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Top fashion glossy Vogue Italia has published an edition with all Black models. Industry pundits are predicting that this special July issue will be a flop to justify claims that African Caribbean and Asians beauty cannot sell magazines.

Women's Institute members have voted overwhelmingly to back a resolution calling for an end to the incarceration of the mentally ill in UK jails. The move is inspired by the experience of a member whose schizophrenic son killed himself in prison.

Tom Geoghegan

Formula One commentator Martin Brundle is being investigated by media watchdog Ofcom after using the term "pikeys" in a television broadcast. But where does the word come from and how offensive is it?

Chloe Miller

Everyone feels nervous when planning the first meeting with their partner’s parents. But if things go well, it can be a great step for your relationship. My tip is, do your best to impress them because this will improve your relationship with your beloved one too.

Matilda MacAttram

Charity Black Mental Health UK have launched a new poll to gauge public opinion on the practice of retaining the genetic profiles of mental health patients on the national criminal DNA database.

Keira - Nairobi, Kenya

...online dating has made (my) life seem like a re-run of my favourite movie..it's the same thing over again, but it's still exciting, yet absolutely pointless because you already know what's gonna happen....we spot each other, we chat a bit, exchange e-mails, swap pics, stare at the pics..exchange phone numbers even, call each other a few times..and for a few days/sometimes weeks we obsess over the possibility of actually being with that person in real life and then poof! we start to e-mail less..call less..chat less it fades away just like that and we move on to our new found fantasy and promise ourselves that we'll make THIS one work... I want anything but that. I want someone who won't be just another obsession.

Marc Wadsworth - EXCLUSIVE

Staff have called a strike on Thursday to save a British charity which houses asylum seekers after a dispute between troubleshooting accountants and the Home Office over whether or not it should be closed down. Trade union Unison says the row threatens the jobs of the 135 staff who run Astonbrook Housing Association.