Dominik’s Radio Times

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Community Chest News And Black History Month

Programme
Community Chest
Date
17 October 2008
Length
7 min

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In this episode of Community Chest, Dominik presents news updates and a historical fact. The broadcast covers a 600 million euro loss at the French bank Case de Pagny, General Sir David Richards' views on troop requirements in Afghanistan, and a Black History Month fact regarding Dr. Allan Glazer Minns, the first Black person elected mayor in the UK.

Dominik presents a series of news updates and a historical fact. The broadcast covers a trading incident at the French bank Case de Pagny resulting in a 600 million euro loss, the shutdown of a criminal website for trading stolen credit card details, and General Sir David Richards' view on troop requirements in Afghanistan. As part of Black History Month, Dominik shares that Dr. Allan Glazer Minns became the first Black person elected mayor in the UK when he was elected mayor of Bedford in 1904. Additionally, Tonya Myhill mentions that Seku Saseu, a performer from a Griot family from the Gambia, is scheduled to play the cora at the Millennium Library.

Topics

  • Black History Month
  • Economic and banking crisis
  • Military and conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq

Participants

  • Dominik
  • Tonya Myhill

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Crime agency. She says the dark market website was accessed by invitation only and incredibly easy to use. These people aren't technical geniuses; they're just thieves who can use keyboards. So they go in, buy the data. If you buy what they call fools, which means you've got.

Fact of the day number seventeen for Black History Month here on Future Radio. In 1904, Dr. Allan Glazer Minns was elected the mayor of Bedford, making him the first Black person to be elected mayor in the United Kingdom. This is an exciting new discovery, since until recently it was thought that Britain.

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