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Charges in fewer than 1% of cases probed by UK’s first online hate crime unit
Some 1,851 incidents have been logged by the Scotland Yard team since April 2017.
£1m scholarship donations for white pupils ‘snubbed by private schools’
Philanthropist Sir Bryan Thwaites argued that Cambridge University has accepted much larger donations in support of black students.
Record late December temperature ‘goes unnoticed’ in Scottish Highlands
A Met Office observation post in Cassley, in Sutherland, north Scotland, recorded a temperature of 16.8C at 3am, well above the average nighttime temperature for that area in late December of zero degrees.
Greta Thunberg guest-edits BBC’s Today, as officials warn 2020 the last chance to make a difference
We made changes in our lives to save Greta not the climate, Greta Thunberg’s father told the show, describing the impact on their family.
‘I ordered one saveloy, they sent three’: police reveal time-wasting 999 calls
The Met received 2,157,080 emergency calls between January 1 and November 30 2019, of which 22,491 were unnecessary.
Thousands of koalas feared dead as massive Australian wildfires destroy habitat
Images of the creatures being given water by firefighters have gone viral in recent days.
UN condemns human rights abuses against Burma’s Rohingya Muslims
The UN General Assembly voted 134-9 in favour of the resolution.
Sending presenter by plane to meet Greta Thunberg ‘felt awkward’, says BBC
The BBC sent presenter Mishal Hussain on a return flight to Stockholm to interview the teenage climate activist.
‘Nearly 19,000 children’ sexually groomed in England in the past year
There has been a dramatic rise in the number of suspected victims of child sexual exploitation over the last five years, according to The Independent.