Cullimore Chemist, Edgware. Police had received two calls from ...

The Met said the posters were removed in Edgware to "avoid any further increase in community tension". A spokesperson for the force said the posters were put up late on Saturday.