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(Andrew Matthews/PA) Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A national inquiry into racial injustice in maternity care is meeting on Tuesday to launch a call for evidence. Supported by the charity Birthrights, the inquiry will examine how racial injustice is leading to poorer health outcomes for mothers and babies in ethnic minority groups. It follows a January report from MBRRACE-UK, which examines deaths among pregnant women, new mothers and babies, which found maternal death rates among women from black ethnic backgrounds were more than four times higher, and among women from Asian ethnic backgrounds were two times higher, than for white women. ....
Jamaica’s rich musical heritage, not only in the popular genres, but also in classical music, is nothing short of astounding. The classical music tradition dates back to the 18th century, with reports that the “first oratorio written in the Americas,” Jonah, was composed by Jamaica, Samuel Felsted sometime around 1773. “When I arrived on this beautiful island in 1985, I immediately encountered some of Jamaica’s most outstanding personalities in music, outside of the popular music genres. Therefore, I was never under the common misconception that Jamaican music started with mento, developing into ska, rocksteady, and via reggae to dancehall,” Rosina Christina Moder, co-founder and executive director of Music Unites Jamaica Foundation (MUJF), told ....