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Having attended my first ever Olympic event this week, I was filled with pride, joy and a great appreciation of our shared humanity. This may seem an over the top reaction for what is essentially just a sporting event, but the ideals promoted by the Olympics represents so much more.

Joint Leader of the English Defence League (EDL) Kevin Carroll will be putting his name forward in the Police and Crime Commission (PCC) elections in Bedfordshire this November.

Having mental health problems and being Black can cost you your life.

This was the fatal cocktail that culminated in the death of Sean Rigg in 2008. Rigg who had been suffering from mental health problems for more than 20 years died in police custody after being suffocated by four ‘burly police officers’ who according to an inquet used ‘unsuitable and unnecessary force’.

There is a fundamental principle enshrined in law which means that that all are equal before the law. However, the existence and extent of racial profiling in the UK gives rise to a disproportional effect on the application of the law to the Black community. Pressure on government, caused by a disparity between the perceptions and reality on controlled drug use, leads to a distorted national drug policy with racial profiling magnifying the effects on the Black community negatively.

In Olympic terms, it was about as sickening as it gets. During yesterday’s basketball match between Nigeria and Lithuania, a large section of the Lithuanian fans engaged in a level of racism not seen for a very long time here in the UK.

Whenever a Nigerian player touched the ball a very large number of Lithuanian fans began whistling, booing, mimicking red Indians chants, mimicking male masturbation, and capped it all off with despicable Nazi salutes. It was sickening as it was relentless, and at times fearful of what might occur.

The smooth running of the London Olympics so far have been tarnished somewhat by the antics of Conservative MP Aidan Burley, who tweeted that the Opening Ceremony was little more than ‘multicultural cr*p’. It led to a torrent of criticism, including from fellow Conservative MPs.

Armed with the responsibility to top China’s Olympic Ceremony, Danny Boyle, famous for films such as Slumdog Millionaire, Sunshine and Trainspotting, produced a spectacle that was innovative, dynamic and shared a vision of Britain past and present.

Top London Restaurateur Iqbal Wahhab is to take on a former prisoner who was one of Gordon Ramsay’s ‘Bad Boys' in the Channel 4 cookery show based in Brixton prison.

Former prisoner Andrew Insley was spotted by Wahhab when he was a guest at the temporary restaurant set up by Ramsay in Brixton prison. Wahhab was very impressed by Inlsey’s attention to detail, adding:

He won the job on his merits. I gave him the opportunity but he has proved himself to be a hard worker.

Kiran Bali, a graduate from OBV’s Parole Board Scheme is woman on a mission. Having become the youngest person to sit on the Kirklees Magistrates Bench, in 2007 she was recognised by the Queen who honoured her as Member of the British Empire (MBE). Most recently, her determination to serve her community has seen her appointment as the youngest person to chair the United Religions Initiative (URI) Global Council, at the tender age of 34.