East London Hospitals Tackle Rising Violence Against Staff with New Safety Measures

East London Hospitals Tackle Rising Violence Against Staff with New Safety Measures

Imagine walking into your workplace knowing there’s a high chance you might be physically attacked, threatened, or racially abused. For healthcare workers at two hospitals in East London, this has become an... Read more »
PM condemns ‘wholly unacceptable’ violence of far-right and ‘Hamas sympathisers’

PM condemns ‘wholly unacceptable’ violence of far-right and ‘Hamas sympathisers’

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Rishi Sunak has condemned “wholly... Read more »
#Don’tcrosstheline with new campaign against gender-based violence in East London – Eastlondonlines

#Don’tcrosstheline with new campaign against gender-based violence in East London – Eastlondonlines

The campaign hopes to curb mysoginistic behaviour in the night-time economy. Pic of warehouse night party in Shoreditch : Dominic Simpson. Composition: Aysha Imtiaz. A new campaign, #Don’tCrossTheLine, has been introduced to... Read more »
EXCLUSIVE: Hardline pro-Palestine protest group with ties to Extinction Rebellion urges supporters to join a campaign of violence and vandalism against 50 UK firms backing Israel

EXCLUSIVE: Hardline pro-Palestine protest group with ties to Extinction Rebellion urges supporters to join a campaign of violence and vandalism against 50 UK firms backing Israel

A hardline pro-Palestine protest group linked to Extinction Rebellion is urging its supporters to vandalise businesses, UK government buildings and local councils that flew the Israeli flag after the Hamas terror attacks.... Read more »
Protests around London as violence escalates in Middle East – Eastlondonlines

Protests around London as violence escalates in Middle East – Eastlondonlines

Right: Pro-Palestine demonstrators at march on Saturday. Left: Pro-Israeli crowds at solidarity rally in Trafalgar Square on Sunday. Pic: Mekdes Kabeto and Imogen Adam Multiple rallies took place across the capital this... Read more »
Domestic violence suspect revealed to be man crushed to death in south London

Domestic violence suspect revealed to be man crushed to death in south London

Domestic violence suspect revealed to be man crushed to death in south London dustcart after he climbed in to hide from police The man was found in the back of the lorry... Read more »
Former south London pastor is tackling youth violence head on

Former south London pastor is tackling youth violence head on

A former south east London-based pastor, who has seen ‘too many young people to count’ lose their lives to violence, wants to empower communities to be part of the solution to tackling... Read more »
Night of violence could be last straw for Wimbledon gay bar – South London News

Night of violence could be last straw for Wimbledon gay bar – South London News

By Tara O’Connor, Local Democracy Service Wimbledon’s first LGBT+ bar could be stripped of its licence for good after staff failed to call the police when an “extremely violent fight” broke out... Read more »
A man who posted political speeches on social media encouraging violence in southern Africa has been jailed for terrorism offences, following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command

A man who posted political speeches on social media encouraging violence in southern Africa has been jailed for terrorism offences, following an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command

  William Chinyanga, 52, live-streamed a number of speeches via his Facebook pages over two days in early December 2019, in protest of the current government in Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe African National... Read more »
Dr Peter Moore: Domestic violence

Dr Peter Moore: Domestic violence

One of the tragic aspects of the race row when Ngozi Fulani from Hackney was asked where she was from is that it has detracted from the reason she was invited to... Read more »