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The Home Office has laid down a major ultimatum to migrants putting up a fight over the Bibby Stockholm barge.

EXCLUSIVE: Furious Tories have attacked refugee charity Care4Calais after it claimed responsibility for stopping 20 migrants from being sent to the barge this afternoon.

EXCLUSIVE: Home Secretary says Sir Keirs ‘web of cronies are blocking asylum laws. But Labour insists it can clear a ‘13-year Tory backlog of deportations.

Heartbreakingly, Black women are 40% more likely to suffer from baby loss Apr 27, 2021 valentinrussanovGetty Images A new study has sadly found that Black women have a significantly higher risk of miscarrying of up to 43% compared to their white counterparts. The research, from the team at Tommys baby loss charity, was published in The Lancetand analysed data from 4.6 million pregnancies in seven different countries in order to reach the conclusion. It also estimates that 23 millio...

Miscarriage Rates Are over 40% Higher in Black Women than White Women, Study Finds © valentinrussanov - Getty Images This tragic data is taken from 4.6 million pregnancies in seven countries A new study has sadly found that Black women have a significantly higher risk – up to 43% – of miscarrying, compared to their white counterparts. The research, from the team at Tommys baby loss charity, was published in The Lancetand analysed data from 4.6 million pregnancies in seven different coun...

Maleka, Amina and Yvonne Meet the mentors are aiming to train more social workers from Black and diverse communities in Liverpool. This year sees the launch of a new degree programme at Liverpool Hope University, being run in conjunction with Liverpool City Council and spearheaded by the Lord Mayor Anna Rothery.  The institutions say that too few people from the city’s Global Majority groups take-up roles in social work - which has a significant knock-on effect for those needing care....

Likely Mayoral candidate emerges as MPs call for role to be scrapped Former MEP likely to be among new names on shortlist after party controversially removed previous candidates Labours Theresa Griffin is a former MEP (Image: PA) Get the inside track on the political scene with Liam Thorps weekly email, The Merseyside ReportInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes the...

This story is part of Black Ballad’s takeover of HuffPost UK, a week-long series by Black women on parenting, family, and our post-Covid future. Black women have revealed the shocking racism they faced in the UK’s healthcare system during pregnancy and childbirth, in a landmark study that sheds light on the country’s damning death rate for expectant Black mothers. The survey, carried out by lifestyle publication Black Ballad, with more than 2,500 respondents, uncovered stories of substand...

Every word of Joe Andersons statement as he accepts he wont fight to be Mayor again 62-year-old to continue to stand aside as police investigation continues - but says Labour will need a new candidate for Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson (Image: James Maloney/Liverpool Echo) Get the inside track on the political scene with Liam Thorps weekly email, The Merseyside ReportInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide...

Black Women Are 5 Times As Likely to Die in Childbirth. So, Is It Safe for Me to Have a Baby? Nadine White © Provided by Womens Health UK One writer goes in search of an answer to a question no woman should have to ask herself in 2020: is it safe for me to have a child? In the midst of this, one writer, Nadine White, asks a question that should be required of no one: Is it safe for me to have a baby? Correction: a version of this feature, published in the Dec/ Jan 2020 issue ...