Published:
3:03 PM January 28, 2021
Top left: Rabbi Herschel Gluck, top right: Hackney speaker Cllr Kam Adams. Bottom left: Bergen-Belsen survivor Zahava Kohn and her daughter Hephzibah Rudofsky, bottom right: Ivor Millman, chair of the Council of Christians and Jews (CJJ) North London Branch.
- Credit: Hackney Council
Holocaust survivors shared their stories in an online memorial event to remember the atrocities committed under the Nazi regime and in genocides around the world.
The Holocaust Memorial Day 2021 service on January 27 saw Hackney speaker Cllr Kam Adams light a candle and place a floral wreath by the Town Hall with Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville.
The inquiry concluded that the 31 officers who had their hair cut last week should be fined £200 and the two who organised it will be investigated for misconduct. It is deeply disappointing and frustrating that my officers have fallen short of the expectation to uphold Covid-19 regulations, Det Chief Supt Marcus Barnett said. Although officers donated money to charity as part of the haircut, this does not excuse them from what was a very poor decision.
Despite lockdowns being brought in across the UK, there has been concern that many people are not abiding by the rules, meaning the virus keeps spreading.
A group of 31 London police officers are facing £200 Covid-19 fines for getting their hair cut by a barber while on duty at a police station. The Metropolitan Police said that the officers all had trims from a professional hairdresser at Bethnal Green police station on January 17. They are all facing £200 fines and the two officers that organised the event are under investigation for potential misconduct. Local policing commander Detective Chief Superintendent Marcus Barnett said: “It is deeply disappointing and frustrating that my officers have fallen short of the expectation to uphold Covid-19 regulations.
Police parked up at a Greenwich cafe