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In today’s newsletter: From peaceful demonstrations to political strategy, recent arrests reveal how the battle for key voters ​seems to be the biggest influence on the way the law is enforced

Exclusive: Michael Weston King, grandfather of Bebe King, warns government against ‘kowtowing to the likes of Farage’

Recent protests at asylum hotels in Epping, Essex, have prompted calls from the hotel’s residents for something rare in UK migration debates: understanding. This is something that has been clearly lacking in the conversations fuelling anti-immigrant protests, from Southport in summer 2024 to Ballymena in Northern Ireland and Essex this…

Foreign secretary had failed to secure a rod licence before hosting US vice-president at his official residence in Kent

The parents of Alice da Silva Aguiar have launched Alice’s WonderDance.

Police forces have been told to share suspects’ ethnicity and nationality with the public after authorities were accused of covering up…

Just over a year ago, riots swept across parts of the UK following the murder of three schoolgirls in Southport. In 2011, the police killing of Mark Duggan led to five nights of rioting that left five people dead. And in 1981, there were weeks of rioting in cities across…

Amnesty International analysis found algorithm ‘systematically prioritises’ content that ‘sparks outrage’

Dozens of protesters are still wanted by police for offences such as throwing bricks

Her comments come after Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called for police forces to release the immigration status of people who are charged with crimes

It comes amid claims of a ‘cover-up’ of details about an alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton.