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Sir Keir Starmer targeted by protesters near parliament
As Boris Johnson tries to move on from his political troubles, events outside parliament have reignited the row.
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Former Met officer speaks about her experience of sexism and racism in the force
The murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Met police officer has plunged the force into crisis. And yesterday the home secretary announced an independent inquiry into systematic failures by the police. After that announcement, we spoke to one former officer, a British Asian woman, about her experience of sexism and racism at Scotland Yard.…
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Jeffrey Epstein: Met Police to review decision not to investigate Epstein amid Prince Andrew US lawsuit
Scotland Yard says it will review its decision not to investigate whether the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein committed crimes in London, after one of his accusers lodged a civil case against Prince Andrew in New York. The Met Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick said no-one was above the law, but would not be opening…
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Revealed: British police received further complaint of sex crimes in relation to Jeffrey Epstein in 2019
A Channel 4 News investigation can reveal a woman contacted the Metropolitan Police in December 2019 to make allegations of sexual assault.
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Institutional racism in Met ‘worse now’ than after Macpherson inquiry, says former officer
As the fourth child of immigrants from the Punjab, Parm Sandhu barely spoke English as a child. She was forced into marriage, but eventually fled to London, where she joined the Metropolitan Police.
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We need to demand more of the police’, says Domestic Abuse Commissioner
We contacted the Home Office to ask what procedures are in place to deal with police officers accused of domestic abuse.
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More than 100 women accuse police officers of domestic abuse, alleging ‘boys club’ culture
One woman every week is coming forward to report their partner in the police is seriously abusing them or their children – more than 125 have come forward in the last two years, Channel 4 News can reveal. Every woman we spoke to said police failed to investigate their own.
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Vigil held for Sarah Everard outside parliament
Hundreds of women have been gathering this evening at a peaceful vigil in Parliament Square to pay tribute to Sarah Everard.
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Former top Met Police officer Nusrit Mehtab sues over ‘racial and sexist abuse’
It’s more than 20 since the Macpherson Inquiry – commissioned after the death of Stephen Lawrence – declared that the Metropolitan Police was “institutionally racist”. Last summer, in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, Scotland Yard commissioner Cressida Dick told this programme the label no longer applied. Tonight, though, the most senior Asian…
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Dozens arrested during Extinction Rebellion protests in London
Extinction Rebellion protesters have descended on Parliament Square in central London to kick off 10 days of civil disobedience, demanding government action on the climate crisis.
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Facial recognition cameras to be used by police in London
Scotland Yard says facial recognition cameras will be deployed across London – aimed at identifying people suspected of gun and knife crime, child sexual exploitation and serious violence. Signs will be put up to show where the cameras are in use – and the Met have insisted they won’t be used ‘to search speculatively or…
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Police search Staffordshire properties linked to attacker
Officers are still searching the address in Stafford where Usman Khan had been living since he was released from prison in December last year.
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Further leaked memos criticise Trump’s withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal
The memo, in further leaked cables, claimed Donald Trump acted because the deal had been agreed by his predecessor Barack Obama.
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Police launch criminal investigation into leaked diplomatic memos
There’s been widespread criticism of the police decision to target journalists.
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More than 750 arrested after week of climate change protests
More police officers have been drafted in to control the climate change protests in central London – with the number of people arrested now more than 750.