Black In Britain. Newswatch 14th Aug. All of today's Black British news

We scan national newspapers for stories that feature Black people and where possible give you the opportunity to read them. For obvious reasons we cannot reproduce these stories, but will show you where to find them giving you the chance to view how the different publications deal with Black subjects and portray Black people. REMEMBER these are not our words, but where the subject/person is listed in on our site you will also be able to view things from what we believe to be a wholly Black perspective

TERROR RAID PAIR ENJOY FEAST ON YOU
The brothers at the centre of the Forest Gate terror raid and their family scoffed £1,300 of food in 24 hours, at taxpayers’ expense. Their hotel bill came to more than £50,000, including £800 in a day on phone calls, as they finally moved back to their East London home

MIGRANTS' MILLIONS FROM BENEFIT SCAM
East European migrants living in Britain can claim child benefit, even if their kids don’t live here. Tens of millions of pounds in taxpayer’s money is being squandered because of a loophole. Thousands of migrants are cashing in. Polish migrants alone have made 50,000 claims.

BBC FOREIGN REPORTERS ARE TOO WHITE
The BBC's new diversity czar is sick and tired of seeing white journalists reporting from far-flung war zones. Mary Fitzpatrick, said the corporation should use correspondents from the same ethnic background as those in the country from which they are reporting. Her comments angered journalists and politicians, who accused her of blocking a new generation of reporters

ASTHMA ATTACK LINK TO PROTEIN GIVES HOPE OF NEW TREATMENT
Scientists have discovered why people with asthma suffer severe attacks when they catch colds: their lungs do not produce enough of the anti-viral proteins needed to fight the infection. It is hoped that the finding will lead to a new generation of treatments that can prevent the most extreme asthma attacks. One in 12 people in the UK suffers from asthma and around 1,500 die every year.

CAMPBELL TURNS HIS BACK ON VICTORIOUS TEAM-MATES
Darren Campbell in a protest against Dwain Chambers refused to join his team-mates on a lap of honour after the 4x100 metres team won Britain's only gold medal at the European Athletics Championships. Campbell, 32, had not wanted Chambers included in the team following his two-year drug ban, which led to Britain being stripped of the gold medal they had won in Munich.

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OPINION: BLACK BOMBERS AND OTHER SILLY SECRETS

YOU LIVE IN HOPE that anytime something dodge is mentioned in news bulletins someone Black isn't involved. In the years before the politically correct brigade extended its tentacles past 'bah bah black sheep' and on to unnecessary racial identification in news reporting, that heart-in-mouth moment didn't exist. Reading over the weekend that a former Rasta had shaved off his dreads, signed-up to Islam and was amongst the men and women suspects arrested on alleged terror offences last week made my heart sink. I thought Rasta's were peaceful people. This is where all this religion malarkey gets confusing. The Black church (and there are loads in variety) is the fastest growing in the country, with Islam running a very close second religion-wise. Religion is heading towards being viewed as a sort of gang-culture, with many disenfranchised Asian and Black youth heading that way seeking to be noticed, embraced and valued. In most minority ethnic cultures kids are forced to attend religious services and such like, but the appeal of shady and maverick characters lurking in the shadows has changed all that. It's disturbing that Black kids are choosing these extreme routes as easily as they do the gun and drug culture. Both are on par with each other because the end result is the same - death. Spooky but true. BH