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Thousands raised to repair vandalised grave to enslaved man in Bristol
The Grade II-listed grave was attacked in St Mary’s churchyard, Henbury.
Malala to celebrate finishing Oxford degree with ‘Netflix, reading and sleep’
The 22-year-old studied philosophy, politics and economics.
Government spent millions on tracing app contracts, figures show
Official records show contracts awarded to firms to help develop the now abandoned NHSX-built app were worth £11,297,811.
Best reactions after another Govt u-turn…this time on tracing apps
We have lost count of the number of Government u-turns but the reactions to each one are genius.
Domestic abuse survivors ‘not guaranteed homelessness protection’
Requiring women to personally apply for housing assistance ‘puts them in grave, grave danger’, Crisis said.
Celebrating Juneteenth, the day the last enslaved people were freed in US
While the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the South in 1863, it was not enforced in many places until after the end of the Civil War.
Antiracism protestors rally to pull down Lord Kitchener statue
They claim the Field Marshal was a 'racist' and condemned his part in setting up concentration camps in South Africa during the Boer War.
Get Government’s ‘knee off the neck’ of BAME community, ministers told
Labour’s Dawn Butler recalled the final words of George Floyd as she called for action.
Church of England’s past links with slavery a ‘source of shame’
The Bank of England also condemned ‘inexcusable’ links that its former governors and directors had with the slave trade.