Chris Osuh

3 days ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

Tributes have been paid to the “legendary” defence barrister Courtenay Griffiths KC, one of the first Black lawyers to achieve the prestigious queen’s counsel status in the UK, who has died at the age of 69. Griffiths, who was born in Jamaica, was involved in some of the most notable criminal cases of his time, including the PC Keith Blakelock and Damilola Taylor murder trials and the Brighton bombing.

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh

The future of London’s Bridge Park complex, a prominent location for Britain’s Windrush generation, hangs in the balance as campaigners hope Historic England will save it from councillors’ decision to close it within weeks. Bridge Park community leisure centre in Stonebridge, north-west London, was Europe’s largest Black-led community enterprise when it opened in the 1980s and is cherished for its part in Black British history.

5 days ago | msn.com | Chris Osuh |Amelia Gentleman

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5 days ago | msn.com | Chris Osuh |Amelia Gentleman

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6 days ago | theguardian.com | Chris Osuh |Amelia Gentleman

A founder of Windrush Day has called for a public inquiry into the scandal amid this year’s “bittersweet” celebrations of Black Britons and their contribution to national life. Patrick Vernon, who campaigned for the national day for nearly a decade before the government adopted it, said themistreatment, detention and removal of Black Britons wrongly accused of being in the UK illegally had not been treated seriously enough.