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Brewery accused of condoning racism for sacking black worker who complained of being called ‘Sooty’

Brewery accused of condoning racism for sacking black worker who complained of being called ‘Sooty’

One of Britain’s biggest breweries stands accused of condoning racism after a black pub worker was sacked when his manager nicknamed him ‘Sooty’. Despite regularly calling Joel Perry ‘the black man’ at the Royal Oak pub in Gloucester, Janet Wolszczak has kept her job at another of the Greene King’s [...]

by × February 29, 2012 × Comments are Disabled

News and Events, South East

Protest outside Mosque in Portsmouth

OLICE say they will investigate the protests which took place outside a Portsmouth mosque on Saturday. Scores of demonstrators gathered outside Portsmouth’s Jami Mosque. They were protesting after a small group of Muslims – not from the city – burned poppies in London during the two minutes’ silence on Armistice [...]

by × November 17, 2010 × Comments are Disabled

Featured, News and Events, Regions, South East

Jay Abatan’s brother’s long fight for justice

Michael Abatan’s battle to find out who killed his brother outside a Brighton nightclub has lasted more than a decade. Jay Abatan, a father of two young children, suffered serious head injuries outside the Ocean Rooms in January 1999. Five days later, the 42-year-old’s life support machine was turned off. [...]

by × November 10, 2010 × Comments are Disabled

News and Events, South East

Attack on Northampton woman treated as racist

The attack on a woman in Northampton is being treated by police as racially-motivated. The attack happened at an address in Milton Street North, Kingsley, at about 2200 on Tuesday 2 November. A group of boys or young men went to the property and confronted the victim, a 39-year-old woman, [...]

by × November 10, 2010 × Comments are Disabled

News and Events, South East

Plans to protect foreign students visiting East Sussex

Plans have been discussed to improve the safety of foreign students who visit East Sussex. More than 60,000 students every year visit the south coast to study English at language schools. Guidelines discussed by officials include ensuring security checks are carried out on host families. Last November a man was [...]

by × June 14, 2010 × Comments are Disabled

News and Events, Regions, South East

Racism hell for Weymouth family

A FAMILY who fled Eastern Europe to escape racist attacks say they are facing the same problem in Weymouth. Gin Timm and his family left Lithuania because his wife Ala is Russian and they faced persecution by their neighbours after years of Soviet rule. The family have settled in Weymouth [...]

by × April 12, 2010 × Comments are Disabled

South East

Gang batter man in race attack in suffolk

A GANG of young men have been sentenced after setting upon a Turkish man in a racially-aggravated assault in a Suffolk town centre. The seven men punched, kicked and stamped on the man 50 times while he was on the ground in a mindless attack while drunk on a night [...]

by × April 5, 2010 × Comments are Disabled