5 h. ago Three people arrested just outside London suspected of 'spying for Russia'

All three were arrested on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service and taken to a police station in London

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1 week ago Corbyn calls 890 arrested at Palestine Action rally ‘people of principle and courage’

Jeremy Corbyn called the 890 people arrested at a demonstration in support of Palestine Action in London’s Parliament Square on Saturday people of “principle” and “courage.”

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1 week ago Almost 900 people were arrested at London Palestine Action protest, police say

Almost 900 people were arrested at London Palestine Action protest, police say  Reuters

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1 week ago Almost 900 people arrested at Palestine Action protest, Met police say

Demonstration in central London on Saturday led to 857 arrests under Terrorism ActA total of 890 arrests were made at a demonstration against the banning of Palestine Action as a terrorist group in central London on Saturday.Police arrested 857 people under the Terrorism Act for showing support for a proscribed group, while 33 people were arrested for other offences, including 17 for assaults on police officers, the Metropolitan police said. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Nearly 900 people arrested at Westminster protest in support of banned group Palestine Action

The Metropolitan Police confirmed that 890 arrests were made during the demonstration in Parliament Square on Saturday

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1 week ago Met Police hits out at ‘exceptional abuse’ at Palestine Action protest

London force arrests more than 425 people supporting proscribed group

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1 week ago Ministers considering human rights reform in bid to head off Reform as defence secretary say Starmer going ‘up a gear’ – UK politics live

New home secretary Shabana Mahmood expected to to say asylum seekers will be moved from hotels to barracksJohn Healey also said Shabana Mahmood will be “just as tough as Cooper” on Palestine Action, the campaign group opposing Israel’s assault on Gaza that the government controversially proscribed under the Terrorism Act in July, making membership of or support of the group a criminal offence.More than 425 people were arrested in London yesterday at the largest demonstration yet opposing the proscription of Palestine Action.I think you’ll start to see Keir Starmer insist that dealing with the small boats, solving the immigration illegal immigration crisis, is part of the jobs the whole of government, not just the Home Office.So with the Home Office, I have been putting military planners into their Border Command and into their planning for the future, and we are looking at the potential use of military and non military use sites for temporary accommodation for the people who come ac...

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2 w. ago Comedy writer Graham Linehan claims he was arrested in London for X posts about trans people

Comedy writer Graham Linehan claims he was arrested in London for X posts about trans people  Times of India

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2 w. ago Police officer ‘punched in face’ as four arrested at London anti

Met reports ‘small number’ of aggressive masked protesters at what began as peaceful demonstration at Canary Wharf A police officer was allegedly punched in the face and four people were arrested at an anti-immigration protest march in London on Sunday.The Metropolitan police said they had been facilitating a peaceful demonstration along Manchester Road and Westferry Road on the Isle of Dogs before “a small number of masked protesters then became aggressive towards members of the public and police”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Protesters gather outside London asylum hotel where ‘masked men’ attempted to enter

Five people have been arrested in west London relating to disorder after two anti-asylum groups marched to the Crowne Plaza hotel in West Drayton on Saturday, 30 August.

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2 w. ago Five arrested after masked men try to enter west London asylum hotel

Two anti-asylum groups marched to Crowne Plaza before attempting to enter building at rear, Met police sayFive people have been arrested at a protest in London where a group of masked men attempted to enter a hotel housing asylum seekers on Saturday.At about noon, two anti-asylum groups marched to the Crowne Plaza in Stockley Road, west London, and a group of men in masks attempted to enter the building through the rear entrance and damaged security fences, the Metropolitan police said. Continue reading...

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