A look back at life when the Windrush generation arrived in the UK Windrush Day has been held on 22 June since 2018, to celebrate the contribution Caribbean migrants and their families have made to the UK. HMT Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury, Essex, in 1948, bringing hundreds of passengers from the Caribbean to the...
An audit led by Baroness Louise Casey into grooming gangs dominates Tuesday’s papers. The i newspaper’s headline says a “generation of girls” were “let down” by police, councils and MPs. It quotes the report, which found authorities “shied away from the ethnicity of perpetrators” for fear of “raising tensions”. The Daily Telegraph focuses on a...
Amateur referee and author of Your Show on Rennie, Ashley Hickson-Lovence, says Uriah Rennie was an inspiration and a “selfless figure who put the community first” after he passed away aged 65. Rennie was the Premier League’s first black referee and officiated more than 300 games between 1997 and 2008, including 175 Premier League matches....
And yet they remain the only nation to have held that spot without ever winning a major trophy. “Overall, this generation definitely had what it took to achieve the big goal of winning a title,” says Jean-Marie Pfaff, the cult hero goalkeeper who was part of the side that reached the 1980 European Championships final...
Part of the Series Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation “Sumūd, the process of steadfastness, of survivance, is not just a project of survival, but also one of remembrance, record-keeping, and revitalization,” write Malu Halasa and Jordan Elgrably in the introduction to Sumūd: A New Palestinian Reader (Seven Stories Press). The world has now...
Mallory Moench & Rachel Hagan BBC News Watch: Royals, veterans and politicians attend VE Day thanksgiving service Royals, politicians and veterans have commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe – on what could be the last major VE Day attended by veterans. The King and the Prince of Wales...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Reporting fromBuckingham Palace PA Media The Princess of Wales chatted to guests at a tea party for veterans This VE Day 80 parade was a celebration that paid its respects, with some poignancy, to the wartime generation. There was an understated warmth that suited the moment. This week’s events will be...
Somerset’s inaugural women’s team want to “pave the way” for the next generation ahead of the opening game of their first season, says bowler Laura Jackson. The club are one of eight counties awarded Tier 1 status following a major revamp of the women’s domestic game for this year. Somerset open their campaign on Wednesday...
On the back of years of Tory austerity, the education sector is preparing for the “worst financial situation for a generation” after chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement on 26 March. Headteachers have already warned that schools face “death by a thousand cuts” partly because the proposed pay increase for teachers is unfunded and the Labour...
According to the website Football Transfers’ ‘Estimated Transfer Value’ algorithm, the current Under-21 squad is valued at £516.9m, almost double that of the group who won Euro 2023 (£280m at the start of that tournament). Champions League, Premier League and full international appearances, along with current contract status at club level, all contribute to the...