The “Heroine of Hackney”, whose moving speech against the riots was seen around the world after being filmed by Matthew Moore, has been identified as a local jazz singer.
13.35 Photographer Amy Weston - who took the picture of the woman jumping from a burning house in Croydon yesterday
London and UK riots: live
Rolling coverage of the violence that has engulfed London and other cities, as Prime Minister David Cameron returns to chair emergency response meeting.
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Police chief invented claim of assault, court told - Crime, UK - The Independent
Britain’s most senior Asian police officer invented a claim of assault, threatened and then falsely arrested an innocent man with whom he had disagreed about a website, a court heard today.
Commander Ali Dizaei, of the Metropolitan Police, had Waad Al-Baghdadi arrested and held for more than 24 hours after the pair got into an argument outside a restaurant in west London, Southwark Crown Court was told.
[via The Independent]
Source: independent.co.uk
