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‘I’ve done more for my community through boxing than I ever did in a police uniform’
Social Justice

‘I’ve done more for my community through boxing than I ever did in a police uniform’

Boxing clubs have long been doing the work once associated with the state. Can a new national study be the reason grassroots gyms stay alive?

Revealed: Why Greater Manchester Police refuses to give life-saving overdose drug to officers
Drugs

Revealed: Why Greater Manchester Police refuses to give life-saving overdose drug to officers

Police force’s response ‘disappointing’ and reasoning ‘raises serious questions’, says MP

Manchester police ‘encouraged’ to give officers life-saving naloxone after Big Issue reporting
Drugs

Manchester police ‘encouraged’ to give officers life-saving naloxone after Big Issue reporting

Just two police forces in the country refuse to give their officers naloxone, Big Issue revealed. Now politicians are demanding action

Pressure grows on police forces to reverse their refusal to equip officers with life-saving naloxone
Drugs

Pressure grows on police forces to reverse their refusal to equip officers with life-saving naloxone

The excuses don’t wash. All police officers must be allowed to carry naloxone
Meg Jones

The excuses don’t wash. All police officers must be allowed to carry naloxone

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Police could stop opioid deaths with this drug. So why do some UK forces stop officers carrying it?
Drug deaths

Police could stop opioid deaths with this drug. So why do some UK forces stop officers carrying it?

Police pay out £2.5k over wrongful arrest of man who shouted ‘who elected him’ at King Charles ceremony
Protest

Police pay out £2.5k over wrongful arrest of man who shouted ‘who elected him’ at King Charles ceremony

10 acts of violence and far-right ‘activism’ police ignored ahead of summer riots
UK riots

10 acts of violence and far-right ‘activism’ police ignored ahead of summer riots

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens
Crime

Criminal gangs are taking control of vulnerable people’s homes and using them as drug dens

Prisons are full to bursting – and the UK riots have thrown their usefulness back in the spotlight
Ian Acheson

Prisons are full to bursting – and the UK riots have thrown their usefulness back in the spotlight

Police failings over Sarah Everard’s killer shows how we’re still failing survivors of sexual offences
Verity Nevitt

Police failings over Sarah Everard’s killer shows how we’re still failing survivors of sexual offences

Sarah Everard: How many more women will be killed before crimes are taken seriously?
Amy Bowdrey

Sarah Everard: How many more women will be killed before crimes are taken seriously?

Key public services are in bad shape across the board, say most Brits – with NHS faring the worst
Public services

Key public services are in bad shape across the board, say most Brits – with NHS faring the worst

Should we break up the Met? We asked experts what comes next after the Casey Review
police reform

Should we break up the Met? We asked experts what comes next after the Casey Review

Police have no place in our schools
Dr Shabna Begum

Police have no place in our schools

The ‘paramilitary’ tactics used by police to suppress protest
podcast

The ‘paramilitary’ tactics used by police to suppress protest

Police anti-racism plan can’t work if stop and search powers are increased, campaigners say
Racism

Police anti-racism plan can’t work if stop and search powers are increased, campaigners say

Expanded stop and search powers will lead to ‘more criminalisation of Black people’, groups warn
Stop and Search

Expanded stop and search powers will lead to ‘more criminalisation of Black people’, groups warn

Diane Abbott demands meeting with Hackney police after Black schoolgirl strip-searched
Child Q

Diane Abbott demands meeting with Hackney police after Black schoolgirl strip-searched

Sexist, racist and homophobic behaviour within Met Police laid bare in new report
Met Police

Sexist, racist and homophobic behaviour within Met Police laid bare in new report

The Met Police is being sued for not investigating a Downing Street Christmas party
Partygate

The Met Police is being sued for not investigating a Downing Street Christmas party

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Women’s groups threaten Priti Patel with legal action over ‘inadequate’ Sarah Everard inquiry
Activism

Women’s groups threaten Priti Patel with legal action over ‘inadequate’ Sarah Everard inquiry

Police warn of groups travelling to London to ’cause violence’ at Million Mask March
Activism

Police warn of groups travelling to London to ’cause violence’ at Million Mask March

Sisters Uncut occupy Royal Courts of Justice to protest police violence against women
Activism

Sisters Uncut occupy Royal Courts of Justice to protest police violence against women

Police officers admit taking and sharing photos of bodies of murdered sisters
News

Police officers admit taking and sharing photos of bodies of murdered sisters