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Homer Plessy: Pardon for ‘separate but equal’ civil rights figure bbc.com
The governor of Louisiana has pardoned Homer Plessy, a 19th century black activist whose arrest 130 years ago led to…
Boy, 15, stabbed to death in London park bbc.com
Police have launched a murder inquiry after a 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death in a park in south London.
Princess Diana: Files reveal plea for Elton John to perform at funeral bbc.com
The Dean of Westminster personally appealed to Buckingham Palace to ensure Sir Elton John performed at Princess Diana's funeral, released…
Princess Diana: Files reveal plea for Elton John to perform at funeral bbc.com
The Very Rev Wesley Carr wrote that doing so would be "imaginative and generous" to the millions feeling "personally bereaved".
Home Office should be stripped of responsibility for Windrush scheme, MPs say bbc.com
The Home Affairs Committee report said the vast majority of people who applied have yet to receive a penny, four…