Group calls for nationwide candlelit vigil at 9.30pm on Saturday night after police block in-person events across the UK

An organiser of the London vigil for Sarah Everard has said that while the group is “devastated” that in-person events had to be cancelled, it hopes that virtual gatherings and at-home vigils will have an even wider impact.

The London vigil for Everard, the 33-year-old woman whose body was formally identified on Friday, more than a week after she disappeared in south London, has been cancelled, with organisers citing a “lack of constructive engagement from the Metropolitan police”.

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