Round-up

1. "Racism was given a red card" by hundreds of people at a Furness fun day. Around 500 children and adults attended the Unity in the Community event in Ormsgill on Sunday, which aimed to stamp out racism. The event included food tasting from around-the-world, multi-cultural dancers and a climbing wall. There was also an audio-visual exhibition by Sedbergh artist Trevor Avery, called From Auschwitz to Ambleside, which tells the story of young Jewish boys who fled to Cumbria from the Nazis.

That'll do it!

2. An IT technician who claims he was racially harassed at a Bradford school has told an employment tribunal that his treatment was "in line" with that of Caribbean pupils there. Peter John-Charles, 46, claimed there was a "disproportionately high" number of Caribbean children expelled from Thornton Grammar School, where he says he was the subject of "persistent and unrelenting" racism. He also told the hearing he had been bullied by his head of department, Karen Kingston. Mr John-Charles is claiming race discrimination, breach of contract and unfair dismissal against headteacher John Weir and the school's governing body.

Once again it seems no one stopped to think that maybe there were more black Caribbean boys outside the headteacher's office because they were simply more naughty children. It will be interesting to see what happens at the hearing, but I expect that Mr. John-Charles will not be able to substantiate his claims of racism - those who play the race card rarely can - and the case will be thrown out.