PM sets up commission to look at ‘all aspects’ of racial inequality in UK

June 14, 2020 Article

Boris Johnson has pledged to establish a cross-government commission to examine “all aspects” of racial inequality in Britain. Writing in The Daily Telegraph, the Prime Minister acknowledged that Britain had much more to do to deal with the issue. He said the commission on race and ethnic disparities would look at “all aspects of inequality […]

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Charge after man appears to urinate next to Pc Keith Palmer memorial

June 14, 2020 Article

A 28-year-old has been charged after a man was photographed apparently urinating next to the memorial dedicated to Pc Keith Palmer, the officer who was stabbed to death in the 2017 terror attack in Westminster. Andrew Banks, of Stansted, Essex, has been charged with outraging public decency and will appear in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ […]

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Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Hatred in North East England

June 10, 2020 Article

Lockdown community spirit could help tackle Islamophobia Active steps are needed to retain and build...

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Upstander intervenes to stop men intimidating Muslim women and demanding to know why they wear hijabs

June 9, 2020 Article

A member of the public intervened to stop two men harassing Muslim women and demanding...

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Workers to begin untangling charred metal web on Notre Dame

June 7, 2020 Article

Workers suspended from ropes will be lowered into the charred remains of scaffolding that melted atop Notre Dame when the cathedral went up in flames to begin the delicate job of dismantling the 200 tons of metal. The work will start on Monday and last through the summer months, according to the office overseeing the […]

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Egyptian doctor accused of FGM surgery on three girls

June 6, 2020 Article

A doctor and a father of three girls will be tried in an Egyptian criminal court over claims of female genital mutilation (FGM) surgery, a rights lawyer said. Reda el-Danbouki, executive director of the Women’s Centre for Guidance and Legal Awareness in Cairo, said the procedures took place last week in the district of Juhaynah […]

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Rabbi Wittenberg Speaks About Judaism & Equality After the Murder of George Floyd

June 5, 2020 Article

Monotheism means the indivisibility of God. This is not just the basis of Jewish theology, but of universal humanity. When the Torah, in chapter one, teaches that every human being is created in God’s image, it leaves no place for the notion of ‘children of a lesser God’. There exists no one who doesn’t matter, […]

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Madeleine McCann suspect ‘confessed to abduction in 2017’

June 5, 2020 Article

The German suspect in the Madeleine McCann case allegedly confessed to her abduction on the 10th anniversary of her disappearance in 2017, according to reports. The Sun newspaper claimed that the man admitted to a friend he had “snatched” the young girl as they drank in a German bar. The suspect reportedly shared the revelation […]

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BAME people more likely to be arrested under coronavirus laws, figures suggest

June 3, 2020 Article

Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people were nearly 50% more likely than white people to be arrested in London using coronavirus laws, new figures suggest. The total number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) handed out by the Metropolitan Police between March 27 and May 14 was almost a fifth higher for those from non-white […]

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