All news by author: Melissa Sigodo

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'Race played a part in my dad's death - we urge Covid inquiry to examine this'
Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice (CBFFJ), The Runnymede Trust and 25 other civil society organisations have written to Baroness Hallett, chair of the Covid Inquiry, calling for structural racism to be explicitly examined in the Covid inquiry
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TV commentator Dr Shola gets death threat delivered through her letterbox
Good Morning Britain and Jeremy Vine guest Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu has tweeted the twisted, racist death threat letter she found delivered to her front door on Monday by a Neo-Nazi terror group.
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Families of men who died after being restrained by cops want answers from Sunak
In a report called I Can’t Breathe: Race, Death and British Policing, campaign group Inquest revealed that black people were seven times more likely to die following police restraint
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Family's fury as girl 'misgendered and called the wrong name at school'
Rae'An Duncan-Jones claims she was called the name “Ryan” and referred to as “he” which left her feeling “embarrassed” and saw her mocked by other students at Sir Bobby Moore Academy in Stratford, East London
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Police make direct appeal to girl, 13, missing for nearly a week
Mariama Kallon was last seen around East Street in Walworth, London on February 9, 2023, and police say she has been spotted twice but they do not know who she is with
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Fund to provide mental help support for girl in 'racist attack' outside school
A fund is being raised to provide mental health support to the 15-year-old girl who was beaten what police are investigating as an allegedly racially-motivated attack outside Thomas Knyvett school in Ashford, Surrey
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Youth campaigner chased by racist thugs says black children are still not safe
A youth campaigner who was chased by racist thugs as a teen says ‘nothing has changed’ following the assault on a black schoolgirl in Surrey where four people were arrested including two children aged 11 and 16
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Urgent appeal to find missing girl, 13, as Met becomes 'increasingly concerned'
Police are desperately appealing to find a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for five days and was last seen on February 9, 2023 in Walworth, London
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Woman can't recognise brother's face after he's stabbed in horror racist attack
Police are on the hunt to find racist thugs who attacked a vape shop manager stabbing, punching and kicking him during a vicious unprovoked assault
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Al Sharpton warns failure to address UK police brutality will see more deaths
Civil rights veteran Reverend Al Sharpton is currently visiting the UK and has warned that police brutality incidents such as the recent killing of Tyre Nichols by Memphis officers could happen in the UK without reforms
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GMB star robbed, spat on and called the N-word hits out as attacker avoids jail
Noel Phillips who was robbed, spat on and racially assaulted in September 2022 says ‘tougher sentences’ are needed after his attacker avoided jail
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Woman reunited with statue as first public artworks of black people return
Statues believed to be the first public artworks of black people in England have returned to Brixton rail station after they were initially unveiled 35 years ago
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Missing X Factor star was fleeing criminals and may have drowned - investigator
Private investigators searching from missing Rugby star Levi Davis say he was fleeing criminals and may have tragically drowned at a Barcelona port as his mother Julie breaks down on Good Morning Britain
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Family attacked by fleas as rat infestation sees son suffer flesh-eating disease
A mum-of-three claims that her son had to have life-saving surgery after he developed a flesh-eating disease from a rat and flea infestation that's has taken over her garden
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Police watchdog investigator quits over Bianca Williams stop and search probe
A police watchdog investigator looking into the stop and search of athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos says she quit her role over fears the inquiry was being "watered down."
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'Awaab Ishak's death could have changed things but the rot goes far deep'
In December 2020, a two-year-old boy died after he was left struggling to breathe when his throat became swollen and his lungs filled with poisonous mould but so many children are still living in the same conditions
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Children breathe in mould covering homes in Housing Minister 's constituency
Several families on one street are living in homes that have turned green on the outside and have mould festering inside as they fear for their lives
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Met Police 'culture of racism and sex abuse left black workers feeing suicidal'
Serving Metropolitan Police officers have revealed harrowing details of alleged rape within the force which were dismissed as well as a culture of racism which left an officer suicidal
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Mum and daughter forced to live in a home with mould so bad she 'can taste it'
A mum says she and her disabled daughter have been forced to live with the stench of sewage and mould, after her housing association failed to conduct adequate repairs
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BBC presenter quits radio show after fears of cuts to Black and Asian programmes
Ed Adoo, host of BBCThree Counties radio, announced he is leaving after seven-and-a-half years presenting his music show
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Cleaner accused of hiding woman's body in bin as tribute paid to 'caring soul'
Mark Moodie, 54, is accused of killing 24-year-old Maureen Gitau, from Lewisham, London, who was reported missing on December 10 last year
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Teen girl, 15, reported missing by school 10 months ago is found safe and sound
Saidatu Jalloh was reported missing to Met Police by staff at her school in Lambeth, London, on March 9 but a pubic appeal was only launched 10 months later
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Police launch appeal for teenage girl 10 months after she vanished
Saidatu Jalloh who was 14 years old at the time and is now 15, was reported missing to Met Police by staff at her school in Lambeth on March 9, 2022
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