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A voting reform campaigner was sacked today after posting an "outrageous Islamophobic" joke on Twitter.

Yesterday the Evening Standard reported that Ben Donnelly was dismissed from his volunteer post as a phone bank manager for the Yes To Fairer Votes campaign after his comments provoked a political storm.

At a packed hall at Goldsmith’s college, Lewisham’s first directly elected Mayor Sir Steve Bullock (pictured above) told the audience that the business case for a scheme that nurtures BME civic talent is overwhelming.

Aneeta Prem campaigns to shed light on the dangers of forced marriages and how to recognise and support its victims. She recently launched Freedom Charity.

For many of us, freedom is a birth-right we take for granted. However, for an alarming number of young ethnic minority women in the UK, freedom is not a given.

Tower Hamlets Police and Community Safety Board (PCSB) in partnership with the Somali Integration Team (SIT) will host a 'Who Can We Turn To' event focusing on safety for women in the local community, tomorrow.

Working with Mayor Lutfur Rahman and Met Police Borough Commander, Paul Rickett the organisers hope to engage local women whose voices sometimes go unheard.

One of OBV's founders and international civil rights campaigner Rita Patel has been persuaded by her supporters to run for the new position of directly elected Mayor of Leicester.

Children from Black Asian and other ethnic minority families in Birmingham and Leicester currently make up the largest group in the cities researchers say.

Research estimates that more than half of children under 16 in the two cities are now from black, Asian and other ethnic community backgrounds while white children make up 47 per cent of the population in both areas.

A partnership between one of the country’s top centres for the study of creative writing and a leading African arts journal has born fruit with its first joint issue, writes Mike Addelman, Manchester University.

The governance of our local authority and city has become increasingly complex: Where does power lie? Who, at a local level has responsibility for our education, litter or indeed for representing our views and concerns on the Council? How can ordinary residents effectively interact with and influence the kaleidoscope of public bodies and institutions that make decisions over our daily lives?

This week Labour peer Lord Ahmed called for an end to cousin marriages opening up a debate on the issue. Writing for OBV Adeela Shafi puts forward her point of view.

Pictures show the beaming faces of not just the bride and groom but reflect the pride of their entire families.  For the union is of two cousins whose marriage also cements the ties of their two families.