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PinkNews has published an opinion piece from Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Opposition, at 12noon today Friday, July 5 ahead of tomorrow’s Pride in London march. Here is the full text. “This Pride, we’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. It’s a moment to remember that those “riots” were direct action by an oppressed community, led by black trans activists struggling against a bigoted state. I myself remember the bold action taken by campaigners against Section 28, organised...

Cuts to policing have contributed to a feeling of lawlessness fuelled by drug and knife crime, five former Scotland Yard chiefs have said. In a letter to the Times, the former top brass warned the police service’s resources had been “drained to dangerously low” levels. The letter, which was signed by Lord Condon, Lord Stevens, Lord Blair, Sir Paul Stephenson and Lord Hogan-Howe – who collectively ran the Metropolitan Police from 1993 to 2017 – said the public now have...

Popularised in 2009 in a speech by David Cameron new research finds many are still struggling to get by.

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Chief Inspector of Constabulary Sir Thomas Winsor made the finding in his annual assessment. Public safety could be put at risk unless “profound and far-reaching” police reforms are urgently introduced, the chief inspector of constabulary has warned. In his annual assessment of policing in England and Wales, Sir Thomas Winsor said, if changes are not made, forces “face unacceptable compromises in quality of service levels of public safety”. In his report for Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and...

The Duke of Cambridge became the prince of hugs when he showed off his affectionate side and embraced a hospital cleaner. William’s heartfelt encounter came as he visited the Royal Marsden in central London to highlight its work supporting the mental health of cancer patients, their families and the medical staff who care for them. Speaking to a matron who had returned to duties after receiving help, he praised the work of nurses, saying the “reservoirs of compassion” they must...

The travelling community is in “a state of panic” as Dublin’s councils seek to hire a full-time security company to evict families from private land, it has been warned. A joint tender document from the four local authorities was published on June 25 by Dublin City Council saying they are seeking a security firm to help evict Travellers from sites around the county, seven days a week. The contract’s estimated total value excluding VAT is more than 750,000 euro. John Connors,...

Tommy Robinson’s broadcasting of footage featuring defendants in a criminal trial was “subjectively reckless”, High Court judges have been told. The former English Defence League (EDL) leader, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is said to have committed contempt of court by filming defendants accused of the sexual exploitation of young girls and livestreaming footage on social media, in breach of a reporting ban. Lawyers for the Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC, whose application to have Robinson committed to prison...

The City of London Police officer, known as BX44, was giving evidence anonymously at the Old Bailey.