Chris Osuh

Manchester

Community Affairs Correspondent at The Guardian

Manchester Life Editor@MENNewsdesk. Editing a lot, writing a bit, tweeting now and then.

Articles

Plaque and memorial garden to mark scandal of Britain’s forced adoptions

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

Survivors of forced adoptions and unmarried mothers’ homes will gather at the first-ever public commemorations of a national scandal affecting hundreds of thousands of British people. A plaque will be unveiled at noon on Saturday at an open event at Rosemundy, St Agnes, in Cornwall. Meanwhile, in Kendal, Cumbria, on 23 May, a memorial garden will be opened, with attendance by invitation.
Britons largely unaware of Black and Asian contribution to WW2 effort, research shows

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

The British public is largely unaware of the contribution made by soldiers from Commonwealth countries such as Jamaica and Kenya to the second world war, research has found, as campaigners say greater recognition of the diversity of those who fought against fascism will strengthen national unity.
‘I’ve been assaulted’: Reform’s BAME candidates seeking local election wins

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

“I’ve been assaulted, I regularly get verbal abuse, I got a death threat one time. But until the people come to their senses, I will stand,” Raj Forhad, a Reform UK candidate, says. The 43-year-old, who owns a software business, is part of a growing group in politics – British voters from ethnic minority backgrounds who campaign for Nigel Farage’s party. Recent research found Reform tends to poll best in areas with a large white population.
The radical plan for a futuristic age-friendly neighbourhood in Manchester

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

Futuristic planning for spaces where people can age well and live in an area designed for them to grow old in is accelerating in the UK with a radical project backed by £1.5bn of funding. The plan to transform a hospital into the first neighbourhood in the country designed for people to thrive as they age will be a national testbed for holistic health and social care approaches.
Edinburgh artist creates pintsize replicas of city’s pubs

1 month ago | msn.com | Chris Osuh

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‘Like you’re a giant’: Edinburgh artist creates pintsize replicas of city’s pubs

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

“It’s almost like you’re a giant looking down on something,” says the artist Keith Crawley, describing the tiny tributes he has made to some of Edinburgh’s best-loved pubs. Crawley, 55, has recreated 12 pubs in miniature – including Barony Bar, the Cask & Barrel and the Conan Doyle, with each creation, depending on the complexity, taking up to a month to finish.
Asylum seeker billed £10,000 for NHS maternity care ‘could only afford penny a month’

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

A destitute asylum seeker who was billed more than £10,000 for having a baby could afford to pay just a penny a month, leading to calls for an urgent review of NHS maternity charging for migrants. Kim, 34, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, was invoiced and then contacted by a debt collection agency after having an emergency caesarean section.
Man dies after explosion at house in Nottinghamshire

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

A man has died after an explosion at a house in Nottinghamshire, police have said. Emergency services were called to John Street, Worksop at 7.39pm on Saturday evening. A major incident was declared and homes were evacuated after the blast, in which a terraced property was destroyed and significant damage caused to neighbouring properties. The body of a man in his 50s was later discovered in the wreckage.
Indigenous Australian shell dolls let out for children’s play at UK museum

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

They represent a “beautiful friendship” that defies preconceptions, spanning 9,000 miles with a complicated, 70-year history. The 12 dadikwakwa-kwa shell dolls, traditionally used to teach kinship, literacy, numeracy and about women’s health – have been given by the Indigenous Australian Anindilyakwa community to a UK museum on one condition – that children play with them once a year.
Anti-Islamophobia group Tell Mama should face inquiry, says Muslim peer

1 month ago | msn.com | Aamna Mohdin |Chris Osuh

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