The University of Edinburgh has come under fire after it renamed a tower bearing the name of 18th century philosopher David Hume over his links to slavery. The David Hume Tower will now be known as 40 George Square, the university confirmed, following pressure from activists, despite a petition amassing less than 2,000 signatures. The campaign … Read more
If ITV says sorry over BLM-inspired dance, I’ll quit says Alesha Dixon: Britain’s Got Talent judge issues ultimatum after supporting controversial performance by Diversity on the show By Katie Hind Showbusiness Editor For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:25 BST, 12 September 2020 | Updated: 22:26 BST, 12 September 2020 Britain’s Got Talent judge Alesha … Read more
The police officer who knelt on George Floyd‘s neck for almost nine minutes before his death has appeared in person in court for the first time since the May 25 killing, and was heckled as he was escorted to a corrections department SUV afterwards. Derek Chauvin, 44, has been charged with murder and is currently … Read more
Laurence Fox has apologised to actress Rebecca Front and deleted a tweet of a ‘private message’ revealing she had blocked him on Twitter over his ‘AllLivesMatter’ posts. The star of ITV drama Lewis said on social media earlier today that it is was the ‘most painful cancellation I’ve had yet’ after The Thick of It … Read more
Diversity’s Britain’s Got Talent BLM-inspired dance has become the second most complained about TV moment of the past 10 years. Ofcom complaints have reached over 10,000 as of Thursday, knocking the Kim Woodburn/Coleen Nolan argument – which took place on Loose Women in 2018 – off the second spot with only 7,912 complaints. The first … Read more
Laurence Fox has revealed that his ‘friend of ten years’, actress Rebecca Front, has blocked him on Twitter over his views of the Black Lives Matter movement. The star of ITV drama Lewis said on social media today that it is was the ‘most painful cancellation I’ve had yet’ after The Thick of It star … Read more
Britain’s Got Talent’s Ofcom complaints have soared to 7,581 after dance troupe Diversity performed a routine inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement on Saturday night. The new figures come as dancer and brother of Ashley Banjo, Jordan, 27, got teary as he discussed the ‘horrible’ messages the group have received on his Wednesday KISS radio show. Diversity’s routine, which … Read more
Britain’s Got Talent’s Ofcom complaints have more than doubled to 2,966 after dance troupe Diversity performed a routine inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. The new figures come as lead dancer, choreographer and guest judge Ashley Banjo defended his group’s performance, calling it ‘his art’. Diversity’s routine, which narrated the senseless killing of unarmed black man George Floyd … Read more
Britain’s Got Talent has received more than 1,000 complaints from furious viewers after popular dance troupe Diversity took to the stage with a routine inspired by Black Lives Matter. The performance, which narrated the senseless killing of unarmed black man George Floyd in May, had already polarised fans of the mainstream talent show due to … Read more
Britain’s Got Talent star Ashley Banjo has hit back at ‘hateful’ trolls after being bombarded with messages following Diversity’s Black Lives Matter-inspired routine. The dancer, 31, took to Twitter on Sunday to insist that trolls ‘highlighted exactly what needed to change’ after his performance left many viewers claiming the show was ‘making a political statement.’ … Read more