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Campaigners says ‘excited delirium’ and ‘acute behavioural disturbance’ play into racist stereotypesA controversial unproven medical condition which is rooted in pseudoscience and disputed by doctors is routinely being used in Britain to explain deaths after police restraint, the Observer has found.“Acute behavioural disturbance” (ABD) and “excited delirium” are used to describe people who are agitated or acting bizarrely, usually due to mental illness, drug...

Exclusive: Party’s proposals come after Elish Angiolini’s report into Wayne Couzens’ murder of Sarah EverardA Labour government would order every police officer in England and Wales to undergo compulsory training on combating violence against women and girls, the Guardian has learned.The plans are being drawn up by the party and come in the wake of the shockwaves from Elish Angiolini’s report on Thursday into...

James Cleverly considering longer notice periods for large demos in England and Wales, says policing ministerUK politics live – latest updatesThe home secretary, James Cleverly, is considering further tightening the law around demonstrations, including a requirement for protesters to increase the amount of notice they give police before large demonstrations, a cabinet minister has said.Extending the notice period from the current six days to...

On average about 30 bodies are retrieved from its waters in London each year. Only a few ever make the headlinesHistoric placenames along the River Thames in London once summed up its macabre past. There was Dead Man’s Dock at Deptford, Dead Man’s Steps at Wapping, and Dead Man’s Hole, which still exists, at Tower Bridge. They evoked stories of people who were executed,...

Met police ban face coverings in Westminster as organisers accuse force of bowing to political pressureMiddle East crisis – live updatesHundreds of thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators are expected to march through central London on Saturday in the UK’s first national demonstration since the UN’s international court of justice ordered Israel to ensure its forces do not commit acts of genocide in Gaza.Organisers have said...

More than 33,500 videos sent to police in England and Wales in year to November, up 30% on 2022Dangerous drivers are being caught on camera and shopped to the police in increasing numbers, with other drivers and the general public having sent more than 100,000 video reports to UK police forces.The number of reports filed in 2023 increased by 30% compared with the previous...