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New alliance aims to advocate for Black community interests in South Florida Published:  Updated:  Tags:  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Eric Knowles said there is strength in numbers, and this is why the new South Florida Black Prosperity Alliance will be making a difference. Knowles has been leading the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce since 2014. On Thursday, he held the microphone outside of the Urban League of Broward County’s Sunshine Health Community Empowerment Center in Fort Lauderdale. “We have to stand together ... Black businesses matter, Black education matters, Black health ma...

Eric and Lubaina urge public to help transform "tired Harris" Discover why TV antiques expert Eric Knowles and Turner prize winning artist Lubaina Himid are asking the public to donate to £25K Friends of the Harris appeal - and why now. Thursday, 28th January 2021, 7:00 am An internationally acclaimed artist and a Lancastrian TV celebrity are backing ​an appeal to help fund ambitious plans to transform Preston's Grade I listed Harris Museum, Art Gallery and Library. City charity the Friends of The Harris has announced that Turner prize winner and local UCLan academic Lubaina Himid and TV's...

B argain Hunt has been censured by the BBC’s complaints watchdog after a dealer said false on-air claims tarnished his name. Peter, 60, said the programme had damaged his reputation in the industry by suggesting a ring he sold was made in the 1950s, and not Victorian as he claimed. The ring was subsequently disqualified after the auctioneer, Raj Bisram, one of the show’s regular experts, said it actually dated from the mid-20th century. During the episode, which was filmed in Dorking, Surrey, the verdict was presented as indisputable, with the presenter Eric Knowles telling viewers: “It...

Kamala Harris tells Florida teens to ‘lead with conviction’ at MLK Jr. event Samantha J. Gross, Miami Herald © Justin Sullivan/Getty Images North America/TNS U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris waves as she and her husband Doug Emhoff, right, prepare to pack bags of food while volunteering at Martha's Table on Jan. 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. MIAMI — The COVID-19 pandemic’s wrath in Florida has put a strain on families, had an outsized effect on Florida’s Black communities and forced schools to go virtual. Marked by interruption and uncertainty, young people h...

An antique jeweller named Peter escalated his complaint to the BBC's highest complaints department after an episode of Bargain hunt claimed he had provided an incorrect hallmark date.