All news by author: Melissa Sigodo

A man says he was 'brought to tears' as he filmed officers from Metropolitan Police handcuff a mum on suspicion of dodging a bus fare while her 'screaming' son watched on

People from the Caribbean made Britain what it is today but their contribution has been forgotten and many continue still face the same hostility they did decades ago

The Year 9 pupil was searching in his backpack when he found pieces of paper with racial slurs stuffed into an outside pocket

More than half of the Black professional workers in Britain say they have been passed over for promotion because of the colour of their skin in a poll of 2,000 staff

The number of senior business leaders from ethnically diverse backgrounds has not significantly increased since the death of George Floyd sparked global protests

The actor says one in four Black men are at risk of the disease, which kills 12,000 men a year, but fewer people know that your chances of getting it are markedly higher if your father or brother has had it

Amazon worker Upale Kaloshi, 21, from Deptford, south east London, “never missed a day of work” before disappearing on May 21 - with police now confirming a body has been found

Sudanese military fighter jets are continuing with air strikes in the capital Khartoum and the adjacent cities of Bahri and Omdurman, despite ceasefire talks taking place in Saudi Arabia

WARNING: VIOLENT CONTENT The death of Jordan Neely, a Michael Jackson impersonator, has been compared to the murder of George Floyd as a former Marine is identified as the man who wrestled him to the ground

UK doctor Mustafa Al Hassan, from Southampton, is pleading for the UK government to allow his 65-year-old mum to come to the country after fleeing the crisis in Sudan

Pearl Unu-Arubi was taken to the hospital when she stopped breathing for eight minutes on March 20, 2023. After spending 10 days in critical condition, the 12-year-old sadly died

Campaigners are calling on the PM to meet with victims after a report found the compensation scheme was “designed to fail those who were supposed to benefit”

Anugrah Abraham worked at Halifax Police station in West Yorkshire, as part of a three-year apprenticeship degree at Leeds Trinity University before he disappeared on March 3

The Metropolitan police will not be looking at racism in its plans to root out rogue officers despite the Casey report labelling the force institutionally racist

A date for the funeral of Peter Brown, one of the RAF's WW2 veterans who died alone has now been set for next month after the event became 'inundated' with requests to attend following an appeal for mourners

Almost 200 serving Metropolitan Police staff previously accused of sex crimes or domestic abuse could face being booted out of the force in new plans revealed by the Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley

Zakir Malik received an award for ‘saving’ the life of a policeman who was brutally attacked with broken glass and stabbed in the head and neck

Healthcare worker Tanya Hall claims the state of her home in Southall, west London, has caused her panic attacks and she fears for the health of her two children as well

A heartbreaking appeal has been launched to find mourners to attend the funeral of Peter Brown - one of the 'last black' WW2 heroes who died alone in his flat

A former Met Police Superintendent suing the force over ‘racist and sexist abuse’ is calling for the Commissioner to resign following his refusal to use the term institutional racism despite damning Casey report

A Hendon schoolgirl says she was attacked by a group of boys who had sent her racist threats in the past, while her older sister claims school staff failed to take care of the 14-year-old

Jaylen, 11, has decided to chop off his long locks for charity after his fellow students allegedly bullied him for it while his mum claims his school has a "discriminatory" hairstyle policy

Damning research conducted by the charity - Missing People suggests that cases involving Black children who have disappeared are less likely to be solved by police

Portuguese sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos, who was stopped by armed Met Police officers, said an officer only ceased “grabbing him” once he was told by his colleague that the car was filming the encounter

University students say they are protesting against a lecturer who left one “crying” and “humiliated” after allegedly using the N-word during seminar and lectures