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Officer who knelt on neck of black man weeks after death of George Floyd must ‘reflect’ on actions, says watchdog
"In these circumstances the officer will now work with their supervisor to reflect, learn and improve from what occurred," said the watchdog.
Farage comments see RNLI donations soar by £200k in 24 hours
The former UKIPer accused the charity of acting like a "taxi service for illegal trafficking gangs."
Farage and Grimes had a pop at the RNLI. Twitter had words.
"The RNLI is a life saving charity. Please don’t try and politicise them," Adrian Edmondson of The Young Ones clapped back.
‘Huge blow’: Tory police and crime commissioner slams Patel’s police pay freeze
“This news is a huge blow to the thousands of men and women who have worked tirelessly over the last 10 years with reducing numbers and budgets, but particularly throughout the pandemic to keep our communities safe."
Covid cases not reached by Test and Trace hits nine-month high
Some 14.8 per cent of people transferred to Test and Trace in England in the week to 21 July were not reached.
Stormzy scholarship to fund another 30 black students at Cambridge
Stormzy called the expansion of his scholarship programme at Cambridge “an incredible milestone”.
New Zealand is the best place to survive the apocalypse – but Britain isn’t far behind
The UK is a "collapse lifeboat", researchers said - and apparently that's a good thing.
Queen’s exemption from green energy laws an ‘affront to democracy’
A draft law in the Scottish Parliament was amended after the Queen’s lawyers raised “concerns”, with the changes exempting her land from measures to encourage greener energy.
Watch: PM’s farcical umbrella act makes a mockery of police memorial event
'If #Brexit was an umbrella,' wrote on Twitter user.