4 h. ago Calls for inquiry after black children labelled 'subnormal' and 'made to wash white kids'

Labour MP Kim Johnson is calling on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to launch an inquiry for black children who were labelled 'educationally subnormal' and sent to schools for children with disabilities

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8 h. ago Black, Asian and Mixed heritage children "invisible", safeguarding report finds

A new child safeguarding report has revealed that there was no acknowledgment of race or racism when it came to the reviews of 53 Black, Asian and Mixed heritage children who died or were harmed which was deeply concerning.

Politics

38 h. ago MP calls for inquiry into labelling of black pupils as ‘educationally subnormal’

Kim Johnson tells parliament lessons must be learnt from poor treatment of children at institutions in 1960s and 70sThe historic injustice of a scandal in which black children were incorrectly labelled “educationally subnormal” and sent to schools for physically and mentally disabled pupils must be addressed with a public inquiry, an MP has said.Kim Johnson, the Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, is calling on Keir Starmer to bring justice to survivors and to also expose the long-term effects it has had in the education system. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago ‘Draconian’ school policies unfairly impact ethnic minority children, MPs told

Labour MP Kim Johnson called for a public inquiry into a ‘miscarriage of justice’.

Society

2 d. ago NI Assembly calls on Irish Government to start inquiry into Omagh bomb

The bomb killed 29 people, including a woman who was pregnant with twins, in the worst single atrocity in the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

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3 d. ago Why has the home secretary rejected calls for an inquiry over the murder of MP Sir David Amess?

Family of late politician angry at Yvette Cooper for not staging probe

Society

4 d. ago David Amess’s wife speaks out after home secretary rejects inquiry into MP’s murder

Lady Julia Amess, widow of late MP Sir David Amess, has responded after the home secretary rejected calls for a public inquiry into his murder.

Society

4 d. ago David Amess’s family show clip of Starmer calling for ‘questions to answer’ after inquiry into MP’s death rejected

Sir David Amess’s family have shown a clip of Sir Keir Starmer saying there are “questions to answer” after an inquiry into the MP’s death was rejected.

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4 d. ago Home Secretary faces family's fury as she rejects call for public inquiry into 'state failures' that allowed terrorist to murder Tory MP David Amess

Yvette Cooper said it was 'hard to see how an inquiry would be able to go beyond' terrorist killer Ali Harbi Ali's trial and the recently published Prevent learning review.

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4 d. ago Cooper accused of ‘adding salt to wound’ after rejecting calls for public inquiry into David Amess murder

Sir David’s daughter, Katie Amess, said Ms Cooper’s words were ‘adding salt onto an open wound’

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4 d. ago Home Secretary rejects calls from Sir David Amess’s family for public inquiry

Sir David’s widow and daughter described the letter as ‘unacceptable’ and ‘insulting’.

Society

8 d. ago Kendal car horror: Child killed when car drove onto sports pitch was 10

Two children were hit by a black BMW i40 after it drove onto a football pitch in the town of Kendal, with police yet to share an update on the condition of the second

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9 d. ago MP calls for inquiry after 'shocking' oil spill in London river destroys wildlife

An estimated 4,000 litres of diesel spilled into the River Wandle

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2 w. ago Protesters accuse BBC of airing 'Hamas propaganda' amid row over Gaza documentary

Protesters gathered outside Broadcasting House on Tuesday calling for an inquiry into its coverage of Israel

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2 w. ago 'Desperately needed' London grooming gangs inquiry REJECTED as Labour and Sadiq Khan refuse 'repeated calls for action'

'Desperately needed' London grooming gangs inquiry REJECTED as Labour and Sadiq Khan refuse 'repeated calls for action'  GB News

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2 w. ago Was licence fee payers' cash given to Hamas? Kemi Badenoch writes to BBC boss demanding action over Gaza documentary scandal

In an excoriating letter seen by the Daily Mail to BBC chief Tim Davie, Mrs Badenoch called for an inquiry to investigate any 'potential collusion with Hamas' and 'the possibility of payment' to its officials.

Economics

3 w. ago Council backs calls for public inquiry into firm running GP surgeries in Wales

One councillor, introducing the motion, called the situation a 'scandal of epic proportions'

Politics

3 w. ago Mum of teen girl 'murdered and turned into kebab meat' calls for grooming gang inquiry

Charlene Downes went missing from her hometown of Blackpool in Lancashire on November 1, 2003 – over 20 years later and police are still no closer to solving her murder

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3 w. ago Charlene Downes: Mum of missing teenager backs calls for grooming gang investigation

The mother of missing teenager Charlene Downes is backing calls for an inquiry into grooming gangs.

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3 w. ago Sickening moment armed Hamas soldiers stand over coffins of dead children in latest Gaza exchange

Shocking images released from the south Gaza city Khan Younis show Hamas soldiers returning the bodies of four Israeli hostages - including two young children - in black coffins

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