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“The freedom to laugh, reflect and mourn”: Queens of Sheba:...
The saying goes, ‘If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry’, Esther Oluga did both while watching...
Stand out from the crowd: write a book!
Write a book? As if you haven’t got enough to do! Hear me out. If you’re involved...
Schools minister blasted for ‘whitewashing’ the facts on...
Activist Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu says there is no brainwashing if teachers tell...
New campaign encourages Black Africans and Caribbeans experiencing...
A new NHS campaign is encouraging people struggling with their mental health to...
Britain says it can not Pardon Caribbean slave rebellion...
The shadow foreign secretary has asked the government to pardon 70 abolitionists...
NHS riddled with race inequality
New study lays bare the extent of racial disparities in the health system impacting...
Beauty pageant bans skin bleachers
A TOP beauty pageant in Jamaica has banned women who have bleached their skin from......
10 books by Black authors that should be on your 2022 pre-order...
Titles from Candice Carty-Williams, Akwaeke Emezi and Lizzie Damilola Blackburn...
Why are Black women more likely to suffer a miscarriage...
Health inequalities and racial bias are factors on why Black women have a 43% higher...
New Labour, New Race Row
Sir Keir Starmer's party lose safe council seat after black councillor resigns over...
“I’m one of the lucky ones” ‘Biggz’ celebrates a year of...
Charlie ‘Biggz’ Mensah-Bonsu from The Compozers celebrated being in remission, one...
Jubilee starts with a bang – as Queen Elizabeth re-fires...
Most people at the age of 95 pack up and retire, but Queen Elizabeth II did the...
London’s first teenage knife crime victim in 2022 named
POLICE HAVE named the first teenage victim of knife crime in London this year. ...
New Labour race row
Sir Kier Starmer's party lose safe council seat after black councillor resigns over...
Juicy Couture
[nggallery id=23] Wear a fruit cocktail of colour for make up with a punch! Photo:...
We Love Blackup’s New Eyeshadow Pallettes!!
Make-up trends change from season to season, but we love that Blackup cosmetics...
Hair Trends
Hairstylist: Desmond Murray at Atherton Cox Clothes and Make up: Tyron Mayes Models:...
LOVE
Red, white and pink isn’t just for Valentine, wear anytime, all the time! Photographer:...
The NHS saved my wife’s life so giving back was the least...
When Kayode Aderinwale, 47, moved to the UK from Nigeria in 2009, he quickly realised...
Cressida Dick to step down as Metropolitan Police chief
METROPOLITAN POLICE Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick is leaving her role after a...
Sadiq Khan: Met must win trust of the black community
London Mayor insists that tackling police culture must be on the agenda
Cressida Dick: I'll root out the racists
The Met Commissioner defends her record amid calls to quit
This Galentine’s Day, remember why your female friendships...
Louise Chandler tells us why female friendships are the real love stories that we...
A mentor for every young Londoner
London Mayor Sadiq Khan announces mentoring scheme100 times bigger than the last...
Benjamin Zephaniah: ‘This government is turning into a...
The celebrated poet talks politics, mental health and spirituality.
Ethnicity pay monitoring 'will boost economy by billions'
Ministers accused of sitting on report for the past five years
5 tried and tested ways to protect your hair during the...
Worried about cold weather damage to your hair? Follow this expert's advice on how...
When you think you need A&E, contact NHS 111 online first
The NHS is encouraging the public to use NHS 111 online to get urgent medical advice...
‘I love my apprenticeship at BAE Systems’ – what it’s like...
BAE Systems’ Aerospace Engineering Degree Apprentice Samantha Katanda speaks about...
Movers and Shakers | Juanita Rosenior | TGRG
Juanita Rosenior is the founder of TGRG, a multidisciplinary boutique agency with...
The very best of British diversity celebrated as National...
COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS and role models from across the United Kingdom headed to...
Starvation UK: 1 in 5 black families going hungry
Charity demands government action to tackle food insecurity as the cost of living...
Caribbean Queen honoured
A CARIBBEAN QUEEN will be honoured with a prestigious Blue Plaque in London today. ...
The very best of British diversity celebrated at National...
COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS and role models from across the United Kingdom headed to...
Caribbean Queen gets London blue plaque
MARIE-LOUISE, the first and only Queen of Haiti, who lived in Britain in the early......
'Substantial improvements' needed in care of sickle cell...
Care Quality Commission orders changes in pain relief, staff training and policies...
Giveaway time: Three readers to win new Sofnfree Naturals...
Melan Magazine partners with Sofnfree to give away not one, but three new products...
When salmon, mashed potatoes & asparagus = the ideal aphrodisiac...
Did you know that salmon is a natural aphrodisiac? We recommend you cook this fish...
Fashions Finest returns for AW22: Here’s what you should...
Fashions Finest, the platform celebrated for recognising and promoting diversity...
'I loved my apprenticeship at BAE Systems'
Engineering student Samantha Katanda speaks about her experiences, and BAE's Mark...
Review into police culture ignores racism
Ex-top cop Leroy Logan says he has no confidence in the investigation
Police urged to better support black victims of abuse
Police urged to better support black victims of abuse
February’s here! Here’s 8 fun and entertaining things to...
For the shortest month of the year, February packs in a lot. Here’s the Melan Magazine...
Black history brought to life for new Instagram film
WHAT IF an African child, captured by slave traders in 1756, had a mobile phone......
Major data project aims to tackle health inequalities
THE RACE Equality Foundation has launched a project to improve the recording of...
Pack your bags! Mali boots out French ambassador
Mali tells Paris to keep its' "colonial reflexes" to itself
Racist road name lane to rest
Infamous London lane to be renamed after publisher and poet John La Rose
Black women face 'double disadvantage' in criminal justice...
Former inmate reveals how wardens treat white and black prisoners differently
No performances for all-white audiences
Arts academy say they’re fed-up entertaining undiverse clients - and say it’s time...
“I’m here to encourage” Anni Domingo - the new chair of...
Actor, director, author and Shakespeare scholar Dr Anni Domingo is the new chair...
Black Cultural Archives names Dr Yvonne Thompson as its...
AWARD-WINNING businesswoman and activist Dr Yvonne Thompson CBE has been named as...
Man charged with murdering his 84-year-old mother
A MAN has been charged with the murder of his 84-year-old mother in north London,......
Mum jailed for life after driving son to murder teenager
A MOTHER A mother who drove her son to kill a teenage boy in south-east...
'My child was frozen out of Frozen for being black'
Mum says her child actor daughter - who played Elsa - suffered race discrimination...
The truth about the Windrush Compensation Scheme
SOME PEOPLE from the Caribbean, or countries such as Ghana and Nigeria who settled...
Covid inquiry 'must listen to migrants'
A coalition of groups call for the public inquiry to ensure lives of undocumented...
Black pupils face unrecorded informal exclusions from school
'We can't fix what we can't see' says Race on the Agenda
7 dreamy hotels you can book for a Valentine’s Day staycation...
Clifftop views in Cornwall, or gastro delights in The Lake District: check our roundup...
‘Disgraceful’ racism and rape jokes uncovered in Met police,...
‘Disgraceful’ racism and rape jokes uncovered in Met police, says watchdog
Memorial bridge for first black death-in-custody victim
WORK HAS begun on the construction of a footbridge in Leeds honouring the memory...
Justice system failing black women
Shocking new statistics reveal black women who have been the victims of rape and...
Perform at the Commonwealth Games
Search is on for 20,000 volunteer performers for the Ceremonies Team
Black kidney donors targeted to save lives
African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust urges community to 'give the gift of life'
Tragic race harassment victim to be honoured by new Leeds...
WORK HAS begun on the construction of a footbridge in Leeds honouring the memory...
Starting to Trade Forex? Know the Basics
HAVE YOU been thinking about getting involved in forex trading? The new year is...
Policeman in foul-mouthed viral rant removed from frontline...
The policeman seen threatening to kill a resident in an expletive-laced rant has...
March 21 return date for St Andrew businessman, wife charged...
Former Island Lubes Distributors Limited director John Levy and his wife Donna are...
‘Defund the police’ say Manchester’s black community
MANCHESTER’S BLACK community have voted to reject funding increases for the police,...
Domestic violence campaigner calls for football and social...
A DOMESTIC violence campaigner has called for social media companies to seriously...
Black people less likely to have life-saving third jab,...
Charity says immunocompromised people have died as a result
Former Miss USA 'jumps to death'
Beauty Queen and TV correspondent left note giving possessions to mum
Desperate search for missing 14-year-old
Police and families appeal for information
'Untapped economic power’ of the Black Pound ignored says...
NEW RESEARCH has found that British businesses are losing up to £4.5 billion each...
‘Gil Scott-Heron saved my life’
Liverpudlian Malik Al Nasir reveals how and why the American musician and poet made...