Image copyright Getty Images The UK’s central bank and the Church of England have both apologised for the role that some of their senior figures played in the slave trade. Former Bank of England governors and directors profited from slavery, as did a bishop and dozens of other clergymen. The Bank said it would ensure […]
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Image copyright RoadWorks It’s been a couple of years since large sections of the media first started panicking about drill music, questioning if the genre’s often violent lyrics were contributing to knife crime in London – sometimes claiming outright that they were. For the youth workers helping young people navigate daily life, it was never […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPatrick Hutchinson: “We did what we had to do” The individual pictured carrying a white man to safety following a clash between protest groups in London has said he and his friends “stopped somebody from being killed”. Patrick Hutchinson was widely praised after a photo of him […]
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Some families say they will hold a memorial at the site of the gutted 24 storey tower Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have said social distancing has meant this year’s anniversary of the disaster will be even more difficult. Seventy-two people were killed in the blaze in Kensington, […]
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Image copyright Google Image caption An officer was filmed while he was pinned to the ground in Frampton Park Road The home secretary and the Police Federation have condemned an attack on two police officers which was filmed by members of the public. Video circulating on social media shows an officer struggling on the ground […]
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Image caption Wendell Baker was jailed for life in 2013 after attacking 66-year-old Hazel Backwell and locking her in a cupboard An attempt to block the release of a man convicted of beating and raping a pensioner has been rejected by the Parole Board. Wendell Baker was given a life sentence in 2013 for attacking […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionProtesters gathered in Parliament Square in London Thousands of people have joined anti-racism demonstrations across the UK. The protests, sparked by the death of George Floyd in the US, were held in cities including London, Manchester, Cardiff, Leicester and Sheffield. In London, protesters knelt for a minute’s […]
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Image copyright @DRNimages1 Image caption Officers were called to Energen Close in Harlesden A two-year-old boy is in a serious condition in hospital after being hurt in a shooting in Harlesden, north west London, police have said. The lone gunman is thought to have fled on a motorbike after firing at two men, a mother […]
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Image copyright Jamie Hawkesworth Three front-line workers from London will star on the cover of British Vogue next month. A London Overground train driver, an east London midwife and a King’s Cross supermarket worker will all feature on July’s front page. Photographer Jamie Hawkesworth captured the trio of women for a 20-page portfolio for the […]
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThousands marched from Trafalgar Square to the US embassy in South London Thousands of people have gathered across central London to protest against the killing of an unarmed black man by police in the US. They held up signs saying “Justice for George Floyd”, who died in […]
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