Saturday, August 25, 2007

News Digest


Why not Caribbean?

It's been 45 years since Jamaican independence and the UK Caribbean community is stronger than ever, so why is Caribbean cuisine still the poor relation in this country?

We've adopted Thai, Indian, Mexican, Italian, Chinese and Japanese cooking (to name but a few other countries' cuisine) and taken them to our hearts (and more importantly our stomachs).
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School deaths that stunned black
America

After four model students were gunned down in a playground, outrage spread: if the brightest and best are not safe, then who is? Paul Harris in New York reports on the killings that have galvanised a community. Read more >


Seven held in Rhys murder inquiry

Police hunting the killer of 11-year-old Rhys Jones have arrested a seventh person.

The 19-year-old is being questioned by detectives on suspicion of murder. A second 19-year-old suffered minor injuries as he tried to escape arrest. Read more >