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The mother of Stephen Lawrence said today that reliving his murder through the new ITV drama will be 'very difficult', but the next generation need to learn about the impact his death made on Britain. Baroness Doreen Lawrence, 71, was discussing the upcoming ITV drama Stephen, which stars Steve Coogan as DCI Clive Driscoll, joined by Sharlene Whyte and Hugh Quarshie. Her son Stephen was stabbed to death aged 18 on April 22, 1993, in a racist attack in south-east London for which charges against the killers were initially dropped.    DCI Driscoll later put together an investigation that se...

Baroness Doreen Lawrence said the authors of the report are 'not in touch with reality'. Her comments come after the report said geography, family influence, socio-economic background, culture and religion all affect life chances more than racism. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said more work needs to be done to tackle 'very serious issues' of racism in Britain. Baroness Lawrence was made a peer in 2013 after campaigning for justice for her son who died in 1993 following a racially motivated attack in south-east London. Baroness Doreen Lawrence (pictured) said the authors of the report are 'not...

Dr Priyamvada Gopal asked if she was right to think Dr Tony Sewell was not a Dr She continued attacking the 62-year-old - asking where his doctorate was from The professor of postcolonial studies later conceded that he did hold doctorate But she made a bizarre reference to Adolf Hitler's propaganda chief Dr Goebbels Cambridge said it 'profoundly disagreed with the gratuitous comment' tonight

The chair of the government's race commission today dismissed 'ridiculous and offensive' claims that it downplayed the 'evil' of the slave trade. The long-awaited study was branded a 'whitewash' yesterday as it concluded there is little evidence of institutional racism in Britain.  Factors such as geography, family influence, socio-economic background, culture and religion were found to have more impact on life chances than racism. And the authors were accused of trying to put a 'positive spin on slavery' after they called on schools to use history lessons to 'tell the multiple, nuanced stor...

Industrial-levels of police infiltration of progressive campaign groups began during anti-Vietnam war movement in 1968 Metropolitan Police admits for the first time to Declassified that it spied for MI5 Justice campaigns led by families of people killed in police custody were a particular target of so-called “spycops”. The victims were mostly black men Undercover police spied on Labour politicians and nearly every group to party’s left Some women, who were tricked into romantic relationships, say it was like being “raped by the state” Extinction Rebellion and Black Lives Matter beli...