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National Black Police Association chief ‘vindicated’ over social media post

A solicitor for Andy George said he is satisfied he has been exonerated.

Evening Standard

Met Black Police Association chair facing sack over ‘racist WhatsApps’, force says

Inspector Charles Ehikioya denies sending ‘inappropriate’ texts between 2017 and 2020

Evening Standard

Police in race crisis as minority ethnic officers end support for action plan

Exclusive: NBPA, which represents thousands of police across UK, accuses leaders of breaking promises

The Guardian - UK

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Black Met officers urged by colleagues to donate to fund for sacked PCs

Exclusive: Black officers complain of collection for men who lied about the stop and search of black athletes

The Guardian - UK

Dance teacher among three arrested on charge of sexually assaulting college student

Accused arrested for blackmailing/sexually assaulting college student: Andy George, Santosh, Shashi. Victim befriended accused on social media, recorded private videos, blackmailed for sexual favours. Victim resisted, accused threatened to upload private videos/photos. Accused taken into custody, investigations ongoing.

The Hindu

Other police forces have higher rates of sexual misconduct and racism claims than Met

Guardian investigation also reveals stark differences between forces in approaches to recording complaints

The Guardian - UK

Met crackdown on rogue cops will NOT focus on officers accused of racism

The Metropolitan police will not be looking at racism in its plans to root out rogue officers despite the Casey report labelling the force institutionally racist

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Black children 11 times more likely to be strip-searched in England and Wales than white peers

Report says black children over-represented in strip-searches by police between 2018 and 2022

The Guardian - UK

Vault Festival celebrates a record breaking year as it loses London home

The landlord of the Waterloo tunnels has advised the leading London live performance festival to find a new home

Evening Standard

Vault Festival told to exit London Waterloo base

London’s answer to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival has taken place in Waterloo since 2012

The Independent UK

Vault festival: London’s biggest fringe theatre festival is back with a bang

You won’t see this work anywhere else (yet), and that’s a huge part of the fun

Evening Standard

Met chief vows to be ‘ruthless’ in rooting out wrongdoing in ranks

Mark Rowley says claim that officers threatened to hand in weapons over suspension is ‘misreported nonsense’

The Guardian - UK

Met chief in dispute after ‘rejecting’ meeting with National Black Police Association

Met chief Sir Mark Rowley sparked fury after reportedly turning down an invite to meet with the president of the National Black Police Association

Evening Standard

New Met police chief snubs head of National Black Police Association

Exclusive: Andy George ‘baffled’ by Mark Rowley’s refusal to meet when confidence among BAME officers at rock-bottom

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Officer warns racism in police has been ‘taken out of canteens and put on WhatsApp’

The comments come as a court heard that police officers abhorrent meesages in a WhatsApp group which included Wayne Couzens before he killed Sarah Everard

The Independent UK

Anti-racism plan not about being ‘woke or politically correct’, police insist

A national plan has been launched to tackle discrimination among officers and unfairness in the way black people are treated.

The Guardian - UK

Leader of Black police body calls Cressida Dick ‘defensive and dismissive’

Andy George praises outgoing commissioner, but says it was right that she stood down

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