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THE Metropolitan Police arrested two boys today on suspicion of racially abusing and assaulting a Singaporean man due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The suspects, aged 15 and 16, allegedly took part in the incident in central London on February 24.
Jonathan Mok was attacked by a group of men and a woman as he walked along Oxford Street towards Tottenham Court Road.
As peers prepare to debate reform of the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act, Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi leads a bid to end the criminalisation of women who end pregnancies at home. LYNNE WALSH reports
Once again Tower Hamlets is being targeted by anti-Islam campaigners, this time a revamped and radicalised version of Ukip — the far-right event is now banned by the police, but we’ll be assembling this Saturday to make sure they stay away, says JAYDEE SEAFORTH
LYNNE WALSH reports from the Women’s Declaration International conference on feminist struggles from Britain to the Far East