UntoldStories

17/02/2023

'You don't have a private room, sometimes we don’t even have hot water. And if you're cold, they just give you an extra blanket'

27/01/2023

"I was pleased by the range of products in store"

Our reporter Hedi Mehrez went to the superstore and was pleased by the range of products in store

19/01/2023

“I used to go up to London to get Caribbean food. It's nice to be in a Caribbean restaurant in Dover"

'The smells here reminded me of my nan'

14/12/2022

"I believe people should be housed in the community and they shouldn’t be separated from the communities that they’re a part of"

Campaigners have also said the government's propsals to move asylum seekers to sites such as Pontins are a distraction

25/11/2022

Many braved the freezing cold and wet conditions to remember those who died last year

The vigil marked one year since the worst disaster on record in the Channel

09/11/2022

She made it her mission to provide her daughter and other babies of colour with a doll they can identify with.

Temilola Onabolu has created her own business as a result

31/10/2022

Tory MP Sir Roger Gale described conditions at the Manston facility as a “breach of humane conditions”

Sir Roger Gale described the situation as "wholly unacceptable"

27/10/2022

Many historic properties have a darker past

The National Trust wants to acknowledge the role Britain played.

24/10/2022

"I think councils too often try to do things for people rather than with them. And I think perhaps we were guilty of that in the past"

The council leader believes Black History should be taught and celebrated all year-round

21/10/2022

Our reporter Hedi Mehrez took a Moroccan cooking class with Migrateful. The charity support refugee and migrant chefs struggling to access employment in the UK.

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30/08/2022

Former Gurkha soldier from Canterbury Hari Budha Magar who served with the British armed forces and lost both legs in Afghanistan hopes to be the world’s first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Everest.

He is calling on the community to help him prove that disability is not a barrier as he tries to raise £300,000 before taking on the world’s tallest mountain in May 2023.


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06/04/2022

Being only able to eat and drink during the hours of darkness leaves many Muslims wanting more food later in the evening.

With those observing Ramadan only able to eat at night, these restaurants are open late

03/03/2022

Azad Konor went on to write a book about the Battle of Brick Lane, which highlights how the community was treated in those days

In 1978, a racially-aggravated murder of a 25-year-old man triggered a wave of protests in the Bangladeshi community

03/03/2022

The student says that locals have become aggressive towards Black students

03/03/2022

Check out Daniel's story 👇

Daniel Habte couldn't speak English when he arrived in 2015 but he's now flourishing at university in Canterbury

03/03/2022

Gursoy Hassan left Cyprus when he was 20 and moved to London with little money.

How a successful Herne Bay business was inspired by his father who moved to the UK from Cyprus to build a better world for his family

03/03/2022

Jaz, from Tonbridge, gave herself the mission to help elevate and amplify the voices of minority groups

Jaz O'Hara has vowed to amplify the voices of people with lived experience of displacement and the people working on the frontline

03/03/2022

"I reflected on my own childhood and didn’t have any superheroes or characters that looked like me."

Joe wants to inspire young people to go to university.

03/03/2022

Race reporter Hedi Mehrez shares his own experiences of racism - and how we can do better

Race Equality Week took place at the start of February, an annual movement challenging people and organisations to address the barriers to race equality in the workplace

03/03/2022

Good luck Uduak!

Uduak has been producing films and writing scripts for around a decade.

03/03/2022

The bill received a great deal of attention over the past few weeks after being passed by the House of Commons and being labelled ‘inhumane’ by some Lords.

One clause aims to criminalise those arriving via "irregular routes"

03/03/2022

03/03/2022

"A refugee is a refugee, and they shouldn’t be treated differently based on where they come from."

Do we think of people seeking refuge differently based on where they're from?

17/01/2022

What a lovely initiative!

"We are giving people the chance to actually meet refugees to see a human face to these stories"

The inspiring refugees teaching Kent cooking classes

The charity was originally started in London by CEO Jess Thompson in 2017

12/01/2022

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