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Elizabeth Pears writes about Satoshi Kanazawa's controvery provoking 'study' and the concept of beauty.

President Barack Obama landed in Ireland today with the First Lady Michelle Obama to start a 6 day tour of Europe. President Obama will arrive in London on Tuesday for meetings with Prime Minister David Cameron.

A National Union of Students (NUS) report released on the weekend shows that racism is more widespread than previously assumed and perceptions of racism are creating barriers to the participation of Black students in further and higher education.

The news that Gary Dobson and David Norris have been charged with the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993 is good news. Having supported the family for many years and having given oral evidence to the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry both the scale and magnitude of the failure of the Metropolitan Police and Crown Prosecution Services was imprinted indelibly on my brain. Theirs was a failure of epic proportions.

Do you know someone who is truly inspirational? Someone who always strives to do their best? This is your chance to give them their moment to shine.

With one year to go to the Olympic Flame arrives in the UK, London 2012 has launched the search for 8,000 torchbearers to take part in the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.

They will be individuals whose personal stories will inspire millions of people as the 70 - day Relay travels the length and breadth of the UK .

Wembley, London, 14th May 2011. The venue was packed - the excitement and anticipation in the air, almost palpable. Cup Final at Wembley Stadium? No, but – got your attention! Whilst thousands flocked to the stadium, a stone’s throw away, a group of dynamic individuals eagerly attended the first ‘Judiciary for All’ seminar in 2011.

You are cordially invited to the Civic Funeral Ceremony of the Late Mayor of London Borough of Southwark, Councillor Tayo Adelani Situ.

The Christian Wake Keeping and the full Civic Burial Ceremony is as follow:

Wake Keeping Service

Date Sunday 22 May 2011

Time: 5.00pm – 9.00pm

Former OBV volunteer Anthony Kalu highlights a new campaign to stop the deportation which could result in the deportee being imprisoned or worse.

Britain prides itself on its liberal freedoms. Now imagine a scenario where our country is being complicit in denying those very freedoms to citizens from other countries.

A pioneering project to develop an interest in politics amongst disadvantaged young people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups is to be launched in Parliament on Monday 23 May 2011.

‘Taken for Granted,’ a project of the Bernie Grant Trust, aims to inspire interest in the democratic process by creating opportunities for young people to examine past and present representation in British political life.

The late Tottenham MP, Bernie Grant, was one of the first Black British members of Parliament and an avid campaigner for equality.

BBC RADIO 4 chooses as their book of the week a biography of Malcolm X:. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, profiles a political and social 20th century figure and Black liberation icon who courts controversy and worship in equal measure, and has been written by the late Dr. Manning Marable.