AS THE nation prepares to mark Remembrance Day (Nov 11), Londoner Selena Carty is paying special homage to the wartime efforts of black soldiers and their families through her Black Poppy Rose
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Police Scotland launch drive to recruit more BAME officers
November 7, 2015 Comment Off 72 ViewsPOLICE SCOTLAND has launched a new recruitment drive aimed at creating a more diverse force which is representative of Scottish society. The new recruitment initiative will look to address the
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Mixing business with pleasure
October 30, 2015 Comment Off 304 ViewsTWO OF Britain’s most recognisable black entrepreneurs recently shared a stage and revealed what motivated them to achieve their hard-earned success. The
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Fraudster bags 7yrs in multi-million dollar fraud scheme
September 4, 2015 Comment Off 1316 ViewsGodwin Nwaofor, 36, of Camberell Green, south London, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud, converting criminal property, and acquisition of criminal property. The fraudster kept a ‘suckers
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Idris Elba: ‘Always smile. I learned that from the street’
September 3, 2015 Comment Off 1362 ViewsACTOR IDRIS Elba has hit back at James Bond author Anthony Horowitz who said the Hollywood actor was ‘too street’ to play the 007 spy. Horowitz’s comments sparked worldwide outrage and
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Adoption charity BAAF shuts its doors
August 15, 2015 Comment Off 102 ViewsA CHARITY that has championed adoption and fostering, especially among Britain’s black and minority ethnic (BAME) communities has closed. British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)
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IT’S CARNIVAL TIME: Notting Hill Carnival returns for its 49th annual celebration
August 14, 2015 Comment Off 948 ViewsNOTTING HILL Carnival officially launched last night ahead of the two-day street festival that takes place annually in west London every August Bank Holiday. Steel pan legends, calypsonians, mas
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Flooding After Month’s Rain Falls In Nine Hours
August 13, 2015 Comment Off 298 ViewsTorrential rain and thunderstorms are lashing the UK - with parts of southern England enduring more rain in nine hours than the average for the whole of August. The Met Office has issued 13 flood
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Oh, Cashanova! Romantic conman took £300k from single women
August 13, 2015 Comment Off 66 ViewsA GHANAIAN conman who swindled more than £300,000 out of single women by convincing them that an American marine wanted their hand in marriage has been jailed for six years. Robinson
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Brother of Britain’s top black student aces his A-levels
August 13, 2015 Comment Off 227 ViewsTHE YOUNGER brother of a young man once named Britain’s top black graduate has proved academic success is in the genes after achieving three As at A-level. Hardworking George Imafidon, 18, was
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