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Queen Elizabeth II meets Alan Tichmarsh and Adjoa Andoh as she departs following the A Gallop

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations got under way with the first major event highlighting one of her greatest passions in life – horses.A Gallop Through History saw the monarch entertained by dancers, showbiz A-listers and equine stars as the nation recognises her unprecedented 70 years on the throne. The diverse spectacle also included Hollywood royalty, with Tom Cruise playing a significant role, while Bollywood dancers and a troupe from Azerbaijan added colour to a spectacular pageant.

A group of the UK’s most influential black leaders have launched the Black Equity Organisation( BEO) to advance justice and equality for black people in Britain. The organisation is the UK’s first national and independent civil-rights group and its launch coincides with the second anniversary of the murder in the US of George Floyd, which sparked the Black Lives Matter anti-racism protests across the world. Chairman of the trustees, Dame Vivian Hunt, said given the cost-of-living crisis it is “

The UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has inspired fresh waves of racist and bigoted language on social media, public figures have warned. London mayor Sadiq Khan, home secretary Priti Patel, Labour MP Diane Abbott and campaigner Femi Oluwole, among numerous others, have been targeted by online users suggesting that they should be removed from Britain and flown to the east African country. Discussing the trend, Sunder Katwala, director of think tank British Future, pointed out that the

What I will say is, where we made promises in our manifesto, we will be keeping those promises.“ This is going to be a manifesto that is going to be tough.... Rachel Reeves herself previously called it anti-business and we agree, it is a tax on work that will deter investment, employment and growth, and the OBR says it will lower wages." But the Chancellor said: “ Businesses want two things.... They know that we’ve got to be able to pay for day to day spending through tax receipts.” The Chance