Brooke Davies

Brooke Davies | News reporter

News reporter specialising in London-based stories, with a particular emphasis on crime, policing, prisons and justice.

brooke.davies@metro.co.uk

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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 16: Lady Victoria Hervey is seen at Hotel Martinez during the 77th Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2024 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Jacopo Raule/GC Images)

Prince Andrew’s ex sparks backlash with 'sick' response to Virginia Giuffre's death

UK 3 hours agoBy Brooke Davies

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Huge lorry fire forces major motorway to close before weekend rush

UK 5 hours agoBy Brooke Davies

Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre’s final social media posts before suicide

World 51 minutes agoBy Brooke Davies

Interactive map reveals the worst London crime rates by borough

UK 23 hours agoBy Brooke Davies

UK's most prolific shoplifter back behind bars after stealing £1,300 of goods

UK 1 day agoBy Brooke Davies

There were fears of dead and wounded after a Russian strike hit an ordinary apartment block in Ukrainian city Pavlohrad.

Putin ignores Trump's 'Vladimir stop' demand by launching lethal kamikaze drones

World 1 day agoBy Brooke Davies

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Man, 65, found dead in west London flat named after two arrested for 'murder'

UK 20 hours agoBy John Dunne

Rescuers with a service dog look for residents, who could still be under rubber of a destroyed residential building, which was hit during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 24, 2025. REUTERS/Alina Smutko

Donald Trump pleads 'Vladimir stop' after Putin's deadly strikes on Kyiv

World 2 days agoBy Brooke Davies

Stephen Oakeshott, in his home in New Addington, Croydon where he has lived with his late mother Carole Elizabeth Oakeshott. Although Stephen is disabled and is being evicted from his family home by the local council. ?? photograph by David Sandison www.dsandison.com +44 7710 576 445

Bailiffs refuse to kick grieving disabled man out of council flat he was born in

UK 2 days agoBy Brooke Davies

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: Athletes pass the Palace of Westminster as they compete in the Men's Marathon on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games on the streets of London on August 12, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Map shows London Marathon route map and road closures for 2025

UK 1 day agoBy Brooke Davies

Police Scotland is appealing for any information that could help to trace 59-year-old Raymond McCourt, a convicted prisoner who has absconded from HMP Castle Huntly. He was reported missing to police around 5.30pm on Tuesday, 22 April, 2025. Raymond uses public transport and has connections to the Glasgow and Edinburgh areas. The public are being asked not to approach him.

Convicted murderer who sparked manhunt after prison escape has been found

UK 1 day agoBy Brooke Davies

An explosion of a ballistic missile lights up the sky over the city during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 24, 2025. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Nato scrambles warplanes after Putin launches 'murderous' strikes across Ukraine

World 2 days agoBy Josh Milton

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Hotel manager jailed for rape after guest woke up to find him licking her feet

UK 3 days agoBy Brooke Davies

Bus driver admits killing nine-year-old girl while high on drugs

UK 3 days agoBy Brooke Davies

epa12009544 A Ukrainian serviceman of the 44th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces operates an FH70 howitzer along a frontline in the Zaporizhia area, Ukraine, 04 April 2025, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. EPA/VITALII NOSACH

Key figures abruptly pull out of crunch Ukraine peace summit in London today

Politics 3 days agoBy Brooke Davies

St George's Cross flags are displayed by residents of the Kirby Estate in Bermondsey in support of the England football team at Euro 2024 on 2nd July 2024 in London, United Kingdom. England will play Switzerland in the Euro 2024 quarter-final on Saturday. (photo by Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Today is not St George's Day despite what your calendar might tell you

UK 3 days agoBy Brooke Davies

Picture shows Luis Fernando Rocha Silva, 7, his mother, Mirian Lira, 32, and his sister, Evelyn Fernanda, 13. Luis Fernando died after eating a poisoned Easter egg and his mother and sister are in critical condition in Imperatriz, Brazil. (Newsflash/NX)

Brother and sister dead after eating poisoned Easter egg left on their doorstep

World 3 days agoBy Brooke Davies

Paramedics and police personnel carry an injured tourist at a hospital in Anantnag, south of Srinagar, on April 22, 2025, following an attack. Gunmen in Indian-administered Kashmir opened fire on a group of tourists on April 22, with the chief minister saying the "inhuman" attack was one of the worst targeting civilians for years. At least five people were killed, a senior politician in the Himalayan region said. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP) (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP via Getty Images)

Hunt for four gunmen who shot dead at least 26 tourists in terror attack

World 3 days agoBy Sam Corbishley

Map reveals London hotspots feared to have been bugged by Chinese spies

UK 4 days agoBy Brooke Davies

Police take a photo of revellers at the Notting Hill Carnival, in London, Britain, August 26, 2024. REUTERS/Mina Kim

Notting Hill Carnival 'at risk of a Hillsborough-scale tragedy’

UK 4 days agoBy Brooke Davies