The Latest Breaking News from Ed Lawrence

Alice Cooper praises Ozzy Osbourne as rock-and-roll ‘lifer’

Osbourne, who died this week, fronted Black Sabbath on classic tracks such as Paranoid, Iron Man and War Pigs.

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025

Protest laws would be denounced if done by China, says ex-Hong Kong Governor

Tory peer Lord Patten of Barnes said he found it ‘astonishing’ that the Public Order Bill was being proposed.

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023

Britain Summons China’s Ambassador over Treatment of BBC Journalist

Britain summoned China's ambassador on Tuesday to raise the treatment of a British journalist whose employer, the BBC, said had been assaulted by Chinese police while he was covering a protest in Shanghai. The incident has deepened long-running diplomatic tension between Britain and China over a range of issues including…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 29, 2022

No 10 condemns ‘shocking and unacceptable’ arrest of journalist in China

UK warns Beijing there is ‘absolutely no excuse’ for reporters to be ‘beaten by the police’.

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022

Rishi Sunak denounces Chinese arrest of BBC journalist as ‘shocking and unacceptable’

Incident came ahead of speech in which PM will set out ‘robust pragmatism’ policy towards Beijing

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022

BBC says Chinese police assaulted and detained its reporter at Shanghai protest

Journalist Ed Lawrence was beaten after being arrested at a protest against China’s strict Covid restrictions, broadcaster says

The Guardian - AU · Nov 28, 2022

UK and China in international row after BBC journalist 'beaten by police'

THE UK has warned Beijing there was “absolutely no excuse” for a BBC journalist covering protests in China to be “beaten by the police”.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 28, 2022

UK warns China after BBC journalist ‘beaten’ by police during protests

Grant Shapps said there was ‘no excuse’ for the treatment of Edward Lawrence by Chinese authorities.

The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2022

BBC says Chinese police assaulted its journalist at COVID protest

Footage on social media showed a man whom other journalists identified as the BBC’s Ed Lawrence being arrested.

Al Jazeera · Nov 28, 2022

China Arrests BBC Journalist Covering Covid Protests

The BBC said on Sunday one of its journalists in China had been arrested and beaten by police while covering protests against the country's zero-Covid policy. Hundreds of people took to the streets in China's major cities on Sunday in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state, AFP…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 28, 2022