St David Awards Vaughan Gething 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Windrush Cymru Elders I’m so proud of my grandparents part of Windrush Cymru Elders being recognised at the St David’s Awards. ❤️❤️❤️

And finally, the second 2024 Vaughan Gething 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 special award goes to…

Windrush Cymru Elders.

Llongyfarchiadau 👏🏻

Not being funny but this belongs in an exhibition of its own 🔥

Jukebox Collective have been nurturing youth culture in Welsh Arts for over a decade🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

This is what St David’s Day looks like in Cardiff, fresh and relevant!

“Choose life” tee shirt creator and British artist Katherine Hamnett ditches her MBE in disgust at British support for Israel B.M. Sulaiman Ahmed

The incredible Samantha Morton dedicated her BAFTA to those who are care experienced. Incredible. The support she showed when I did my doc on siblings in care was a big surprise. She’s the real deal. A champion for so many. And as she says - representation matters. ❤️ #EEBAFTAs

The truth is No Congo = No Cobalt =No Coltan = No Electric Batteries = No Cell Phones = No 1 Trillion Dollar Company (Apple)

85% of the world’s coltan is produce in Congo. Congo should be able to enjoy the benefits of Cobalts global importance. #FreeCongo

I don’t think people understand, if one bomb dropped in London, we would never move past it. The world would stop. A BOMB? what do you mean people getting blown into pieces on Oxford Street? This is what people are getting desensitised to. It DOESN’T make sense. It needs to STOP

A Palestinian refugee ‘immensely proud’ to have been awarded a full scholarship to study at the London School of Economics says she has been denied a visa from the Home Office on grounds it ‘would harm the public interest', w/o giving any other reasons middleeasteye.net/news/home-offi…

A woman who was abandoned as a baby with her umbilical cord still attached outside a block of flats in Plumstead, south-east London is campaigning to introduce baby boxes in the UK. Incredible initiative and story 👏🏾 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

8yo Mustafa Ahmed was killed by Nicholas Hopkins, 20, who drove his bike into the boy as he crossed the road with his dad & 10yo brother. The dad was placed in an induced coma & did not remember that he had a son who had died when he woke. RIP Mustafa🙏🏾 mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/b…

‘Warm and bubbly’ Claudia Kambanza, 22, died after being stabbed in the street on January 26 in Hull. Mateus Johannes, 28, has been charged with her murder and being in possession of a bladed article in a public place. Rest in peace Claudia 🙏🏾

The first ever Black male editor-in-chief of British Vogue is stepping down after 6 years. Ghanaian-born Edward Enninful will now move on to the role of Conde Nast’s global creative and cultural advisor.

A woman who says she was coerced into confessing to stealing £53,000 during the Post Office scandal has been denied compensation despite having her conviction quashed. Teju Adedayo was left feeling suicidal, unable to find work & had her home repossessed. google.co.uk/amp/story/s/am…

The family of 8yo Selena Lau who was one of 2 girls killed after Land Rover crashed through a fence into a Wimbledon school say they 'haven't had answers' from Met Police 7 months on. The girl’s mum said ‘The longer it goes on, the more suspicious it gets…bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Nigerian Adejoké Bakare has become the UK’s first Black female chef to win a Michelin star with her west African restaurant Chishuru 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 🇳🇬 theguardian.com/food/2024/feb/…

Mouayed Bashir, 29, died after being pinned to the floor while officers used restraining tape to tie his knees and ankles together. Officers were concerned at his low oxygen levels during the restraint but did not release him.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j…

Christopher Kapessa: The teen accused of pushing him into a river has denied doing so. He told the inquest that he ‘fell into’ the 13yr-old & that he could not remember asking a friend: “Shall I push him?”& could not recall laughing after he fell theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/j…

Eni Aluko says she feared for her safety & was frightened to leave home after social media abuse from former footballer Joey Barton and that she has taken advice from lawyers and ‘a course of action has now been decided upon.’
theguardian.com/football/2024/…

A Black teacher who was fired after complaining about racist language at her school was unfairly dismissed a judge has ruled. Teachers said that her ‘relentless complaining” about race issues made them feel “intimidated”manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

Five days into #DryJanuary and newsflash it fucking sucks