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“I AM INNOCENT of these charges that have serious implications for journalists, lawyers and human rights defenders,” said Muhammad Rabbani, International Director of CAGE, the independent advocacy organisation. Mr Rabbani was speaking after being charged at Bethnal Green police station ...

FIRST IT WAS “tough on immigration”. Now it’s “workers’ rights”. Tory boss Theresa May is angling for working class votes across the Midlands and the North of England as she attempts to win a mandate for five more years of ...

CORONER MARY HASSELL has found that if staff at Bow School had administered an emergency EpiPen, there was a “possibility but not a probability” that Nasar may have been saved. The Coroner was speaking at the end of an inquest ...

A CONSULTANT WHO specialises in respiratory conditions in children has called for a change in practice in schools over the use of EpiPens. These devices deliver a shot of adrenaline and are used as emergency treatment when a patient has gone ...

AS HER LEICESTER community struggles to come to terms with the death of Evha Jannath, water rapid rides throughout and beyond the UK have been shut down pending clarity on what needs to be done to keep visitors safe. Rides ...

STEPNEY RESIDENT Shahmim Ahmed, aged 24, appeared at the Old Bailey yesterday, 10th May, charged with preparing for acts of terrorism. The charges relate to a series of events which began over a year ago, on 11th January 2016, when ...

Evha Jannath dies after accident at Drayton Manor JAMEAH GIRLS ACADEMY in Leicester was closed today as a mark of respect following the death of Evha Jannath on the Splash Canyon ride. The eleven year old was on a school ...

LABOUR’S RUSHANARA ALI has dismissed Ajmal Masroor’s challenge to her as “confusing” and told him to go and stand for election somewhere else. Rushanara Ali, the outgoing Labour MP for Bethnal Green & Bow, is Labour’s official candidate in the ...

FRANCE HAS elected “centrist” candidate Macron as its new President. Macron won 66.06% of the vote and Marine Le Pen won 33.94%. Now all it needs to do is to find out where the political centre is. Macron is a ...

IT IS HARD TO listen to the evidence being given at this inquest. It is a catalogue of ineptitude, a recounting of bewilderment – and above all it is a story of a lack of care and compassion. How can this ...