Salvation Army warns number of rough sleepers is likely to rise again
The Salvation Army is warning new figures showing a fall in rough sleepers in London may only be short term.
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Youth violence prevention week – “Hard Calls Save lives”
The Metropolitan police have launched a new campaign called “Hard Calls Save lives”. This is a hard-hitting awareness-raising campaign against serious youth violence led by five mothers who have lost their sons to knife crime.
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Emergency 999 calls benefit from powerful tech partnership
UK emergency control rooms are to benefit from a ground-breaking partnership between the world’s first emergency response data platform, RapidSOS, and location technology company what3words.
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Crime hits breaking point – London declared ‘unsafe for women and girls’
After almost 5 years of spiralling crime, London has officially hit ‘breaking point’ as Mayor Sadiq Khan declared to LBC ‘London is no longer safe for women and girls’.
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Shaun Bailey launches plan to tackle knife crime
For so many families this last five years has been marked by heartbreak. Hundreds of Londoners have died in the knife crime epidemic that has gripped London.
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Step Back premier a poignant lesson to youths amidst spate of stabbings
This weekend as a spate of attacks raged across parts of South London, leaving one person dead and at least 10 injured, Leo Powell premiered his short film Step Back, a drama about youth violence which has been endorsed by the Metropolitan Police.
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Met Police launches new apprenticeship programme
This National Apprenticeship Week, the Met is calling on Londoners who are interested in a rewarding career – whilst working towards a fully funded degree – to apply to join us as a police constable.
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Ealing Council announces Race Equality Commissioners
The Council has announced 12 commissioners for the new independent Race Equality Commission. Selected from a range of backgrounds and
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Historic Covenant to be signed between = Jerusalem and Southwark
On Wednesday 20 January, the Archbishop in Jerusalem, The Most Revd Suheil Dawani, and the Bishop of Southwark, the Rt Revd Christopher Chessun, will sign the Jerusalem- Southwark Covenant Agreement, linking both Dioceses formally.
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Slave owner name removed from Hackney gardens
The name of a slave owner has been removed from entrance signs to a Hackney park in the first action
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Boris backs Bailey to be a ‘Crime-fighting Mayor’
Standing beside the Prime Minister this morning during a visit to Uxbridge Police Station, Shaun Bailey announced his plan to
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Hackney’s Black History celebrated in new poster + new school curriculum
Hackney’s Black history is on the map thanks to a specially-designed Hackney Council poster celebrating the borough’s local Black landmarks
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London to receive almost £50 million to help rough sleepers
Shaun Bailey, Conservative candidate for Mayor of London has welcomed the news that the Government is providing funding for London
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Commissioner Dick, the Met Police, and encouraging a diverse workforce
With London’s being the most diverse city in the UK, with an estimated 9m residents of which 40% are from
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Artists to create two major new public artworks to honour Windrush Generation announced
Hackney Council has today announced that artists Thomas J Price and Veronica Ryan have been commissioned to create two new
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