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Viv Ahmun remembers Damilola - a life of promise that was cut short, and looks for solutions to stem youth violence.

This Saturday it will be ten years since the country was shocked by the brutal and fatal stabbing of 10-year-old Damilola Taylor.

A new report has found that Muslims in France face ‘massive discrimination’ when applying for jobs.

In the first scientifically credible study of its kind researchers from Stanford University, California have found that Muslim job seekers are two and half times less likely to receive a response from potential employers than those with non-Muslim sounding names.

The Independent reports that:

Young people from Haringey, London interviewed African Caribbean war veterans, ex service men and women from various war struggles to hear and document their experiences. (Pictured: Bill Guy who served in the US Navy).

Veterans from WW2, Mau Mau, Burma, Falklands, Bosnia and Iraq, were filmed as they spoke about their  experiences at war for the 'Speaking Out and Standing Firm' programme developed by Every Generation in partnership with Haringey Library Services.

New research has found that underlying racialised attitudes are still prevalent withn the UK’s political parties. Report co-author George Readings explains.

A south London school that has transformed the lives of local children is seeking to convert its Saturday lessons to an all-through full-time Free School to educate 380 – 400 children.

Aiming to educate pupils between the ages of 5 -18, the Board of Queen Mother Moore School (QMMS) are seeking community support to realise their “monumental” ambition.

Black students wishing to attend a Black student conference - about tuition fees and wider Government cuts - have claimed they're being blocked by the NUS President Aaron Porter (pictured).

Up to 100 Black students wish to attend their annual conference this Saturday but are being blocked by the NUS leadership because, they argue, there are accessibility issues.

But conference organisers have had assurances from all the extra students that want to attend that there are no extra accessibility requirements.

At the Jim Rose memorial Lecture Lord Bikhu Parakh will condemn the lack of progress in regards to achieving greater race equality in the UK, particularly in the upper echelons of British institutions.

It is ten years since his report about multicultural Britain - The Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain, which in many ways became the bible for much of Labour party policy on race.  

Lamenting on the lack of progress that has been made since the report Lord Parakh will argue that: