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Sickle cell: Call The Midwife shines spotlight on disease

23rd January 201924th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 130 Views 0 Comment awareness, BAME, black, black community, Blood disease, blood donation, Call The Midwife, community, disease, Ethnic, Genetic, health, NHS, Sickle cell

Viewers and people with sickle cell disease have praised TV show Call The Midwife for its storyline portraying the condition.

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I was Unqualified but GOD Qualified me

23rd January 201924th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 144 Views 0 Comment BAME, black, Blog, christian, Faith, God, Inspirational Blog, inspired, Life

My story goes a long way back, I’m talking since the day I was born 4 months early and weighed

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Oscar nominations: Seven things to look out for

22nd January 201924th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 188 Views 0 Comment Alfonso Cuaron, black, Black Panther, christian, community, Corbould brothers, entertainment news, films, Lifestyle, movie, Oscar nominations, Oscars 2019, Roma, Wales Theatre Awards

Predicting the result of the Oscars can be a tricky business. Especially as the Academy’s membership, which votes for the

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All women of colour production opening at Shakespeare’s Globe

22nd January 201924th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 192 Views 0 Comment Acting, black, community, culture, Entertainment, London, Play, production, Richard 2, Shakespeare’s Globe, tickets, Women of Colour

An all women of colour production of Richard II will soon be opening at Shakespeare’s Globe in London. The production will

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My Perseveration, God’s Rescue

17th January 201921st January 2019 Josie McFarlane 194 Views 0 Comment Autism, Belief, Child, community, Faith, God, inspiration, parenting, Religion, rescue

What Is It? In an autism household, I get a lot of practice dealing with perseveration. What’s that, you ask?

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Why I Started A BAME Casting Agency

14th January 201914th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 195 Views 0 Comment BAME Models, Casting agency, Representation, Selma Nicholls

I started an all BAME casting agency to tackle diversity in advertising…. Selma Nicholls started a BAME casting agency after

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‘Google Doodle’ celebrates Evelyn Dove’s 117th Birthday

11th January 201914th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 319 Views 0 Comment BBC, birthday, black, Black Icon, celebrate, Evelyn Dove, first black singer on BBC Radio, Google Doodle, Remember

Today’s ‘Google Doodle’ celebrates the life and legacy of British star Evelyn Dove, a classically trained singer, pianist, and actress

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Challenge yourself in 2019 with Compassion’s Muskathlon: an epic African adventure

10th January 201914th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 269 Views 0 Comment #Fitness, #sport, adventure, Africa, black, charity, christian, community, Compassion, Faith, fundraising event, Marathon 2019, Muskathlon, running, Travel, triathlon, trip

As 2019 begins,Christian child development charity Compassion UK is urging people to take the opportunity to think and pray about

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CalledOut Music -One of the UK’s biggest breakout Gospel artists.

10th January 201914th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 292 Views 0 Comment artist, black, CalledOut Music, entertainment news, Faith, Gospel music, Samuel Nwachukwu

British music producer, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Hampshire, England Samuel Nwachukwu who performs under the pseudonym, CalledOut Music. Born April

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Brand New Debut EP By Feed’Em

10th January 201914th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 322 Views 0 Comment artist, community, Debut EP, Entertainment, Faith, Feed'Em, God, music, music industry, Religious music

Murder The Flesh is the debut EP by British Hip-Hop / Grime artist Feed’Em. Shortened to MTF “Murder the Flesh”

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Call for more people from black communities to give blood as new figures show more than 400 black people became New Year donors in 2018

10th January 201914th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 291 Views 0 Comment black, Black donors, blood donors, community, Faith, New Years Resolution, NHS, Religion, Save Lives

NHS Blood and Transplant is urging people from the black community to make becoming a blood donor their New Year’s

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‘A white family raised me – I learned to love being black’

4th January 201914th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 357 Views 0 Comment Adopted, black, community, culture, Faith, Fostered, Growing up, Nigerian, Raised, white

Gina Atinuke Knight’s white mum loved her, but her childhood in a white family meant it took her years to

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Family threaten to kill daughter for having a baby

2nd January 201914th January 2019 Josie McFarlane 440 Views 0 Comment #Pregnancy, baby, Child, community, Death threats, Faith, family, help, hostel, protect, Support, Young mother, Youth

1.2 million women suffer from domestic abuse in England and Wales. But just 28 of England’s 276 refuges cater specifically

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‘Miracle’ six-day-old baby survives Ebola

16th December 201817th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 854 Views 0 Comment Africa, baby, community, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ebola, Faith, God, health, Miracle, Miracle of Beni, Survive4s

A baby girl who was diagnosed with Ebola when she was only six days old has survived, health officials in

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‘Racist’ law society disbanded by University of Exeter

14th December 201817th December 2018 Josie McFarlane 305 Views 0 Comment Bracton Law Society, community, Exter, Law, legal, Major Investigation, Racism, racist, Society, students, University

A university law society has been disbanded following a major review into racism. Screenshots of “racist” messages in an Exeter