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A UK production of Dreamgirls was cancelled over a white cast. Here's what happened

Inquests open for three sisters who died in sea off Brighton coast

France repeals slavery-era law, blood cancer awareness grows and a Windrush pioneer celebrates 100th birthday

Exclusive | Protest planned at Oxford college after Black staffer who lost leg alleges racist bullying

'Create freely': Mýa on independent artistry, industry pressure and protecting your peace in the digital age

Brighton sisters: Over £30,000 raised for funerals as grieving family receives wave of support

Misan Harriman: 100,000 sign petition backing Southbank chair amid right-wing smear campaign

Exclusive | Grenfell remembrance festival faces axe amid £50,000 funding crisis

A Black man has died in Ireland after being restrained by multiple 'security guards'. His family wants answers

Carnival axed, Starmer versus Black MPs and sickle cases rise

Revealed | Black woman faces jail in Lithuania for ‘mocking white people’

Reform rises, Labour panics, Antigua rejects King Charles and Mentivity House launches

Dylan Law, 20, set to become one of the UK’s youngest Deputy Mayors after local election

'I’m here for the people, not for politics' | Michael Pusey on Croydon local election mayoral bid

Sky News presenter Gillian Joseph begins Scotland trek to raise awareness of blood cancer affecting Black people

Exclusive | Woman wins Home Office battle and secures right to remain after 50 years in Britain

79-year-old beaten to death, Black Interns scheme targeted in an off-key legal claim, Alex Wheatle Day

What does the new Renters' Rights Act mean for Black people?

Racism-linked stress may explain why Black women more likely to die in childbirth, study finds

Black boy, 13, missing for eight days as police issue urgent appeal

Michael review | 'It’s bad. It’s really, really bad'

Revealed | Elderly Jamaican man dies after Home Office system leaves him without job or status

A new Black High Sheriff, Windrush claims rejected by Home Office, British child 'abducted' in Jamaica

'Cancer care gap': NHS adds gene test to reduce chemo risks for Black patients

Black kid saves mum's life, BAFTA deny racism and Brixton traders win big

Why are Black women being found dead in water across the UK?

National Police Race Action Plan fails to deliver meaningful change, watchdog says

Exclusive | Racism claims rock Green Party as allegations of “structural failure” emerge

‘Enslaving Africans wasn’t illegal, so no reparations,’ UK says, nursery kills toddler & Carnival gets cash boost

Black writers’ books pulled from UK school library amid censorship row as author speaks out

British woman jailed in Jamaica after cocaine found in shoes

TFL worker berates old woman, reggae icons honoured in London & Black barrister appointed King’s Counsel

What does the Iran conflict mean for Black Britain?

Black people bitten by police dogs at over three times the rate of white people, data shows

Women in Africa up to 150 times more likely to die from maternal sepsis than in Europe, study reveals

Black mother with sickle cell died after “gross failure” in hospital care, inquest finds

How the CCC Awards is becoming one of Britain’s most important events

London rapper quits the hood for countryside, Labour 'in trouble' and RIP Dot Rotten

Exclusive | ‘Foxes before Mary Seacole’: Bank of England accused of ducking diversity over banknote changes

Body found in Berkshire water believed to be Black woman reported missing weeks ago

Inside the fight to reopen the Royal London’s specialist sickle cell unit

Diane Abbott and Bell Ribeiro-Addy feature on cover of Black Current News launch magazine

Black teen honoured in House of Lords, sickle cell centre reopening and the Irish-Jamaican accent debate

Idris Elba, Stormzy and Kanya King among 100 most influential British-Ghanaians honoured in UK Parliament

Modern slavery climbs as BAFTA row widens and juries face axe

Make It Make Sense | Scrapping jury trials could hit Black communities harder. Here’s why

Five Black scholars now working in Formula 1 teams as Hamilton-backed scheme expands

Exclusive | Google sends n-word in BAFTAs news alert, company apologises

N-word shouted at BAFTAs: What is Tourette syndrome and can it make people say slurs?

Free blood pressure checks, sickle cell breakthrough and Mona Hammond honoured

'Passa & policies': Inside the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council as tensions rise and voting closes

Exclusive | Leading UK psychotherapy training institute sued by five former staffers over alleged racism

Here’s what an independent probe found about racism at a top UK psychotherapy training body

UK dual citizens face passport clampdown, Black body parts being sold, dad's puzzles take off

‘Cocaine in shoes’: Jamaica drug case involving two British women explained

My Father's Shadow review | 'A must-see that rewards repeat viewing'

Analysis | 'No n*ggers': Racism ran through dead paedophile Epstein’s world, newly released files show

Royal reparations demands, jockey makes history, honour for renowned Black British actress

Wasteman review | David Jonsson shines in a tightly wound prison drama

Exclusive | Black British public figures rally behind Don Lemon and Georgia Fort after arrests while reporting in US

An open letter in solidarity with Don Lemon and Georgia Fort

Black man recalled to prison for saying 'my n*gga' to Black police officer walks free

Meet the UK’s newest Black judge

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Exclusive | Great Ormond Street Hospital cleaners win landmark racial discrimination ruling

Tributes to Eric Huntley as pioneering Black British publisher dies aged 96

Black professors, Eric Huntley’s legacy and a mother’s fight for care

Vigil planned for man killed in racist attack 27 years ago

Black women: is your hair relaxer killing you?

Exclusive | Met Police apologise after error led to five officers forcefully detaining Black father in front of his children

UK government u-turns, Black mums at risk and remembering Danielle Scott-Haughton

Exclusive | Newborn baby faces homelessness after deadly mould risk

Black teen entrepreneur thriving, UK teacher sacked for racist rants, plus more