Sussex Police officers filmed pinning arrested man, 28, on road as he shouts ‘I can’t breathe’ sparks probe by force watchdog Man was held down by three police officers in Brighton over criminal damage He is heard shouting: ‘I can’t breathe. That is my Adam’s apple, you’re crushing it’ Sussex Police will review footage but … Read more
Footage emerges of six police officers pinning down a black man as he cries ‘I can’t breathe’ ten months before he died in custody – in chilling echo of George Floyd killing Simeon Francis, 35, was detained in July but video has only just emerged He died ten months later after being found unresponsive in … Read more
A British businessman has been slammed after applying to trademark the phrases ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘I Can’t Breathe’. Georgios Demetriou, 57, from Manchester, made applications on June 6 to trademark the phrases associated with the protest movement following the killing of George Floyd in the US. Demetriou is the founder of License to Thrill, which has operated … Read more
British mother tells how her 23-year-old son died begging police ‘I can’t breathe’ in the UK ten years ago as George Floyd’s killing triggers global protests Olaseni Lewis, IT student, died after he was sectioned at Bethlem Royal Hospital His hands and legs were shackled in four sets of restraints by 11 officers Mother Aji … Read more
Black Lives Matter protesters have taken to the streets of London for the second day running in solidarity with those in the US over the death of George Floyd. Hundreds of demonstrators were packed into Trafalgar Square on Sunday, chanting ‘I can’t breathe,’ the words Floyd was heard gasping as a white police officer knelt … Read more
British people are breathing in the equivalent of one cigarette a day because of air pollution, a leading doctor has warned. The Government is now being begged by two royal medical colleges to do more to tackle the public health crisis, which is shortening thousands of people’s lives. The Royal College of Physicians and Royal … Read more
People who have asthma or other lung conditions should not wear a face mask because it could make it difficult for them to breathe, experts say. The British Government is now advising people to wear face coverings if they are out in places where it is difficult to stay at least two metres (6’6″) away … Read more
Children face around three times more air pollution during the morning drop-off than throughout the rest of the day, due to cars idling outside the school gates. Levels of ultra-fine particulate matter, known as PM2.5, which are emitted from the exhaust pipes of vehicles lined up to drop off children in the morning, were found to … Read more
A 73-year-old man has died from coronavirus after being taken to the hospital by a mental health nurse, whose car he crashed into while making a desperate attempt to get food following ten days in isolation. The elderly man, who has not been named, was delirious and grey-faced when he bumped cars with Lucy Duncan, 24, … Read more
A fit-and-healthy mother who struggled to breathe after being infected with coronavirus has issued a stark warning to fellow Britons to ‘not take any chances’. Tara Jane Langston, 39, filmed herself with her phone in the intensive care unit at Hillingdon Hospital in west London pleading with others to take the deadly COVID-19 seriously. She was … Read more