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Black and ethnic minority figures set to feature on British coins for first time

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Black and ethnic minority people could feature on British money for first time under plan for coins featuring historical figures including Gurkha heroes and wartime nurse Chancellor Rishi Sunak considering plans Treasury minister tells the Telegraph British-Jamaican Crimean War nurse Mary Seacole one name being considered Plans have been submitted to Royal Mint by The Bank … Read more

Bernie Ecclestone addresses Lewis Hamilton’s claims ethnic minorities are underrepresented in F1

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Bernie Ecclestone has said Formula 1 is ‘open to anyone’ after Lewis Hamilton called him ‘ignorant’ for suggesting the issue of racism was being ‘overblown’.   The business mogul, 89, appeared on This Morning on Friday with his wife Fabiana, 44, after being publicly condemned for claiming ‘a lot more black people were more racist than … Read more

Recipes reviewed over chefs ‘appropriating dishes’ from ethnic minorities without crediting them

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Now RECIPES are reviewed for ‘cultural insensitivity’ over claims chefs are ‘appropriating dishes’ from ethnic minorities without properly crediting them Two food publications have been accused of not crediting ethnic minority dishes Bon Appétit’s Alison Roman received criticism for her Indian/Caribbean curry Ms Roman’s #TheStrew recipe did not state where the dish originated from  ‘BBC … Read more

Christina Aguilera says there was ‘big debate’ around her ‘ethnic’ last name in early days of career

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Christina Aguilera reveals that in the early days of her career there was a ‘big debate’ among music executives around changing her ‘ethnic’ last name By Carly Johnson For Dailymail.com Published: 00:42 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 00:42 BST, 27 June 2020 Christina Aguilera revealed that in the early days of her career there … Read more

Companies may be ordered to publish ethnic pay gaps

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Companies may soon be required to publish their ethnic pay gaps under new legislation following a review ordered by Downing Street. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week confirmed the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities would reconsider current legislation which only requires organisations to publish a disparity in gender pay. The new proposal, which … Read more

Police chiefs will review use of Tasers over fears officers are targeting ethnic minorities

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Police chiefs will review use of Tasers over fears officers are targeting ethnic minorities after figures showed black men are eight times more likely to have one drawn on them Police chiefs will carry out a review into the use of Tasers after recent incidents  Concerns have been raised that people from BAME backgrounds are … Read more

Doctors blast report they say did nothing to explain why Covid hits black and ethnic minorities hard

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Doctors have said there is a ‘crisis of confidence’ in Public Health England following a ‘profoundly disappointing’ report on how coronavirus hits ethnic minorities harder.  More than 30 ethnic minority doctors’ groups joined the doctors’ union in signing a letter saying they were ‘aghast’ at the research, which has come under criticism for lacking substance. … Read more

Ethnic minority COVID-19 patients in London are 10 years YOUNGER than white ones, study finds

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BAME Covid-19 patients in London are 11 years YOUNGER than white people with the disease, study finds A study at King’s College Hospital in London found average ages were 63 and 74 Black, Asian and minority ethnic patients have disproportionate death rates This is thought to be because they are more likely to have poor … Read more

Doctors plea to give high-risk ethnic minority health workers PPE at all times

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Doctors plea to give high-risk ethnic minority health workers PPE at all times amid alarming Covid-19 death rates among black and Asian NHS staff BIDA says staff must be protected, even when treating non-coronavirus patients Britons of black African heritage are three-and-a-half times more likely to die NHS England chief has since written to all trusts … Read more

Clear disparity between ethnic groups in Covid-19…

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Black and Asian Britons are two-and-a-half times more likely to die from coronavirus than whites, analysis of NHS records has suggested. An Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) report found the death rate among Black African Britons was three times that of the white British population. The respected think-tank also revealed fatalities among Pakistanis were 2.7 … Read more