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@vikramdodd.bsky.social

Journalism is an act of faith in the future; I'm police and crime correspondent at The Guardian.Reposts are just what seems interesting, views my own.

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Police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity is fuelling prejudice, say campaigners Fifty groups write letter calling for policy in high-profile cases in England and Wales to be scrapped

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23.11.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Northamptonshire chief constable fined Β£50,000 for contempt of court

20.11.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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After Manchester, progressives should know this: Jewish people feel very alone. We need you to stand with us | Dave Rich There’ll be sympathy and heightened security, but in the 1960s when Jewish communities faced attack, there was also solidarity. We need that back, says Dave Rich, director of policy at the Community S...

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Met investigates racist graffiti found in staff area at its own police station Exclusive: Graffiti discovered in area accessible to officers and other staff at Charing Cross police station in late August

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19.09.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Most women in England and Wales have seen abusive male behaviour in past year, says poll Exclusive: Survey reveals 69% have experienced sexual harassment, domestic abuse, violence, stalking or other offences

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Israel's block on international journalists in Gaza should not be allowed to stand The ongoing denial of access feels much less about the safety of journalists and more about preventing proper scrutiny and accountability of the desperate situation there.

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19.06.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Youth workers in London custody centres stop 90% reoffending, says report Scheme aims to exploit β€˜teachable moment’, when someone is wavering between criminality and turning their back on violence

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CPS criticised for dropping assault charge after officer allegedly gave CPR while man was awake John Sutherland says he was conscious when Sam Wilks gave β€˜excruciating’ chest compressions

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UK prison officers to demand electric stun guns for dangerous jails

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What I’ve learned after 40 years as the Observer’s science editor

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ShanghaiPanda on X: "Funny fact: Most of the "Trump products" in the Trump Store in Trump Hotel are made in China.πŸ˜‚ #MAGA https://t.co/NJBvPEsDXM" / X Funny fact: Most of the "Trump products" in the Trump Store in Trump Hotel are made in China.πŸ˜‚ #MAGA https://t.co/NJBvPEsDXM

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UK creating β€˜murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill

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UK creating β€˜murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill

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Twenty-three more women contact Met police over serial rapist Zhenhao Zou

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'Ridiculously heavy-handed' Metropolitan Police criticised after raid on Quaker meeting house to arrest protesters One Quaker was incensed by how the police "flooded" the building - so much so that they pointedly did not offer the officers any cups of tea.

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He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.

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Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: β€˜It’s insane, right?’

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Police correctly investigated Allison Pearson’s alleged racism, review finds

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London student who drugged and raped 10 women may have 50 more victims, police fear

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London student who drugged women and filmed attacks convicted of 11 rapes

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Leader of UK’s black police officers under investigation over tweet

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Kyiv’s White House wooing implodes as Zelenskyy tells the truth about Trump

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From the europe community on Reddit: Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance. Explore this post and more from the europe community

This might amuse some of you

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Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised

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Trump’s Gorka pick met with outrage: he’s β€˜as dangerous as he is unqualified’

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Not saying it’s wrong, isn’t this just appeasement?
The US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth tells allies that, with Donald Trump as US president, it is "unrealistic" to think Ukraine can return to its pre-2014 b…

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MI5 gave courts false evidence about β€˜abusive’ neo-Nazi agent, judge rules

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David Amess’s killer had been dropped too soon by Prevent, review finds Anti-radicalisation scheme found to have made series of errors in case of Ali Harbi Ali, who went on to murder MP

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12.02.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Leeds student jailed in Saudi Arabia for 34 years over tweets is released

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The Guardian :: Positive Action Scheme 2025 Paid schemes during the summer for disabled people, and for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) applicants.

Keen to be a journalist. A chance to come to the Guardian for two week’s work experience, with pay.
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