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This in an opinion piece by Yuliia Bond, a refugee from Ukraine who has been living in Caerphilly, Wales, since 2022.

A prisoner with a muscle-wasting condition accused of taking part in a Palestine Action protest claims he has been forced to crawl around the jail – including to get medicine – because of lack of treatment and a wheelchair.

546 sandwiches, wraps, rolls, and baguettes sold across supermarkets and high street chains were analysed as part of the study

Poll also found nine in 10 respondents would ban smoking in children’s play areas

Party held out prospect of act while in opposition but plan did not make it into election manifesto

*Benedict Rogers is a British human rights activist and journalist based in London. *

A jury was unable to convict a Palestinian activist who stands accused of supporting terrorism and encouraging support for a proscribed organisation - prompting a retrial.

Keir Starmer says ‘agitators’ will be blocked from attending Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom event.

Renters have christened 11 May ‘Cost of Rent Day’ – the day when they finally earn enough cash to pay off a year’s worth of rent to their landlord.

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“As I was going up the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there. He wasn’t there again today. I wish, I wish he’d go away.”

More than 2,100 parkrunners and supporters have written to MPs urging the UK government to defend trans-inclusive community organisations after the legal group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) threatened action against organisations like Parkrun.

MI5 has released new guidance advising citizens on how to protect themselves from transnational repression, citing the threat to Hongkongers after an immigration officer and a trade official were found guilty of spying on dissidents.

The UK is deploying a Royal Navy warship to the Middle East in preparation for a possible multinational mission to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the Defense Ministry said on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports.

I’m on the other side of the Atlantic but tip of the hat to the man

It’s been revealed that a British GP who called for Palestinian babies to be sniped and for Gaza and the West Bank to be “razed to the ground,” is still practising medicine under an active medical licence.

Zack Polanski has declared Britain’s two-party politics “dead and buried” as his Green party won its first ever mayoral election.

A man in Pakistan has been making thousands from Facebook pages spreading racist videos aimed at UK audiences;

A UK immigration officer has been found guilty of working for Chinese intelligence as part of a “shadow policing operation”.

In Scotland and Wales, voters are deciding who will govern their countries, with all seats in their national parliaments being contested

Many cis women don’t want a possible ban of trans women from single-sex spaces, and fear wider consequences of judging on appearance

Basically, they’re all horrible people, to no ones surprise. And these are the ones who have not been recently arrested for being Russian shills

Nearly 1.5 million migrants on benefits Government figures reveal almost one in six Universal Credit claimants is not a British citizen

The Palestine Coalition has today commenced a formal complaint with the London Mayor’s Office over comments by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley. In interviews with The Times and ITV on 1st May, Commissioner Rowley asserted that the Coalition organisers have sought to route marches for Palestinian rights past synagogues. In The Times he said, “The fact that features as the organisers’ intent, I think that sends a message … that feels like antisemitism.” On ITV he said, “They set out with an intent to march near synagogues etc and every single time that we put conditions on to prevent that.”

In inner London boroughs such as Camden, home to PM’s constituency, Greens have capitalised on collapse of Labour support

Freeman, 38, from Leicester, faces two charges of encouraging terrorism and supporting a proscribed organisation (Hamas).

Prosecutors said that the six defendants were members of the banned group Palestine Action, which organised the assault on the Elbit Systems UK facility in Bristol, southwest England, in August 2024.

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