Royal London to Shut Sickle Cell Emergency Unit as Patients Warn of A&E Hell
30 January 2026
Euen Herbert-Small
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The Royal London Hospital’s Sickle Cell Emergency Care Day Unit, widely described by patients as a “lifeline” is set to close today ending its six-month pilot, leaving families fearing a return to what many call “A&E hell.” For a condition that can turn fatal in hours, the decision has sparked anger, anxiety and renewed scrutiny of how the NHS treats sickle cell patients, most of whom are of African or Caribbean heritage.
Sickle cell crises can strike without warning, causing extreme......
Windrush Commissioner’s New MOU Raises Fresh Questions Over Home Office Control
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The Home Office has released the long‑awaited Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) setting out the powers and operating framework of the Windrush Commissioner, a document that reveals a tightly managed relationship in which the Home Office retains significant control over the Office of the Commissioner intended to scrutinise it.
The MoU was signed on 22 January and published earlier this week only after journalists began raising questions about the Commissioner’s independence, including concerns highlighted in a recent JamRadio......
By TracyAnn Dunkley
Celebrity & Entertainment Reporter
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Katie Price’s latest whirlwind “I do” has erupted across the British tabloids like a reality‑TV plotline written for maximum shock value. After revealing not just an engagement but a full marriage to businessman Lee Andrews, barely weeks after meeting him, his ex‑partners have wasted no time stepping forward. Claims of recycled proposals, identical locations, and even demands for money back have turned the whole saga into a public circus. It’s the kind of déjà vu drama that feels almost engineered for headlines.
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By TracyAnn Dunkley
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Jamaica and the global music community are mourning the loss of Lowell Fillmore “Sly” Dunbar, the legendary drummer whose hands shaped the pulse of reggae for more than half a century. Dunbar, best known as one half of the iconic rhythm duo Sly & Robbie, passed away on 26 January 2026 at the age of 73 after a period of illness. His wife, Thelma, shared that she found him unresponsive early that morning, a moment that instantly sent shockwaves through the reggae world. His death marks the end of an era for a musician whose influence stretched far beyond the island’s shores, touching......
Beloved BBC Star Carol Kirkwood Confirms Retirement After Decades On Air
January 27, 2026
By TracyAnn Dunkley
Celebrity & Entertainment Reporter
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Carol Kirkwood’s announcement that she will retire from BBC Breakfast some time around April 2026 with the weight of a genuine era ending. She sat with the team she has fronted forecasts alongside for decades, speaking with the warmth and humility that have always defined her. Viewers across the country felt that familiar tug of affection; Carol has long been more than a weather presenter. She has been a reassuring presence in the early hours, a voice that could make even the bleakest forecast feel......
By TracyAnn Dunkley
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Teyana Taylor’s ascent through Hollywood has been nothing short of electrifying. Long before the Golden Globes, Oscar buzz and viral celebratory posts, she first caught the public eye as a teenager with a flair for movement and star power. Her early career included choreography work and appearances connected to major artists, including the Kanye‑era visuals that helped introduce her to a global audience, marking the beginning of a journey defined by grit, reinvention and undeniable talent.
Fast‑forward to 2026 and Taylor is no longer the promising newcomer, she is the moment. Her Golden Globe......
By TracyAnn Dunkley
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Eric Dane is a charismatic actor once best known to millions as Dr. Mark “McSteamy” Sloan on Grey’s Anatomy is now living a life far removed from the fictional hospital corridors that made him a household name. The performer, whose other standout roles include Cal Jacobs in Euphoria and parts in action series like Countdown, publicly revealed in April 2025 that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive and incurable neurodegenerative condition that attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s......
Britain abolished ESN but not the logic behind It.
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Britain likes to believe that Educationally Subnormal (ESN) schools belong to a discredited past: a shameful episode closed, archived, and morally resolved. But ESN was not simply a policy, it was a worldview. One that treated white, middle-class norms as neutral intelligence and Black difference as deficiency. Thousands of Black children were siphoned out of mainstream education, denied exams, and quietly written off by a system that called exclusion “assessment.” The state has never......
Should an automatic by-election be triggered when an MP defects to another party?
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A petition demanding automatic by‑elections whenever an MP defects to another party has now surged past 105,000 signatures, forcing Parliament to consider it for debate. What began as a quiet call for accountability has become a national flashpoint, with voters insisting that they should not be represented by a party they never chose. As the signature count climbs by the hour, pressure is mounting on Westminster to set a firm debate date and acknowledge the growing......
By TracyAnn Dunkley
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Sinners has detonated across Hollywood like a cultural earthquake, storming the Oscars with a record‑breaking wave of nominations that has officially toppled the long‑standing benchmarks set by Titanic and La La Land. No one saw this level of dominance coming — a film dismissed by some early critics as “too bold, too dark, too risky” has now rewritten awards‑season history. The industry is scrambling to catch up, audiences are electrified, and the Academy suddenly looks far more open to films that refuse to play safe.
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