Police officers’ use of force must be Proportionate to the threat, Lawful, Accountable and Necessary. Inquest hears expert testimony on Days Six and Seven.
Rashan’s final visits to his GP and encounters with the police and social services. Day Six of the inquest into the death of a young Londoner.
Police officers tell of fatal pursuit of a young black Londoner. Witnesses recall Rashan “struggling to breathe” while under restraint. Inquest report from Days Four, Five and Six.
Rashan Charles inquest, Day Three: A ‘confused, shocked and panicked’ police officer. A ‘member of the public’ who intervened ‘without thinking’. Jury asks: Who was in charge?
Officer denies using unauthorised neck hold and combat throw on young black Londoner. What was in his mind? Drugs, gangs, weapons. Inquest, Day Two.
Coroner questions police officer on his decision to let a man described as a ‘member of the public’ assist in lethal restraint of young black man. Inquest, Day One.
A Manchester asylum hostel run by Britain’s biggest outsourcer Serco is riddled with cockroaches, rodents and bedbugs.
Time and time again, grieving families are left to fight for accountability and expose systemic failings in the care of learning disabled people.
Like so many people who have learning disabilities Josanne Wadsworth died an early and preventable death.
One Saturday at a London drop-in for children fleeing crime gangs and blood feuds.
Hammer attacks, punctured lungs, slashed faces... far-right groups inflicted a decade of violence on East London’s Bengali communities. In the deadly year of 1978 Bengali youth began the fightback.
Hardline policies have failed in their stated aim of reducing immigration. Is their true purpose to impress particular voters?
