Enough! We mums refuse to be second wave slaves, ESTHER WALKER pleads as a new lockdown looms

They’re back at school. Phew. Perhaps you’re finding, like me, that life is slowly starting to return to something like normal. Homework is a walk in the park when compared with home-schooling. And yet, it’s not quite the same. For many of our children, education is no longer full-time, with pupils being sent home at … Read more

Drugs lord, 21, jailed for 11 years after forcing child slaves to peddle £2M of crack cocaine

A county lines drugs lord who used 12 children as slaves in a £2million crack cocaine racket has been jailed for 11 years.  Zain Khan, 21, boasted to police, ‘I earn more than you in my sleep’, as detectives cracked down on his gang.  Khan and his brother Junaid, 20, forced children as young as … Read more

Bishop Michael Curry could feel the presence of slaves at Meghan and Harry’s royal wedding

Royal wedding preacher Bishop Michael Curry says he could ‘feel the presence of slaves’ at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s nuptials and calls it a ‘sign of hope’ for the future Bishop Michael Curry reflected on the royal wedding in an interview with People Claims to have felt the presence and heard the voices of … Read more

PETER HITCHENS: We rant about the BBC Proms… yet make ourselves slaves

Why are arguments about the love of country always held between BBC-type Britain-hating pinkoes, embarrassed by their own nation, and shouty jingoes, who never think about what patriotism really means? Here we all are in a state of rage about whether the words of Rule, Britannia should be sung at the Last Night Of The … Read more

White chef yells ‘black lives don’t matter’, says ‘blacks should be slaves’ and calls driver N-word

White chef yells ‘black lives don’t matter’, says ‘blacks should be slaves’ and calls driver the N-word in shocking racist attack in upstate New York Video shows the man, who identifies himself as Barry Wardell, yelling at a driver: ‘Put me on Facebook, black lives don’t matter! N****r!’ Wardell claimed he works as a chef … Read more

Slaves’ guitarist Laurie Vincent reveals his girlfriend has died aged 32 after cancer battle

Slaves’ guitarist Laurie Vincent reveals his girlfriend Emma Jane Mulholland has died aged 32 after cancer battle as he pens touching tribute to his ‘queen’ By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 22:24 BST, 19 June 2020 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 19 June 2020 Slaves guitarist Laurie Vincent revealed on Wednesday that his girlfriend Emma Jane Mulholland … Read more

Earliest African slaves in Mexico were beaten, shot and riddled with disease, study finds

Some of the earliest people forced into slavery in Latin America in the 16th century have been revealed, shedding light on their tragic lives.  Three male skeletons were unearthed in a mass grave on the grounds of Hospital Real de San José de los Naturales, an early colonial hospital in Mexico City.  Analysis of their … Read more

DEBORAH ROSS: What if Africans had colonised Britain and we were slaves?

Noughts + Crosses Thursday, BBC1  Rating: The Trouble With Maggie Cole Wednesday, ITV Rating: Noughts + Crosses is an adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s novel for young adults, so why it’s being shown on a Thursday at 9pm rather than in the Doctor Who slot, I cannot say. All I can say is that the conceit, which … Read more