All news on the topic: Black Communities

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Funeral of black WWII veteran Flight Sergeant Peter Brown set for RAF church
A date for the funeral of Peter Brown, one of the RAF's WW2 veterans who died alone has now been set for next month after the event became 'inundated' with requests to attend following an appeal for mourners
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Nearly 200 Met cops facing the boot in drive to root out unfit officers
Almost 200 serving Metropolitan Police staff previously accused of sex crimes or domestic abuse could face being booted out of the force in new plans revealed by the Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley
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Beverley Knight's battle with condition that affects 80% of Black women
Fibroids are one of the biggest health concerns for women, an expert says, but little is known about the cause of the condition
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Family sleeping in living room told home 'safe' despite claims of rats and mould
Healthcare worker Tanya Hall claims the state of her home in Southall, west London, has caused her panic attacks and she fears for the health of her two children as well
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Search for family of one of RAF's last black WW2 veterans who died alone
A heartbreaking appeal has been launched to find mourners to attend the funeral of Peter Brown - one of the 'last black' WW2 heroes who died alone in his flat
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Ex-Met chief demands Commissioner resigns over 'institutional racism' denial
A former Met Police Superintendent suing the force over ‘racist and sexist abuse’ is calling for the Commissioner to resign following his refusal to use the term institutional racism despite damning Casey report
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Police officer who struck ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson used "excessive force"
A police officer who hit former footballer Dalian Atkinson with her baton as he lay dying outside his father’s house, is facing a misconduct hearing that could see her face immediate dismissal
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Schoolboy put in isolation for 'extreme haircut' to cut locks after 'bullying'
Jaylen, 11, has decided to chop off his long locks for charity after his fellow students allegedly bullied him for it while his mum claims his school has a "discriminatory" hairstyle policy
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Youngest Black Cambridge prof's extraordinary rise after autism diagnosis aged 3
Impressive Cambridge academic Professor Jason Arday was written off as a child and couldn't speak until the age of 11. Now he is becoming the youngest-ever Black professor at Cambridge University
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Heartbreaking' report says missing black kids less likely to be found by police
Damning research conducted by the charity - Missing People suggests that cases involving Black children who have disappeared are less likely to be solved by police
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Athlete claims cops stopped 'grabbing' him when they noticed camera
Portuguese sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos, who was stopped by armed Met Police officers, said an officer only ceased “grabbing him” once he was told by his colleague that the car was filming the encounter
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Student left 'crying' and 'humiliated' after claims lecturer used racist slur
University students say they are protesting against a lecturer who left one “crying” and “humiliated” after allegedly using the N-word during seminar and lectures
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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