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London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
22 hours ago

Black child suffered broken knee during Met police search

Six Metropolitan Police officers are under investigation after a black child suffered a broken knee during a stop and search incident in London.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say

For decades, the Tories and Labour have turned the other way while the very fabric of our society has been under assault, Yusuf will say. The social contract has not merely been broken; it's been shattered. Under a Reform government, His Majesty's parliament will be sovereign once again. We will secure our borders, leave the ECHR, and deport those here illegally. My message to the British people is simple: I will secure our borders and make you feel safe.
UK politics
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fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 months ago

Sadiq Khan reacts to Reform London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham's 'burka ban' support

"That's not religion. There's nowhere in the Koran that says you have to cover your face or cover your hair. It says you have to be modest. "Where covering your hair and the burka comes is Wahhabism in Saudi. And these are very extreme traditions. In the Middle East, before the extreme Muslim takeover of it, people were in bikinis in Iran and Egypt. It wasn't like it is today."
UK politics
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Met police's culture makes racial harm inevitable', internal review finds

Metropolitan Police is institutionally designed to cause repeated anti-Black harm, with leadership and culture protecting the force from meaningful reform.
London
fromwww.standard.co.uk
5 months ago

Watch: Police find two huge machetes during search of boys stopped for ticket issue' at Euston

Two teenage boys, aged 15 and 16, were arrested after two large machetes were recovered during a stop-and-search at Euston Underground.
Social justice
fromwww.bbc.com
6 months ago

Cricket, racism, the police and the Brixton riots

A 1982 peace-making cricket match sought to bridge post-riot tensions between Brixton's Caribbean community and the Metropolitan Police after discriminatory stop-and-search practices.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

Met police accused of targeting pro-Palestine protesters for stop and search

The Metropolitan Police used section 11 suspicionless stop-and-search powers nearly 50 times, mainly at a Gaza protest, with no arrests recorded from 40 searches.
Privacy technologies
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

I now think police use of live facial recognition will make us safer here's why you should think so too | Brian Paddick

Live facial recognition at large crowded events can non-discriminatorily identify a small minority of offenders while minimally impacting other attendees.
fromwww.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk
8 months ago

The east London youth hub where everyone knows someone who has been stop and searched

Khaleel emphasizes the importance of understanding rights related to stop and search, noting that most attendees personally know someone who has experienced it, reflecting its prevalence.
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UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
11 months ago

Rising number of women stopped and searched by police in England and Wales

The number of women subjected to stop and search has increased, contrasting with a decrease for men, signaling potential issues in policing practices.
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