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BBC News
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Leicester Caribbean Carnival honours first event in 40th year
Leicester's Caribbean Carnival will mark its 40th anniversary with a different starting point in honour of the inaugural carnival will begin at the African Caribbean Centre in Maidstone Road, where it started 40 years ago, rather than Victoria Park which has been the usual starting location in recent canceled last year's event due to financial difficulties but the carnival is set to go ahead on 2 August for its milestone Toussaint, who is on the carnival committee, said after the disappointment of last year the plan was to try to make its comeback "bigger and better than it has ever been". "This year is 40 years of the carnival and we're super-excited about that and are hoping to make it a huge success this year," she said."Every year is about what you're going to wear, the new trainers you're going to get, who you're meeting, what we're going to do, what the after-party was once you get older"We have the whole range of Caribbean islands represented in the carnival." The carnival's opening ceremony will be at the African Caribbean Centre where all the dignitaries will will proceed over Swain Street Bridge to the city centre, then up London Road to Victoria Toussaint added: "Everyone's been taking a degree of responsibility and just trying their very best to get this over the line and make sure that we give people the kind of experience they expect of a 40th carnival in Leicester."I know [carnival chairperson, Dennis 'Sugar' Christopher] as well is very mindful that he wants to step down this year and hand the baton over to a new kind of generation of people to run the carnival."So we've also got to be mindful of what does the future look like for carnival"There's a real kind of energy now to say, what does the 41st year look like? And who's going to take the carnival forward?"
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Anger at school plans for African Caribbean centre site
Trustees of a community centre have said they will fight plans to build a new girls school on its site. Plans are expected to be agreed at a cabinet meeting later to see an all-girls Muslim faith school built on site of the African Caribbean Centre Liverpool off Upper Parliament Street. The team running the centre in Toxteth said the council must not "drive a wedge" between different members of the city's most diverse area in its effort to create much-needed school places. The council said the site had been identified as it met the urgent need for secondary school places in a poorly-served part of Liverpool. Caribbean centre trustee Andrea Baz said there had been a lack of consultation. "This has happened so quickly, they're pushing it through," she said. "We are not happy – it's never been clear to us that this was the site being proposed for the new school. "We have no knowledge of the Caribbean site being put forward. Nobody is happy. "We are a cohesive community and what Liverpool City Council is trying to do is drive a wedge between all the different cultures within Toxteth. "This community centre is used by everybody – people have grown up here." There is huge demand for secondary school places in Liverpool and a shortage of supply which the city has said would be critical in 2026. Councillor Nick Small, cabinet member for growth and economy, admitted landing on a permanent home for the school that met the various criteria had proven to be "very difficult." According to a cabinet report which will go before members later, the Department for Education (DfE) identified L7/L8/L15 postcode areas as the required geographic search area for the new school. It is thought the first intake for the school year 2026/27 could take more than 120 pupils at the facility operated by Star Academies. The board of the African Caribbean Centre has launched an online petition garnering almost 3,000 signatures in opposition to the plans, which it says will displace the city's black community. Council officials said they would engage with representatives from the African Caribbean community to identify alternative provision which met local need, either on the existing site or nearby. Councillor Lila Bennett, cabinet member for employment, educational attainment and skills said: "In our meetings with the African Caribbean Centre's leaders, we have reinforced our commitment to providing improved modern facilities which meet the community's needs." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram, and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer. School set to be demolished and rebuilt First 750 schools named for free breakfast clubs
BBC News
25-02-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Toxteth: Anger at school plans for African Caribbean centre site
Trustees of a community centre have said they will fight plans to build a new girls school on its are expected to be agreed at a cabinet meeting later to see an all-girls Muslim faith school built on site of the African Caribbean Centre Liverpool off Upper Parliament team running the centre in Toxteth said the council must not "drive a wedge" between different members of the city's most diverse area in its effort to create much-needed school council said the site had been identified as it met the urgent need for secondary school places in a poorly-served part of Liverpool. Caribbean centre trustee Andrea Baz said there had been a lack of consultation."This has happened so quickly, they're pushing it through," she said."We are not happy – it's never been clear to us that this was the site being proposed for the new school."We have no knowledge of the Caribbean site being put forward. Nobody is happy."We are a cohesive community and what Liverpool City Council is trying to do is drive a wedge between all the different cultures within Toxteth."This community centre is used by everybody – people have grown up here." There is huge demand for secondary school places in Liverpool and a shortage of supply which the city has said would be critical in Nick Small, cabinet member for growth and economy, admitted landing on a permanent home for the school that met the various criteria had proven to be "very difficult."According to a cabinet report which will go before members later, the Department for Education (DfE) identified L7/L8/L15 postcode areas as the required geographic search area for the new is thought the first intake for the school year 2026/27 could take more than 120 pupils at the facility operated by Star board of the African Caribbean Centre has launched an online petition garnering almost 3,000 signatures in opposition to the plans, which it says will displace the city's black officials said they would engage with representatives from the African Caribbean community to identify alternative provision which met local need, either on the existing site or Lila Bennett, cabinet member for employment, educational attainment and skills said: "In our meetings with the African Caribbean Centre's leaders, we have reinforced our commitment to providing improved modern facilities which meet the community's needs." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram, and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
