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Campaigner who delivered free meals to frontline workers honoured by city

The co-founder of a campaign which delivered free hot meals to NHS staff, key workers and those facing a food crisis during the pandemic has become a Freeman of the City of London. Arif Anis, who used to be a shepherd in Pakistan, helped launch the ...

13 Apr 2022 at 14:25

Peers inflict defeat on Government over controversial voter ID proposals

Controversial election reforms have been amended after peers inflicted a defeat on the Government over plans to introduce voter ID. People would be required to show an approved form of photographic identification before collecting their ballot ...

06 Apr 2022 at 19:25

Review to look at how to improve vitamin D intake

The importance of vitamin D will be the focus of a new review looking at ways to improve intake across the population. About one in six adults and almost 20% of children in the UK have vitamin D levels lower than government recommendations, ...

03 Apr 2022 at 09:55

Inquiry ‘should specifically consider how racism increased pandemic risks’

The coronavirus inquiry should involve a specific strand considering how racism increased risks faced by black, Asian and minority ethnic communities during the pandemic, groups have said. The Government’s response to “growing evidence of ...

06 May 2022 at 12:55

Footballer Deeney welcomes response to calls for teaching of more diverse topics

Footballer Troy Deeney has welcomed Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi’s response to his calls for the national curriculum to teach more diverse topics. The Birmingham City captain launched a petition and published an open letter to the ...

23 Feb 2022 at 15:55

Alarming racial inequality over third jabs, blood cancer charity says

A charity has said there is an “alarming” racial inequality in England for people who are severely immunocompromised and require a third Covid-19 vaccine. Blood Cancer UK said 84% of immunocompromised people from a white British ...

31 Jan 2022 at 01:30

Sport

Yorkshire could learn next week if international hosting rights will be restored

Yorkshire could discover next week if their right to stage international matches at Headingley will be restored. The county had lucrative matches scheduled for this summer removed from them by the England and Wales Cricket ...

25 Jan 2022 at 18:25

Staff shortages blamed as maternity unit sees rating dropped

A maternity unit has been told to make improvements after whistleblowers raised fears that midwives were too exhausted to keep patients safe because of low staffing levels. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has dropped ...

28 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Inaccurate blood oxygen device readings ‘higher in different ethnic groups’

Inaccurate readings from devices that measure blood oxygen levels could be making it difficult to assess the severity of Covid-19 in people from different ethnic groups, research suggests. Pulse oximeters attach a ...

27 Jan 2022 at 15:25

Football

EFL taking tougher stance on inclusion with new league table strategy

Charlton, Bradford and Blackburn are among just 10 per cent of EFL clubs doing enough to challenge discrimination and open football up to underrepresented groups, admitted the league’s diversity chair. The EFL is ...

17 Aug 2022 at 21:03

Football

Sarina Wiegman hopes England team will be more racially diverse in future

Sarina Wiegman hopes the England team will be more racially diverse in the longer term. Former Lionesses defender Anita Asante believes the pathway into the elite women’s game has to be reformed to achieve ...

19 Jul 2022 at 18:41

Metropolitan Police officers sacked over ‘abhorrent and discriminatory’ messages

Two Metropolitan Police officers have been sacked after posting offensive messages in a group chat, including a racist joke about the Duchess of Sussex. Pc Sukhdev Jeer and Pc Paul Hefford, who worked in ...

01 Jul 2022 at 17:32

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