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UK NEWS: TOTTENHAM MP DAVID LAMMY REFUSED TO ATTEND MARK DUGGAN VIGIL

Via BBC News Tottenham MP David Lammy has said he refused to attend a vigil for Mark Duggan because he did not want to share a platform with “anarchist groups”. He told The Andrew Marr Show he did not want to appear with “people that don’t accept that a jury laboured and reached a decision”. Up to 500 people gathered at Tottenham Police Station on Saturday. On Wednesday, an inquest jury concluded Mark Duggan was lawfully killed when he was shot dead []

BBC 1XTRA PRESENTER SARAH-JANE CRAWFORD GRACES THE FRONT COVER OF FABULOUS MAGAZINE

BBC 1 Xtra presenter Sarah-Jane “I bridge the gap between middle England and the street” Crawford, graces the front cover of The Sun’s weekly ‘glossy’ Fabulous Magazine. According to Fabulous Sarah-Jane is one of the ‘future stars of music, TV and comedy’ and she will also ‘rock your world’. It always makes me laugh when the media attempts to tell us what is cool and who we should embrace. Anyway congratulations Sarah-Jane.

UK NEWS: ALESHA DIXON LAUNCHES HER FIRST PERFUME

Britain’s Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon is the latest celebrity to jump on board the ‘I have created my own fragrance’ train. The star launched her first fragrance named Rose Quartz at London’s St Martin’s Lane Hotel this afternoon. Congratulations Alesha.

BLACK BRITISH DOCUMENTARY – BEAUTY IS… (TRAILER)

Beauty is… a feature length film exploring the topic of beauty from a Pan African perspective through a candid collection of personal and group interviews. Beauty is… includes an assortment of short films and animations through which we also explore the impact of education and schooling, confidence in dating and relationships, and controversial topics like skin bleaching and ‘light skin — dark skin’ preference. Beauty is…  examines the nature of our external features such as hair, skin and body shape, and then []

UK FILM : BELLE – STARRING GUGU MBATHA-RAW (TRAILER)

The illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Captain in the Royal Navy finds her unique social standing become instrumental in the campaign to end slavery in England after meeting an idealistic young vicar’s son.  Belle is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizebeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and his wife (Emily Watson), Belle’s lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin []