Simon Israel
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Government concerns over China-owned CCTV company embedded in UK
There are more than a million of Hikvision’s cameras installed across the UK – monitoring every aspect of our lives. But Channel 4 News has learned that there are growing concerns within the government about the Chinese state-owned tech company. It is already blacklisted in the US over security fears, and its links to the suppression of Uyghur Muslims in northern China. → Read More
Met Police officers admit sharing photos of murdered sisters
Two Metropolitan Police officers have admitted taking photos of the bodies of two murdered sisters and sharing them on WhatsApp. → Read More
Mother of murdered sisters dismisses Met Police apology offer
The mother of two murdered sisters has dismissed the offer of an apology from the Metropolitan Police, after a report criticising the force's response when the women were first reported missing as "unacceptable". → Read More
Harrowing footage of ex-PC hitting vulnerable teenage girl with baton seen by relative
We start with a harrowing case of violence by a police officer towards a vulnerable teenage girl. → Read More
Met police officer dismissed for hitting vulnerable teenage girl over 30 times with a baton
A Metropolitan Police officer has been sacked after using what was described as "shocking" and "disproportionate" force against a vulnerable teenage girl. → Read More
PC Andrew Harper’s teenage killers jailed for total of 42 years
The three teenagers who killed PC Andrew Harper have been jailed for a total of 42 years. → Read More
Number of people who are denied financial support during lockdown revealed
It's estimated there are more than a million living in the UK under certain immigration conditions that give them no rights to benefits, a status known as 'no recourse to public funds'. → Read More
UK reviewing export licences for riot equipment sent to US
Channel 4 News has learned that export licences for riot equipment to the US are being reassessed after violent clashes during Black Lives Matter protests. → Read More
‘Digital strip search’ forms withdrawn by police forces in England and Wales
Police forces in England and Wales are to replace controversial consent forms for rape complainants referred to as “digital strip searches”. The move follows a ruling by the information watchdog that “excessive amounts of personal data” were often extracted without reasonable grounds. → Read More
Hundreds arrested as police crack phone messaging service used by organised criminals
The UK's most senior police officer Dame Cressida Dick was hailing a major success today - after a European investigation team cracked the encryption of a mobile phone messaging service used by tens of thousands of organised criminals. → Read More
18-year-old man arrested over murders of sisters in London park
An 18-year-old man has been arrested over the nighttime murder of two sisters in a park in north-west London on 6 June. → Read More
Police officer stabbed in Glasgow attack in stable condition
Constable David Whyte was one of six people injured in the attack which took place over four floors of the Park Inn Hotel. → Read More
Suspect shot dead by police after six injured in Glasgow stabbing attack
Six men, including a police officer, are being treated in hospital after a stabbing attack in the centre of Glasgow. → Read More
Two Met police officers under criminal investigation for sending photos of murdered sisters
Two Metropolitan police officers have been arrested over serious allegations of misconduct in public office in connection with a homicide investigation of two women in north-west London. → Read More
Family fight for their rights 72 years after Windrush
It's 72 years since the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks in Essex, carrying just over a thousand passengers from the Caribbean to fill jobs in the UK. → Read More
Coronavirus: Scotland to reopen shops as more lockdown restrictions lifted
The First Minister acknowledged the "colossal impact" of the crisis on businesses, but urged patience. → Read More
George Floyd death has led to increasing online hate speech, report claims
There's evidence that the killing of George Floyd is increasing hate speech online. → Read More
Lockdown life even harder for those barred from benefits
Asylum seekers and people on student visas or spousal visas have no access to public funds, which is a condition of their residency. → Read More
Chief Coroner guidance ‘could frustrate investigations’ into frontline workers’ death with Covid-19
Across England and Wales bereaved families are seeking answers about why their relatives have died of Covid-19. → Read More
Barnard Castle residents call for answers over Dominic Cummings lockdown allegations
One eyewitness accused him of driving to Barnard Castle some thirty miles from Durham in order to exercise - a claim that has angered some locals. → Read More