Brittney Griner got emotional quickly. Speaking to reporters for the first time since a nearly 10-month detainment in Russia on drug-related charges, the WNBA star had to take a moment to compose he… [read more]
Black girls are almost three times more likely than their white counterparts to be subjected by the Met police to the most invasive form of strip-search, figures suggest. Between 2017 and 2022, 110 … [read more]
Twitter has again U-turned over its verification policy, restoring the blue tick free of charge to celebrity users of the social network. But the sites decision to reinstate the verified status with… [read more]
We are squarely into the campaigning for Mays local elections across England, and the dominant feeling is of being part of a bizarre exercise in which you are constantly offered things you have not a… [read more]
Its 9.30pm and groups of British lads are gearing up for a big night out in Amsterdams red light district. Although the narrow streets echo with French, German, Spanish, Dutch and Irish banter, this… [read more]
Last Wednesday, San Francisco woke to shocking news of the death of Bob Lee, the 43-year-old founder of the popular Cash App. Police had found Lee overnight suffering from multiple stab wounds on a s… [read more]
Good morning. The supreme court is poised to decide whether to preserve access to a widely used abortion medication, after extending its deadline to act until at least today. Less than a year after… [read more]
Franklyn Addo Three years ago, frightful details emerged of the strip-searching of a 15-year-old Black schoolgirl by police officers in Hackney. At the time, I was working in the borough as part of … [read more]
A drug dealer who shot and killed nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel while he was in a ruthless pursuit of another criminal has been given a mandatory life sentence and jailed for a minimum of 42 year… [read more]
The Biden administrations designation of the American reporter Evan Gershkovich as wrongfully detained by Russia is not merely a statement of the obvious, but unlocks additional resources to secure h… [read more]
