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Metropolitan police apology for shooting Dorothy 'Cherry' Groce | Metropolitan police

The Metropolitan police has publicly apologised for the shooting of a south London mother in 1985, an incident which led to the riots of that year in Brixton. Dorothy "Cherry" Groce was paralysed below the waist when she was accidentally shot by police seeking her son, Michael, during an early morning raid on her home.

Places of worship, week 4: a mandir | Primary school teaching resources

What does a mandir look like?If the gleaming white limestone building of the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Neasden, north-west London, reminds you of a mountain range, pitted with caves, you would be spot on. Mountains and caves are very significant in Hinduism, cropping up in the stories of many of the religion's deities and holy

Soap dodger: meet the doctor who says we have been showering wrong

Hand-washing aside, James Hamblin has not used soap for five years. He warns that our obsession with being clean is harming the microbiome that keeps us healthy When James Hamblin tells people he has not used soap in the shower for five years, they tend not to hold back in expressing their disgust. Its one

TikTok received more requests to remove child bullying posts than any other social platform in Austr

eSafety commissioner received 795 requests to remove alleged bullying of children from various social media platforms in past 18 months, with 309 from TikTok TikTok received more requests from Australias eSafety commissioner to remove posts that bullied children in the last 18 months than any other social media platform.

Timur's Registan: noblest public square in the world? a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 7

The influence of this ancient Uzbek grand square stretches far across the worlds cities, from Isfahan in Iran to Agra in India and Russias St Petersburg It was on a bright, clear afternoon that I went to the Registan and walked to the centre of the tiled expanse. All around me loomed impossibly ornate portals,