World Blood Cancer Day 2022
World Blood Cancer Day 2022 is Saturday 28 May. This year, we celebrate 31 years since DKMS was…
News Views and Opinion
Renowned International Musician Leon Bosch Returns To South Africa For First Visit In Many Years
It is likely to be an emotive occasion for the musician who left his native South Africa in…
Black Female Church Leader Makes History In Appointment As Bishop Of Croydon
Downing Street has announced that Her Majesty The Queen has approved the appointment of the Venerable Dr Rosemarie…
WATCH: Stephen Lawrence Day 2022
Stephen’s story is both challenging and inspirational. He was a normal young person who made the most of…
Washington Mural celebrates Judge Jackson, the first Black woman confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States
US artist Nia Keturah Calhoun is recording history in the making with her paintbrush. A mural in North…
Give Hope this Easter: Church leaders come together at Easter to address urgent need for organ and blood donors of Black heritage
Faith leaders from 30 church organisations are joining with NHS Blood and Transplant to support the 2022 ‘Give…
Kenyan mountaineer James Kagambi joins first all-black team attempting Mount Everest
To date only 6,000 climbers are known to have conquered Everest since New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese…
Will Smith banned from Oscars ceremonies for 10 years
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Friday, Will Smith is also not permitted to attend…
June Sarpong the BBC’s director of creative diversity is leaving
June Sarpong has recently announced that she has decided to leave her role as the BBC’s director of…
WATCH: Entries open today for the Alfred Fagon Award and Mustapha Matura Award and Mentoring Programme
The competition is open to any playwright of Caribbean or African descent, resident in the UK, for the…
Will Smith Slaps Chris Rock at Oscars 2022 after Joke backfired
Rock was on the Oscar stage to present the award for best documentary. He began by making a…
WATCH: New Campaign to Combat the Fear Of Cancer
NHS England and NHS Improvement has launched a new campaign taking a radically different approach to detecting cancer…
Sarah Parker Remond plaque unveiling
Sarah Parker Remond (1826-1894) was an African American activist who became well known on her international abolitionist tours…
The University of Sheffield leading the way in Equality and Diversity
The University of Sheffield is one of the UK’s leading universities, with an international reputation for excellence. Its…
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Historic Nomination for U.S. Supreme Court
On Feb 25th, President Joe Biden nominated federal appellate judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court….
New NHS lifesaving campaign aims to raise awareness of the symptoms of a heart attack and encourage people to dial 999 without delay
A new life saving campaign from the NHS is raising awareness of the early signs of a heart…
African Immigrants Fleeing Ukraine Face Racism
The world has been watching Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, since Vladimir Putin sent troops and airstrikes on February…
English rugby is getting less white, but not much less posh
Bleary-eyed English rugby fans crowed into pubs around Twickenham last Saturday to watch England v Wales, one of the…
WATCH: New film featuring Black women having ‘life-saving conversations’ released as part of a national campaign calling on those eligible to attend their cervical screening
A new national campaign is calling on those eligible not to ignore their invite, as data reveals nearly…
Updated Mashup Video Highlights UK’s African Women Activists And Organisations Since The 1940s
Two weeks after International Women’s Day, BTWSC/African Histories Revisited in association with Support Our Women, provides a forum…
