Police have launched a hunt for a missing teenage girl considered 'high risk' and appealed to people to help in the search mission.
Tania Abbas, 17, went missing from Ilford and there is considerable concern for her safety, MyLondon reported.
The girl is thought to be in the Gants Hill Area and Barking and Dagenham Police said she is a "high risk missing person".
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The cops have urged the public to contact them if they had any information about the girl or might have spotted her.
"High risk missing person - have you seen Tania Abbas (DOB 02/02/2005) possibly in the Gants Hill area, we are concerned for her safety," the police statement read.
Anybody having any information is urged to call 999 quoting 22MIS036292.
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The FBU is planning to introduce new internal policies and wants the TUC to take action as well. (Representational image: iStock)
FBU chief raises concern over rise in racist online posts by union members
THE FIRE Brigades Union (FBU) and other trade unions are increasingly concerned about a rise in racist and bigoted online comments by their own members and officials, according to Steve Wright, the FBU’s new general secretary, speaking to the Guardian.
Wright said internal inquiries have revealed dozens of cases involving members using racist slurs or stereotypes, often aimed at asylum seekers.
He said similar issues were reported in other unions, prompting a joint campaign to counter false narratives around immigration and race promoted by far-right groups online.
“People with far-right views are becoming more brazen in what they do on social media, and I’ve witnessed it with my own union around disciplinary cases and the rhetoric of some of our own members,” Wright said to the newspaper.
He added, “Some of our members and sometimes our reps have openly made comments which are racist and bigoted. In my time in the fire service, that has gone up.”
The FBU is planning to introduce new internal policies and wants the TUC to take action as well. A formal statement addressing far-right narratives will be launched at the union’s annual conference in Blackpool next month.
Wright cited the influence of social media and figures like Donald Trump and Nigel Farage as factors contributing to these incidents. “It feels like an itch that we’ve got to scratch,” he said.
The FBU barred a former official last year for allegedly endorsing racist content on X, including posts from Britain First and Tommy Robinson.
Wright also warned that the union could strike if the government moves to cut frontline fire services.