When Anthony Brathwaite was told he and his two children were no longer eligible for council housing in Lewisham, south-east London, and was offered a property he could not afford outside the borough, he decided to fight back. Having left a council pro…
Habitual is using digital support plus food replacement to help reverse type 2 diabetes
London-based Habitual, a healthtech startup which offers a weight loss program aimed at people with type 2 diabetes (or prediabetes) that combines “evidence-based” food replacement with digital support to help people manage and even reverse the condition (so they can be medication free), has closed a $2.3 million seed round. The round was led by […]
Only 2% of blue plaques in London commemorate black people
English Heritage scheme was started in 1866 to honour notable figures who have lived, worked or stayed in the capitalBlue plaques commemorating notable black figures still make up just 2.1% of the individuals honoured across London, according to a Guar…
Revealed: top female Tory donor’s vast offshore empire with husband
Leak raises questions over the ultimate source of some of Lubov Chernukhin’s donationsSee all of our Pandora papers coverageThe star prize at last year’s Conservative party fundraising ball was a game of tennis with Boris Johnson. The party’s co-chair …
Families hope UK inquest will solve mystery of trawler deaths in 2004
Judge says court will look at possible submarine links as to how fishing boat sank off Cornish coast The families of a fishing boat crew who believe their deaths 17 years ago were caused by a military submarine becoming entangled in their nets off the …
Sarah Everard murder: Met to launch review of standards and internal culture
Leading figure will challenge force on corruption and sexual misconduct, vows Cressida DickThe Metropolitan police is launching a review of professional standards and internal culture within the force, led by a high-profile anti-sleaze adviser, followi…
Met police tweets may encourage young people to carry knives, research finds
Force published about 2,100 seized knife images in a year, which experts say could be counterproductiveYoung people may be nudged into carrying knives by the police, research has found, as a new count showed the Metropolitan police circulated more than…
‘I went wherever there was fighting’: how Sam the Wheels filmed Brixton ablaze
From the tumult of the uprisings to everyday scenes, Clovis Salmon’s jerky camera captured Black British life. As his work hits the big screen, we meet the 94-year-old known as Sam the Wheels‘I used to keep my camera like this,” says Clovis Salmon, put…
Cressida Dick ‘deeply concerned’ after Met police officer charged with rape
PC David Carrick to appear in court on Monday over incident in Hertfordshire in September 2020A Metropolitan police officer serving in the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command has been charged with rape.PC David Carrick, 46, of Stevenage, al…
Tory women’s group calls for investigation into police misogyny
Conservative Young Women condemns ‘deplorable’ police response to violence against womenThe Conservatives’ young women’s group has called for an investigation into “the apparent culture of misogyny in the police”, piling pressure on Boris Johnson after…