Vic Motune

1 week ago | voice-online.co.uk | Vic Motune

REVEREND CLIVE Foster has been appointed as the UK’s first Windrush Commissioner on a three-year term, the Home Secretary announced today (June 18), in a move designed to restore justice to those affected by the Windrush scandal. The announcement, which comes ahead of Windrush Day this Sunday (June 22), marks what the government calls a “significant step” in its manifesto pledge to right the wrongs suffered by the Windrush generations at the hands of the Home Office.

2 weeks ago | voice-online.co.uk | Vic Motune

TRIBUTES HAVE poured in from across the country for Sir Geoff Palmer, Scotland’s first Black professor, who has died at the age of 85. A trailblazing academic, renowned scientist and tireless advocate for equality and human rights, Sir Geoff has been remembered as a pioneer and a “courageous voice for justice” whose legacy will endure for generations.

4 weeks ago | voice-online.co.uk | Vic Motune

ANTIGUA AND Barbuda is spearheading the Caribbean’s push for sustainable tourism using its hosting of the recent Caribbean Travel Marketplace event to rally regional leaders around climate resilience, environmental stewardship, and community-driven development. The event, held from May 18-22 at the American University of Antigua (AUA), drew over 800 delegates from 45 countries, facilitating more than 9,300 meetings while spotlighting urgent sustainability challenges.

2 months ago | voice-online.co.uk | Vic Motune

A COALITION of Black-led organisations is calling on the government and the Mayor of London to urgently complete the promised follow-up to the Casey Review of the Metropolitan Police and deliver reform. Their demands were issued today at the Stephen Lawrence Day Conference (24 April), hosted by the National Black Police Association and the University of East London.

2 months ago | voice-online.co.uk | Vic Motune

CHISOLA CHITIMBALAsays she still can’t quite believe it — but the Essex-based entrepreneur has become one of the breakout stars of this year’s The Apprentice, securing a place in the final five of the BBC’s hit business show. The 28-year-old, whose poised and professional approach won fans across the country, says the moment she reached the semi-finals was emotional and surreal — not just because of how far she’d come, but because of how she did it.