Arrested in Britain: legal advice at the station is free, an interpreter is yours on request, and 24 hours is the limit without charge
Legal advice at a police station in England and Wales is free and not means-tested, and the duty solicitor is independent of the police and available around the clock. Once you ask for one, you cannot be questioned until you have had that advice. From GOV.UK: what else you can insist on, what the caution really means, how long you can be held without charge, and how police bail differs from release under investigation.
Stopped by police in London: what the officer must tell you before a search, what you can be asked to remove in the street, and what only out of public view
You do not have to answer questions, and refusing is not on its own a reason to search you. A search needs reasonable grounds; without grounds it needs a senior officer's authorisation. In the street it is coat, jacket, footwear and gloves — everything else comes off out of public view. Point by point from GOV.UK and the Metropolitan Police: what the officer must tell you, what you are entitled to afterwards, and the rules for under-18s.
Phone theft collapses in London: Westminster down 46%, the West End halved — and what to do in the first minutes if yours is snatched
The Met reports 14,000 fewer phone thefts and robberies across London in a year, a 45.8% fall in Westminster and close to half in the West End. Borough by borough: where street crime fell most, why a stolen handset stopped selling, and what to do in the first minutes so your insurer cannot refuse.