11 months ago
BBC staffer apologises over chimpanzee remark
London, March 13 - BBC news presenter Chris Eakin has apologised after being criticised for jokingly asking viewers if they saw a likeness between his Sri Lanka born colleague George Alagiah and a chimpanzee. Eakin was discussing a chimpanzee at a Swedish zoo that collects stones to hurl at visitors, and asked: 'Can you see any likeness?' He then handed the mike to 53-year-old Alagiah, who is ... read more

1 year ago
Over a third of babies born in England, Wales are non-white
London, Aug 30 - The number of babies born to immigrants has for the first time crossed the one-third mark of all births in England and Wales, eliciting mixed reactions to questions related to the government's immigration policy and race integration. Fewer than two-thirds of babies born in England and Wales are now registered as White British. Of 649,371 babies born in 2005, 64.4 per cent were r ... read more

1 year ago
Over a third of babies born in England, Wales are non-white
London, Aug 30 - The number of babies born to immigrants has for the first time crossed the one-third mark of all births in England and Wales, eliciting mixed reactions to questions related to the government's immigration policy and race integration. Fewer than two-thirds of babies born in England and Wales are now registered as White British. Of 649,371 babies born in 2005, 64.4 per cent were r ... read more

1 year ago
British Sikh girl wins right to wear kada in school
London, July 29 - A British Sikh teenager Tuesday won a high-profile legal case to be allowed to wear a 'kada' in school. Aberdare Girls' High School near Cardiff in South Wales had excluded 14-year-old Sarika Singh on the grounds that the 'kada' was a piece of jewellery and that the school did not allow students to wear any jewellery. Sarika will now be allowed to return to the school in Septe ... read more

2 years ago
Ethnic minority students asked to boycott Oxford over debating row
Oxford, Nov 27 - Non-white students were urged to boycott Oxford University and up to 1,000 protesters kept a noisy vigil after the university's debating society invited two far-right speakers -- a racist and a holocaust denier -- to talk about free speech Monday night. A group of 30 protesters broke into the debating venue -- the Oxford Union debating society -- and held up the event for nearly ... read more

2 years ago
Rights group to initiate legal action on kada issue
London, Nov 14 - Prominent London-based human rights organisation Liberty is mounting a legal challenge against a school in Wales for excluding a Sikh student for wearing a kada, a symbol of Sikhism. Sarika Singh, 14, has been excluded from the Aberdare Girls School on the ground that wearing the kada violates its code of conduct. Pupils in the school are only allowed to wear a wristwatch and on ... read more

2 years ago
Welsh school again excludes Sikh girl over wearing kada
London, Nov 13 - The Sikh girl at the centre of a controversy over wearing a kada at a Welsh school was excluded once again Tuesday morning when she turned up with her mother and two officials from a local race equality council. Sarika Singh, 14, went to the Aberdare Girls School in Wales for a meeting along with her mother, Sinita Singh, and two officials of the Valleys Race Equality Council. H ... read more

2 years ago
Welsh school again excludes Sikh girl over wearing kada
London, Nov 13 - The Sikh girl at the centre of a controversy over wearing a kada at a Welsh school was excluded once again Tuesday morning when she turned up with her mother and two officials from a local race equality council. Sarika Singh, 14, went to the Aberdare Girls School in Wales for a meeting along with her mother, Sinita Singh, and two officials of the Valleys Race Equality Council. H ... read more

2 years ago
Welsh race body backs Sikh teenager's 'kada' case
London, Nov 8 - Sarika Watkins-Singh, the Sikh teenager who has been excluded from her school in south Wales for refusing to remove the 'kada', a symbol of Sikhism, has been backed by the local race equality council. Sarika, who decided to become a practising Sikh after a visit to Amritsar in 2005, has decided to mount a legal challenge against the school's decision that, she believes, amounted ... read more

2 years ago
Still some way to go in tackling racism in mental health care
Mental health services in England and Wales have been accused of being institutionally racist. In this week’s BMJ, two senior doctors say that, although services are pioneers in moving towards equity, they have some way to go before they meet the challenges of a multi-cultural society. The Count me in census, published last week by the Healthcare Commission, makes grim reading for people of Africa ... read more