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Labour attack on freedom of speech continues at Gaza protest

Police say they arrested 365 people in Westminster today. These included a blind man in a wheelchair, former NHS nurses and Quakers, all for holding up signs saying ‘I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action’. But no one at the … Continue reading

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Croydon-born children’s author Allan Ahlberg has died

Allan Ahlberg, the children’s author and poet whose writing touched the lives of countless families, died this week. He was 87. Ahlberg was born in Croydon in 1938. Working with his illustrator wife Janet Ahlberg, together they produced a host … Continue reading

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