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It is just over a week until the seventh annual UK Black Pride kicks off in central London. On Saturday 18th August the capital will host the biggest celebration of African, Asian, Caribbean and Arab Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people in Europe. The inclusive event is a space devoid of cultural stereotypes and challenges both homophobia and racism.

If you want the best chance of becoming a medal winning British athlete, go to a private school. This was the outlook recent figures released showed, highlighting the advantage which those who attend private schools receive.

For 15 years now, Operation Black Vote has been very active in tackling BME under-representation in political life and increasing political participation in these communities. Thandiwe Khumalo is one of many of OBV’s graduates to become an agent of positive change in her community.

Getting into politics appears to be difficult and many who become politicians hail from a similar educational background and are typically white middle aged men. Thandiwe Khumalo doesn’t fit this mould, but has managed to buck this trend of exclusion.

Since the riots of last August, many have analysed the negative impact. This article counts down five positive instances of the riots which perhaps have so far been underplayed.

On today’s Guardian CIF OBV’s Simon Woolley outlines why he stood up to the racism and bigotry at the Olympic Park.

Great Britain is now basking in the glory of our Olympic Games and also showing its multicultural face. The eight team GB gold medallists last weekend all came from very different walks of life; different races and religions, from north and south of the border, the privileged and not so privileged. A glorious snapshot of who we are.

The Olympics 2012 has been named ‘Year of the Woman’. Within team GB there is much evidence of this. The likes of female athletes like Jessica Ennis, the women's team pursuit cyclists and the Hosking – Copeland rowing duo have bolstered Great Britain’s place on the medal table by grabbing gold medals.

A former American soldier who killed six people at a Sikh temple was a white supremacist.

Wade Michael Page, who served in the US Army for around six years before being dishonorably discharged, was shot by police outside the Sikh Temple or Wisconsin after his murderous rampage on Sunday morning.

Today, Jamaicans all around the world are engaging in joyous choruses of celebration as today marks the 50th year of Jamaica's independence. Jamaica's independence was gained in 1962 with the then Prime Minister Alexander Bustamante, leading the charge.

On the day of independence, Jamaica's first Prime Minister Bustamante explained what self-determination meant to Jamaica:

The fastest man on the planet Usain St Leo Bolt once again rose to the challenge to win the 100 metres final, the most coveted event at the Olympics Games in London last night.

More than two billion people around the world held their breath at the start of the ‘race of all races’. Few could have been disappointed. When the gun fired Bolt seemed to stay in his blocks, fear perhaps of false starting as he did in the world championship earlier this year.

The level of collective racism at the Royal Mail in Blackburn’s Canterbury Street depot, has been exposed in court. Former postal worker Abdul Musa is thought to have received at least £100,000 after he was racially victimized by numerous staff at his depot.

After Musa first complained in 2007 about being called a P… , cockroach and vermin by his colleagues, the investigation was seen as ‘shambolic’ the court heard. A counter claim was made against him and he was sacked in 2007 .