Day: June 27, 2020

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Mum says police ‘dehumanised’ her daughters by ‘taking selfies at murder scene’

June 27, 2020

The mother of two sisters who were murdered in a London park has hit out at the Metropolitan Police after officers allegedly shared ‘inappropriate’ photos of the crime scene. No one has been charged over the deaths of Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, who are believed to have been stabbed to death by […]

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Bottles lobbed at police during third night of illegal London block parties

June 27, 2020

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Clashes erupted between revellers and police during a third consecutive night of unlicensed street parties in London. Footage on social media shows officers with shields and helmets in a standoff with young people yesterday evening outside a […]

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‘People were abandoned’: injustices of pandemic laid bare in Brent

June 27, 2020

Rhoda Ibrahim had been excited to celebrate International Women’s Day. The community leader, 57, has spent three decades championing the rights of Somali and minority ethnic women in the north-west London borough of Brent. After going to a council event in the early afternoon – the theme was “Each for Equal” – she headed to […]

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