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Journalism is an act of faith in the future; I'm police and crime correspondent at The Guardian.Reposts are just what seems interesting, views my own.

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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
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Police disclosing suspects’ ethnicity is fuelling prejudice, say campaigners
Fifty groups write letter calling for policy in high-profile cases in England and Wales to be scrapped
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Northamptonshire chief constable fined £50,000 for contempt of court
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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After Manchester, progressives should know this: Jewish people feel very alone. We need you to stand with us | Dave Rich
There’ll be sympathy and heightened security, but in the 1960s when Jewish communities faced attack, there was also solidarity. We need that back, says Dave Rich, director of policy at the Community S...
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
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Met investigates racist graffiti found in staff area at its own police station
Exclusive: Graffiti discovered in area accessible to officers and other staff at Charing Cross police station in late August
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
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Most women in England and Wales have seen abusive male behaviour in past year, says poll
Exclusive: Survey reveals 69% have experienced sexual harassment, domestic abuse, violence, stalking or other offences
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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Israel's block on international journalists in Gaza should not be allowed to stand
The ongoing denial of access feels much less about the safety of journalists and more about preventing proper scrutiny and accountability of the desperate situation there.
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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Youth workers in London custody centres stop 90% reoffending, says report
Scheme aims to exploit ‘teachable moment’, when someone is wavering between criminality and turning their back on violence
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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CPS criticised for dropping assault charge after officer allegedly gave CPR while man was awake
John Sutherland says he was conscious when Sam Wilks gave ‘excruciating’ chest compressions
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
UK prison officers to demand electric stun guns for dangerous jails
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
What I’ve learned after 40 years as the Observer’s science editor
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
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ShanghaiPanda on X: "Funny fact: Most of the "Trump products" in the Trump Store in Trump Hotel are made in China.😂 #MAGA https://t.co/NJBvPEsDXM" / X
Funny fact: Most of the "Trump products" in the Trump Store in Trump Hotel are made in China.😂 #MAGA https://t.co/NJBvPEsDXM
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Twenty-three more women contact Met police over serial rapist Zhenhao Zou
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
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'Ridiculously heavy-handed' Metropolitan Police criticised after raid on Quaker meeting house to arrest protesters
One Quaker was incensed by how the police "flooded" the building - so much so that they pointedly did not offer the officers any cups of tea.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Alarm as Florida Republicans move to fill deported workers’ jobs with children: ‘It’s insane, right?’
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Police correctly investigated Allison Pearson’s alleged racism, review finds
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
London student who drugged and raped 10 women may have 50 more victims, police fear
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
London student who drugged women and filmed attacks convicted of 11 rapes
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Leader of UK’s black police officers under investigation over tweet
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Kyiv’s White House wooing implodes as Zelenskyy tells the truth about Trump
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This might amuse some of you www.reddit.com/r/europe/com...
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From the europe community on Reddit: Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
Explore this post and more from the europe community
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Trump’s Gorka pick met with outrage: he’s ‘as dangerous as he is unqualified’
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Not saying it’s wrong, isn’t this just appeasement? The US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth tells allies that, with Donald Trump as US president, it is "unrealistic" to think Ukraine can return to its pre-2014 b…
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
MI5 gave courts false evidence about ‘abusive’ neo-Nazi agent, judge rules
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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David Amess’s killer had been dropped too soon by Prevent, review finds
Anti-radicalisation scheme found to have made series of errors in case of Ali Harbi Ali, who went on to murder MP
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Leeds student jailed in Saudi Arabia for 34 years over tweets is released
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Keen to be a journalist. A chance to come to the Guardian for two week’s work experience, with pay. workforus.theguardian.com/entry-level-...
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The Guardian :: Positive Action Scheme 2025
Paid schemes during the summer for disabled people, and for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) applicants.
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Trump said he hadn’t read Project 2025 – but most of his early executive actions overlap with its proposals
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Londoners are paying to live in deserted schools, office blocks and an old cathedral to avoid ‘insane’ rents
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Save the Observer @savetheobs.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Wow. This article claiming journalists ‘voted through the sale of the Observer’ is completely inaccurate. Simply untrue. The journalists voted for a mitigation package giving better terms. The deal was signed before Christmas against the wishes of G&O journalists.🧵 www.thetimes.com/article/0108...
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Guardian journalists vote for sale of Observer to Tortoise Media
Members of the National Union of Journalists back deal to sell Sunday newspaper after management concessions
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
GB News might not like it, but #StopFundingHate works - and advertisers know that being aligned with this toxic channel is bad for their brand. Let's stop GB News bringing Trump's playbook to Britain: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-gb-news #StartSpreadingLove #StopFundingHate
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 20/01/2025
Today marks the beginning of a dark four years for our country, but we refuse to surrender. You shouldn't either.
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Not a great day to be a Twitter advertiser... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes at inauguration rally
Tech billionaire wades into controversy after shooting right arm on upwards diagonal during celebrations of Trump
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Southport killer was referred to Prevent three times
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Burglar who stole £10m worth of jewellery from London mansion broke in through bathroom window
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
And the UK winners of the 2024 awards for appalling customer service are …
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Jewellery worth £10.4m stolen from London home in one of Britain’s biggest burglaries
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Nigel Farage working as paid brand ambassador for gold bullion firm
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Met apologises to black community leader detained by officer who has faced three misconduct proceedings
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
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Elon Musk endorses far-right German political party, wading deeper into global politics | CNN Business
Musk, the billionaire Trump ally who is playing a public role in the incoming administration, posted in support Friday of Alternative for Germany, or AfD, after the German government collapsed this we...
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
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‘The Black Swan Election’: Trump’s Campaign Chiefs Tell Their Inside Story
LaCivita and Fabrizio explain what their inside numbers showed, where Harris messed up and why Trump wanted Vance.
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
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ABC agrees to give $15m to Donald Trump's presidential library in defamation settlement
On 10 March, ABC News presenter George Stephanopoulos claimed Donald Trump had been found civilly liable for raping the writer E. Jean Carroll.
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
0203 353 4368 is the number for #GdnCharityAppeal2024. I’m taking donations until 6pm. My first call was a wonderful lady from Liverpool was donated £1000. Since then we’ve had a former tabloid journalist and former adviser in the last Tory government donate.
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Call 0203 353 4368 to donate to the Guardian&Observer Christmas charity appeal. I’m on until 6pm. Money goes to War child, Medecjns sans frontieres, and parallel histories
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Schools accused of 'toxic and humiliating culture'
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Why foreign correspondents are alarmed and dismayed at plans to sell the Observer
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vikramdodd.bsky.social @vikramdodd.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Police unlawfully storing images of innocent people for facial recognition
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