Met using outdated powers to police pro-Palestine protests, say legal experts

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In 2014, Hackney Council sold a property under Right to Buy for £95,050 In 2021, they bought it back off the ex-tenant for £365k In ~6 yrs, the council lost £269,950 on a single property It's not an isolated example. @bigissue.com has uncovered 100+ 'Yo-yo Homes' www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

Saw a proper mad Instagram reel that Declan Rice had donated £14m to a housing project in Tower Hamlets Googled it and the AI summary backed it up, telling users about the donation Did some journalism - it’s not true. Experts say it’s a classic case of AI dangers www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

Latest from me: on the bafflingly overlooked issue of work and rising heat www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

NEW: Premier League clubs strike new gambling shirt sponsor deals in last year before voluntary ban 11 clubs have gambling firms on front of shirts for 25/26 It's led to the ban being called a "cynical ploy" No Big Six team has a gambling sponsor www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Reform-led Durham County Council is expected to rescind its climate emergency declaration tomorrow In December the council won a national award for its work to cut emissions over the last 15 years www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

NEW: Greater Manchester Police 'encouraged' by dep mayor to carry naloxone after Big Issue reporting It's also emerged a trial of naloxone publicly promised by GMP last year never happened - but the force hasn't explained why www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Three years ago, I wrote this article on how radically reimagining our cities can drastically reduce the frequency, intensity, and duration of heatwaves. With yet another ‘once in a lifetime’ heatwave impacting Europe, it is as relevant as ever. www.bigissue.com/opinion/heat...

NEW: Naloxone can help police officers stop opioid deaths. The Home Office, Police Federation, and police chiefs support giving it to officers. One force alone estimates it's saved 134 lives Yet two forces - Suffolk and Greater Manchester - refuse. Why? My report: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

NEW: Islington Council is taking a food bank to court, trying to evict it from land it uses to store food. The food bank says it will have to shut down if the legal bid is successful The kicker? 95% of the food bank's clients are referred by Islington Council www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

A message from @philippeauclair.bsky.social The reality we at Josimar face is stark. Should we fail to raise 50 000 euro by 1 July, the world’s only investigative media dedicated solely to football will cease to exist. josimarfootball.com/2025/06/03/a...

In The Guardian in print and online today speaking about the catalyst that triggered me to write Logging Off, and changed my life forever. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

🔴 Exclusive: More than half of England’s councils did not approve the building of any homes for social rent during Labour’s first six months in government, figures obtained by @hyphenonline.com suggest hyphenonline.com/2025/05/19/h...

📊 I've detailed how much of this climate fund each council in London has left, and how community groups can access it If you know a community centre, group, charity, club etc who could benefit, please share it with them

What on Earth does that mean? Please can politicians stop using "net zero", a scientific term, to mean "environmental policies I don't like"

Thousands more people could die from overheating each year if Britain does not adapt to a warming world to avert “tomorrow’s disasters”, the UK government’s climate advisers have warned. @thecccuk.bsky.social says no sign Labour are taking climate adaptation more seriously than Tories

Zack Polanski, deputy leader of @greenparty.org.uk said progress had been “unacceptably slow and inconsistent”. “Thousands of Londoners are stuck in cold, damp and mouldy homes while their bills keep climbing,” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Did you catch us in @theguardian.com at the weekend? Councils across London have been collecting money to offset the emissions from new development... 💰 Except the vast majority of that money has not been spent. £130 million is sitting there waiting to be used for climate action...

For the London heads: know a community building that could do with solar panels to lower energy bills? Want to do some tree planting, or teach kids green skills? I discovered London councils are sitting on £130m+ that should be funding local climate action www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Every time I read a transcript of a cross-examination I'm astonished that bullying and belittling people is still seen as an acceptable or reliable way to elicit information in a courtroom. (short thread 🧵) pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardia...

There's an excellent report on the latest goings-on and fallings-out at Tower Hamlets council by @samgelder.bsky.social for London Spy. The collapse of local media has left us pretty much in the dark during the government’s inspection so thankful for Sam doing this work

The govt has intervened at Tower Hamlets council following a ‘best value’ inspection As other councils cut what’s left of services to avoid bankruptcy, Tower Hamlets is financially sound and spending big on progressive policies So what’s going on? I asked insiders for @londonspy.bsky.social

Croydon Council has thrown 22 people out on to the streets, with no alternative accommodation, after serving an eviction notice on people squatting in a council-owned building that had stood empty for 12 years.. insidecroydon.com/2025/03/17/c...

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New project launches today looking at class, the arts and the leadership of some of our biggest institutions. Our analysis shows: Nearly a third (30%) of artistic directors and other creative leaders were educated privately compared with a UK average of 7%. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

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🚨My first @hyphenonline.com story reveals Kent's flagship reception centres for young asylum seekers lost vulnerable kids more than 160 times between 2022 and 2024 ⚠️Three still haven't been found and children's commissioner she'd write to Kent CC about this ... 🧵 hyphenonline.com/2025/02/05/k...

A reminder that Los Angeles had its hottest summer in history last year. Southern California has received just 2% of "normal" rainfall during the current "rainy" season. These fires are a direct result of a warming & drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels. We are in a climate emergency.

Elon Musk is almost done building a lithium refinery that will need up to 8 million gallons of water per day. And it's twenty miles outside Corpus Christi, which is so dry the local water company distributes shower timers at high school football games. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: Strong evidence has emerged that the DWP hid the true reasons for its planned cuts to disability benefits Documents disclosed in a legal challenge also suggest up to 100,000 disabled people could be pushed into poverty by the changes By me, for @bigissue.com www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Young men are entering into an economy that is unequal, a society that is atomised and workplaces that are insecure. Right-wing influencers posing as self-help gurus are appealing directly to them. But an alternative is possible. Me for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Crib youth club is a Hackney institution and needs to be saved Spread the word/donate if you can www.justgiving.com/campaign/cri...

From seafarers mistreated and abused during the British Empire era, to workers fighting for fair treatment in UK factories in the 1970s, @tajali1.bsky.social celebrates the often overlooked legacy of activism by working-class South Asians. Artwork by Hyphen hyphenonline.com/2024/11/21/b...

Simeon McAnoy died while homeless. He had taken nitazenes, a deadly form of synthetic opioid linked to hundreds of deaths in the UK. His is the kind of story we rarely hear about. I investigated whether chances to save Simeon were missed for @bigissue.bsky.social www.bigissue.com/news/nitazen...