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The view from Jamaica: ‘I can’t stand the thought that the head of state is King Charles’

Anti-monarchist sentiment gathers pace after death of queen and refusal to apologise for role in slavery

The Guardian - UK

“Reggae carries that heavy message of roots, culture, and reality. So the bass has to be heavy and the drums have to be steady”: An interview with Aston “Family Man” Barrett

How Aston “Family Man” Barrett brought reggae bass playing to the world with Bob Marley & The Wailers

Guitar World

King's coronation draws apathy, criticism in former colonies

When King Charles III is crowned on Saturday, soldiers carrying flags from the Bahamas, South Africa, Tuvalu and beyond will be marching alongside British troops to honor king and country

The Independent UK

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What powers does King Charles have?

Scotland is holding a procession and national service of thanksgiving for the King today in what has been dubbed his “Scottish coronation”.

The Week

Troubled histories: UK Caribbeans on King Charles and the royals

British Caribbeans share their views on the king’s coronation and relevance of the monarchy.

Al Jazeera

‘Colonialism lingers’: Belize shrugs off coronation amid calls for reparations

Commonwealth country bearing scars of slavery may become first nation to remove Charles as head of state

The Guardian - UK

Charles is king, but the monarchy may soon be on its way out of Jamaica

Our reform committee is flawed, excluding many on the anti-monarchist side, but a republic is getting closer, says Barbara Blake-Hannah

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SEVEN nations under King Charles would vote to end monarchy, huge polling finds

CANADA, Australia, Jamaica, and other countries with King Charles as their head of state would vote to become republics if referendums were held…

The National (Scotland)

Shelley Maxwell: the soul-stirring master mover who makes superheroes dance

From The Secret Life of Bees to The Marvels, she is the choreographer everyone wants. The Jamaican dynamo talks about turning humans into horses, turbo-charging TV debates and her dream Bob Marley gig

The Guardian - UK

Jamaica cool on Charles' coronation as it eyes break with monarchy

While Britain prepares to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, its former colony Jamaica is distinctly cool on having a new head of state from a distant land.

Reuters

Jules Breach recalls randomly bumping into Kevin Keegan at a breakfast buffet in Jamaica and working with her childhood hero

The broadcaster says she saw Keegan eating an omelette during a chance encounter in the Caribbean when she was just a child

FourFourTwo

Brian Cox to play villain in new James-Bond themed reality show

The Scots Succession star will play The Controller in Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming series, 007’s Road To A Million, filmed across the Scottish Highlands, Venice and Jamaica.

Daily Record

From one villain to the next: Succession star Brian Cox to star in Bond-themed TV show

The show will be filmed in iconic Bond locations such as Scottish Highlands, Venice, and Jamaica

The Independent UK

Drunken lout who caused chaos on packed Manchester-bound TUI flight is jailed

Wesley Haining, from Salford, was one of almost 300 passengers on a TUI flight from Montego Bay in Jamaica

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Chance the Rapper filmed 'dancing inappropriately' with model at Jamaican carnival

Rapper, married man and father of two Chance The Rapper was seen on camera as he "inappropriately" danced and grinded with another woman at Carnival 2023 in Jamaica

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s my calling’: Mikaela Loach, rising star of the climate crisis campaign

Young activist Mikaela Loach is bringing a steely determination to the fight for climate justice. Just don’t call her ‘the new Greta’

Sports Illustrated

USMNT Draws Easy Gold Cup Group Ahead of Concacaf Title Defense

The U.S. group includes Jamaica and Nicaragua.

Daily Record

Former Dumfries man aims to curl for Jamaica at 2026 Winter Olympics

Luke Samuels is the first ever Scottish-Jamaican curler to represent the Caribbean side and has dual citizenship thanks to his grandfather Edwin Luther Samuels

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Guitar World

10 reggae records that every bass fan should know

The 10 best reggae albums from Jamaica’s main bass men. From Sly and Robbie to Bob Marley and the Wailers

Woman & Home

Sandals Royal Caribbean review: What it’s like to honeymoon at the all-inclusive resort

We honeymooned at Sandals Royal Caribbean in Jamaica and this is what we thought

Tribune News Service

NYPD rookie cop shot while pursuing suspect in Queens bus fight

NEW YORK — An argument over a seat on a city bus sparked a foot chase by police down a Jamaica, Queens, street and ended with a rookie officer in the hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg Wednesday afternoon, according to NYPD officials.

Tribune News Service

Rookie NYPD cop shot, wounded in Queens

NEW YORK — A rookie NYPD officer was shot and wounded on a side street in Jamaica, Queens, on Wednesday afternoon, according to sources.

Liverpool Echo

Man recklessly infected woman with HIV and went with her to clinic

Jermaine Scott was extradited to UK from Jamaica and was arrested after landing at Gatwick Airport

Edinburgh Live

Meet the Edinburgh dad-of-three hoping to represent Jamaica in the Winter Olympics

Edinburgh's Luke Samuels always dreamed of one day representing Jamaica as an athlete but he never imagined that he would make that step as a 38-year-old father-of-three.

The Guardian - UK

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce triumphs in son’s sports day race

Third-fastest woman of all time bests fellow mums in Jamaica school parents’ competition

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