Rachel Rees

1 week ago | londoncentric.media | Jim Waterson |Rachel Rees

Possession of small amounts of natural cannabis for personal use should be decriminalised, according to a massive review of drugs policy in London endorsed by Sadiq Khan, which has concluded the existing policy is racist and is used by the Metropolitan police as a justification to stop and search young black men. The mayor said the findings of the London Drugs Commission are “compelling” but he has no power to change drugs law in the capital.

1 week ago | ft.com | Rachel Rees

Earlier this month, the Ukrainian military claimed to have shot down a Russian fighter jet with missiles fired from an unmanned naval drone.

2 weeks ago | londoncentric.media | Rachel Rees

Disabled residents have been stranded in an iconic London high-rise tower block without any working lifts for a week, amid allegations they have been threatened by the building’s management company for posting about the issue on Reddit. Business owner Peter Yu and student Vasundhara Gupte are both residents of the 28-storey brutalist Balfron Tower in Tower Hamlets, a high-rise east London tower built by a Bond villain namesake.

1 month ago | londoncentric.media | Liv Facey |Rachel Rees |Jim Waterson

We want to open today’s edition with a note of thanks to our readers. When London Centric launched seven months ago, it was based on an educated gamble that London badly needed in-depth reporting and that a community of people would be willing to pay for it. Proper journalism takes time and money – checking out tips thoroughly, making phone calls, knocking on doors, persuading people to speak, and working through legal hurdles when we are poking at people with expensive lawyers.

1 month ago | ft.com | Rachel Rees

Kiln is not your average café; less a café than a “live gallery,” as co-owner Richard Cullen calls it.