The Voice Newspaper Leah Mahon She believes its “linked to a fibroids diagnosis in her early 20s..She was “offered HRT as the only option to manage her symptoms“

HRT isn’t a fibroid treatment. Often Hormone Suppressants💊 Create Menopause symptoms & are given+HRT to reduce side effects voice-online.co.uk/lifestyle/heal…

Sister of victim of Brixton concert crush slams Asake for ‘not speaking to family’ after tribute

by Leah Mahon

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The Black menopause

Black women tend to experience menopause earlier and more intensely, but are often misdiagnosed. Fibroids treatment also has an impact.

Experts say it’s time for the medical profession to take this seriously

by Leah Mahon

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#FibroidsAwarenessMonth

‘I had sixteen fibroids removed – now I want other women to be aware of the health risks’

For Fibroids Awareness Month, Dawn tells The Voice of her harrowing journey to recovery

by Leah Mahon

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NEW: The Brattle Report uncovers the true cost of slavery reparations from Britain.

I spoke with #DrRobertBeckford and #JudgePatrickRobinson about the debt and effort to make them pay it.

#slavery #reparations #reparatoryjustice #brattlereport

‘Africans came during the Windrush era too’

The presence of African people during one of Britain’s most defining eras of Black British history needs to be known as well

by Leah Mahon

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30 years today, Joy Gardner’s was killed by the now disbanded Met Police’s Alien Deportation Group (ADG). At about 7am on 28 July 1993, five police officers broke in to her Topsfield Avenue home and used force – and 13 feet of tape and a belt– to restrain her. #joygardner

THE VOICE: £18 Trillion. Time to Pay #TomorrowsPapersToday

Yup and they didn’t want it to be her cuz she was a teen mom too

Really important piece in The Voice Newspaper paper and online about the many barriers black survivors of DA experience thank you to Penelope* (pseudonym) for sharing your story & Leah Mahon for working closely with us at Refuge to raise vital awareness of this issue.

She can't name a single thing Meghan Markle has done wrong or why she really hates her. She just proved that it's the newspapers that made her hate a lady she has never met.

Will Poulter on how no African restaurant holds a Michelin star

On Windrush Day, 75 years since the HMT Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks, one of their most famous passengers, #LordKitchener , found a new life in Manchester.

The calypso singer from Trinidad was honoured with a plaque at his former home in the north 🇹🇹🎵🎶

Lord Kitchener honoured with plaque at former home

Leah Mahon reports

Full story > voice-online.co.uk/news/windrush-…

Amnesty International Calls for End of Racist Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers democracynow.org/2023/6/21/head…

Thanks so much Turtle Bay for this #PRGift produced in line with their From The Roots Up: Turtle Bay x Rookie Greenie Allotments campaign as they celebrate 42% of their Caribbean flavoured menu becoming plant-based.

Can’t wait to get planting! 🪴👩🏾‍🌾

First look at Sir Lenny Henry’s post-Windrush drama Three Little Birds

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‘Best African Music Performance’ category welcomed at Grammy Awards

by Leah Mahon

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Earlier, I spoke to James O'Brien on LBC about the Privileges Committee report into Boris Johnson. Today, Parliament has finally declared that Boris Johnson is a liar, two years after I was thrown out of the Commons for saying as much. The system needs to change.