Monthly Archives: November 2014
Jazz Giant and pioneer, Sidney Bechet, honoured with Blue Heritage Plaque in Fitzrovia
The year is 1907 and in the garden of a house in New Orleans, the great cornet player Freddie Keppard and the Manual Perez...
OFCOM set to tackle diversity on and off the screen
Media regulators OFCOM (Office of Communication) have promised to tackle the lack of diversity in the media following criticism that they are not doing...
Calls for Aussie-style immigration points
Mayor of London Boris Johnson and UKIP leader Nigel Farage have both recently called for the UK to adopt an immigration system similar to...
Report shows sharp rise in young homeless
Homelessness amongst the young in Britain has increased sixfold over a year due to the Government’s controversial welfare reforms, according to a new report.
A...
Primary school criticised for lack of diversity
A school in Lincolnshire has been criticised for its lack of diversity, and was denied an ‘outstanding’ report in a recent OFSTED inspection as...
Band Aid Ebola track criticised over unfavourable lyrics
Bob Geldof and his band of celebrity do-gooders, have come under fire for the new charity single, a remake of 1984 single Do They...
100 most influential black people named
The top 100 black Brits have been named in a list compiled by publishing company Powerlist Foundation.
The list, consists of famous African Caribbean faces,...
Church leader hits out at “worrying” racist language
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has criticised politicians for demonising immigrants who come to the UK.
Dr Welby spoke out after Defence Secretary Michael Fallon...
Village pranks neo-Nazis into hastening their own demise
They keep coming back year after year. Since the 1990s, neo-Nazi demonstrators invade the village of Wunsiedel in south Germany every November to commemorate...
40 arrested as Mafia rites captured on video
For the first time, police in Italy claim they have obtained video of a secret swearing-in ritual for the 'ndrangheta crime syndicate – the...
