LONDON: A leading physicist of Jamaican heritage is promoting a funding scheme designed to increase the number of black science professors in the United Kingdom (UK). Dr Mark Richards, a physics researcher and senior teaching fellow at Imperial...
LONDON: Dr Donald Palmer, an associate professor of immunology at The Royal Veterinary College in London, was presented with the Science and Technology Award at The Weekly Gleaner UK Honour Awards luncheon last month. Palmer’s job involves studying...
LONDON: Britain’s future king, the Prince of Wales, Prince William, has led tributes to a Jamaican cricketer and RAF veteran, Alford Gardner who died in Leeds last week. Gardner, who travelled from the Caribbean to the United Kingdom on the HMT...
LONDON: The new chief of the Scouts movement in the United Kingdom is urging the Caribbean diaspora to provide vital volunteer support for the organisation. The call was made by Dwayne Fields, who was appointed to his role last month. The...
LONDON: The funeral of a Jamaican entrepreneur who became somewhat of a legend in Manchester, England, for selling his home-brewed ginger beer is expected to attract approximately 500 mourners. George Powell, who lived in Moss Side and Old Trafford...
LONDON: A group of young people from north-west London boosted their employment and social mobility prospects recently, following a life-enhancing trip to Jamaica. The cultural exchange experience was forged by the charity of Jamaican footballer...
LONDON: The new British government will consist of the largest number of African-Caribbean and African members of parliament (MPs) in history, following the Labour Party’s crushing defeat of the Conservative Party last Thursday in the general...
LONDON: The work of a female social documentary photographer is set for display at an exhibition in Scotland, more than 10 years after her death. The solo exhibition of Sandra George, whose parents are Jamaican, is being presented at the Glasgow...
Political and social commentators in the United Kingdom have questioned the main Opposition party’s support of its black members. The concerns were expressed after the Labour Party’s leader, Sir Keir Starmer, made an about-turn on a decision to bar...
LONDON: A scholarship in the name of the late award-winning author Andrea Levy is encouraging individuals from black African and Caribbean heritage, facing socio-economic challenges, to apply for financial support. The Andrea Levy Scholarship was...
LONDON: Young persons of Jamaican heritage living in the United Kingdom are being invited to participate in a cultural-exchange scheme on the Caribbean island. The Fusion Project, launched by Jamaican Diaspora UK (JD UK), is a two-week programme,...
LONDON: A panel of experts is urging stakeholders in Jamaica’s music industry and the diaspora to capitalise on reggae’s growing popularity around the globe. The call was made during a recent webinar organised by The Weekly Gleaner newspaper...
LONDON: Jamaica’s newly appointed ambassador/special investment envoy for culture and arts, in the United Kingdom, has spoken of her pride at being tapped for her new role. Theresa Roberts, 66, businesswoman and philanthropist, received her new...
LONDON: Prime Minister Andrew Holness stressed the island’s intention to become a republic during a short visit to the United Kingdom last week, saying that the process has been protracted as the Government engages in public education and...
LONDON: A celebrated poet had urged the Jamaican Government to make better use of the talents available among the island’s diaspora, during signings of his latest book in London recently. Linton Kwesi Johnson was in conversation with members of...
LONDON: A new commemorative 50-pence coin to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival in the UK of passengers on the Empire Windrush has been designed by a Jamaican artist. The coin, which depicts two smartly dressed persons from the Windrush...
The funeral service for Jamaica-born Royal Air Force (RAF) veteran Sergeant Peter Brown is scheduled for Thursday, May 25, after an almost two-month delay. Sergeant Brown, one of the last members of the RAF from the West Indies who lived in the...
LONDON, England: Professionals from the Jamaican diaspora, living in the United Kingdom (UK), have expressed their distaste for tomorrow’s lavish coronation of King Charles III. The crowning of King Charles is expected to cost British taxpayers £...
A celebrated Jamaican artist is having his work hosted in England’s first purpose-built public art gallery - the Dulwich Picture Gallery. Anthony Daley, an abstract expressionist, has painted 12 canvases depicting “new ways” of telling the story of...
LONDON: Organisers of the recently held UK Black Business Entrepreneurs Conference (UKBBEC) say they are encouraged by the outpouring of support and engagement for locally owned black businesses from both public and private sectors across the UK....
LONDON: A Jamaica-born councillor recently appointed as mayor of Wolverhampton has vowed to assist charities that serve African Caribbean communities in the United Kingdom (UK). Sandra Samuels recently overturned over 200 years of British history...
LONDON: Even as the black/Caribbean community welcomed news that several persons had been included on this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours list, there has been criticism of the award scheme. This year’s recipients include former professional...
LONDON: George Dyer, one of London’s most renowned tailors, has died at age 67, following a heart attack. The bespoke couturier from St Elizabeth, Jamaica, worked with an array of celebrities during an illustrious career spanning decades. Dyer...
LONDON: A pioneering music label, which has nurtured global appreciation for reggae music, has been commemorated with a blue plaque in west London. The prestigious sign was unveiled recently outside Peckings Records, in Shepherds Bush, a hub for...
LONDON: Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones has been appointed to the Royal Agricultural University (RAU), the first agricultural college in the English-speaking world. The appointment of the successful Jamaica-born entrepreneur to the governing body of a...
