The Metropolitan Police is still missing nearly half of its officers' DNA from its database, and more than a fifth of their fingerprints, which could potentially hamper the force's ability to catch criminals in their own ranks www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'... the missing data could potentially hamper the force's ability to catch criminals in their own ranks.' 🤔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘In December 2025, over four years after Everard’s death, the second part of the Angiolini report revealed that more than a quarter of police forces in England and Wales still had not implemented basic policies for investigating sexual offences.’ inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

✍️ *NEW* blogpost article about the creeping normalisation of biometric stop and search, before safeguards and regulations are set www.stop-watch.org/news-opinion...

Wishing everyone a vibrant and joyous #Holi! Holi marks the triumph of positivity and the arrival of spring, a celebration of fresh starts, optimism, and togetherness. May this #FestivalOfColours fill your life with vibrant opportunities, lasting happiness, and continued prosperity. #HappyHoli

Applications are now open for our 2027 Training Contracts. Our two-year programme offers trainees the opportunity to develop across different practice areas while working closely with partners and senior solicitors. #LegalCareers #TrainingContract #TraineeSolicitor #London

Christopher Poulter, a fourteenth person jailed by corrupt and racist police officer, Derek Ridgewell, has had their case referred back to the Court of Appeal by the miscarriages of justice watchdog @justicegap.bsky.social www.thejusticegap.com/fourteenth-d...

Law Society says Mahmood’s move to make asylum temporary ‘will create prolonged uncertainty for people who want to live free from danger and have been recognised… as needing protection’ and stand ‘in tension with article 34 of the refugee convention’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Of the 2,735 serious pollution incidents downgraded in 2024 in England, evidence suggests that only 496 were visited and investigated. The remaining were solely based on water company evidence. Demand big polluters finally clean up their act: foe.uk/r77z5 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Undercover police officer Carlo Soracchi is facing allegations that he used taxpayers’ money to pay for a romantic break in Venice with a woman he was deceiving into a long-term relationship, the spycops public inquiry has heard www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... @robevansgdn.bsky.social

The Police Service of Northern Ireland has admitted it illegally obtained phone data from Belfast journalist Vincent Kearney and created a "profile" on him, which included the names of his wife and mother-in-law www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The deaths of 22 children while trying to cross the Channel in the last two years, along with the mistreatment of thousands of others, were due to “catastrophic failures” of the UK and French governments, according to a new report by NGO Project Play www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

February 2026 newsletter: 🗞 Government promises 'tailored support' for youth caught in possession of a knife 🗞 Vetting of police officers still not up to standard 🗞 Pioneering research shines spotlight on ‘police pursuit killings’ @irrnews.bsky.social stopwatchuk.substack.com/p/february-2...

The history of LGBT+ rights is inseparable from the history of its criminal law. To mark LGBT+ History Month, Trainee Solicitor, Louisa Reddin explores the legal milestones that have shaped LGBT+ rights in the UK. A reflection on progress, legacy and ongoing challenges. #LGBTPlusHM26

Tuesday March 3rd - after seeing #spycops gang member Carlo Soracchi next week, what better way to spend the evening than hear 'Alison' at @bookmarksbookshop.bsky.social talking about ‘The Undercover Police Scandal: Love & Lies Exposed’? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/authorsboo...

Immigration officers allegedly stole cash and property worth hundreds of thousands of pounds from small-boat migrants as they arrived in the UK. The officers have been charged with money laundering, misconduct in public office, and conspiracy to steal. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We are looking for a #CriminalDefence Solicitor (2–3 PQE) to join our Protest & General Crime team based in #London. If you are committed to social justice, confident in criminal litigation and ready to build your higher court advocacy experience, we would love to hear from you. #LegalCareers

Includes comment from Netpol

🚨Facial recognition technology misidentified an innocent man, leading to his arrest. This is why we need clear and urgent safeguards in place to protect us from the dangers of this tech.

The Metropolitan police has apologised to the Commons speaker for giving Peter Mandelson’s lawyers information pointing to him as the source of a claim that the former UK ambassador planned to flee the country www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Police arrested a man in Southampton for a burglary in Milton Keynes, a city he had never visited, after automated facial recognition software deployed across the UK confused him with another person of south Asian heritage www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

“I just assumed the officer saw a brown person with curly hair and decided to arrest me.” 26-year-old was misidentified by facial recognition technology and arrested for a burglary in a city he had never visited. Read the full story here ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Listen to @donnamclean.bsky.social sum up her powerful evidence today with these crucial points about #consent and women's bodily autonomy. #spycops

‘Bias in use of AI in policing could result in instances where algorithms – often trained on historical data reflecting past human prejudices – systematically produce unfair outcomes, such as overtargeting minority communities’ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A review of proposals by Southend council in Essex to use public space protection orders, which are notionally designed to ban "antisocial behaviour", against Palestine solidarity protests has concluded this is disproportionate and likely to face a legal challenge www.yellowad.co.uk/council-set-...

A policy of destroying recordings of trials after seven years, which has been heavily criticised by lawyers and miscarriage of justice campaigners, is to be abandoned, the Ministry of Justice has disclosed theconversation.com/government-h...

Acquired Brain Injury and links to domestic abuse Dr Hope Kent and Professor Stan Gilmour highlight the prevalence of Acquired Brain Injury and links to domestic abuse in justice-involved women for @hmiprobation.bsky.social www.russellwebster.com/acquired-bra...

"Anti‑fascists were treated as a threat to be contained, not as groups responding to a genuine threat of far‑right violence." What the recent Undercover Policing Inquiry hearings tell us - #spycops were effectively fascist enablers. searchlightmagazine.com/2026/02/how-...

2 more brave women ('Lindsey' & @donnamclean.bsky.social) give evidence this week to #spycops inquiry. Both were deceived into an intimate relationship by Met police gang member Carlo Soracchi. This is neither old news nor historic. State-sponsored sex by deception must be made illegal.

A MN protester accused of assaulting ICE officer had case dropped after vids showed no assault. LA protester accused of assaulting ICE w/ “hat” had case dropped; judge said govt acted in “bad faith” In Chicago, 92 ppl were arrested for assault/impeding ICE; 0 convicted DOJ keeps lying and losing:

A British Transport Police officer has been sacked for gross misconduct after using derogatory language about Romas, Gypsies and Travellers, with misconduct panel finding messages he sent “clearly link the Irish Traveller community to acts of theft” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Unsafe levels of cancer-causing radon gas have been detected in 16 prisons, with 33 sites under investigation by the Ministry of Justice www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... More than 1,100 deaths from lung cancer are attributed to radon each year in the UK, according to the Health Security Agency.

Recent data released by Ministry of Justice shows that 2025 recorded the highest number of deaths in prison on record. Last year there were 394 deaths in custody, a 15% increase from 2024 www.thejusticegap.com/record-priso...

NEW Misconducting in public office An ancient offence in the news - and how it usually is used only for junior officials By me emptycity.substack.com/p/misconduct...

Partner in our Criminal Defence Team, Sean Caulfield provided analysis on the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to ITV News Today. A significant development with the potential of a custodial sentence as the fallout from the Epstein scandal continues. View full coverage here

A coalition of refugee support groups has called for the Home Office’s national age assessment board to be axed, claiming it is putting hundreds of children at risk, with some children saying the social workers conducting age assessments are “out to get them”. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The Metropolitan Police is carrying out "initial inquiries" into allegations relating to close protection officers formerly assigned to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Repeat protests have won us many of our rights and freedoms, but could soon be banned under the Government’s Crime and Policing Bill. We’re calling for these laws to be scrapped and our fundamental rights to be upheld. www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/eight-...

📢NEW article by 'Alison' in @telegraph.co.uk "My priority is not to mine the psyches of Machiavellian, state-sponsored, narcissistic conmen but rather to prevent this from happening to other women.” #spycops www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/91245e4...

UN human rights experts urge Member States to take action to strengthen protections for women and girls in criminal justice systems, warning that access to justice, safety and dignity for women deprived of their liberty remains gravely inadequate www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Latest Home Office data shows that in 2024-25, there were 132 restrictions imposed on static assemblies in England and Wales. In almost one third of these protests – all in London – the Metropolitan Police was unable to explain WHY it decided to restrict them netpol.org/2026/02/12/l...

An attempt by Freemasons to stop the Metropolitan Police from forcing staff to declare whether they are or have been members of the organisation has been thrown out by the High Court www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wishing everyone celebrating the Lunar New Year a joyful start to the year ahead. May the new year bring opportunity, resilience, and continued achievement for you and your loved ones. #LunarNewYear #ChineseNewYear #YearOfTheHorse

New - our report of the #spycops public inquiry questioning Joe Batty, antifascist spied on & lied about by Carlo Soracchi whose bullshit reports reckoned Batty was a 'militant street fighter' trying to create an underground terrorist group campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2026/02/17/u...

At the start of Ramadan, we wish peace and strength to all who are observing. May it be a time of reflection, compassion, and renewed purpose. Ramadan Mubarak. #RamadanKareem #RamadanMubarak #BlessedMonth

ICYMI - The #spycops inquiry starts up again next week: tune in to this morning's @BBCr4today📻from 8.40am to hear 'Alison' & @robevansgdn.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

EU data privacy watchdog has opened a 'large-scale' inquiry into Elon Musk's X over AI-generated non-consensual sexual imagery www.ft.com/content/3c72...

Tomorrow, 17 February, at 7pm, Bríd Doherty, Associate in our team, will speak at a @streetskitchen.bsky.social Public Meeting at St Michael's Church, Camden, on the extensive issues facing those experiencing homelessness in the borough

Tomorrow, our #CivilLiberties Associate Bríd Doherty will be speaking at the Streets Kitchen Public Meeting on the extensive issues facing those experiencing #homelessness. We’re proud to support important conversations that aim to protect and uphold the rights of #vulnerable communities.

New evidence in the case of Omar Benguit, who has spent 23 years in prison for murder, suggests he was framed by police, BBC Panorama has found www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...