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Shrewsbury Town football club under fire over diversity handbook containing racist slurs There is no bias in the title provided. Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter from The Independent’s Race Correspondent Nadine WhiteSign up to our free fortnightly newsletter The Race ReportA League One football club has come under fire after its charitable body published a diversity handbook for staff containing multiple racist slurs, The Independent can reveal.Shrewsbury Town FC Foundation circulated the document geared towards enhancing staff members’ knowledge of equality, which referred to Black, Asian and indigenous Aboriginal people using offensive terms.Under a section entitled ‘The Four…

What is ‘Global majority’ and why is it replacing ‘BAME’? There is no bias in the original title Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter from The Independent’s Race Correspondent Nadine WhiteSign up to our free fortnightly newsletter The Race ReportMore and more organisations are ditching the term ‘BAME’ in reference to people of Black, Asian, Indigenous or Latin ancestry, instead opting to use ‘Global Majority’.This week, the National Trust employed the language while announcing a new training initiative geared towards boosting ethnic representation.But what does Global Majority mean and why has BAME fallen out of favour?For many, ‘BAME’ (Black…

Vaccines minister talks of ‘overwhelming’ death threats days after Slovakian PM assassination attempt There is no bias in the title provided. Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inboxGet our free View from Westminster emailThe vaccines minister has spoken of the “overwhelming” death threats she receives, just days after the leader of Slovakia was shot in an assassination attempt. Maria Caulfield said threats on her life rose every time the House of Commons discussed jabs. The Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, was attacked on Wednesday during a meeting with his supporters. Mr Fico…

JCB defends supplying Russia for months after saying it had stopped exports There is no bias in the title provided. Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailBritish digger maker JCB has admitted that some of its products were sent to Russia after saying it had stopped all exports because of the war in Ukraine.The company said the equipment was sent via a third party due to “contractual obligations” but insisted that it has since “completely withdrawn” from Russia and closed a facility in Moscow.The Guardian reported…

Croatia gets new government with a far-right party included ahead of European parliamentary vote There is no bias in the title provided. Croatian lawmakers on Friday voted into office a new government that marks a tilt to the right in another European Union nation ahead of the 27-nation bloc’s parliamentary election next month. Although it is still dominated by conservative Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, the new Croatian government now also includes hard-right Homeland Movement, a relatively new party that emerged as a kingmaker after an inconclusive parliamentary election in April. A new government that marks a tilt to the…

Met police officer who ‘manhandled’ mother over bus fare found guilty of assault There is no bias in the title provided. For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsA Met Police officer who “manhandled” and wrongly arrested a woman for bus fare evasion in front of her young son, has been found guilty of assault.PC Perry Lathwood, 50, of Norman’s Bay, East Sussex, assaulted Jocelyn Agyemang and caused bruising injuries to her arm during the arrest on July 21 last year in…

Migrants detained for Rwanda flights released on bail by Home Office There is no bias in the title provided Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailThe Home Office has started releasing migrants detained for Rwanda flights under bail conditions. Asylum seekers have been being detained for removals since the beginning of May, with Rishi Sunak promising that flights will start by July. The Home Office is deploying around 800 officers under the plan dubbed Operation Vector to bring selected asylum seekers to removal centres. It emerged…

Woman condemns ‘catastrophic’ police failures six years after brutal rape There is no bias in the title provided For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsA woman who was brutally raped has spoken out about a catalogue of “catastrophic” police failures that led to a six-year wait before her attacker was convicted.Amanda, whose name we have changed to protect her identity, was viciously assaulted by Paul Green on their second date after they originally met online. Seriously injured, she immediately went to…

This umbrella can survive tough winds and you can pop it in your bag There is no bias in the title provided. These storm-proof umbrellas will be your new lifesaver (or at least your hairs) (Picture: Linkby/Metro/Getty)SHOPPING – Contains affiliated content. Products featured in this Metro article are selected by our shopping writers. If you make a purchase using links on this page, Metro.co.uk will earn an affiliate commission. Click here for more information. When you live in a country with so much rain, you’re well-versed in the headaches of umbrella life. From your budget brolly deciding to break the…

Nitazenes: Deadly Chinese synthetic opioids gripping Britain’s streets There is no bias in the original title provided. Six people in the UK are dying each week from super-strength street drugs made in China which are up to 500 stronger than morphine, The Independent can reveal, in a terrifying escalation in fatalities.Shocking new figures show 75 additional deaths have been linked to new synthetic opioids called nitazenes in the last 11 weeks to 9 May – bringing the death toll to 176 lives lost in less than a year.This includes 106 deaths in England, 21 in Wales, 47 in Scotland and two…