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By: Euen Herbert-Small
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A vulnerable, neurodivergent Black academic was subjected to an extraordinary public hounding, and the human cost of that campaign cannot simply be brushed aside.
Professor Jason Arday is dead at just 41. Only days before his death, he said that relentless accusations, speculation and public commentary had taken a “profound toll” on him.
JamRadio extends its deepest condolences to Jason Arday’s family, friends, colleagues, students and all who loved him. Arday was found unresponsive at an address......
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Celebrity & Entertainment Editor
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A white British woman walks into a drill session and starts spitting dancehall lyrics like she has something to prove. Within seconds, the room changes. Now reactions from Vybz Kartel, Kwame McKenzie and 1MelloVibes are turning Tasha into one of the most unexpected viral newcomers in dancehall.
Natasha Richardson, better known as Lovefromtashaxo, or simply Tasha — begins dropping bars in this viral video, and that's when the joke stops. She doesn't cautiously feel her way around the riddim or throw in a few Jamaican phrases for effect. She goes straight at it with rapid delivery, patois, attitude......
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“We Will Fight for Reparations — But We Will Not Wait”: Dr Umar Johnson Calls for Global Black Organisation in Brixton
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The Pan-African speaker used his keynote address at Brixton’s Afrikan Reparations Day rally to urge African-descended communities to organise across borders, finance their own institutions and pursue liberation without waiting for governments to deliver justice.
“We will fight for reparations — but we will not wait.”
It was the declaration that defined Dr Umar Johnson’s keynote address in Brixton: reparations must......
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Britain’s first Black woman MP has had the Labour whip restored following a second suspension. Her return closes another turbulent chapter in her relationship with the party, while restoring one of Parliament’s most persistent voices for victims of the Home Office Windrush scandal.
Diane Abbott has been formally readmitted to the Labour Party and has had the Labour whip restored in the House of Commons, ending more than a year in which the veteran Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP sat as an independent.
Labour said the decision followed a disciplinary process conducted under party rules and approved by......
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Andy Burnham has officially become the United Kingdom's new Prime Minister after meeting King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, where the King invited him to form a new government following the resignation of Sir Keir Starmer.
Burnham now becomes the seventh UK Prime Minister in just 10 years, highlighting a decade of political instability that has left many voters questioning whether Westminster can provide the long-term leadership the country needs.
The former Mayor of Greater Manchester enters Downing Street with a reputation for championing regional investment, social justice and greater......
The UK's first Windrush Commissioner has been given oversight of Windrush Schemes but no power to overturn Home Office decisions
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The Government has quietly changed the rules of the Windrush Compensation Scheme, replacing its former oversight figure, "The Independent Person" with Windrush Commissioner Reverend Clive Foster.
The amendment, published on 10 July, states that Foster will now “assure delivery” of the Scheme and may report to the Home Secretary and ministers across the devolved nations of UK.
However, the change gives him no power to decide on claims, overturn Home Office refusals or increase......
New Commons Library Briefing says Windrush Compensation Scheme causes confusion and trauma
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A newly updated House of Commons Library briefing has put fresh attention on the Windrush Compensation Scheme, revealing that the Home Office has now paid out around £127 million to almost 4,000 claims, while hundreds of people are still waiting for an initial decision.
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The briefing, published just days before annual Windrush Day celebrations, focuses on the financial compensation scheme set up for people affected by the Windrush scandal, including those who were wrongly denied lawful status, employment,......
Hostile Climate Deepening Harm to Young People from Ethnic Minority Communities, Warns Race Equality Campaigners
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A leading race equality organisation has warned that a growing "hostile climate" is having a damaging impact on young people from ethnic minority communities across the UK, increasing feelings of exclusion, limiting opportunities, and undermining trust in public institutions.
Action for Race Equality (ARE), through its ARE Voices programme, says many young people from Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage backgrounds continue to face barriers in education, employment and wider society,......
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Part two of Melissa Sigodo’s powerful four-part Windrush series airs tonight, focusing on the devastating experiences of Hetticia (“Tricia”) and Vanderbilt (“Vaun”) McIntosh — and the lasting impact the Windrush scandal has had on their entire family.
The documentary highlights how the couple lost their home, mortgage, careers and livelihoods after being wrongly caught up in the Home Office Windrush scandal. Like many victims, they spent years fighting not only for recognition, but for justice and compensation after the scandal was publicly exposed in 2018.
However, the programme also......
Farage Invited, Jewish Green Leader Excluded: Downing Street Antisemitism Rally Sparks Backlash
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Downing Street’s planned antisemitism rally is already facing criticism over a guest list many see as politically revealing.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage — a figure repeatedly accused by critics of racism, Islamophobia and amplifying divisive rhetoric — has been invited to stand alongside party leaders at an event supposedly aimed at confronting hate and intolerance.
But Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who is Jewish and has spoken publicly about antisemitism, was not......
