UK coronavirus live: three men stabbed at Bournemouth beach after major incident declared over crowding
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A former mayor has resigned after comparing Black Lives Matter protesters to monkeys jumping on a car.
Peter Kraus, 68, resigned as a councillor after putting the images side-by-side on his Facebook page.
I’m sad to see another derogatory post, this time one that compares black people to monkeys, it is the lowest of the low.
While it seems that there is a lot of hatred and negativity around, this whole event has highlighted the urgent need to fight racism that is clearly evident in our county.
Just 175 prisoners out of up to 4,000 have been freed early under emergency measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus behind bars, figures show.
Campaigners accused ministers of moving at a “glacial rate”, warning thousands were still being held in overcrowded conditions or in prolonged solitary confinement.
With the spread of coronavirus confirmed in almost every prison in the country, it is vital that as many people as possible are enabled to return to the community safely.
Instead, the glacial rate of early release means that tens of thousands of people are being held either in overcrowded conditions or prolonged solitary confinement.
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