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10 years after Macpherson, the Met is still short of blacks and Asians in senior jobs

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236 officers in Met racism allegations

07.10.09
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Police are told to treat hundreds more attacks as 'honour' crimes

22.09.09
Police and prosecutors are to be told to presume that hundreds more crimes are 'honour' based in a new drive to bring more offenders to justice... more

Stockwell is sharp and slickly directed

11.09.09
It seems perhaps fitting that Stockwell should come to rest in Kilburn. The Tricycle is, after all, the proud originating home of the “tribunal” drama Stockwell is sharp and slickly directed... more

Tricycle puts black writers centre stage

10.08.09
A London theatre is to host its first 'black only' season... more

More than 250 Met officers facing racism allegations

01.07.09
A total of 255 Metropolitan police officers are facing accusations of racism, according to new figures... more

One in 10 Met constables from ethnic minority

25.06.09
The number of ethnic minority officers in the Met is poised to break 3,000 for the first time... more

One in 10 Met constables is now from ethnic minority

25.06.09
The number of ethnic minority officers in the Metropolitan police is poised to break 3,000 for the first time... more

Teenagers go to Harvard in Stephen Lawrence memory

10.06.09
A teenage boy who grew up near the place where Stephen Lawrence was murdered is to study architecture at Harvard University in his memory... more

Stephen Lawrence police not racist, says Sir Ian Blair

06.04.09
Former Met chief Sir Ian Blair said that police who investigated the murder of Stephen Lawrence were not "necessarily racist"... more

Failure to catch rapist Kirk Reid 'a Lawrence moment', says chief

26.03.09
One of Britain's most senior police officers has compared the failures to catch rapist Kirk Reid to the blunders in the investigation into the race murder of Stephen Lawrence... more

Met is rocked by 'apartheid' row

24.02.09
Scotland Yard is facing new claims of racism over allegations that an "apartheid" culture involving police community support officers operated at a London station... more

Stephen Lawrence friend wins council seat

20.02.09
The best friend of Stephen Lawrence, who was with the teenager when he was murdered in a racist attack, has become a councillor... more

10 years after Macpherson, the Met is still short of blacks and Asians in senior jobs

18.02.09
The Met has the same number of senior black and ethnic minority officers as it did 10 years ago when it was accused of institutional racism over the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation... more

Lawrence legacy: the fight against racism

18.02.09
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Tackling racism in the Met

18.02.09
The struggle to tackle racism in the police force, renewed today with an investigation launched by the Mayor, is crucial in the fight against crime... more

Ghaffur will give evidence in private at Met racism inquiry

17.02.09
Former race row police chief Tarique Ghaffur will be the first witness at an inquiry into discrimination within the Metropolitan Police... more

Macpherson adviser says Met Police is still racist

16.02.09
The Met Police has failed to learn all the lessons of the Macpherson Inquiry and remains institutionally racist, says one of the three men who oversaw the Stephen Lawrence report... more

Sir Paul: teenage crime and terror my priorities

28.01.09
Sir Paul Stephenson has set out his police manifesto saying the fight against terrorism and youth crime were at the top of his agenda... more

Religion now more divisive than race, says public

20.01.09
At least four out of 10 Muslims do not believe that communities should be forced to integrate in Britain, according to a new poll... more

Britain at ease with race diversity says Phillips

19.01.09
The police should no longer be accused of "institutional racism", the head of Britain's equalities watchdog said... more

Crunch cancels black Baftas

05.12.08
Britain's "black Baftas" have been called off because of the financial crisis... more

Defiant Sir Ian defends his 'gaffes'

28.11.08
Met chief Sir Ian Blair stood by some of his most controversial comments - but admitted there were "three or four things that I've said wrong"... more

Mayor to hold new inquiry on racism at the Met

06.10.08
Mayor Boris Johnson has announced an inquiry into racism at Scotland Yard as black police leaders ordered a recruitment boycott of the force... more

Lawrence's mother helps launch £1m architecture project in his memory

15.07.08
The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence is launching a project to help make it easier for black people to become architects... more

Police seven times more likely to stop black people

08.07.08
Black people are seven times more likely than whites to be stopped and searched by police, official figures show... more

Attacks on Met's Sir Ian are 'harming race relations'

08.07.08
The Met's independent race advisers have issued a strong defence of Sir Ian Blair... more

Institutional racism 'still a problem for Met police'

01.07.08
Senior MPs have declared that the Met is still dogged by "institutional" race problems more than 10 years after the inquiry into Stephen Lawrence's murder... more

Lawrence father: fine knife thugs on the spot

20.06.08
The father of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has called for fixed penalties for anyone caught carrying a knife... more

Paddick can halt killing, says Lawrence friend

09.04.08
The best friend of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has given his support to Brian Paddick's mayoral campaign... more

'Disgusting' race attack on Stephen

14.02.08
The memorial centre built in honour of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence was vandalised today in a racist attack... more

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