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  • 23 Dec 2011
    Homelessness charities team up for the winter

    Two leading homelessness charities are teaming up to help homeless men and women using winter shelters across London to escape homelessness.

  • 12 Nov 2011
    Deaths of homeless people remembered at annual service

    The names of homeless people who have died over the last year in London have been read out at an Annual Service of Commemoration.

  • 28 Oct 2011
    Protesters launch Occupied Times of London newspaper

    The Occupied Times of London, an independent newspaper of the high profile Occupy London protest movement, has launched its first edition.

  • 16 Oct 2011
    St Paul's chancellor says police should leave protesters alone

    The canon chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral in London has asked the police to leave the area occupied by protesters against corporate greed.

  • 19 Aug 2011
    Blond blunders on riots

    There have been many thoughtful attempts to understand recent riots in England, says Savi Hensman. But unfortunately thinktank head and theologian Philip Blond’s parallel universe is not among them.

  • 12 Aug 2011
    Punishing rioters’ and looters’ families

    Many people are angry and frightened at the rioting that has caused such damage in cities across England. Some favour harsh punishments. Ideas which have become popular include cutting off welfare benefits to those convicted and evicting their families from social housing. Wandsworth Council has reportedly already applied to the courts to evict a tenant whose son was involved.

  • 10 Aug 2011
    Riots, looting and the hypocrisy of Boris Johnson

    The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, appeared on Radio 4 this morning (10 August) and was asked about the underlying causes of the recent riots. He attributed them to a “sense of entitlement” among young people who were showing the effects of a lack of discipline in school.

  • 10 Aug 2011
    Communities respond to riots with calls for rebuilding

    With the smell of smoke and wail of sirens in the background, about 200 to 300 people from a range of faiths on the evening of 8 August gathered for a prayer and a walk to the center of Tottenham, north London, scarred by a weekend of rioting.

  • 10 Aug 2011
    Faith groups work to heal riot-scarred English neighborhoods

    Many faith communities in England are working together on the front line this week after several days of rioting across the country.

  • 9 Aug 2011
    Unrest and violence spreads right across England

    Rioting spread across a number of major cities in England last night, including many parts of London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Nottingham and Bristol.