Articles for Our Streets

Middle-class drug users are fuelling the mayhem, writes IAIN DUNCAN SMITH
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Middle-class drug users are fuelling the mayhem, writes IAIN DUNCAN SMITH

Daily Mail  

My good friend Noreen Oliver MBE, who died recently, was the founder of the drug charity the BAC O'Connor Centre, helping addicts through rehabilitation to renew their lives. Annual drug deaths are now nearly double the number of ten years ago, with 5,448 people losing their lives to drug poisoning last year. Snorting a line of white powder at an …

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Sleeping with a pillow or blanket outdoors can be a sign of illegal camping in Santa Monica
3 months, 1 week ago

Sleeping with a pillow or blanket outdoors can be a sign of illegal camping in Santa Monica

LA Times  

Devon O’Malley, left, a harm reduction case manager with the Venice Family Clinic, and Chelsea Agee, a prevention advocate with the Venice Family Clinic, talk with Ken Newark, 63, who is homeless, at Tongva Park in Santa Monica. “I don’t care whether they have a pillow, a backpack, a tent or a cooking stove, they’re living in our streets and …

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Idris Elba and Keir Starmer to launch coalition against knife crime
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Idris Elba and Keir Starmer to launch coalition against knife crime

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hollywood actor Idris Elba is …

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Government calls for zombie knives and machetes to be handed in to police
4 months ago

Government calls for zombie knives and machetes to be handed in to police

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Government said there will not be any repercussions for those surrendering the potentially …

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Doctors should be held responsible for letting dangerous mentally ill people onto the streets, Nottingham knife attack victim Grace O'Malley-Kumar's father declares
4 months, 1 week ago

Doctors should be held responsible for letting dangerous mentally ill people onto the streets, Nottingham knife attack victim Grace O'Malley-Kumar's father declares

Daily Mail  

Doctors caring for people with serious mental illness should be held responsible for putting 'dangerous' people on our streets, according to the father of Grace O'Malley-Kumar, who was stabbed to death last year. A new report into the care Calocane received from his local mental health trust highlights how he was discharged back to his GP in September 2022. Ian …

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UK riots: Map reveals extent of violence and looting as major cities across the country descend into chaos amid fallout from Southport stabbing tragedy
4 months, 2 weeks ago

UK riots: Map reveals extent of violence and looting as major cities across the country descend into chaos amid fallout from Southport stabbing tragedy

Daily Mail  

Britain has been gripped by a series of riots which have swept across the country, leaving police officers with broken bones, buildings set on fire and shops looted in what the former head of counter-terror policing today likened to 'terrorism'. Sunday saw violent protest erupts outside a migrant hotel in Rotherham Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Hanley …

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Column: California says its new gun law is about public safety. But what about these women?
11 months ago

Column: California says its new gun law is about public safety. But what about these women?

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom speaks about the prevalence of gun violence in society before signing Senate Bill 1327 in July 2022. The law, known as Senate Bill 2, was drafted as a workaround to a U.S. Supreme Court decision from 2022 that threw out a chunk of the state’s — and the nation’s — gun control regulations as unconstitutional, theoretically making it …

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Ian Ziering goes off on ‘hooliganism on our streets’ after biker brawl leads to battery report
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Ian Ziering goes off on ‘hooliganism on our streets’ after biker brawl leads to battery report

LA Times  

Actor Ian Ziering says he was “approached aggressively” by a mini-bike ride in Los Angeles on Sunday and it led to a physical altercation, which he “navigated to protect myself.” Actor Ian Ziering was involved in a battery incident in Los Angeles on Sunday during what appeared to be a street brawl involving several people on mini bikes. Although the …

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The twenty drugs to be made class A by the government
1 year ago

The twenty drugs to be made class A by the government

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The ban will see 15 new dangerous synthetic opioids and five other drugs become …

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How Democrats can win by confronting crime
1 year, 1 month ago

How Democrats can win by confronting crime

Raw Story  

Cherelle Parker became the first woman elected mayor of Philadelphia this week, in part because of her tough-on-crime positions. But she did not take cues from the loudest voices calling to defund the police, instead talking to and listening to people in communities across the city and taking action.” There’s an old saying that, “A conservative is a liberal who’s …

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‘Living on streets is lifestyle choice’: Row over UK’s Suella Braverman's remark
1 year, 1 month ago

‘Living on streets is lifestyle choice’: Row over UK’s Suella Braverman's remark

Hindustan Times  

UK home secretary Suella Braverman came under fire from the Opposition and charities as her own party colleagues distanced themselves from her on homelessness which implied that some people sleeping in tents on the streets of the country were making a “lifestyle choice”. But we cannot allow our streets to be taken over by rows of tents occupied by people, …

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Hundreds of mourners gather for vigil to honour Zara Aleena
1 year, 5 months ago

Hundreds of mourners gather for vigil to honour Zara Aleena

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Speaking to the PA news agency, Ms Aleena’s aunt Farah Naz said the family …

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Nearly half of homeless people in California are over 50, study finds
1 year, 6 months ago

Nearly half of homeless people in California are over 50, study finds

LA Times  

Gregory Gibson, with his dog Popcorn, is among the thousands of homeless people living on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. “People working every day are living in cars.” Before becoming homeless in 2006, Hancock, who has a psychology degree from UC San Diego, owned both a home and a rental property. And though Kushel points out that the perception …

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Opinion: Can L.A take back its streets so kids can bike safely?
1 year, 9 months ago

Opinion: Can L.A take back its streets so kids can bike safely?

LA Times  

Early in the pandemic, when many were staying home and streets were quiet, children played in the street in Redondo Beach. While larger vehicles are one factor, the built environment — the way we use our street space — hasn’t changed much to accommodate other modes of transportation. Our city is full of larger cars driving faster than ever, which …

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Column: Newsom talked tough with mayors and supervisors on homelessness. Did it work?
2 years ago

Column: Newsom talked tough with mayors and supervisors on homelessness. Did it work?

LA Times  

A few weeks ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom made headline-grabbing news by rejecting every homeless action plan in the state — holding up hundreds of millions in funding with a demand that local leaders do more to move people off our streets. Across the state, two people fall into homelessness for every one we help into housing, an alarming reality that …

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San Francisco Mayor apologizes after saying migrants were to blame for drug dealing in the city
2 years, 2 months ago

San Francisco Mayor apologizes after saying migrants were to blame for drug dealing in the city

Daily Mail  

San Francisco Mayor London Breed was forced to apologize Thursday after making comments about Honduran migrants being the cause of the city's drug problem. San Francisco Mayor London Breed was forced to apologize after she made comments about how the Honduran migrants and drug dealing in the Bay Area city Breed said that Honduran migrants are responsible for a major …

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Mayor Eric Adams says gun violence is everyone's problem. Here's how NYC tackles it
2 years, 6 months ago

Mayor Eric Adams says gun violence is everyone's problem. Here's how NYC tackles it

NPR  

Mayor Eric Adams says gun violence is everyone's problem. Adams spoke to Morning Edition about why gun violence is "everyone's problem," and how New York City is tackling it. Interview Highlights New York City's gun violence problem isn't unique or isolated Well, I think that the question is not only New York City, but across the entire country. On how …

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Kevin de León discusses his mayoral platform with the editorial board
2 years, 7 months ago

Kevin de León discusses his mayoral platform with the editorial board

LA Times  

The following is a transcript of Kevin de León’s meeting with the Los Angeles Times’ editorial board on March 3. Kevin de León No, it’s going to be a combination, Carla, of both the interim as well as permanent supportive housing. That if we build it, that the water shall come to Southern California — Robert Greene I’m sorry to …

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Police guidance on facial recognition technology ‘a hammer blow to privacy’
2 years, 9 months ago

Police guidance on facial recognition technology ‘a hammer blow to privacy’

The Independent  

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Even one person sleeping rough is too many – but London is stepping up
2 years, 9 months ago

Even one person sleeping rough is too many – but London is stepping up

The Independent  

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‘Reclaim the Night’ trends on Twitter as women share coping mechanisms following Sarah Everard’s death
3 years, 9 months ago

‘Reclaim the Night’ trends on Twitter as women share coping mechanisms following Sarah Everard’s death

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. She continued: “But I completely understand that despite this, women in London and the wider public …

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