Vikram Dodd News Today

We have the death toll at 19 and weve got this as a jaw dropping suspicion as to what happened. Multiple u. S. Officials briefed on the investigation say that uk authorities suspect that this explosion at this concert venue in manchester, england was detonated by a suicide bomber. Now, again, we have no named sources for that, but we are told by multiple u. S. Officials briefed on the investigation that that is the supposition at this point. London is five hours ahead of time the u. S. East coas...

In today’s newsletter: Jewish campaigner Gideon Falter’s confrontation with a Met police officer, and what it says about modern media

In today’s newsletter: As the government prepares to scale down its ambitious high speed rail project again, we explore what happened

In today’s newsletter: More than 120,000 penalties were handed out during the pandemic – but there’s a question of how fairly they were issued

In today’s newsletter: From September the force will stop attending to non-urgent mental health care calls – but should they? And who else steps in if they don’t?

Crime correspondent Vikram Dodd explains the police’s decision to stop responding to mental health callouts exclaiming: “If somebody breaks their leg in the street they get an ambulance, not a police car, why is it different for mental health.”

In today’s newsletter: The Casey report gives an in-depth look at the issues at the core of the capital’s police force

The conviction this week of one of Britain’s worst sex offenders in recent history was accompanied by a staggering revelation: he was a serving police officer. Emine Sinmaz and Vikram Dodd report

The bond between Bolsonaro and Trump. Plus: another dark day for London’s Met police

In today’s newsletter: This week, Carrick has admitted to 85 offences against 12 women in 20 years as a Met police officer. How was able to get away with it?