22 h. ago Labour councillor said 'what are we going to do about all the black people' coming to town

A Welsh Labour councillor accepted making the remark during a town council meeting but denied holding racist views

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5 d. ago Lessons for Young Artists by David Gentleman review – secrets from the studio

The much-loved painter, designer of stamps and creator of anti-war posters shares tips from a 90-year careerYou know the art of David Gentleman even if you don’t know you know it. Anyone who’s passed through London’s Charing Cross tube station has seen his life-filled black-and-white mural of medieval people, enlarged from his woodcuts, digging, hammering, chiselling to construct the Eleanor Cross that once stood nearby. His graphic art has graced everything from stamps to book covers to Stop the War posters in a career spanning seven decades. He says he’s been making art for 90 years, since he was five.His parents were also artists, and in his latest book he reproduces a Shell poster by his father to show he follows in a modern British tradition of well-drawn, well-observed popular art. Perhaps it is because he learned from his parents as naturally as learning to speak – “Seeing them drawing tempted me to draw” – that Gentleman dislikes pedagogy. He’s proud that...

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7 d. ago London Labour councillors defect to Greens as support for Starmer's party slumps in capital

Lewisham councillor says he left Labour because the party has ‘ramped up deportations and aped the far-right with anti-immigrant rhetoric’

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8 d. ago Holyrood candidate slams government inaction as adults with learning disabilities left without vital health checks

North Lanarkshire Labour councillor Ayeshah Khan, who is standing for the party in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency at the 2026 Holyrood election, called for urgent action over the Scottish Government’s failure to turn promises into reality for adults with learning disabilities.

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9 d. ago ‘I was one of the few people able to document it’: shooting the Black Panthers – in pictures

From bustling Free Huey rallies to private moments smoking with Angela Davis, Stephen Shames’s photographs tell the revolutionary organisation’s incredible story Continue reading...

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1 week ago Photos of Juneteenth celebrations commemorating end to slavery

Juneteenth celebrations took place across the U.S., commemorating the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Texas learned of their freedom. While long honored by Black Americans, the holiday has gained broader recognition since becoming a federal holiday in 2021 under President Joe Biden, who attended an event in Galveston, Texas, where Juneteenth began.

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1 week ago Harriet Tubman’s church in Canada was a crucial force in the abolitionist movement. It’s still standing today

Located in Ontario, the church provided shelter and aid to Black Americans who participated in the Underground Railroad to escape slavery in the USOn a cold day in January 2024, Rochelle Bush walked up the steps of Salem Chapel, British Methodist Episcopal Church in St Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Bush, the owner and primary tour guide of Tubman Tours Canada and Salem Chapel’s historian, moved quickly through the church pointing out the history, which spans across generations back to when the building was built centuries ago.The church’s roots stretch to about 1788 when Black people, many of whom were seeking freedom from slavery in the US, began to settle in the St Catharines area. Along with their hopes, dreams and plans for the future, these settlers, many of whom were followers of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, and Richard Allen, a founder of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, brought their religions with them. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Whoopi Goldberg shocks The View panel by claiming living in US as a black person is as bad as living in Iran

Whoopi Goldberg sparked a furious clash with her remarks which came came amid rising fears in the US that Trump could plunge into war with Iran.

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2 w. ago The play that changed my life: ‘Daniel Kaluuya winked at me and my mum – and said he acted better for us’

A ringside seat at Roy Williams’ Sucker Punch inspired a teenager to switch career plans from law to theatreMy mother has always been my champion and has pumped culture into me for a very long time. Theatre and the arts were part of our bonding. She used to say, if you see a show that you like the look of, I’ll get tickets. So I’d go on the Royal Court website and if there were many black people in the cast, I’d want to go because I could see myself.I would have been around 16 when I saw Sucker Punch by Roy Williams. It’s about two young men who know that their bodies can be a kind of tool to better themselves so they fall into boxing. An aspiring white promoter zeroes in on their talent. It is about rivalry, but also about how community works together, and is a really good investigation of masculinity and the ownership of black bodies. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘She was a wonder’: Ahmedabad reels amid aftermath of Air India plane crash

True scale of the tragedy still unfolding, as accounts of those onboard begin to emergeAs he dropped off his only daughter at Ahmedabad airport, Suraj Mistry seized the opportunity to take one final family selfie before she went back to London. Kinal Mistry, 24, had laughed lovingly at her father as he made her promise that they would meet again soon. “Yes, Daddy, very soon,” she said.Instead, the photo – of Kinal smiling beside her mother and father – would commemorate the last time his family was a whole. In scenes of horror that have since reverberated around the world, just a few minutes after the flight took off from Ahmedabad airport on Thursday morning, it plummeted from the sky, exploding in an inferno of fire and black smoke. Only one of the 242 people onboard survived. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Scottish Pint Prices 2025: Here are the 10 most and least expensive places in Scotland to buy a beer

When it comes to Scotland’s town and cities, the most expensive place to buy a pint is almost double the cheapest.

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2 w. ago 'Everyone is frustrated' with time it took to investigate expelled Cardiff councillor, says leader

Cllr Keith Jones, who is now an independent councillor at Cardiff Council, was expelled from the Labour party following a three-year-long investigation

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2 w. ago Air India plane to Gatwick crashes in fireball with up to 242 people on board

The Air India plane carrying hundreds of people hit the ground at an airport in Ahmedabad sending black smoke billowing into the sky - it was bound for London.

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3 w. ago UK town opens complex £2m roundabout and it's not just for drivers

A 'Dutch-style' roundabout costing £2 million has opened in an English town, and it's so intricate it comes with a three-minute tutorial video for locals explaining how to use it

Economics

3 w. ago Albufeira horror with chilling similarity in cause of death between two Brits found dead

A second British tourist has been found dead in the Portuguese party town of Albufeira - it comes after police found the body of Glasgow man Greg Monks earlier this week

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3 w. ago 'Fed up' Notting Hill residents paint colourful houses black to put off people

Homeowners on the famous west London road say they are constantly swamped with people taking photos in front of their properties

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3 w. ago Politician takes aim at Renfrewshire Labour leadership after councillor's Reform UK defection

Councillor Andy Doig has had a pop at the group's stewardship after Councillor Jamie McGuire's controversial switch.

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4 w. ago Calls for delayed West Lothian train station to be funded by Scottish Government

As the council and Winchburgh Developments prepare to meet potential funders of the long delayed station, Labour’s Linlithgow councillor Tom Conn called on the SNP government to “stop ducking and diving.”

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4 w. ago Renfrew's Jamie McGuire becomes first Labour councillor to defect to Reform

Nigel Farage’s team confirmed the news in a social media post yesterday afternoon as the party leader joined campaigners in the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election.

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4 w. ago Scottish town ranked among UK’s cheapest places for fish and chips

Fish and chips no longer come cheap, but this Scottish town still serve it for a bargain

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