Sima Kotecha
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 44 |
| Date of birth | March 14,1980 |
| Zodiac sign | Pisces |
| Born | Basingstoke |
| United Kingdom | |
| Education | Queen Mary's College |
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| ID | 3457375 |
Sima Kotecha Life story
Sima Kotecha is a British television and radio journalist working for the BBC. Since 9 December 2021, Kotecha has served as the UK editor of Newsnight.
Parents 'destroyed' after baby's death at Royal Sussex County Hospital
...By Sima Kotecha & Hollie ColeBBC NewsnightParents of a two-day-old girl who died in hospital after an emergency C-section are calling for a national inquiry into maternity services...
The Secret Defendant: I've been through seven years of hell
...By Sima Kotecha and Tom LatchemBBC NewsnightA grandmother cleared of fraud charges after spending seven years with the allegations hanging over her, says every part of her life has been " destroyed"...
London still facing armed officer shortage - Met chief
...By Sean Seddon and Sima Kotecha, UK Editor, BBC NewsnightBBC NewsLondon still has " significantly" fewer firearms officers available than normal after hundreds stepped back from their duties over the weekend, the head of the Met Police has said...
Shekhar Kapur: Hollywood's diversity push is guilt driven
...By Sima Kotecha and Tim DoddBBC NewsnightDirector Shekhar Kapur has said Hollywood s push for more diverse casts has come from its guilt over " all the actors who are not getting work"...
Increase in mental health callouts received by police over past five years
...By Sima Kotecha and Ceci GoldingBBC NewsnightPolice forces across Great Britain have seen a significant rise in the number of mental health incidents they have dealt with in the past five years...
IOPC investigator quit over Bianca Williams stop and search case
...By Sima Kotecha and Hannah BarnesBBC NewsnightAn investigator has revealed she quit her job at the police watchdog over the handling of a complaint about the stop and search of two black athletes...
Ex-Met Police officer arrested over racist WhatsApp chat
...By Sima Kotecha and Hannah BarnesBBC NewsnightA ex-Met Police officer, suspended after a BBC investigation revealed he had been posting racist content on WhatsApp, has been arrested...
Home Office suspends ex-Met officer over racist WhatsApp chat
...By Sima Kotecha and Hannah BarnesBBC NewsnightAn immigration official at the Home Office has been suspended after a BBC investigation revealed he had been posting racist content on WhatsApp...
Ex-Met Police officer arrested over racist WhatsApp chat
By Sima Kotecha and Hannah BarnesBBC Newsnight
A ex-Met Police Officer , suspended after a BBC investigation revealed he had been posting racist content on WhatsApp, has been arrested.
Rob Lewis , now a Home Office official, is being held on suspicion of offences under the Communications Act and misconduct in a public office.
BBC Newsnight has seen racist messages about flooding in Pakistan, as well as Harry and Meghan, shared in the chat.
The Home Office suspended him, calling the messages " vile and deplorable".
It said it had " a zero-tolerance approach to anyone displaying racist or discriminatory behaviour".
Rob Lewis is understood to have created The Group chat, which also included other former Met police officers.
Newsnight has been passed dozens of messages, by a member of The Group . Many are too offensive to show. Some contain the very strongest racial slurs.
Some of the posts reference the government's Rwanda policy, while others joke about recent flooding in Pakistan, which left almost 1,700 people dead. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex also feature in several memes, alongside racist language.
Several of The Members of the WhatsApp group used to work for the Diplomatic Protection Group (DPG), a specialist operations branch of The Met that guards the Houses of Parliament and protects ministers.
Newsnight understands serving police officers were part of The Group in question until recently, but many left following the murder of Sarah Everard, Last Year . Ms Everard was murdered by Wayne Couzens, who was a member of the same specialist branch.
The Unit has since changed its name and is now called the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection (PaDP).
Source of news: bbc.com
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