Prince Charles pays tribute in a video message marking Windrush Day

Prince Charles calls the ‘diversity of our society its greatest strength’ and pays tribute to the ‘invaluable contribution of black people in Britain’ in a video message marking Windrush Day Prince Charles spoke of ‘debt of gratitude’ nation owes the Windrush generation Spoke from his home office in a video message marking Windrush Day Charles … Read more

Vandals smash two graves marking Bristol burial site of African slave

Vandals smash two graves marking Bristol burial site of African slave and scrawl ‘put Colston’s statue back’ on paving nearby – 10 days after toppling of city’s controversial memorial to 17th century trader The headstones mark the burial place of African slave Scipio Africanus Chalk message in the churchyard suggested the vandalism was in revenge … Read more

Vandals daub ‘put Colston’s statue back’ on two graves marking Bristol burial site of African slave

Vandals daub ‘put Colston’s statue back’ on two graves marking Bristol burial site of African slave – 10 days after toppling of city’s controversial memorial to 17th century traders there The headstones mark the burial place of African slave Scipio Africanus Chalk message in the churchyard suggested the vandalism was in revenge Police are currently … Read more

Professor suspended after refusing request for lenient marking of black students’ assessments 

A professor at the University of California in Los Angeles has been suspended and placed under police protection after he rejected his non-black students’ appeals for him to be lenient with his black students. Gordon Klein, an accounting professor in the Anderson School of Business, where he has been teaching for 39 years, was suspended … Read more

Instagram slammed as ‘racist’ after marking video of group of black men dancing t as ‘sensitive’

Instagram is accused of racism after adding a ‘graphic or violent content’ warning to uplifting video of black men dancing during a Black Lives Matter march Instagram has been branded ‘racist’ after marking a video as ‘sensitive content’ Video posted by group 56 Black Men showed people dancing at a protest  Source told Femail sensitivity … Read more

SpaceX launches its Falcon 9 carrying 60 new Starlink satellites and marking its 84th flight

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched the fifth batch of its ‘Starlink’ space internet satellites – taking the total to 300. They form a constellation of thousands of satellites, designed to provide low-cost broadband internet service from low Earth orbit. The constellation, informally known as Starlink, and under development at SpaceX’s facilities in Redmond, Washington. Its goal … Read more