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Rob Berkeley national director for the Runnymede Trust has delivered a devastating broadside against the ‘Government's inattention to persistent race inequality’.

Speaking after the research findings from National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers; NASUWT, Berkeley blasted:

As many people will know, housing is a difficult subject for those who struggle with rents. Many families have to rely on more than one source of income - including housing benefit - to pay for rents that can sometimes make up a third of a family's income. Those who struggle tend to be from poorer backgrounds, including BME families, who form a significant proportion of those who use social housing.

Immigration Minister Damian Green wrote in an article in the Telegraph that "The Tories have to pass the Danny Boyle test", with reference to the Olympic opening ceremony, if they are to win the next election.

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was a major success, quelling any initial gripes and far exceeding our expectations.

The 4th anniversary of the death of Sean Rigg whilst in police custody was held on Tuesday August 21st in Lambeth town hall. The packed Town Hall included family, friends and well wishers who support the family’s fight to have the individuals responsible for the death to be held to account.

Parmila Kumari reasons that whilst reports of British nationals going to Syria to fight against the regime need to be investigated, the best we can do is not panic and overinflate the issue.

Recently, main news sources have claimed that a small number of British nationals, not exclusively of Syrian descent, have headed to Syria to fight in the conflict against the Assad regime. These news sources claim that some have been previously recruited by and linked to militant groups such as al-Qaeda, which already operate in the area.

Yet another outstanding OBV graduate, Baljit Rihal talks about his work to increase the number of Asian players and spectators in the great game of football.

Baljit Rihal has spent the last few years concentrating all efforts on one goal – to increase awareness of Asian players in football, as well as to address the issues which prevent them from reaching professional football. An avid football fan himself, he was raised in Southall, West London where his passion for Chelsea FC soon became apparent.

It was not inevitable that the five Norwegian judges would find Anders Breivik sane in his murderous slaughter of 77 people last year . In his conviction, Breivik was sentenced to 21 years in prison.

Making a judgement which Breivik himself sought could not have been an easy decision, but Breivik’s attack was meticulously planned and devastatingly executed. He may be a wicked individual but the courts did not find him psychotic. Breivik, like the architects if 9/11 and 7/7 designed a bloody carnage that they hoped would precipitate a religious war.

To commemorate and recognise Leslie Palmer and Russell Henderson’s major contributions to the development of the Notting Hill Carnival, its ‘pioneering fathers’ will receive special honours in a double plaque unveiling event marking the official opening of this year’s festival this Friday.

After a trip to Somalia last year, the double Olympic gold medal winner Mo Farah set up a charity called The Mo Farah Foundation. The Foundation works to help save lives and support people affected by the worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa region in over 60 years. The disaster has claimed thousands of lives in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia and there were several reports earlier in the year by Oxfam and Save the Children that claimed a slow response to warning signals was to blame for the high death toll.

On the 25th August, the eve of this year's Notting Hill Carnival, many of us will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of independence for the Caribbean islands of Trinidad & Tobago.

Now a Republic, the island was colonized by the Spanish and then changed hands many times across centuries of slavery and colonial rule. The birthplace of steelpan, calypso, soca, chutney and limbo finally won its struggle for Independence from the UK in 1962.