Yearly Archives: 2015
London youth joins volunteers to educate children in Malaw
Morenike Olaogun, 22 years old, worked alongside volunteers from Malawi for 10 weeks as part of the government funded development programme, International Citizen Service...
IROKO Theatre Company, bringing African culture to London
IROKO, a ‘traditional African theatre company’ based in the heart of London’s east end, has been putting on shows and workshops for nearly two...
Government bans smoking in cars from October
A new law, preventing people from smoking in cars carrying passengers under the age of 18, will come into force from October.
342 MPs voted...
Woman arrested for conspiracy to commit FGM
A woman who is believed to have been taking her daughter abroad to conduct FGM has been arrested at Heathrow Airport.
The 42 year-old Zimbabwean...
Teenage Muslim convert planned Lee Rigby style execution
A 19 year-old converted Muslim, is in court after it was revealed that he had intended to slaughter British army soldiers in a similar...
Alienate migrant voters at your peril, warns report
Migrant voters are almost as numerous as UKIP supporters and so the way they vote is likely to affect the outcome of the next...
Channel 4’s Hollyoaks gets new black family
Channel 4’s flagship soap has introduced a new black family, the Lovedays, to the show.
Jacqueline Boatswain, Karl Collins and Duayne Boachie, have been cast...
Fans want new Spidey to be black
Fans of popular comic book hero Spider man, have said that they want the new movie depiction of the character to be a black...
Go West, just go!
Kanye West has never been short on opinions and is rarely shy about airing them, so it wasn’t a total shock when the rapper...
FGM still rife despite 16 year old ban
Growing numbers of girls are running away from home to escape genital mutilation carried out during mass initiations in a remote, deeply traditional corner...