Black Current News
Nadine White, Daniel DrakesCovering the stories that matter across Britain and beyond. Black Current News is your pulse on Black lives, culture, politics and power. Journalism with purpose, rooted in truth. Subscribe to Black Current News below.
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Belfast racist violence, calls for Windrush Month, housing scam and Garvey centre saved
Hi everyone,
How’s it going?
This week’s newsletter comes as racist violence sweeps across parts of Belfast.
Homes set alight. Windows smashed. Families forced to flee. Black and Asian-owned businesses shuttered. Evening prayers cancelle...
Black patients face greater barriers to life-saving stem cell matches, MPs warn
Campaigners are calling for action to tackle inequalities in stem cell transplantation
Thousands of patients needing life-saving stem cell transplants could be at risk because of major shortcomings in the UK’s donor system, with ethnic min...
Black Current News announced as official media partner for Big Caribbean Lunch 2026
Black Current News is delighted to announce its partnership with the Big Caribbean Lunch 2026, one of Brixton's best-known community events.
Returning to Windrush Square on Sunday 28 June, the event is expected to bring together thousands...
RIP Kanya King, Windrush nurses appeal for help & British-Somali history
Kanya King (credit: MOBO Awards)
Hi everyone,
A note from Nadine
While putting the finishing touches on this weekly news round-up, we received the devastating news of MOBO founder Kanya King’s death. She was 57 years old.
A true pionee...
Channel 4 and Lloyds offer Black-owned businesses £200,000 advertising boost
Previous participants in Channel 4 and Lloyds’ Black in Business initiative (credit: Channel 4)
Black-owned businesses have until 7 June to apply for a major growth initiative offering £200,000 worth of television advertising, a Channel 4...
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