darcus howe was at the forefront darcus howe, who's died at the age of 74. time now for the sport.e and the scottish premiership. in the premier league match of the day 2 and then, if you're in scotland, sportscene will follow the news. if you're in scotland, but i've got some goals and results coming up, if you can't wait that long. and results coming up, starting in scotland, celtic are champions for the sixth season in a row. celtic are champions they beat hearts 5—0 to win the title with eight games to spare. that equals a record set by rangers 88 years ago. here's our sports correspondent, natalie pirks. her reports does contain some flash photography. brendan rodgers' first match with celtic was at tynecastle, a perfect venue for their coronation. celtic was at tynecastle, a perfect today told the story of a season where celtic beat everyone into submission. of a season where celtic beat scott sinclair's thunderous effort sent them on their way. that sent them on their way. is just wonderful. just three minutes later a devastating break provided sinclair with a second. a deva

darcus howe is, get yourfacts straight, because if interviewing darcus howe is, get your facts straighta bbc interview. from the point of view of the interview, it went very wrong and the bbc subsequently apologised. but that is one thing that you have got to see about darcus howe. he did not falter in the face of adversity 01’ not falter in the face of adversity orfear not falter in the face of adversity or fear or not falter in the face of adversity orfear or anything like not falter in the face of adversity or fear or anything like that. not falter in the face of adversity orfear or anything like that. he stood firm, that is why there have been so many tributes paid to him on social media. he must have been quite a trailblazer at a time when it was difficult, contentious, even dangerous to speak out.|j it was difficult, contentious, even dangerous to speak out. i think so. it was a time when not everyone was speaking out. people werejust trying to make sense of the world that they find themselves in, the racism that they felt that they faced. actually it takes someone to stand there

darcus howe, at times controversial and confrontational.ourself, i understand, are you? following the london riots in 2011, there was this heated exchange. i have never ta ken part in a single riot. i have been on demonstrations that ended up in a conflict. and have some respect for an old west indian negro and stop accusing me of being a rioter. at the commonwealth institute, an art exhibition is on show. as well as an activist, he was a well—known broadcaster and writer. always formidable and fearless. for more than 50 years, darcus howe was at the forefront of the fight against racism. back to the comments by donald trump that he would be prepared to tackle the nuclear threat from knocks and —— north korea with or without the help of china. gordon chang is a china analyst and the author of ‘nuclear showdown: north korea takes on the world' joins me now from newjersey. thank you forjoining me. is there too much made over china's influence over north korea or do they really have the leverage that the us needs? they certainly have the lever

darcus howe, at times controversial and confrontational.nderstand, are you? following the london riots in 2011, there was this heated exchange. i have never ta ken part in a single riot. i have been on demonstrations that ended up in a conflict. and have some respect for an old west indian negro and stop accusing me of being a rioter. at the commonwealth institute, an art exhibition is on show. as well as an activist, he was a well—known broadcaster and writer. always formidable and fearless. for more than 50 years, darcus howe was at the forefront of the fight against racism. an andy warhol portrait of chairman mao has been sold at auction in hong kong, to an asian collector. but the piece didn't quite manage to generate the frenzied level of bidding that had been anticipated. our hong kong correspondent juliana liu was there. 80 million... 82 million... at 86 million... and selling for $86 million. sold! when the hammer came down, this iconic painting of chairman mao was sold for $11 million. it was the first time a warhol depiction of th

thank you for joining us. , how did you get to know darcus howe? how did i get to know darcus howe? i had just finished university in britain and i was fumbling around london looking for jobs and a gang of us were sitting in an underground train, and this very handsome looking fellow comes across, with a newspaper called the black eagle and asked if we wanted to buy one, "fight the british state". we said ok and we bought one. i think we were going home from a hyde park lecture. my friend said, "thank you", and he asked me if i wa nted "thank you", and he asked me if i wanted one and i said, "i will share it with him", and he said, "will you share the same jail sentence?" you knew what you are getting from the beginning. yes, and then i subsequently joined the black panther movement in britain which consisted mainly of west indians and west indian youth but within the leadership there were some asians and theoreticians, all sorts, and one of the first things we did was joina one of the first things we did was join a mangrove demonstration which was a demonstration against the harassm

darcus howe, at times controversial and confrontational.llowing the london riots in 2011, there was this heated exchange. i have never ta ken part in a single riot. i have been on demonstrations that ended up in a conflict. and have some respect for an old west indian negro and stop accusing me of being a rioter. at the commonwealth institute, an art exhibition is on show. as well as an activist, he was a well—known broadcaster and writer. always formidable and fearless. for more than 50 years, darcus howe was at the forefront of the fight against racism. time now for all the sports news in sport today. see you soon. hello, there. i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: hello, there. i'm tulsen tollett and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: roger federer claims the miami masters title for the third time after a straight sets victory over rafael nadal. arsenal go behind twice at home to manchester city but escape with a 2—2 draw. a

perhaps the first person of a similar background you would have seen on a programme like this was darcus howeovement, writer, agitator, public intellectual and a broadcaster and documentary maker, howe's death was announced at the weekend. he had been living with prostate cancer for more six years. he edited race today for 11 years, working alongside farruk dhondy and linton kweisi johnson, and is credited with a tra nsformative role in immigrants' rights. in a life that spanned 7a years and began in trinidad, darcus howe saw britain transformed, and often he was the heart of that struggle. here's stephen smith. i'm sitting opposite a man, he knows nothing, he talks all the time. the result is he is a trencha nt buffoon. he has no idea how to present television shows, he looks ridiculous in that fashionwear, he swans around all the time hoping that people will recognise him, when in fact nobody‘s even remotely interested. he's taking up enough time on this show already, and he hasn't even opened his mouth. darcus howe. sorry, that's the introduction to robert elms. sorry, do you know robert e

how did you come to know darcus?uk britain but he was focused not just on context of uk britain but he was focused notjust on what was happening in london but what was happening in london but what was happening in london but what was happening in other cities whether it was liverpool, birmingham or wherever there was social injustice and discrimination. he felt it had to be challenged and that's exactly what he did. what was the man like? we are learning more and more about his campaigning, his strong belief in civil liberties and fighting racism, what was he like behind closed doors? behind closed doors, with his friends, we would socialise but he still wouldn't compromise. he would call it as he saw it. he had a strea k of would call it as he saw it. he had a streak of what i call honest truism throughout his public and private life and that's what made him such a good colleague because he was very honest and who —— he didn't compromise, it was either right or wrong. he set a precedent, didn't he, with recognition

remembering darcus howe, who has died at the age of 7a. killed in punjab. our islamabad correspondent has more. 20 bodies were brought to hospital last night after four people managed to escape. the killer is thought to be this man, the custodian of the shrine, arrested by police along with two alleged accomplices. translation: the three accused to under arrest indicted the disciples to the shrine. as they kept arriving, they were torturing murdering them. in islamabad, mourners gathered to pay their respects at the home of one of the victims. the shrine where this attack happened was dedicated to someone of whom the suspected killer was a follower. what was he thinking, what was in his heart? we do not know. there had been reports that evil cheese at this shrine would be regularly beaten either man that they followed —— that devotees at this shrine. dramatic video posted on social media showed a fire exploding seconds after the fuse was ignited, sending debris into the crowd. police said that a wooden effigy had been dosed with petrol bef

when use of various protests and things like that, darcus howe was at the centre of it.hat gave a lot of people what strings. thank you very much. time for the weather. a pretty decent second part of the weekend for the majority. we saw some thicker cloud across eastern areas, the odd spot of rain for the unlucky few, but for many it was a lovely day. clear skies overnight, much late last night it will turn chilly. a bit more of a breeze and some cloud in the west, we will see some cloud in the west, we will see some patchy rain by the end of the night. captures will be eight or nine celsius, but across the heart of the uk it will be going to five oi’ of the uk it will be going to five or six celsius, the countryside going lower than that. workload, breeze and patchy rain for northern ireland and western scotland, reaching the western part of wheels in the afternoon. but a decent day for most, 15 or 16 celsius in the southeastern corner. for many places it will be dry and bright. this is bbc news, the headlines: more than 250 people have been killed, many more are missin

darcus howe has died, he was 74. murder. darcus howe has died, he was 7a. born in trinidad, he came to the uk to study and made his name challenging police practices. in the boat race, oxford made it four wins in five years for the men, beating their opponents byjust over a length. at 10pm the full round—up of the news but first, it is time for our world. mosul, iraq's second city, home to over a million people and the scene of the greatest victory of the so—called islamic state. allahu akbar. in just four days, is fighters managed to seize this entire city. it was a national disaster for iraq and declared the start of the self—styled islamic state. almost three years later and mosul has once again become a battleground. the iraqi forces have regrouped and are now fighting back. street by street, they are moving closer to capturing the city, but the threat of is remains. i am bbcjournalist bashir al—zaidi, born and raised in mosul. today, iam returning home. i want to find out what life is like in the city and how people have coped with the past two—and—a—h

darcus howe was the heart of the trial because he chose to defend himself.and questioning people. he had been trained as a lawyer. he could do it. i had thejob, the humblejob of summarising for the black panther movement, the day's events. two or three of the defendants were from the black panthers' central core membership in the trial. so we used to write up this trial all the time and suddenly, even in the bulletins that i wrote up every evening of the trial, darcus emerged as the articulate star. he spent 50 years as an activist. what did he feel his real achievements had been in all that time? darcus never boasted about it. he boasted about all sorts of things but never about his achievements as such. but i can tell you that i thought he was one of the bravest, one of the most courageous, and one of the most significant activists for black people's rights in this country. since immigration started, say, in the ‘50s and ‘60s, that is post—colonial immigration to this country, blacks, asians, all sorts came to this country. darcus was the most... well, not

breaking news, and darcus howe has died at the age of 7a.study law at middle temple, where he joined england to study law at middle temple, where hejoined the british black panthers. he was most well—known for organising the 20,000 strong black people's march in 1981, best known in the uk for his involvement in channel 4's black—on—black series, also current affairs programme devils advocate. he leaves behind seven children. the government is facing pressure to guarantee that migrant workers will still be able to work in the nhs after the uk leaves the european union. a cross—party group of mps is warning that brexit will cause a critical shortage of doctors and nurses. it comes as the defence secretary, sir michael fallon, declined to rule out the possibility that freedom of movement could continue until the next general election and beyond. ellie price reports. the brexit negotiations got under way this week to great fanfare and letters. theresa may wrote to the eu to trigger article 50, the eu in return published draft guidelines on its n

the writer, broadcaster and civil liberties campaigner, darcus howe, has died at the age of 7a.was most well known for organising the 20,000 strong black people's march in 1981 claiming neglect and insufficient policing of the investigation into the new cross fire which killed hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejim waterson, who's the political editor of buzzfeed and the public appointments adviser, jacqui francis. tomorrow's front pages, starting with the cover of the ft features a stark warning from president trump over north korea. on its front page, ahead of his first meeting the i focuses on the row what it calls the ‘fighting talk‘ from michael howard about gibraltar. the same story is on the front page of the metro, with the paper highlighting the former tory leader's claim that the prime minister would consider war to keep the territory. the express says 20 minutes‘ walk a day could save your life, following a report by the british heart foundation that fi‘fiilfliwfl"; ‘iii"¥;‘v_ _ we- ._ -_, , 7" ,. if necessary t

the writer, broadcaster and civil liberties campaigner darcus howe has died at the age of 7a.

the writer, broadcaster and civil liberties campaigner, darcus howe, has died at the age of 7a.ell known for organising the 20,000 strong black people's march in 1981, claiming neglect and insufficient policing of the investigation into the new cross fire that killed 13 black teenagers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejim waterson, who's the political editor of buzzfeed. and the public appointments adviserjacqui francis. dece ntly decently giving up their sunday evening! tomorrow's front pages. the cover of the ft features a stark warning from president trump over north korea. the telegraph also carries the president's comments on its front page, ahead of his first meeting with the chinese premier this week. the i focuses on the row over comments made by michael howard on the issue of gibraltar. the same story is on the front page of the metro, with the paper highlighting the former tory leader's claim the prime minister would even consider war to keep the territory. the express says 20—minute walk a day could s

the writer, broadcaster and civil liberties campaigner darcus howe has died at the age of 7a.pays tribute to her mother and younger brother, who were stabbed to death in their west midlands home last week. also in the next hour — victory for oxford in the i63rd men's boat race.

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the writer, broadcaster and civil liberties campaigner darcus howe has died at the age of 7a. law and campaigned for black rights for more than 50 years. in 1981, he organised the black people's march after the new cross fire in which 13 black teenagers died. later he became chairman of the notting hill carnival and made a number of television programmes about the lives of black britons. with all the sport here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. celtic‘s march to the scottish premiership title is over. a 5—0 win at hearts saw them win the league with eight games to spare. that's equals the record set by rangers 88 years ago. here's our sports correspondnet natalie pirks. brendan rodgers drama first match with celtic was at tynecastle, a perfect venue for their coronation. today told the story of a season where celtic beat everyone into submission. scott sinclair's thunderous effort sent them on their way. just three minutes later a devastating break provided sinclair with a second. the party was breaking out and stuart armstrong wrote the bubbly with his fizzing run. but f

we remember the civil rights activist darcus howe.g intervention of blacks on the current stage of history in britain. and the war on airborne diesel particulates. the mayor of london is expected to announce tomorrow morning a toxin

the writer, broadcaster and civil liberties campaigner, darcus howe, has died at the age of 74.home says the family is "devastated". lydia wilkinson left flowers at the scene earlier. theresa may reassures gibraltar of britain's "steadfast" commitment and says she will work to secure the "best possible outcome" from brexit talks.

the writer, broadcaster and civil liberties campaigner, darcus howe, has died at the age of 7a.known for organising the 20,000 strong black people's march in 1981 claiming neglect and insufficient policing of the investigation into the new cross fire which killed 13 black teenagers. a teenager whose mother and brother were stabbed to death at home says the family is devastated — lydia wilkinson left flowers at the scene earlier. 0xford reclaim the terms. oxford reclaim the terms. -- river thames. victory for oxford. the dark blues took back the title from cambridge after leading for most of the boat race. earlier in the women's race. cambridge took advantage of the disastrous start by the oxford boat to win in a record—breaking time. now on bbc news — it's time for the travel show. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming this week from the historic city of canterbury in southern england. i'm here to take a look back at some of the great stories we have clocked up already in 2017. and so far, it's been a great year. it's actually quite difficult to walk through here. it's so

tributes have been paid to the british civil liberties campaigner and broadcaster darcus howe. he came to mainstream attention in 1970 when he led a protest against police harassment of black customers at a london restaurant. he was tried and acquitted. the bbc has seen evidence of so—called islamic state appearing to use children as human shields in the battle for mosul. it comes as the militants are all but surrounded in the old centre of iraq's second city and there's a growing concern over civilian casualties. we were given exclusive access to iraqi helicopter pilots — flying over mosul‘s front line. here's their report. far below, a city that was once home to two million people. we are flying with the helicopters of the iraqi army as they fight the so—called islamic state. we are now over old mosul, where the battle is at its fiercest, as well as the last isis fighters, there are many civilians still trapped in the narrow alleys. and this footage, taken from our helicopter‘s camera, shows the challenges the pilots in mosulface. radio it shows armed men walking through a wa