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Traveller pitch funding of £47m announced by government
More than 750 new and improved authorised pitches for Traveller families have been given the green light by the government as part of efforts to avoid a repeat of the Dale Farm standoff. Ministers have signed off on bids totalling £47m from councils and other providers across England – with bids also being taken [...]
Anti Racist, Featured, News and Events, Yorkshire and Humber
Christopher Alder: police to exhume body of woman buried in grave
The exhumation of a woman mistakenly buried in the grave of a former paratrooper will also disturb the remains of the ex-soldier’s niece, his family has warned. Police are investigating how the blunder occurred after the body of Christopher Alder was discovered in a mortuary 11 years after his family thought [...]
Anti Racist
Did the New Cross fire create a black British identity?
On 18 January 1981, 13 black youngsters died in a London house fire which some feared may have been a racist arson attack, prompting a vocal outpouring of grief from Britain’s Afro-Caribbean communities. Thirty years on, what is the legacy of the New Cross fire and what does it tell [...]
Anti Racist, Far Right, News and Events
Daily Star champions the English Defence League
Yesterday’s Daily Star broke new ground by publishing a political splash. Over a picture of flag-waving marchers was the headline English Defence League to become political party. As this reproduction of its front page shows, it was anything but a neutral presentation. It is a clear piece of propaganda on [...]
Anti Racist, News and Events
Racial violence and the night-time economy
Research by the Institute of Race Relations reveals the continued prevalence of racial attacks, abuse and harassment occurring late at night and, frequently, fuelled by alcohol. In 2010, The IRR’s report, Racial violence: the buried issue, showed how people working in certain professions – often those working alone at night [...]
Anti Racist, Far Right, News and Events
Marine Le Pen praises Cameron stance on multiculturalism
The leader of France’s National Front has praised David Cameron for what she says is an endorsement of her party’s far-right views on multiculturalism and immigration. Marine Le Pen was elected to lead the National Front last month. She claimed the prime minister’s speech on the failures of multiculturalism showed [...]
