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Somali-born British Olympic boxer Ramla Ali is the subject of a new biopic, In the Shadows, directed by Anthony Wonke and starring Top Boy actor Jasmine Jobson, which follows her journey from fleeing the Somali civil war to the Tokyo Olympics.
New research for the Register of British Slave Traders finds the Bank of England and Britain's financial system were more deeply involved in the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans than previously acknowledged, with dozens of founding subscribers and directors invested in the trade.
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Unions are urging ministers to soften planned immigration rule changes, after the home secretary proposed doubling the time most migrants must wait to qualify for permanent residence.
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Police say a British woman, a mother of two young children, was abducted in daylight in Blantyre, Malawi's main city.
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Former England footballer Raheem Sterling pleaded guilty at Basingstoke magistrates court to dangerous driving of a Lamborghini Urus on the M25, M3 and A327 before crashing on 28 May, plus possession of nitrous oxide and failing to provide a specimen.
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Former Tottenham midfielder Yves Bissouma is close to joining Ajax on an initial deal until the end of the season.
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Nottingham is becoming one of the first UK cities to introduce a balaclava ban, which its council leader says addresses 'substantial' problems.
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New research reveals that more than 1,000 women invested in companies central to Britain's slave trade, including the Royal African Company and South Sea Company, using profits from the trafficking of enslaved Africans to secure family wealth. The findings challenge the notion that women were passive beneficiaries who largely campaigned for abolition.
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Kenya will be the first African nation to host the World Athletics Championships, with Nairobi winning the 2029 bid ahead of London, Munich and Rome.
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A survey by the NHS Alliance found almost four-fifths of black, Asian and minority ethnic NHS managers in England have experienced racism, exclusion and barriers to career progression, with one in five planning to quit.
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A newly published Register of British Slave Traders documents thousands of investors in Britain's near 250-year trafficking of over 3 million enslaved African people, showing it was a state-backed operation supported by Tory and Whig MPs — forerunners of today's Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Many of these MPs opposed abolition of the slave trade.
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Research has found the British Crown symbol was branded on enslaved Africans, as part of a project documenting British involvement in the slave trade between the 16th and 19th Centuries.
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Angola hopes hosting the E1 Series powerboat race in Luanda will boost tourism, with NBA star LeBron James attending the inaugural event.
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An investigation into St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, whose benefactors invested in companies built on the trafficking of enslaved Africans, with donors commemorated on boards in its Great Hall. Barts is one of many UK institutions with such links.
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New research documented in the Register of British Slave Traders details the British monarchy's centuries-long involvement in the transatlantic slave trade, including enslaved Africans branded with the royal crown. A spokesperson for King Charles said he was grateful to those undertaking academic work contributing to the debate.
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The Register of British Slave Traders, the result of three years of research by historians, identifies 13,000 people who invested in Britain's trafficking of enslaved Africans. It profiles financiers of the trade, which trafficked around 3 million African people across the Atlantic over nearly 250 years.
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A comment piece by William Pettigrew argues that slavery was central, not marginal, to British history, citing the Register of British Slave Traders as evidence of how deeply the trafficking of Africans was embedded in Britain's politics, economy, institutions and culture.
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A social enterprise runs six weigh-and-pay shops from shipping containers in Johannesburg's Alexandra township, selling food and household goods by weight in small, affordable amounts to tackle the 'poverty tax'.
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Leroy Douglas was jailed indefinitely (IPP sentence) for stealing a mobile phone and his family have waited 21 years for his release, with his time served compared to that of one of Wales' most notorious murderers.
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