Media reports on crime and rough sleeping issues in Covent Garden, London, prompting police response and political pledges.

The entities involved

• Covent Garden →

  district in London, England

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• London →

  capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom

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• Metropolitan Police →

  territorial police force in Greater London

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