BBC ‘can’t push black people’s issues under the rug any more’, says ex-Radio 1xtra DJ Sideman

The BBC cannot push issues around race ‘under the rug’ for any longer, according to a radio DJ who quit the corporation over the use of the N-word in a news report. Sideman, real name David Whitely, said the corporation should improve diversity among senior managers and introduce training for its employees on race. The … Read more

Coronation Street’s Victoria Ekanoye talks about sickle cell anaemia

‘I was in a lot of pain but didn’t tell my mum’: Coronation Street’s Victoria Ekanoye, 37, details hiding her sickle cell anaemia symptoms The actress, 37, who was diagnosed in her twenties having previously shown few symptoms, she spent many years masking the painful episodes from her mum  Speaking to BBC Sounds The Sista … Read more

Pub and restaurant bosses say 200,000 London workers will lose their jobs this weekend due to Tier 2

Around 200,000 people in central London could lose their jobs in hospitality this weekend as Tier 2 sees a ‘maximum squeeze on revenue and no support’, an industry spokesman warns. As London prepares to move into Tier 2 restrictions tonight, Kate Nicholls, Chief Executive of UKHospitality, has warned that the lack of sector-specific funding offered to the … Read more

Pub and restaurant bosses say 200,000 London workers will lose their jobs this weekend due to Tier 2

Around 200,000 people in central London could lose their jobs in hospitality this weekend as Tier 2 sees a ‘maximum squeeze on revenue and no support’, an industry spokesman warns. As London prepares to move into Tier 2 restrictions tonight Kate Nicholls, Chief Executive of UKHospitality, has warned the lack of financial support offered to the country’s … Read more

Phillip Schofield admits to experimenting with cannabis

Phillip Schofield admits he rebelled against his squeaky clean persona while cutting his teeth on children’s TV during the first years of his career.  In his new autobiography, Life’s What You Make It, the presenter admits to enjoying booze fueled nights out and even experimenting with cannabis before his days in the BBC Broom Cupboard.  … Read more

Russia spreads fake news claiming Oxford coronavirus vaccine will turn people into MONKEYS

Russia spreads fake news claiming Oxford coronavirus vaccine will turn people into MONKEYS in social media disinformation campaign Russian propagandists are targeting the Oxford vaccine with monkey memes Designed to confuse and instil fear in the populace and broadcast on state TV  Show Boris Johnson as bigfoot and chimp in AstraZeneca coat holding a syringe  … Read more

Russia spreads fake news claiming Oxford coronavirus vaccine will turn people into MONKEYS

Russia spreads fake news claiming Oxford coronavirus vaccine will turn people into MONKEYS in social media disinformation campaign Russian propagandists are targeting the Oxford vaccine with monkey memes Designed to confuse and instil fear in the populace and broadcast on state TV  Show Boris Johnson as bigfoot and chimp in AstraZeneca coat holding a syringe  … Read more