'They're going to have dark days': Stephen Lawrence's brother warns of 'pain' ahead for George Floyd's family
Stuart Lawrence was watching television with his wife and young son when he first saw the murder of George Floyd.
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Stuart Lawrence was watching television with his wife and young son when he first saw the murder of George Floyd.
COVID-19: People told to avoid travelling into or leaving Indian coronavirus variant hotspots People have been advised to avoid travelling into and out of areas of England among the worst affected by the Indian COVID variant, unless it is essential. The government's coronavirus restrictions website changed its guidance over the last few days for people living in eight areas where the new COVID-19 variant of concern is spreading. It says the local authority areas the new advice applies to are: Bedford council, Blackburn with Darwen council, Bolton Metropolitan council, Burnley cou...
Search BAFTA TV Craft Awards: MichaeIa Coel's I May Destroy You and Steve McQueen's Small Axe win big Small Axe and I May Destroy You led the way at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards on Monday night. The ceremony recognises those that work behind the scenes on shows, for crafts such as sound and visual effects. The Small Axe anthology series, created by Steve McQueen, won five gongs at the awards, including for make-up and hair design, costume design, production design, photography and lighting and scripted casting. Meanwhile, Michaela Coel's ground-breaking drama I May Destroy You, abo...
Tory Islamophobia: Anti-Muslim sentiment 'remains a problem' within Conservative Party, report finds Anti-Muslim sentiment "remains a problem" within the Conservative Party, an independent report has found. Professor Swaran Singh, a former equality and human rights commissioner, analysed 1,418 complaints relating to 727 separate incidents as recorded in the Tories' complaints database between 2015 and 2020. In a 44,000-word report on his findings, he said: "Judging by the extent of complaints and findings of misconduct by the party itself that relate to anti-Muslim words and condu...
Israel's response 'will be powerful' if Hamas breaks ceasefire, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns Israel's response will be "very powerful" if Hamas breaks the ceasefire, the country's prime minister has warned. Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking as he and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave short statements after meeting during a visit to the region by President Joe Biden's foreign representative. The Israeli prime minister said: "If Hamas breaks the calm and attacks Israel, our response will be very powerful. "And we have discussed ways of how to work together to preven...