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Yvette Cooper solves one headache for justice system but may have caused another

Allowing police to disclose ethnicity and nationality of suspects could have consequences for race relations

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025

Asylum seeker charged with sexually assaulting male while staying at protest-hit Epping hotel

Mohammed Sharwarq has been charged with seven offences and has been remanded into custody

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025

Next UK protest over Palestine Action ban aims to sign up 1,000 people

Defend Our Juries believes London protest in September could lead to ban being lifted, after 532 arrests on Saturday

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025

Government rolls out expansion of police facial recognition vans

A new legal framework will be drawn up to support the expanded use of the technology, the Government has said

Evening Standard · Aug 12, 2025

Live facial recognition to be widened in neighbourhood policing drive

A new legal framework will be drawn up to support the expanded use of the technology, the Government said.

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

If stopping the boats were simple, it would have happened by now

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With the number of people who have crossed the Channel on small boats since Keir Starmer came to power passing 50,000, it is a reminder that, during the election, Labour gave the impression it had a plan to fix the problem of irregular migration. But that…

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

Voices: I was arrested at the Palestine Action ban protest – and it all still seems surreal

COMMENT: I never envisaged that, at the age of 75, I would be detained under the Terrorism Act while people screamed ‘Shame on you!’, writes environmentalist and author Jonathon Porritt

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2025

Channel migrants reaching 50,000 under Labour ‘unacceptable’ – ex-home secretary

Baroness Jacqui Smith of Malvern, now an education minister, said criminal gangs were allowed to become entrenched under the Conservative government.

Evening Standard · Aug 12, 2025

Palestine Action co-founder accuses ministers of making defamatory claims

Huda Ammori says No 10’s allegations go against its own intelligence assessments, as pressure grows over mass arrests

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2025

How long can overstretched Met Police cope if Palestine Action protests continue?

NEWS ANALYSIS: ‘Tiredness is setting in’ for overstretched Met police officers as protesters vow to continue flouting Palestine Action’s terror ban, writes Amy-Clare Martin

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2025