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Trilok Gurtu was born in Mumbai, India on 30th October 1951. Being born into a highly musical family, where his grandfather was a sitar player and his mother Shobha Gurtu was a classical singing star, he was influenced by great music at a very young age.

Homi Jehangir Bhabha was an important physicist in the mid-20th century, and the founder of India’s nuclear research program. The first head of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission, Bhabha spent his life not only making important contributions to atomic research but advocating for the use of this research to help improve the lives of Indian citizens.

EastEnders actor Rudolph Walker OBE and former England international footballer Les Ferdinand MBE, are two of the high profile names that are raising awareness of the increased risk of prostate cancer amongst Black men as part of the ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ pilot campaign in six London Boroughs - Newham, Hackney, Haringey, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.

These boroughs have a high black population and have a higher than average incidence rate of prostate cancer compared to England as a whole

Nigel Farage, and now the Minister for Armed Forces Michael Fallon, and of course great swathes of the British population love to bang on about the UK being “swamped by immigrants.” Fallon in a recent outburst claimed that local residents are “under siege”.

Those who come under particular attention are often the Polish community. You’ve heard it: “They’re here taking our jobs and transforming our towns. Oh, and they drink a lot outside, with cans of beer. It’s just not right. ”

When leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin came to elected power via his European Election win in 2009, he quickly convened a press conference from Brussels. Emboldened by his anti-immigrantion win he told the waiting press:

The way to stop Africans coming to Europe is to sink a few boats.”

The world was appalled. One EU official informed Griffin that decent Nation States saved lives rather than take them.

Ex Radio 1 DJ withdraws Ukip calypso song

The Home Secretary Theresa May made history last week by organising -along with Black Mental Heath UK- and hosting the first UK Government summit on the thorny issue of policing and Black mental health.

The records are clear and the data cannot be disputed: If you’re Black and have any mental health issues, and for whatever reason interact with the authorities in particularly the police, it is more likely to be negative, at times tragically so, leading to untimely deaths in police custody.

Politicians often make promises they can’t keep,"

said Ed Miliband to an audience of 200 people at the Croydon BME Forum and OBV event yesterday.

But this is a promise you can count on, and you are my witnesses: if Labour win the coming election, in every Government Department there will be a comprehensive Race Equality Strategy to tackle those persistent inequalities that many Black people face.”

19 years ago this week, African-Americans in the United States gathered en masse for a march on Washington DC. Minister Louis Farrakhan led thousands of Black men as they gathered to declare their rights to equal justice.

Up unill today, Ex-radio DJ Mike Reid and Ukip leader Nigel Farage saw no obvious offence in making an anti-immigration song, in a faux calypso accent.

Aimed at stirring up anti-immigrant sentiment, Reid’s song includes lyrics about “Open borders”, and “illegal immigrants in every town”.

But yesterday Mike Reid did an about-face and has apologised for causing offence and asked his record company to withdraw the song.