A Downing Street rally against antisemitism asks the public to do something harder than disapprove privately. Britain is very good at quiet concern, folded neatly and kept indoors. Hatred tends to enjoy that arrangement. It leaves more room on the pavement.
Crime
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Nottinghamshire Car Incident
A car striking five pedestrians in Nottinghamshire has left the usual awful mixture: injured people, police statements, public worry and a town trying to work out what happened on an ordinary street. Some stories are too grim for cleverness. This is one of them.
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Faith and Belief Forum Hate Consultation
A consultation on faith-based hate crime is the kind of exercise nobody wants to need, which is rather the point. Town halls, surveys and recommendations may sound dry, but behind them sit people who don't want to be targeted for worshipping in public.
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Ketamine by Fishing Boat
Five men have been sentenced after a ketamine-smuggling operation used a fishing boat and refrigeration units to move drugs into the UK. It has all the usual ingredients: encrypted messages, maritime routes and a great deal of misplaced confidence. Crime often sounds clever until someone opens the wrong container.
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The Synagogue Gates
An arson attack at the former East London Central Synagogue has brought counter-terrorism detectives, CCTV checks and extra patrols around places of worship. The fire was stopped before reaching the main sanctuary. Even so, a gate can carry more than metal when someone sets out to burn it.