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The Latest Breaking News from Stephen Lawrence

Inquiry live feed ended as lawyers told 'smearing people is Security Service job'

SMEARING people is a “Security Service job”, a former police officer told an inquiry into undercover operations – just before the live feed…

The National (Scotland)

Stephen Lawrence’s body to be returned to UK from Jamaica

Baroness Lawrence says pictures of her son’s exhumed grave on social media caused family distress

The Independent UK

Family criticises black officer who spied on Stephen Lawrence campaign

Police spy pretended to be leftwing and anti-racist campaigner for four years

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Yorkshire cricket racism whistleblower Azeem Rafiq accuses police of ‘brutality’ in Manchester Airport footage

Exclusive: “It’s 2024 - we are years on from Stephen Lawrence’s murder and the MacPherson report highlighting institutional racism within policing,” Azeem Rafiq told The Independent. “Yet, where are we? Not enough has changed.”

The Independent UK

Met Police 'failed to act on Stephen Lawrence murder suspect's paedophile admission'

Matthew White was not treated as a full suspect by the Metropolitan Police for several years after Stephen Lawrence’s murder

Evening Standard

The truth about this unsolved murder is finally coming to light. Here’s what it reveals about racism in Britain

Kelso Cochrane was stabbed to death in 1959. After 65 years, newly released files show the Met still has questions to answer, says journalist and author Mark Olden

The Guardian - UK

Met apologises for spying on police justice campaigners in 1980s and 1990s

Force admits use of undercover officers was ‘indefensible’ and had ‘corrosive effect’ on public trust, inquiry hears

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Stephen Lawrence’s mother angry at decision not to prosecute detectives

Doreen Lawrence says CPS’s refusal to charge those alleged to have botched hunt for her son’s killers is ‘a new low’

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Lawrence murder detectives will not face prosecution, CPS announces

‘We understand this news will be extremely disappointing for Stephen’s family and friends’, the Crown Prosecution Service said

Evening Standard

Stephen Lawrence: Met to review decision to stop looking for teenager's other killers

Duwayne Brooks, who was with 18-year-old when he was killed by racist gang, says Scotland Yard must get to the bottom of injustice

Evening Standard

Stephen Lawrence: Met’s decision to stop looking for killers to be reviewed

Police admit serious mistakes were made as at least three people believed to be involved in teenager’s murder are still free

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m compelled by service’: ex-military Labour candidate Calvin Bailey

Bailey, still haunted by the killing of his friend Stephen Lawrence, has moved from street protest to the military and now politics

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Lawrence’s father says he has forgiven killers but not Met police

Neville Lawrence writes of continuing fight for justice 31 years after murder of his son in south-east London

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Lawrence murder: External police force will review Met's assessment of any new evidence

City Hall said Sadiq Khan was keen to see a police force which “commands the Lawrence family’s confidence” involved in the case

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The Guardian - UK

Met chief apologises to Stephen Lawrence’s mother over handling of sixth suspect

Commissioner says failure to explain why police did not pursue case against Matthew White ‘totally unacceptable’

Evening Standard

‘Another shocking failure’ as Met chief Sir Mark Rowley issues apology to Stephen Lawrence's mother

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward had promised to write to Baroness Lawrence with an explanation after new suspect was named in case

Evening Standard

Stephen Lawrence brother says 'time is ticking' for Met Commissioner to reform force

Stuart Lawrence calls on Sir Mark Rowley to speed up reforming Scotland Yard

The Guardian - UK

Richard Stone obituary

Leading race relations activist who was a key figure in the inquiry into the 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence

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Evening Standard

Doreen Lawrence accuses police of 'arrogance' as she criticises force for failing to promote black officers

The Labour peer said that data suggests black officers are more prone to discipline than white colleagues and face lower promotion rates

The Guardian - UK

Twenty-five years after the Lawrence inquiry, Britain has regressed on race and politicians have made it worse

After all the fine words, issues of racial equality were ducked and the rightwing backlash found friends in government, says author and academic Nicola Rollock

The Guardian - UK

Met police are ‘arrogant and resistant to change’, Doreen Lawrence says

In the 25 years since the damning Macpherson report, ‘so much more needs to be done’ by police force, says mother of Stephen Lawrence

The Guardian - UK

Police officer allegedly holidayed with suspects arrested over racist attack

Exclusive: New claims come on 25th anniversary of death of Jay Abatan, who was assaulted in Brighton in 1999

The Guardian - UK

‘What was point of dialling 999?’ Christopher Kapessa’s mother describes her pain and anger

Exclusive: Inquest finds Christopher, 13, died after being pushed into Welsh river by 14-year-old Jayden Pugh – yet CPS chose not to prosecute

The Guardian - UK

Social media built narrative that Christopher Kapessa’s death was racist killing, say police

Suggestions that 13-year-old was pushed into river by schoolmate led to online comparisons with Stephen Lawrence murder

The Guardian - UK

Top lawyer urges MPs to review private prosecutions after Post Office scandal

Bar Council chair Sam Townend KC says parliament should consider formal regulation of growing practice

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