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The UK government’s recent report on race, drawn up by the Commission on Ethnic and Racial Disparities, has been roundly criticised for its findings. Its primary claim, as chair Tony Sewell writes in the foreword, that the British system is no longer “deliberately rigged against ethnic minorities” has drawn particular ire. With regards to education, specifically, the report argues that “if there is racial bias within schools or the teaching profession, it has limited effect”. Sewell’s credentials as an education consultant appear to give special credence to that position. The prob...

Young Plymouth mum furloughed from her job stands for election in Southway She has been finding out what matters to people in Southway, Tamerton and Belliver, ahead of the city council election on May 6 The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Politics, environment, farming and more in your new free Western Morning News newsletter - direct to your inbox every dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Than...

(Sacred Bones) Travel the world as Benjamin John Power mines a decade’s worth of field recordings on his gratifyingly singular fifth album Benjamin John Power. Photograph: Harrison Reid Benjamin John Power. Photograph: Harrison Reid Sun 28 Feb 2021 10.00 EST In Ferneaux represents something of a departure for electronica auteur Benjamin John Power. After the euphoric and abrasive maximalism of 2019’s Animated Violence Mild, and his work as half of Fuck Buttons, Power’s fifth album as Blanck Mass is a more oblique affair. A product of lockdown isolation, it comprises two lengt...

Mogwai - As The Love Continues (Album Review) Monday, 22 February 2021 Photo: Antony Crook In the biography that comes with ‘As the Love Continues’ comedian Robin Ince writes, “Mogwai are a band of no significant meaning.” And, while that may seem like a jab, it’s hard to argue with him. As much as the post-rock quartet’s name may suggest a love for Gremlins, it only stuck because they “meant to change it, but never got around to it.” Their in-joke album titles have ranged from ‘Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will’ to ‘The Hawk Is Howling’. Plus, their lumin...

A teacher says he’s embarrassed by his behaviour after a bizarre theft from a nightclub.