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BBC One, The One Show History Hunters with Dan Snow: Windrush. Multicultural London. Uk film council brick lane case study. OUT & ABOUT English course documentary – Multicultural London. Sadiq Khan makes history as elected London mayor after bruising campaign. Sadiq Khan: London's new mayor. A Mayor for all Londoners. Log In - New York Times. Elections: Labour's Sadiq Khan elected London mayor. Media playback is unsupported on your device Sadiq Khan has been elected the new Mayor of London - boosting Labour after it slumped in Scotland's elections.

Elections: Labour's Sadiq Khan elected London mayor

Mr Khan is the city's first Muslim mayor, after beating Tory Zac Goldsmith by 1,310,143 votes to 994,614. The result bolsters leader Jeremy Corbyn after Labour was beaten into third in Scotland by the Tories and lost some English councillors. In Scotland, the SNP said it would form a minority government after winning its third election in a row. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is celebrating what she said was an "emphatic" victory, her first as party leader, after the SNP emerged as the largest party at Holyrood with 63 seats, ahead of the Conservatives on 31 and Labour on 24. But she played down talk of another independence referendum after falling short by two seats of an overall majority. In Wales, Labour remains as the largest party, with 29 out of 60 seats, but was denied a majority as Plaid Cymru and UKIP both made notable gains.

London mayor: The Sadiq Khan story. Image copyright AP Labour's Sadiq Khan has been elected as London's new mayor - but who is the man who will be in charge of the UK's capital city for the next four years?

London mayor: The Sadiq Khan story

Sadiq Khan's life to date has been characterised by beating the odds - which is what he has just done to become mayor of London. When Labour politicians put themselves forward to run for mayor last year, Mr Khan was far from being the favourite. The bookies' money was on Baroness Jowell, a veteran of the Tony Blair years who had helped bring the Olympics to London.

Labour's Sadiq Khan elected mayor of London. Sadiq Khan has been elected mayor of London, reclaiming the post for Labour after eight years of Conservative rule and becoming the first Muslim mayor of a major western capital.

Labour's Sadiq Khan elected mayor of London

Khan took 1,310,143 votes (57%) after second preferences were taken into account, beating Conservative Zac Goldsmith into second place on 994,614 (43%). His tally gave him the largest personal mandate of any politician in UK history. The 45-year-old son of a Pakistani bus driver beat Zac Goldsmith at the end of a sometimes bitter campaign during which the Conservatives accused Khan of being “dangerous” and “pandering to extremists”. Labour complained that Goldsmith’s campaign was Islamophobic. Social Media Greets New London Mayor Khan. This is What’s Trending Today… Sadiq Khan is the new mayor of London.

Social Media Greets New London Mayor Khan

Khan is the son of Pakistani immigrants. He is the first Muslim elected as mayor of a major Western capital. Sadiq Khan: London's new mayor - video profile. Londoners celebrate city's diversity in face of right-wing response to Westminster terror attack. Londoners have expressed their pride at living in a "strong, tolerant, progressive and diverse" city the day after the Westminster terror attack.

Londoners celebrate city's diversity in face of right-wing response to Westminster terror attack

Social media users are posting messages of solidarity and defiance under the hashtag #WeAreNotAfraid, with some challenging the right-wing response to the incident. Four people died and 29 were treated in hospital for injuries when a man drove a car along a pavement and stabbed a policeman outside Parliament before being shot by officers. The people hospitalised after the attack were from 11 different countries, confirmed Theresa May. Among the injured were: 12 Britons, 4 South Koreans, 3 French, 2 Romanians, 2 Greeks, 1 German, 1 Pole, 1 Irish, 1 Chinese, 1 Italian and 1 American, she said.

Seven people remain in a critical condition in hospital after the attack, which police are treating as a terrorist incident. Sadiq Khan: The Face of Multiculturalism in London (?) Mayor Sadiq Khan hails London's multiculturalism after 'racist' Air China inflight mag sparks outrage: Shanghaiist. London Mayor Sadiq Khan has responded to last week's controversy over a shockingly racist article published in the inflight magazine of China's flagship carrier, Air China.

Mayor Sadiq Khan hails London's multiculturalism after 'racist' Air China inflight mag sparks outrage: Shanghaiist

In case you missed it, the offensive paragraph shared around the world was taken from a feature article about visiting London published in Air China's inflight magazine "Wings of China" this month. While most of the feature was either innocuous or silly, under a section titled "Tips from Air China," the article gave this helpful advice: "London is generally a safe place to travel, however precautions are needed when entering areas mainly populated by Indians,Pakistanis and black people. We advise tourists not to go out alone at night, and females always to be accompanied by another person when traveling. " The offending article was first noticed by Chinese journalist Haze Fan and then published online by CNBC.

To make things even more awkward. #Londonisopen - Our message to the rest of the world. Sadiq Khan's new campaign video shows a multicultural, post-Brexit London. United Kingdom: A Reluctant Country of Immigration. Immigration to the United Kingdom in the 21st century is larger and more diverse than at any point in its history.

United Kingdom: A Reluctant Country of Immigration

As the global recession bites, early evidence shows a reduction in the numbers of immigrants coming to work. However, fundamental dynamics indicate sustained net immigration is here to stay. Brave new world. Migration Into Britain. So what exactly is multiculturalism? Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality has called for multiculturalism to be scrapped.

So what exactly is multiculturalism?

But does anybody actually agree what multiculturalism means - and is it a good or bad thing? BBC News Online asked a range of thinkers for a short definition. Long-term Migration into and out of the United Kingdom, 1964-2013. iWonder - How has immigration changed Britain since WW2? UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives. Multicultural Britain British Council BCLearnenglish 332 1 1. Cameron: multiculturalism is dead. Meet Google Drive – One place for all your files.

Groupe Ressources 2015 : Britishness. Ce projet, conçu dans le cadre des travaux du Groupe Ressources anglais de l’académie de Versailles au cours de l’année 2014-2015, a été mis en œuvre simultanément au Lycée Louis de Broglie de Marly le Roi (classe de 24 élèves) et au Lycée Jean Jaurès de Châtenay-Malabry (classe de 26 élèves).

Groupe Ressources 2015 : Britishness

Fiche descriptive : Axe de réflexion pédagogique : La réflexion porte sur le début de l’heure comme moment stratégique de la mise au premier plan des compétences travaillées : quelle évaluation formative pour une meilleure articulation des séances et une construction plus efficace des compétences ? Inside Story - Is Sadiq Khan the face of multicultural Britain? Free Speech on: Being British - Free Speech - BBC Three. BBC News. The early story of the British Isles is one of colonisation.

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Firstly, celtic and pict tribes arrived and formed the first communities in the British Isles. Then came the Romans. In 250AD, Rome sent a contingent of black legionnaires, drawn from the African part of the empire, to stand guard on Hadrian’s Wall. There is no evidence that these men stayed in Britannia and when the Romans finally quit in the fifth century, the way was clear for the Germanic tribes that would slowly become the English. Four hundred years after the Jutes, Angles and Saxons colonised modern-day southern England, the Vikings arrived, bringing a distinctive new influence to the cultural pot. A More Just and Sustainable World for All. Multiculture Britain. People from all cultures and ethnicities can be found in every corner of Britain and each person in his or her own way has contributed to make Britain the place it is today.

If you walk down a street in Britain, especially in the bigger cities you will usually see people with different hair, skin and eye colours. They may have white, brown or black skin and blonde, brown, black, or red hair, with blue, black, brown or green eyes. Many of the people you will see will be British people but they all look different because the people of Britain are a mixed race. Lesson 1: Introduction to Multicultural Britain. Purpose In this lesson, you will become familiar with the history and scope of British colonialism.

You will then learn about the history of decolonization, which began in 1947, and how it impacted the rise of multicultural Great Britain. This will introduce you to the main themes and issues of the course, since a familiarity with the British Empire is necessary for understanding all of the novels we are reading in this course. You will review the basic issues that black and Asian people encountered when they arrived in Britain, and how immigration threatened many white people's sense of nationality and led to increasing racism. Learning Objectives. White Teeth - Episode Guide - All 4. Sadiq Khan and the Future of Europe. Photo WASHINGTON — As the votes in London’s mayoral election were being counted on May 5, almost every British Muslim I know seemed to have only one thought: Would Sadiq Khan pull it off?

He did. Mr. Khan, the son of Pakistani immigrants, was elected as the first Muslim mayor of a Western capital city, with more than 1.3 million votes, in what is being called the biggest mandate in the history of British politics. And the Labour candidate managed his landslide even after his opponent, the Conservative politician Zac Goldsmith, smeared him as a “radical” and shamelessly accused him of giving “oxygen” to extremists.

Islamophobes are tearing their hair out as they decry the Islamization of . In a perfect world, the faith of a TV cooking show star, an athlete or even a major politician would be irrelevant. Webquest - Multicultural Britain. Séquence " Caribbean migration to Great Britain: Windrush Day petition " 1ere. Multicultural Britain - Samfunnsfaglig engelsk. Vocabulary multi-faith, multicultural, ethnic, minority, irrevocably, pluralistic, demography, correlation, xenophobia, segregation, indigineous, street rallies, antagonism, integration, polarization, alienation, core values Hide London Bombings July 7 2005Fotograf: Sang TanThe history of multiculturalism can be told from many perspectives, but for contemporary Britain perhaps the most interesting perspectives are to investigate to what extent a pluralistic society is a threat to the identity of Britishness and how it affects demography.

How has immigration changed Britain? Media playback is unsupported on your device The Italian boss of the "city the Poles took over" tells me that the new arrivals will integrate, just as his community once had to. He is answering the criticisms made not just by the white British residents but a significant number of the city's large Asian community, who complain that eastern Europeans simply don't integrate. iWonder - How has immigration changed Britain since WW2? The Forum » Blog Archive » What Makes You Tip? 8 Profiles of Migrants & their Integration Tipping Points. Spicing up Britain: The Multicultural History of British Food. For academics, striving to define a national cuisine is like catching a gnat. The pursuit might be all well and good, but the chance of success is sub-zero.

Multicultural Britain: I am more than just food, clothes and skin » Consented. “In the real world, equal respect for all cultures doesn’t translate into a rich mosaic of colourful and proud peoples interacting peacefully while maintaining a delightful diversity of food and craftwork. It translates into closed pockets of oppression, ignorance, and abuse.” UK food in BRITAIN. Food in britain video uk exercises. Britain's favourite dish: Chicken tikka masala knocked off top spot by Chinese stir-fry. By Suzannah Hills Updated: 21:06 GMT, 21 January 2012. Multicultural Britain and language development. English is now a foreign language in London, says Terence Stamp. Provocative: Actor Terence Stamp claims he can't buy mangoes at his favourite East London market because 'no one speaks English' As the dashing star of films such as Billy Budd and Far From The Madding Crowd, Terence Stamp was the symbol of ‘Swinging London’ in the Sixties, but says he now feels like an alien in his own country.

‘It’s very sad how few English people there are in London now,’ he tells me at a party in Mayfair, where he lamented what he seems to see as a lack of integration among some immigrants. ‘When I grew up in East London everyone seemed to speak English, and now you can barely get by speaking our own language.’ My That's English!: How has the immigration changed Britain? People from ethnic minorities 'feel more British' if they integrate rather than living in areas surrounded by neighbours from their homeland.

Ethnic minorities: Into the melting pot. Measuring diversity: The London effect. Discrimination, all different all the same. Pro-immigration poster campaign launches across the UK - BBC Newsbeat. Multicultural London English (MLE) Multicultural London’s culinary melting pot. Cockney to disappear from London 'within 30 years' Does Multiculturalism Benefit the United Kingdom? Why Multicultural Communities Are What Makes London (and Britain) Great - and Why We Must Protect Them  UK Immigration: The Facts In Nine Charts. Immigration: how do British views differ? The changing face of London - Video on NBCNews.com. Why it's not so 'Great' in Britain - reporter.

What Britons really think about immigration. Immigration and the British dream. Anglais » Term. STI2D. Les minorités ethniques en Grande-Bretagne / John Moore - VO - Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès-campus Mirail. Problématiques espaces et échanges - Bac anglais. Is a multicultural society best? F212 ANGLAIS1 L03. London riots: This is what happens when multiculturalists turn a blind eye to gang culture. The hard knock life of British multiculturalism. Multicultural society - UK whites & ethnics choose to live apart. More Britons believe that multiculturalism makes the country worse - not better, says poll.

Cameron: My war on multiculturalism - UK Politics. Breaking News English ESL Lesson Plan on Immigration. Rate of immigration 'set to rise' Why is there so much hostility to immigrants in the UK? Sequences Caraïbe. MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN - My schoolbag. Multicultural Britain. Why did multiculturalism become a dirty word? It made me who I am.