A schoolgirl was left in tears after teachers told to remove her white braided hair extensions or face being sent to isolation. Lily Rann had chosen the style while on a holiday to Cyprus because of her Jamaican heritage. Her great-grandfather is thought to have been the first black miner in her hometown of Midsomer Norton, … Read more
Honours committee is planning to remove ‘Empire’ from OBE and MBE after Black Lives Matter movement highlighted links to slavery Black Lives Matter movement reignited debate over the OBE and MBE awards Members of honours committee are considering the removal of word ‘Empire’ Recent protests have highlighted Empire’s association with brutality and slavery By Sophie … Read more
Honours committee is planning to remove ‘Empire’ from OBE and MBE after Black Lives Matter movement highlighted links to slavery Black Lives Matter movement reignited debate over the OBE and MBE awards Members of honours committee are considering the removal of word ‘Empire’ Recent protests have highlighted Empire’s association with brutality and slavery By Sophie … Read more
The Sugar Revolution, the introduction of sugar cane from Dutch Brazil, in the 1640s was highly lucrative but came at great social cost Barbados was one of the oldest English settlements in the West Indies, being surpassed only by Saint Kitts. The country’s historical ties date back to the 17th century and involve settlement, post-colonialism and … Read more
The Sugar Revolution, the introduction of sugar cane from Dutch Brazil, in the 1640s was highly lucrative but came at great social cost Barbados was one of the oldest English settlements in the West Indies, being surpassed only by Saint Kitts. The country’s historical ties date back to the 17th century and involve settlement, post-colonialism and … Read more
Neighbours who spent three months building a rockery outside their flats are forced to remove it by council over health and safety fears Neighbours at block of flats in Bournemouth created rockery during lockdown Display included low-level walls, plant pots, a flower border and a shingle bank The council ordered to demolish it due to … Read more
Lactose intolerant mother, 46, says she can eat only soup, mashed potato and baby food after ‘botched’ surgery to remove her teeth The mother-of-one says she is ‘fed up’ of eating mash every day, as every meal feels like ‘eating broken glass’ Alyson Sheppard, 46, says she needed to have her teeth removed so she … Read more
Berlin’s administrative court has ordered the city’s left-wing officials to remove cycle lanes that have been installed throughout the city during the pandemic. The court ruled that Covid-19 was unfairly used by officials as an excuse to push through their ‘traffic agenda’. Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party filed an urgent motion which argued that the … Read more
The majority of Britons believe the BBC are wrong to remove the lyrics from Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory at the Last Night of the Proms, according to a poll. The survey shows more than half of people oppose the move, which comes amid claims that people are offended by the lyrics … Read more
British Museum bosses remove bust of its founder Sir Hans Sloane over his links to slavery Bust of Sir Hans Sloane moved to a display alongside other related artefacts The display will explain his legacy in the ‘exploitative context of the British Empire’ Sloane has been described as a ‘collector and slave owner’ in the display … Read more