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Hackney black mental health project looses funding
A centre run in Hackney to tackle the disproportionate ratio of black men suffering mental health problems by focus group 4Sight will face closure after its NHS funding stops this September.
25 August 2010 (external article)
independent Police raid houses in run up to Notting Hill Carnival
Police raided four homes on Wednesday as part of a four week crackdown being undertaken in the run up to London's Notting Hill Carnival
18 August 2010 (external article)
islington gazette Man's face slashed in racial attack in London
Two men racially abused and attacked a man on board a bus travelling through Archway, slashing him across the forehead with a piece of broken glass.
16 August 2010 (external article)
independent Officers charged with assaulting Babar Ahmad
Four police officers have been accused of a 'serious, gratuitous and prolonged' assault on Babar Ahmad during his arrest in 2003. The four face charges of actual bodily harm.
12 August 2010 (external article)
guardian Tamil hunger strike refugee wins damages for libel
Parameswaran Subramanyam, a Tamil refugee who went on a 23-day hunger strike last year, has won nearly £80,000 in damages from the Daily Mail and the Sun newspapers after they falsely claimed he had been eating during his strike.
30 July 2010 (external article)
south london press Camberwell club owners take council to court
The owners of a nightclub forced to close when Southwark Council granted planning permission for a large residential development, are taking the council to court to claim compensation. There were allegations of racism in the planning process.
28 July 2010 (external article)
voice Lambeth Council job cuts criticised
The trade union Unison has accused Lambeth Council of racial discrimination, claiming that planned staff redundancies in the Children Services Department will unfairly target black workers.
26 July 2010 (external article)
bbc news BNP's Nick Griffin barred from royal party
BNP leader Nick Griffin has been refused entry to a Buckingham Palace garden party for 'politicising his attendance' in the media.
22 July 2010 (external article)
morning star Seven Gaza protesters have sentences cut
Seven protesters who were arrested following demonstrations against the Israeli invasion of Gaza have had their jail terms reduced by the Court of Appeal.
14 July 2010 (external article)
channel 4 news Gaza protestors win compensation from the Met
Two brothers who were struck with batons by unidentified police during a Gaza demonstration in London in January last year have received £25,000 in compensation from the Metropolitan Police.
13 July 2010 (external article)
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