2 h. ago Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees

A federal judge has agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration from implementing an executive order that a labor union says would cancel collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees

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8 h. ago Serving Metropolitan Police officer charged with multiple sexual assault offences spanning five years

PC Joseph Reece will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court next week charged with sexual assault and voyeurism

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27 h. ago US federal agency texts Barnard College employees to ask if they’re Jewish

Employees received text from EEOC on personal phones linking to survey asking if they are Jewish or IsraeliEmployees from Barnard College received text messages this week from the federally run Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on their personal phones linking to a voluntary survey asking recipients if they are Jewish or Israeli and whether they have been subjected to harassment or antisemitism.The text, which was reviewed by the Guardian, states that the civil rights agency is “currently reviewing the employment practices at Barnard College” and invites current and former employees to complete the linked survey. It is not clear how many college employees received the survey, but it appears to have been sent to a sizable portion of the faculty and other staff. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Trans protest to be held in Birmingham following rallies in London and Edinburgh

Organisers said the aim of the rally is to show solidarity with transgender people.

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55 h. ago Charity boss condemns planned anonymity for firearms officers accused of murder

Director of Inquest Deborah Coles said the change sets a dangerous precedent.

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56 h. ago Former Metropolitan Police Federation employee charged with fraud offences

Former Metropolitan Police Federation employee charged with fraud offences  City of London Police

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57 h. ago 'Suspect' on Disney+ digs for the truth around a fatal London police shooting

A new Disney+ miniseries recreates a real-life police shooting that left a family reeling and searching for answers

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59 h. ago Woman charged over alleged Buckingham Palace bomb hoax ‘unfit to stand trial’

Diane Durham, from West Yorkshire, is accused of posting a message on X which suggested an explosive was being carried to the palace on a train.

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61 h. ago Appeal after London hotel worker jailed for rape and sexual assaults

Appeal after London hotel worker jailed for rape and sexual assaults  Metropolitan Police

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62 h. ago Police smash shoplifting gang using DNA to trace 5,000 stolen items: Officers raid corner shops selling £150K worth of goods swiped on order from major supermarkets

Metropolitan Police detectives tagged 5,000 commonly stolen items such as alcohol and chocolate with SelectaDNA, a fluid only visible under ultraviolet (UV) light.

Economics

63 h. ago Trans rights rally placards should be investigated by Met, policing minister says

Placards carried at a trans rights protest in London over the weekend should be investigated by the Metropolitan Police, the policing minister has said.

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3 d. ago Police officers who fail vetting to be automatically sacked under new rules

Measures will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday which will make it a legal requirement for serving officers to pass vetting procedures.

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3 d. ago ‘Profoundly sorry’ George Santos writes to judge ahead of fraud sentencing

Ex-congressman writes letter in bid for leniency and says seven-year sentence sought by prosecutors is too harshThe disgraced former congressman George Santos is defending his recent social media remarks to a federal judge who will sentence him this week on several fraud charges.In a letter before his Friday court appearance in New York, Santos, 36, said he was “profoundly sorry” for his crimes but believed a seven-year prison sentence was too harsh, AP reported. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago George Santos defends social media tirade to federal judge set to sentence prison him for fraud

George Santos is defending his recent social media tirade to a federal judge who will sentencing the disgraced former congressman later this week on fraud charges

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3 d. ago Serving female Metropolitan Police officer charged with sexually assaulting woman

PC Julie Bragg is due before Westminster Magistrates Court on Wednesday, Scotland Yard confirmed in a statement

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3 d. ago Anger as Met moves local police in Rotherhithe to site 45 minute walk away

Local politicians claim senior officers were offered the opportunity to open a temporary hub nearby but snubbed the idea

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3 d. ago Stephen Lawrence murder 32 years on: The murderers, suspects and major police failings

It has been 32 years since the notorious racist murder of Stephen Lawrence, who was stabbed to death at a bus stop, and where Metropolitan Police admitted 'many mistakes' were made in the 1990s investigation

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4 d. ago Mother of Jean Charles de Menezes says ‘everyone should watch’ TV drama

Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes was shot seven times by police in Stockwell underground station in July 2005.

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4 d. ago ‘We didn’t want to avoid the reality of what happened’: the drama telling the true story of Jean Charles de Menezes

The 2005 shooting of the Brazilian created national headlines, but the shocking truth of his death remains unknown by many. A new series aims to do justice to his story – and those who fought to clear his nameOn 22 July 2005, 27-year-old Jean Charles de Menezes was shot and killed by firearms officers on the London underground shortly after boarding a train. The information relayed by the Metropolitan police at the time was that he had leapt over the ticket barriers at Stockwell station and was wearing a bulky coat under which officers thought he was hiding a bomb.The incident occurred two weeks after the 7/7 bombings on London’s transport network, where 52 people were killed, and the day after a copycat attack in which four men tried – and mercifully failed – to detonate devices on three underground trains and a bus; the bombers in the latter incidents fled the scene, triggering a police manhunt. It later emerged that De Menezes was innocent and the intelligence on him was flawed. ...

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6 d. ago Infamous Netflix Fyre Festival sequel postponed as artist reveals talks to play event

Despite being sentenced to jail on fraud charges and grabbing the world's attention with an incredibly disastrous music festival, Billy McFarland decided to give it another shot

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