July 2019

YolanDa Brown: Music education ‘creates more well-rounded people’

Image copyright Guy Levy Image caption The CBeebies Prom was held over the weekend Jazz star YolanDa Brown says pressure must be brought to bear on politicians to understand the social benefits of music education. The presenter and musician was speaking at the CBeebies Prom at the Royal Albert Hall on Monday. In March, the

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Police must offer women detainees period products under new rules

Image copyright Chris McAndrew/ICVA Image caption Katie Kempen is chief executive of the monitoring body which pushed for the new rules Police in England and Wales must offer female detainees free sanitary products in case they are on their period while in custody, under new legislation. The amended codes of practice come after a watchdog

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Harriet Tubman Breaks Free In Thrilling First Trailer About Her Untold Story

The trailer for the much-anticipated Harriet Tubman biopic has finally arrived.  Focus Features released the trailer for “Harriet,” which stars Cynthia Erivo in the title role, on Tuesday morning. “Eve’s Bayou” director Kasi Lemmons leads the film that tells the incredible true story of how Tubman escaped slavery in 1849 and later helped free hundreds of

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Russian boxer, 28, dies after suffering brain injury in ring

Boxer Maxim Dadashev died Tuesday, two days after suffering a brain injury in a fight in Maryland. He was 28. The Russian Boxing Federation said Dadashev suffered a brain swelling in Friday’s light-welterweight fight with Subriel Matias at the Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. He underwent surgery but his heart stopped

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