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WATCH | Joys and traditions of preparing pickled fish PREMIUM By Roslyn Baatjies-Klaasen - 01 April 2021 On entering Ruby Williams’s  Gelvan Park home, you only have to follow the aroma of fish being fried to find her busy in her kitchen. Williams, 61, has always loved cooking and as a child worked in a cafe in what was then Salisbury Park selling fish and chips... This article is reserved for HeraldLIVE subscribers. A subscription gives you full digital access to all our content. Already subscribed? Simply sign in below. Already registered on DispatchLIVE, Business...

“We didn’t expect it. You should have seen me that day when they told me – I think I went into shock,” she said. The film draws comparisons to the real-life case of Ruby Williams, a former schoolgirl sent home from Hackney's Urswick School for the length of her afro hair. Ruby’s case was picked up by national news as she, and her family, battled against the school’s uniform policy in 2020, later receiving an £8,500 payout from the school. Doyin Ajiboye stars as Dọlápọ̀ in the short film Dọlápọ̀ Is Fine. - Credit: Helen Murray

World for Natural Hair,” seeks to promote safe environments for Black people who wear their hair naturally and in traditionally Black hairstyles including afros, dreadlocks, cornrows, and braids. Last September, the bill was passed by the United States House of Representatives and now awaits approval by the US Senate. If passed, it would legally prohibit discrimination based on hairstyle and texture across the country, including in the 14 states where it was filed and it did not pass. The law would stop incidents happening such as DeAndre Arnold, a senior in Mont Belvieu, Texas, being susp...

Ruby Williams, now 19, with her dad Lenny and mum Kate. Picture: Williams family - Credit: Williams family A barrister was sacked from his chambers for calling a former Hackney schoolgirl a “stroppy teenager of colour”. Barrister Jon Holbrook was expelled from his position at Cornerstone Barristers following tweets concerning Hackney’s Ruby Williams, now 19. Ruby made headlines when she challenged her school’s uniform policy after being sent home due to the length of her afro hair. She received an £8,500 out-of-court-settlement from Urswick School on Paragon Road. Mr Holbrook r...

A Fenland teenager has launched an initiative aimed at giving a boost to people with mental health problems.