Some pictures from today. One of my interviews with a woman in her 70s, was cut short when officers made their arrest mid-interview.

The horrific details of the case, both the tragic murders and detailed plans to carry out a school shooting more deadly than any such massacre in the US, are hard to express in words

He was sentenced to life with a minimum of 49 years today

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Finally, massive shoutout to @tomburgess8.bsky.social who has done brilliant work on the ground in County Durham exposing this shocking practice, which even led to Angela Rayner intervening on the issue.

(6/6)

Some families are only given 24 hours to decide whether accept the offer of a new home in another part of the country and are told they will be kicked out of emergency housing if they refuse.

(5/6)

www.theguardian.com/society/arti...

MPs in the north-east, Mary Kelly Foy and Grahame Morris said people were being moved to already very deprived communities with no additional support provided.

Durham County Council said people had been moved to the area from London without their knowledge.

(4/6)

The movement of homeless families, who are disproportionately from ethnic minority backgrounds, into largely white towns, has raised concerns.

@runnymedetrust.bsky.social CEO Shabna Begum called the practice “social cleansing” and “racialised, coercive displacement”.

(3/6)

I visited one of these areas: Horden, a former mining village that has fallen on hard times. Many homes are abandoned and the area is struggling with its own social ills. There has been a sharp rise in homeless Londoners being sent there.

(2/6)

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...