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Police seek Tommy Robinson after alleged assault at London station
Police investigating an alleged assault of a man at a London train station are hunting for the far-right activist Tommy Robinson, who is understood to have taken a flight out of Britain shortly after video was put online showing him near the injured man. The video shows Robinson claiming the man had attacked him, and was filmed at London St Pancras station where he had been leafleting earlier in the day. Robinson is 42 and originally from Luton. British Transport Police said they were called just after 8.40pm on Monday to reports of an assault. They said the injured man was in hospital 'with serious injuries, which are not thought to be life-threatening'. The force said: 'Following a report of an assault at St Pancras station last night (28 July), officers have confirmed that the suspect, a 42-year-old man from Bedfordshire, boarded a flight out of the country in the early hours of this morning. 'Detectives are continuing to work closely to progress the investigation and bring him into custody for questioning.' It is not known to where the man flew. In the video, a man can be seen lying face down and motionless, with Robinson pacing nearby. Robinson can be heard saying: 'He come at me bruv.' Shortly afterwards, Robinson – whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – tells an onlooker: 'He come at me, you saw that.' The first police statement about the incident said: 'British Transport Police (BTP) were called to St Pancras station just after 8.40pm yesterday (28 July) following reports of an assault. Officers attended and a man was taken to hospital with serious injuries, which are not thought to be life-threatening. 'Overnight the investigation has been ongoing and officers have been making arrest enquiries. Anyone with information or who witnessed what happened can text 61016 quoting reference 655 of 28 July.' The far-right monitoring group Hope Not Hate describes Robinson as the 'best-known far-right extremist in Britain'. In recent years Robinson has claimed to be a journalist focusing on anti-Muslim and anti-migrant causes. The best public interest journalism relies on first-hand accounts from people in the know. If you have something to share on this subject you can contact us confidentially using the following methods. Secure Messaging in the Guardian app The Guardian app has a tool to send tips about stories. Messages are end to end encrypted and concealed within the routine activity that every Guardian mobile app performs. This prevents an observer from knowing that you are communicating with us at all, let alone what is being said. If you don't already have the Guardian app, download it (iOS/Android) and go to the menu. Select 'Secure Messaging'. SecureDrop, instant messengers, email, telephone and post See our guide at for alternative methods and the pros and cons of each.


BBC News
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Transgender row rape charity starts new service for biological women
A rape crisis charity at the heart of a row over whether trans women can attend support sessions for women has announced it is launching a new service for women which will exclude transgender 2022 a woman known as "Sarah" told BBC News she was suing Brighton-based Survivors' Network because she felt uncomfortable talking about her own abuse in front of a trans woman who had joined the charity, which provides support services for survivors of sexual violence in Sussex, says it will now run a new group for biological women who live as women, alongside its existing meetings that allow trans and non-binary people to take this year, a UK Supreme Court ruling said single-sex services should be reserved for people of the same biological sex. Sarah told the BBC in 2002 she had been sexually abused as a child and then raped when in her had approached the group for support after coming into contact with the man she said had attacked her."I was finding it really hard to cope," she said at the said she had found the sessions helpful and supportive at first. She called them a "safe space".However, a trans woman - a biological male who identified as a woman - started attending the support group for victims of sexual abuse and says the trans woman presented as typically male in the way she looked and dressed, and Sarah felt uncomfortable in her presence."I don't trust men because I was raped by a man," she said at the time. "I don't necessarily trust that men are always who they say they are."Sarah stopped attending the the time, Survivors' Network said trans women were welcome into all its "women-only spaces", and that it would defend the legal claim being brought against in a joint announcement, Sarah, whose online identity is Sarah Surviving, and the Survivors' Network, say they have come to an agreement before the case was due to go to trial in new group for biological women will exclude trans men (born female but identifying as men) and trans women (born male but identifying as women) as well as non-binary people (who don't identify as either men or women). The statement says the new peer support group in Brighton for biological women will run in addition to the original group that allows trans and non-binary people to attend."For some biological women, such a space is imperative for their healing and acknowledges their trauma," write the charity's co-chairs on its website. The new service will run as a 12-month pilot scheme, funded by the Office of Sussex Police and Crime X, Sarah Surviving wrote "This is the best possible outcome for sexual violence survivors in our city."


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I discovered my mother-in-law betrayal's over my husband's seedy affair. Now I'm outing her treachery, I've realised the emasculating reason why she did it: AMANDA GREEN
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