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Covent Garden victims stabbed in the back with pair of scissors, court hears

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Arday case ‘provides racists who condemn DEI initiatives with weapon’

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Stephen Bear jailed for harassing ex-girlfriend Georgia Harrison

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Has the UK government’s strategy on small boat crossings been effective?