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New police recruits during a passing-out parade at Hendon Police Academy, London
BRITAIN’S largest police force is “institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic,” a damning review finds today.
London’s Metropolitan Police has failed to protect the public from officers like killer Wayne Couzens and serial rapist David Carrick, and the force may have more officers like them, it warned.
Baroness Louise Casey’s report said that organisational changes at the Met have put women and children at greater risk and female officers and staff routinely experience sexism.
The Met Police's refusal to act against British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza is a green light for Israel's genocide, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Sexual harassment on Britain’s railways is rising sharply, according to the British Transport Police, yet too many women still feel reporting is futile. LYNNE WALSH asks why the burden of safety all too often remains on women themselves
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors