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Thousands of anti-racism protestors gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square following the death of Black man George Floyd, who was killed by police. Similar scenes have been seen in Canada, Germany and New Zealand. The protests follow the death of George Floyd while in police custody, sparking a wave of anger in more than 75 cities across America.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in London, Berlin and Copenhagen over the weekend, chanting "Black lives matter" and "say his name."
A “misunderstanding” saw the Dad's House in south London struggling to feed families before HuffPost UK intervention.
A food bank in London is facing a donation shortage following a surge in visitors since the coronavirus outbreak took hold in the UK in March. William McGranaghan of Dads House in London shared a video on Twitter which showed a queue of people filling the entire length of a shopping centre outside his food bank in Elephant and Castle. He says the number of families visiting has shot up from 10 a day to more than 500 a day – many of which have young children. Mr McGranaghan is now worried that donations alone will no longer be able to fulfil the high demand.
The cocktail of emotions the pandemic stirred up risks tipping the UK into a more volatile version of normal, Rabina Khan writes.
University of Cambridge study showed the R number in London could be as low as 0.4.
Health secretary Matt Hancock says the figure is 5% in other parts of the country.
Police watchdog decides against further action, but City Hall set to renew its own probe.
Modelling by PHE and Cambridge University suggested there were only around 24 new coronavirus cases a day in the capital.
A community soup kitchen in Brixton has changed its role during the coronavirus lockdown. Brixton Soup Kitchen was set up to help the homeless but since lockdown has also been providing for the elderly and vulnerable families with delivery of hot food.