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The Guardian
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Disclosing suspects' ethnicity and migration status is dangerous
We share the concerns of the Runnymede Trust and the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants that the proposal to allow police to reveal the ethnicity and migration status of crime suspects has scant regard for community safety (Campaigners criticise UK plans to reveal suspects' ethnicity and migration status, 10 August). After another summer of far-right discontent, the Institute of Race Relations, which monitors national developments, is concerned about the focus in some communities on vigilante justice, often justified in terms of hunting down paedophiles. The danger is that local punishment squads could deal out their own form of summary justice against anyone perceived to be an asylum seeker or a foreign criminal, with the colour of their skin marking them out for FeketeDirector, Institute of Race Relations It is not surprising that the police have been given new official guidance to issue information about the ethnicity of suspects (New guidance for UK police on releasing suspects' ethnicity and migration status, 13 August). It is astonishing, however, that the debate continues without any acknowledgment that the very attempt to classify people by racial origin is a founding principle of the worst governments of the past century. Urged to self-classify, as we are in many official forms for seemingly good reasons, no one seems prepared to say simply that the very attempt to classify people by 'racial origin' is in itself an abhorrent first step on the road to apartheid, 'remigration' and StubbsBridport, Dorset The nonsensical notion of 'transparency' has raised its ideologically loaded head again in the latest front to be opened up in the culture wars (Routinely disclosing the ethnicity of police suspects is a very dangerous step to take, 13 August). If 'transparency' is really the most important motivating factor here rather, than, say, appeasement of unpleasant far‑right views, surely the annual earnings of the accused, or their highest level of educational attainment, would be more significant in helping to portray a profile of those who are accused or suspected of criminal activity. Eddie Duggan Ipswich, Suffolk Have an opinion on anything you've read in the Guardian today? Please email us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our letters section.
BBC News
11-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Runnymede Borough Council to apply new parking fee from September
A Surrey council has reversed a decision to revise its parking charges after a April, Runnymede Borough Council introduced a flat rate of £2 in the evening and £3 overnight, while town centre car park fees increased by 10p an the changes were announced the Egham Chamber of Commerce took to social media to criticise an alleged "complete absence of consultation" with businesses and the council has confirmed that, from September, a single £2 flat fee will apply for parking between 18:00 and 08:00 BST in council-owned car parks. Councillor Don Whyte, chair of the environment and sustainability committee, said: "We've listened to what residents and businesses have told us and we're making sensible changes that reflect their concerns."These new arrangements make parking more straightforward and more affordable, and they also help support the evening economy and local community activity."The council is also introducing a new evening parking permit costing £100 a year, payable quarterly. Up to 20 permits will be made available per car park.
The Sun
15-06-2025
- General
- The Sun
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BBC News
10-06-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
'Definitive' 1225 Magna Carta marked at Canterbury talk
While the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta was marked 10 years ago, 2025 is also a significant date in the history of the landmark 1215 the first Magna Carta was sealed at Runnymede, on the banks of the Thames between Windsor and charter of rights established that no-one was above the law, including the monarch, and is seen as a cornerstone of modern Cathedral archivist Cressida Williams, who gave a talk on the document on Monday, said it was actually the 1225 form of Magna Carta which entered the statute books and became "the definitive version". The charter was agreed between King John at Runnymede on 15 June 1215. and a group of leading Archbishop of Canterbury Stephen Langton also played an important role in the four copies of the 1215 Magna Carta survive to this day, including one held at the British Library, which has been identified as the copy originally kept at Canterbury Williams said that although Magna Carta was now seen as one of the "steps on the way to democracy", it was not a democratic document."It's the emotion of the document, the principle of the document that makes it a powerful symbol today," she told BBC Radio document outlined basic rights with the principle that no-one was above the law, including the king, and charted the right to a fair was the first attempt to limit the absolute power of the monarch through a decree that they had to act within the rule of law.
BBC News
07-06-2025
- BBC News
Ottershaw dispersal order after anti-social behaviour cases
Surrey Police says it has put a dispersal order in place in a Runnymede order was in place from 17:00 BST on Friday in Ottershaw and will remain in effect until 08:00 on order follows "several cases of anti-social behaviour in the area", according to the orders allow police to direct people away from a specified area and arrest those who refuse to leave. Surrey Police says officers will be patrolling the area while the order is in follows Epsom and Ewell Borough Council granting officers temporary powers to tackle anti-social behaviour ahead of the Epsom Derby.
