Tom Symonds

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@felixpope_ @NewStatesman A pic I took in 2022

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@felixpope_ @NewStatesman I've probably done 3 or 4 public order safety courses here as a reporter, and visited separately as part of group working to improve journalists' safety. Not sure the Met has been secretive about Gravesend.

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Interesting findings from the Marine Accident Investigation Branch on the vulnerabilities of the Bayesian to high wind.
https://t.co/LMW99rSaeL

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@leebosher Many thanks - belatedly!

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@cavabubbles @leebosher If you google Landmark Information Group you’ll see why I asked. I needed the original source for this map which would not, I felt, be a property data company,
Journalist

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How many falsehoods can @elonmusk fit into a 24 hour period? The ever impressive @BBCRosAtkins tries to find out….

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How Elon Musk seized on baseless memo claim to fuel wave of misinformation

BBC Verify gets to the bottom of the claim the Home Office sent police a circular suggesting children could choose to be groomed.

https://t.co/95xRN57bVM

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@metpoliceuk says email was sent in error and it's "reaching out to those impacted to personally apologise and provide reassurance."

"A referral to the Information Commissioners's Office has been made and we await advice on next steps."

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Breaking:
The Metropolitan Police is expected to refer itself to the Information Commissioner after accidentally sending an email which named alleged victims of the Westminster “honeytrap” scandal.
https://t.co/6gUNhFtLMy

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Breaking:
The Metropolitan Police is expected to refer itself to the Information Commissioner after accidentally sending an email which named alleged victims of the Westminster “honeytrap” scandal.
https://t.co/6gUNhFtLMy

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Essex Chief Constable has asked the National Police Chiefs Council to review it's handling of the case - accepting there were strong opposing views.
“That’s why we work so hard to remain impartial and to investigate allegations, regardless of where they might lead" force says

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BREAKING: Essex Police to take "no further action" following criminal investigation into Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson who was accused of inciting racial hatred after she commented on a picture on X last year. Follows advice given to the force by the Crown Prosecution Service.

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BREAKING: Essex Police to take "no further action" following criminal investigation into Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson who was accused of inciting racial hatred after she commented on a picture on X last year. Follows advice given to the force by the Crown Prosecution Service.

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Chris Kaba shot man in nightclub days before his death - revealed after reporting restriction which has been in place for months was lifted at the Old Bailey https://t.co/Rm25ny2fYJ

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BREAKING: Martyn Blake, the firearms officer who shot Chris Kaba during a police stop, has been found not guilty of murder.

https://t.co/vwtHcaRUf9

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Migrant took own life after 'multiple failings' at UK detention centre - inquest jury finds in case of Frank Ospina the BBC revealed last year. https://t.co/e3JUqco4s9

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A Metropolitan Police firearms officer took an "unjustified" decision to shoot Chris Kaba, during an incident in September 2022 despite the fact there was no "immediate threat to life", a prosecutor has told an Old Bailey jury.

https://t.co/lt6r9fHpKN

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Martyn Blake, 40 denies a single count of murder.

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Tom Little KC tells jury "was this a case of mistaken belief as to risk, or as we say, was this an unlawful decision to kill."

"Nothing Chris Kaba did in the seconds before he was shot justified the defendant's decision to shoot" he says.

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Jury told Chris Kaba had reversed back from a police car blocking his path at the time the trigger was pulled by officer Martyn Blake who is on trial for murder.

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A Metropolitan Police firearms officer took an "unjustified" decision to shoot Chris Kaba, during an incident in September 2023 despite the fact there was no "immediate threat to life", a prosecutor has told an Old Bailey jury.