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Stephen Odubola, Rapman and Michael Ward arriving at the premiere of Blue Story
VUE Cinemas across Britain have banned screenings of the film Blue Story after a fight involving 100 young people kicked off on Saturday night.
Violence broke out at Vue Star City in Birmingham as families lined up to watch the opening of Frozen II, after what is believed to be gang members arriving with machetes.
According to police, two schoolgirls, a boy and a man were arrested and seven police officers were left with minor injuries. The young people arrested did not meet the film’s 15 age certificate.
Anyone who criticises those in power in Kenya risks their freedom or worse. The brutal abduction of Booker Omole marks a new escalation in a country sliding toward authoritarian rule, says MARC VANDEPITTE
On the 121st anniversary of communist Claudia Jones’s birth ROGER McKENZIE looks at political events that shaped her, and those she helped shape
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
