A senior Black Lives Matter organiser has called for Winston Churchill’s statue to be removed from Parliament Square ahead of today’s protest, which is under threat of violence from football hooligans and far-right thugs. Imarn Ayton, 29, a figurehead of the movement who has given speeches alongside Stat Wars actor John Boyega, said a monument … Read more
Boris Johnson has said activists who harm the police or property during Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd will face ‘the full force of the law’. The Prime Minister posted a video message to the nation from his Twitter account this evening following a weekend of demonstrations in cities and … Read more
‘Woah, what the hell!?’ Love Island star Sophie Piper clashes with Mike Boateng over ‘distasteful’ joke in awkward reunion Published: 10:22 GMT, 20 March 2020 | Updated: 11:10 GMT, 20 March 2020 They spent January searching for romance in a luxury villa in South Africa. And, Love Island star Sophie Piper clashed with Mike Boateng … Read more
Residents have fought riot police with wooden sticks and set up flaming barricades on the roads in an attempt to halt the construction of new migrant detention centres on two Greek islands. At least 500 people on Lesbos and Chios – including regional governor Kostas Moutzouris and West Lesbos mayor Taxiarchis Verros – clashed with … Read more