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Child Q: Police booed and prevented from speaking at protest in Hackney over strip-search of schoolgirl

Senior police officers were booed and told to resign by angry protesters gathering in support of a black 15-year-old girl who was subjected to a “ traumatic” strip-search at her school.

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Child Q: Protests planned in Hackney after schoolgirl was strip-searched by police

The black 15-year-old girl was strip-searched while she was on her period after she was accused of cannabis possession

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Sadiq Khan: Strip-search Met officers should face gross misconduct hearing

The Metropolitan Police officers who strip-searched a 15-year-old black schoolgirl at a school in Hackney should be investigated for gross misconduct, Sadiq Khan has said.

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Strip search of a black girl in Hackney school shames us all

When will you see black girls? That’s what I thought when reading about Child Q, a 15-year-old black schoolgirl from Hackney, taken out of her exam and strip searched by the Met Police while on her period, without adult supervision, because someone suspected she smelled of cannabis. After no drugs…

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Met Police officers who strip searched Black schoolgirl under investigation

Staff members at her Hackney-based secondary school called the police after falsely alleging drug possession

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Why was a black straight-A schoolgirl strip-searched and so badly failed by the Met?

Before December 2020, Child Q, a 15-year-old black schoolgirl from Hackney, was top of her class. Praised every day for her good work and good conduct, her family described her as “happy-go-lucky” and “bubbly” – she was even a prefect in her year.

Evening Standard

Police strip-searched a 15-year-old black girl at school. When will these abuses end?

The pupil from east London was humiliated, and we should be outraged. It seems police racism and misogyny is as bad as ever, says Labour MP Diane Abbott

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Racism cited as factor in police strip search of girl, 15, at London school

Black child’s ordeal, which involved exposure of intimate body parts, took place without parental consent, review finds

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Bree Runway at Electric Brixton review - surely a superstar in waiting

The Hackney star had the venue in the palm of her hand for this short, sweet and flawless set

Evening Standard

Glasgow cab bosses slam taxi queues at 1am outside Hydro 'on quiet night' in city

Concertgoers were still to be found waiting for a taxi outside the Hydro at 1am this morning - two hours after the Country to Country gig finished at 11pm.

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Two charged with attempted murder following Hackney stabbing

Two people have been charged with attempted murder following a stabbing in Hackney.

Evening Standard

Bree Runway review – the high-octane magic of a superstar in the making

Manchester AcademyThe Hackney-born artist flits between hip-hop, stadium rock and silky balladry to showcase her class and delight a wild crowd

The Guardian - UK

School streets: CCTV cameras erected on hundreds of London streets in school run crackdown

Non-residents face being fined £130 if they enter street at the start and end of school day

Evening Standard

Horror as 17-year-old boy is shot in broad daylight in Hackney

Belgrade Road, Hackney

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Man jailed after stabbing victim in the heart in Hackney

Police said ‘this could very easily have been a murder investigation’

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Hackney micro studio smaller than a parking space sells at auction for £40,000 above guide price

The studio is currently let out for £800 per month

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Living in London: Laura Jackson on why swapping Hackney for Forest Gate was a surprisingly smart move

TV presenter, podcast host and chief of homewares platform Glassette, Laura Jackson, shares her insider’s tips to the east London area

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Facing Heaven: Mao Chow to close as owner Julian Denis opens new restaurant

The restaurateur’s new place will be double the size of his Hackney hole-in-the-wall

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Hackney parks to get more cafes, ice cream vendors ahead of summer

Hackney Council is proposing more cafes and market traders for its local parks as it encourages more people to get out and about ahead of summer.

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Darren Ogiste: Police issue fresh appeal for information 16 years after fatal drive-by shooting in Hackney

Police have issued a fresh appeal for information 16 years after a fatal drive-by shooting in Hackney.

Evening Standard

Michelin star restaurants in London 2022: All the capital’s one, two and three star restaurants

Your must-eat list for the next 12 months landed this morning

Evening Standard

TfL: Everything you need to know about upcoming London bus service cuts

London’s commuters are facing yet more misery in the near future as TfL is set to make a decision on whether to axe several key bus routes in the coming weeks.

Glasgow Live

1,000 Glasgow taxis could disappear from city streets due to Low Emission Zone rules

Unite Glasgow Cab section is warning that the trade will lose hundreds of cabs and livelihoods if an extension to the Low Emissions Zone Phase 2 is not forthcoming for hackney cabs.

Evening Standard

Eight rescued as bar floor collapses in Hackney Wick

The incident happened in Hackney Wick on Saturday evening

Evening Standard

Talking Point: Is home ownership in London too prohibitive?

The news that flats in London were beginning to catch up with the rest of the country in terms of property price growth – and in some cases outstrip them – is unlikely to be welcomed by any potential first-time buyers out there looking to take advantage of the pandemic…

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