Beyonce is ‘FAKING’ being African American, claims congressional candidate KW Miller, in bizarre Twitter rant where he says singer is ITALIAN KW Miller, who is running to represent Florida’s 18th Congressional District in November, claimed the superstar is ‘faking’ her heritage for ‘exposure’ ‘BEYONCE YOU ARE ON NOTICE’ he tweeted, prompting widespread backlash He also went … Read more
Trevor Phillips slammed the RFU plan to ban the song. Pictured here in 2017 A former head of the Commission for Racial Equality has slammed plans to ban ‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ – describing it as ‘Black people’s own culture being cancelled’. Trevor Phillips, 66, condemned the Rugby Football Union for reviewing the popular sporting … Read more
Vandals smash two graves marking Bristol burial site of African slave and scrawl ‘put Colston’s statue back’ on paving nearby – 10 days after toppling of city’s controversial memorial to 17th century trader The headstones mark the burial place of African slave Scipio Africanus Chalk message in the churchyard suggested the vandalism was in revenge … Read more
More than 40% of coronavirus patients in one Detroit hospital system’s ICUs died – and three quarters of its critically ill patients were African American Researchers looked at 463 patients with coronavirus evaluated at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan Of 141 who needed to be placed in the ICU, 80% needed mechanical ventilation … Read more
A mysterious inflammatory disease that strikes children and is linked to Covid-19 is less common in Europeans, research suggests. Doctors analysed 21 youngsters who admitted to hospital in Paris with the condition – which is similar to Kawasaki disease, affecting the blood vessels and heart. Results showed more than half (57 per cent) of youngsters were … Read more
Caring and sharing: Wild dogs form a social, close-knit family The best way to find them? Don’t look. They are not a prize to be had by mere looking: they come and they go as they please. All you can do is hang out in the right sort of place — and then, well, you … Read more
Horrifying moment a hippo throws an impala over its head in a South African river after battling circling hyenas and wild dogs The rare riverside battle of four species was filmed in Kruger National Park A hippo fought off African Wild Dog and hyenas to attack the swimming impala Photographer Rogan Kerr and field guide … Read more
It’s being billed as ‘the greatest safari in the world’ – though some might conclude that it’s the greatest holiday in the world. Full stop. Unsurprisingly, it’s not cheap. You’ll need to find $125,000 (£102,000) to book a place on the ‘Roar Africa Emirates Executive Private Jet Safari’, but for that whopping sum, you’ll go … Read more
The Queen has her throne. Trump has his Oval Office chair. I have seat 2A in first class on a British Airways A380. Yes, it feels that epic. And so it should. This is, after all, BA’s top offering. The biggest and poshest suite in its fleet. Before sitting down in it on a flight … Read more
When Planet Earth film-maker Vanessa Berlowitz moved from Bristol to Botswana with her husband and young son to track elephants across 1,000 miles of African bush, she knew it would be an adventure. She just didn’t realise how life-changing it would be I woke to what sounded like a giant fire hose spraying against our … Read more