Soviet anthropologist Michael Gerasimov opens the tomb of Timurid Empire founder Timur and allegedly finds the inscription ...

With only a truncheon and a rattle for protection, the first Metropolitan Police constables took to London's streets 175 years ago on Tuesday 29 September 1829. Named after Home Secretary Robert Peel, ...

Established in 1829, the Met Police has grown from a fledgling organization ... in tribute to its founder. The Met's first officers, numbering just over 1,000, were tasked with patrolling the ...

The Metropolitan Police was created in 1829, and was the first professional police force in the UK. As London grew, the area policed by the Met expanded, as did the workforce. The Met currently ...

Some police chiefs believe this is down to the service increasingly being seen as the first resort for people ... 200 years to the birth of the Met itself. In 1829, Sir Robert Peel set out his ...