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There are growing calls for a national boycott of Pizza Hut following an alleged racist incident involving black players of AFC Bournemouth.

The incident was first revealed on Thursday 2nd December, after Liam Feeney posted details on his Facebook page.

Six AFC Bournemouth players visited the Castle Lane West Pizza Hut last week after training was cancelled due to the weather. They were asked to pay in advance of receiving their meal and when asked the reason why, they were informed it was due to "the way you look".

Richard Alleyne, Executive Member of the National Black Police Association, writes exclusively for OBV about policing and the definitions of what a hate crime and racist incident are.

Today’s Guardian article about BME housing associations demonstrates two key factors:

European leaders of Jewish and Muslim communities met in Brussels as part of an effort to foster greater religious co-operation.

50 people from countries in Europe including Britain and Germany along with the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, attended Monday’s meeting. The event was organised by the European Jewish Congress (EJC), the World Jewish Congress and the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding.

British Muslim representatives included Fiyaz Mughal, the director of Faith Matters and Mohamed Zina, co-chair of the Muslim-Jewish Forum.

As thousands of students take to the streets this week to campaign against rises in tuition fees, the rules for international students hoping to study in the UK are getting even tougher.

Anti-immigration campaigners are calling on the government to clamp down on visa rules which allow international students to enter Britain.

In an attempt to fulfill an election promise to reduce the number of immigrants entering the UK, the coalition government has introduced tough measures to address international students arriving for non-existing long term courses.

The US based National Coalition of African American Owned Media has criticised President Barack Obama for failing to challenge a pending merger between two major US television powerhouses: NBC and Comcast.

Birmingham City Council, home of the controversial Project Champion scheme which saw more than 200 surveillance cameras installed in two largely Muslim neighbourhoods, topped the list of local authority big spenders with £10.5 million on CCTV alone.

I don’t usually point an accusatory finger at politicians. The reason is of course because I tend to believe it’s rude and somewhat disrespectful.

Labour Councillor Afzal Khan (pictured with his daughter Maryam Khan) is being tipped as the hot favourite to succeed Phil Woolas as the party’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election.