Education Secretary vows ‘tougher guidelines’ after Child Q’s strip-searching
Nadhim Zahawi said he will set out a new policy in response to the ‘appalling’ incident.
UK News|Mar 27, 2022
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Home Office adviser says Child Q case ‘should horrify us all’
Nimco Ali said the strip-searching of a child ‘should be something we shouldn’t be able to tolerate in this country’.
UK News|Mar 27, 2022
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Campaigners demand ‘real change’ after ‘shocking’ Met Police strip search data
Figures show out of 5,279 children searched after an arrest in the past three years, 3,939 – around 75% – were from ethnically diverse backgrounds.
UK News|Mar 26, 2022
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Number of substandard bridges rises for second year running
Local authorities identified 3,211 bridges as being substandard at the end of last year, the RAC Foundation said.
UK News|Mar 25, 2022
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Child Q case ‘deeply distressing’, says Johnson
The 15-year-old was strip-searched by female Metropolitan Police officers at her school in 2020 without another adult present and while on her period.
UK News|Mar 23, 2022
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Sadiq Khan: Met bosses not providing support London needs after Child Q case
The city’s mayor said the case of the black schoolgirl, who was strip-searched by officers, is an example of the Met falling below expected standards.
UK News|Mar 22, 2022
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Record number of British manufacturers raising prices, says CBI
Anna Leach, CBI deputy chief economist, said pressures facing British manufacturers have been ‘amplified by the conflict in Ukraine’.
UK News|Mar 22, 2022
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B&Q owner removes Russian products as it reveals profits topped £1bn
Kingfisher said it has removed directly sourced products from Russia and Belarus over the invasion in Ukraine and is working with suppliers.
UK News|Mar 22, 2022
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Policing minister criticised for ‘lack of urgency’ over Child Q strip search
The 15-year-old was searched by female Metropolitan Police officers at her school in 2020 without another adult present and while on her period.
UK News|Mar 21, 2022
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Demonstrators protest over strip-search of black schoolgirl who was on period
A crowd marched through central London on Saturday to protest against the ‘barbaric’ treatment of the teenager.
UK News|Mar 19, 2022
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Hundreds of protesters demand justice for Child Q outside London police station
Crowds gathered at Stoke Newington Police Station in north-east London on Friday afternoon.
UK News|Mar 18, 2022
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Schoolgirl says public support after strip-search ordeal ‘shows I am not alone’
The 15-year-old, also known as Child Q, is taking civil action against the Metropolitan Police and her school.
UK News|Mar 18, 2022
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Sadiq Khan pushes for ‘gross misconduct’ for officers in Child Q case
Stop and Search action plan from 2020 said officers should not take action based on ‘smell’ of cannabis alone.
UK News|Mar 17, 2022
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Black schoolgirl strip searched by police while on her period – report
A safeguarding review found that ‘racism (whether deliberate or not) was likely to have been an influencing factor’.
UK News|Mar 15, 2022
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‘Profoundly committed’ Fox News cameraman killed in Ukraine
British journalist Benjamin Hall remains in hospital after the incident near Kyiv.
UK News|Mar 15, 2022
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