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Windrush Scheme: get a document showing your right to be in the UK
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Windrush Scheme: get a document showing your right to be in the UK

123RF Contact details: Phone number 0800 678 1925 Email  [email protected] Overview If you’re settled in the UK but do not have a document to prove it, you may be eligible to apply to the ‘Windrush Scheme’. You may be able to apply for a document to prove you can live and work in the UK if one of the following is true: • you came to the UK from a Commonwealth country before 1973 • your parents came to the UK from a Commonwealth country before 1973 • you came to the UK from any country before 31st December 1988 and are now settled here It’s free to apply. You might also be entitled to apply for citizenship for free if you’re a Commonwealth citizen who settled in the UK before 1st January 1973, or you’re the child of ...
Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd
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Clement ‘Coxsone’ Dodd

Coxsone Dodd, one of Jamaica’s top producers, was to his music what Berry Gordy and James Brown were to soul music. From the Rock Steady era of the 1960s to the present day, he recognised what the buying public wanted to hear and purchase. Bad record-keeping has hidden much of his involvement in the music scene, but the people know and will eventually tell his story. His help to Bob Marley has been well documented recently and he also served as a mentor for future production wizards like Lee Perry and Niney. It’s probably hard to find another back-room boy that would meet all of his criteria, and now that he is gone, who will?  The Early Years At the time he was born his parents were running a booze business in Kingston, Jamaica (26/01/32). His first DJ experience came while pl...
Sent to Coventry
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Sent to Coventry

123RF An idiom To send someone to Coventry is an idiom used in England meaning to deliberately ostracise someone. Typically, this is done by not talking to them, avoiding their company, and acting as if they no longer exist. Victims are treated as though they are completely invisible and inaudible. Coventry is a cathedral city historically in Warwickshire. Rebellion and Civil Wars in England The origins of this phrase are unknown, although it is quite probable that events in Coventry in the English Civil War in the 1640s play a part. One hypothesis as to its origin is based upon The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, by Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon. In this work, Clarendon recounts how Royalist troops that were captured in Birmingham were taken as p...
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 
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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 

worldtrack.org Greatest sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce OD, OJ (née Fraser; born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time. Career One of the most enduring track athletes in history, Fraser-Pryce’s career spans over a decade and a half, from the late 2000s to the 2020s. Her success on the track, including her consistency at major championships, helped to usher in the golden age of Jamaican sprinting. In the 100 m, her signature event, she is a two-time Olympic gold medallist and a five-time world champion. In the 200 m, she has won gold and silver at ...
Vehicle theft equipment to be banned under new government law
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Vehicle theft equipment to be banned under new government law

Possession or distribution of electronic devices used to commit vehicle theft will be banned, carrying a maximum sentence of 5 years. Sophisticated electronic devices used by criminals in 40% of vehicle thefts in England and Wales will be banned under new laws, as part of the government’s mission to make the nation’s streets safer. Having your vehicle stolen is a costly and distressing experience for victims. It disrupts livelihoods, stopping people from working and from seeing their families. As the government works to prevent crimes from impacting working people’s lives, police officers and the courts will be given new powers to target criminals who steal vehicles using electronic devices, including ‘signal jammers’, along with the organised groups who manufacture and supply th...
Apply for or renew a Blue Badge
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Apply for or renew a Blue Badge

123RF Check your eligibility and apply for a Blue Badge. You can also use this service to reapply for a Blue Badge. You can apply for yourself, someone else or an organisation. There’s a different way to apply if you’re in Northern Ireland. A Blue Badge costs up to £10 in England and £20 in Scotland. It’s free in Wales. They usually last up to 3 years. You must reapply for a Blue Badge before your current one expires. If you’re replacing a lost, stolen or damaged blue badge, and it is not expiring in the next 3 months, you need to use a different service. Apply or renew online You’ll need a recent digital photo showing your head and shoulders. You’ll also need a photo or scan of your: Proof of identity (such as a birth certificate, passport or driving lic...
Help for problems with gambling
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Help for problems with gambling

Gambling can harm Gambling can harm many areas of your life. This can include problems with your: relationships physical and mental health finances If you're not sure if gambling is causing problems for you Answer these questions: Do you bet more than you can afford to lose? Do you need to gamble with larger amounts of money to get the same feeling? Have you tried to win back money you have lost (chasing losses)? Have you borrowed money or sold anything to get money to gamble? Have you wondered whether you have a problem with gambling? Has your gambling caused you any health problems, including feelings of stress or anxiety? Have other people criticised your betting or told you that you had a problem with gambling (regardless of whether or not you...
International Reggae Day
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International Reggae Day

The 1st July marks International Reggae Day to celebrate a musical genre that has influenced the world since the 1960s with its laid-back rhythmical style and lyrics championing social and political justice, the rights of the underprivileged and universal unity. The impact of reggae music on the world was recognised when it was granted ‘protected status’ by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) in 2018. UNESCO aims to educate people about the history of reggae and its distinctively Jamaican heritage. International Reggae Day is marked in Kingston Jamaica (where Bob Marley was raised) with an annual inaugural reggae concert, as well as concerts hosted around the globe. Kingston is where IRG was born after Andrea Davis’s (Jamaica Arts Holdings) vi...