87 m. ago Thousands to descend on London for Tommy Robinson rally and counter

A counter-protest organised by Stand Up To Racism is also due to take place in the city on Saturday.

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8 h. ago Met Police to put 1,600 officers on streets as London braces for violence ahead of Tommy Robinson protest

Thousands of people are expected at the far-right activist’s ‘free speech’ rally on Saturday, while Stand Up To Racism UK has organised a counter-demonstration

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11 h. ago London Muslims told to maintain routines during Tommy Robinson demonstration

London Muslims told to maintain routines during Tommy Robinson demonstration  thenationalnews.com

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11 h. ago Londoners brace for violence as Tommy Robinson supporters and counter

More than 1,600 police officers, including 500 from forces from outside London , will be deployed on what will be a chaotic day in the capital with two high profile demonstrations and five football matches.

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11 h. ago Met Police calls in reinforcements and reassures Muslim Londoners ahead of Tommy Robinson protest

Thousands of people are expected at the far-right activist’s ‘free speech’ rally on Saturday, while Stand Up To Racism UK has organised a counter-demonstration

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11 h. ago Met calls in reinforcements and reassures Muslims ahead of Tommy Robinson protest

Met calls in reinforcements and reassures Muslims ahead of Tommy Robinson protest  London Evening Standard

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12 h. ago Police issue no fly zone as protest planned for Welsh town on same day as Tommy Robinson rally

Police say it will be an offence for any unmanned aircraft to fly below 2,000 feet above surface level in the designated area, without its explicit permission

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12 h. ago Met insists Muslims should not change plans ahead of Tommy Robinson rally

Met insists Muslims should not change plans ahead of Tommy Robinson rally  London Evening Standard

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38 h. ago Prince Harry's telling response when quizzed about King as hopes of reconciliation grow

After Prince Harry and King Charles called a truce and met for the first time in almost two years, many are wondering if this almost hour-long meeting could mean a reconciliation within the Firm is closer than ever

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8 d. ago This is a disaster unfolding in plain sight. Each day Keir Starmer is smoothing Nigel Farage’s path to No 10 | Owen Jones

A simple, terrible and obvious mistake is being made. The more Labour echoes Reform’s talking points, the more it strengthens themBritain isn’t sleepwalking into catastrophe; it’s charging towards it. Last year, a violent rightwing uprising tore through our streets – an attempted pogrom in which racists tried to burn asylum seekers alive, attacked homes and businesses thought to belong to migrants, petrol-bombed mosques and assaulted people of colour in broad daylight. That disgrace should hang permanently around the necks of the anti-migrant right, a warning of where scapegoating and toxic lies lead.Instead, the revolt succeeded. Anti-migrant rhetoric in politics and the press has grown more venomous. Reform UK now tops polls by a decisive margin. Its leader, Nigel Farage, raises the spectre of “major civil disorder” unless anti-migrant demands are met. Lucy Connolly – who was jailed after calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire and is married to a former Conser...

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9 d. ago Met police chief calls for review of law after Graham Linehan arrest

Rowley says officers should not be ‘policing toxic culture wars debates’ and are in an impossible positionThe Metropolitan police have declined to drop their investigation into the comedy writer Graham Linehan for tweets about trans issues, and said that the law used by officers to detain him needs reviewing.The Met commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, said on Wednesday officers should not be “policing toxic culture wars debates”, and while any review took place, officers would investigate only more serious cases concerning online messages. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Bob Vylan singer calls for ‘armed resistance’ against the ‘f**king London Met’

Bob Vylan singer calls for ‘armed resistance’ against the ‘f**king London Met’  Jewish News

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2 w. ago Archbishop who met with Putin admits he made a mistake by not calling for end to Ukraine war

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA leaders slammed the archbishop’s meeting with Putin as ‘a betrayal of the Gospel of Christ’

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3 w. ago ‘My laugh is like a horn. A foghorn’: how Alison Hammond became TV’s most joyful presenter

She gets trolled on TikTok, but it just makes her chuckle – the Bake Off host is determined to find the happiness in everything. She talks giggling, golf buggies and Paul Hollywood’s expensive handsAll Alison Hammond wants is to “bring happiness and spread joy”. She’s so devoted to this mission she even did it straight after the death, five years ago, of her beloved mother Maria. “My mum died in hospital at 5.30am,” she recalls. “At 6am, I went out to my car and this woman stopped me for a selfie. I said sure, no problem. I knew it would make her happy, so I hid behind my own smile. Little did she know my mum had just died but looking back, oh my God – I’ll always remember it.”The 50-year-old Brummie whirlwind loves to make someone’s day. At her local supermarket recently, she met a fan called Kate who’d just lost her own mother. “I’ll never forget how hard it was when my mum passed, so I invited Kate to the Bake Off final. She met Paul Hollywood and he gave her ...

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