Deena Campbell

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[MOBO Awards @MOBOAwards]

It is with immeasurable sorrow that the MOBO Organisation announces the passing of its Founder and CEO, Kanya King CBE.

Kanya passed away peacefully on 3 June 2026 after a courageous and characteristically determined battle with colon cancer. She was surrounded by her family, close friends and love.

Thirty years ago, Kanya King remortgaged her home, alone, without institutional backing or industry support, to build a stage that would transform British music forever.

She was a single mother from a Kilburn council estate who was told that Black music was too niche, that there was no market and that the industry was not interested. Instead of arguing, she built. Six weeks later, the first MOBO Awards was broadcast to the nation, and nothing was ever the same again.

What Kanya created was never simply an awards ceremony. It was an act of cultural justice. MOBO did not just celebrate Black music; it legitimised it, amplified it and transformed the cultural landscape of the UK.

From Stormzy, Little Simz and RAYE to Craig David, Ms. Dynamite, Amy Winehouse, Central Cee and countless others, generations of artists have benefited from Kanya King's vision.

She built a platform that reached hundreds of millions of people around the world. She was awarded a CBE and received an Ivors Academy Honour in 2025. She never stopped. She never asked for permission. She never accepted that the word “no” was final.

When she stood on the MOBO stage in Newcastle in February 2025, just months after her diagnosis, she told the audience: “I never allowed someone to define my limits. Not in life. Not in business. And I’m certainly not going to have that happen now.”

That was Kanya King. Right to the very end.

The 2026 MOBO Awards, held during the Organisation’s landmark 30th anniversary year, will be dedicated entirely to her memory.

The world was a profoundly better place with Kanya King in it. The MOBO family is heartbroken, but endlessly grateful, proud and inspired by everything she gave to music, culture and future generations.

Rest in power, Kanya.

You built this.

All of it.

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

I can confirm that I will be requesting the permission of the NEC to stand in the Makerfield by-election.

I grew up in this area and have lived here for 25 years. I care deeply about it and its people. I know they have been let down by national politics.

Ten years ago, I decided to leave Westminster. Why? Because, after 16 years, I came to the conclusion that our national political system does not work for areas like ours. I learnt this fighting its failure to invest in the Wigan borough, for justice for the Hillsborough families and against its treatment of Greater Manchester during the pandemic.

Over the last decade, I have been challenging this failure from the outside and building a new and better way of doing politics. We have built Greater Manchester into the fastest-growing city-region in the UK and put buses back under public control, introducing a £2 fare cap to help people with cost-of-living pressures.

However, there is only so much that can be done from Greater Manchester. Much bigger change is needed at a national level if everyday life is to be made more affordable again. This is why I now seek people’s support to return to Parliament: to bring the change we have brought to Greater Manchester to the whole of the UK and make politics work properly for people.

Millions are struggling and they need the Labour Government to succeed. It has already made changes to make life better for them in its first two years. After this week, we owe it to people to come back together as a Labour movement, giving the Prime Minister and the Government the space and stability they need as the by-election takes place.

I want to recognise the difficult decision taken by Josh Simons and the sacrifice he and his family are making. I have worked closely with him as Mayor on issues like flooding and illegal waste dumping and have seen first-hand how effective he has been. He has put the communities of Makerfield first, made a real difference for them and should take great pride in that.

Finally, I truly do not take a single vote for granted and will work hard to regain the trust of people in the Makerfield constituency, many of whom have long supported our party but lost faith in recent times. We will change Labour for the better and make it a party you can believe in again.

ENDS

[Deena Campbell @deena_TV]

@IanJSpector Hi Ian can you follow me back please? I would like to send you a DM. Thank you

[Andrew Holness @AndrewHolnessJM]

“Our homes are gone, but we have life”.

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[DOJA CAT @DojaCat]

Rest in peace D’angelo. My thoughts, love and prayers go out to his family and friends. A true voice of soul and inspiration to many brilliant artists of our generation and generations to come.

[Deena Campbell @deena_TV]

RT @BBCBreaking: Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, the Vatican has announced https://t.co/mO2caKzk6q

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[Save Face @SaveFaceUK]

We have supported over 700 women who have suffered issues following liquid BBLs. We worked with the BBC on this investigation into Ricky Sawyer who has left several women across the UK disfigured and in agony.

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[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Axel Rudakubana jailed for minimum term of 52 years for murder of three girls and attempted murder of 10 others in Southport, UK https://t.co/AH53SMrNZC

[Deena Campbell @deena_TV]

Popped to the @bbcnews London hub to work with the wonderful women at Global Women in News- GWiN @YoonnyungLee - Look forward to doing more to support other women in the workplace when I get back to Salford.

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[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

Kemi Badenoch announced as Conservative Party leader, replacing Rishi Sunak
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[BBC Press Office @bbcpress]

🎉 A summer of sport, politics and music brings the UK together across BBC Radio and BBC Sounds!

According to #RAJAR, 32.6m people listened to unrivalled programming across key events this summer, from the Paris Olympics and Euro 2024, to the General Election and an ambitious season of BBC Proms.

Details ➡️ https://t.co/WEczyhMxPU

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London firearms officer who shot Chris Kaba during a police stop cleared of his murder https://t.co/j0fJ0l3nVI

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Former One Direction star Liam Payne has died aged 31 in Argentina, police say
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[BBC Radio 5 Live @bbc5live]

Olympian Jeanette Kwakye MBE joins BBC Radio 5 Live.

BBC Radio 5 Live is making some changes to its schedule and presenter line-up starting from December.

Jeanette will co-host Weekend Breakfast alongside Eleanor Oldroyd and Gordon Smart, while Chris Warburton joins Clare McDonnell on 5 Live Drive. Tony Livesey is set to take over the Late show.

[Joe Tidy BBC News @joetidy]

Tomorrow's story: I send an AI Clone of myself to a work meeting. A fun experiment that my teammates will never forgive me for! Report tomorrow on the BBC News website, news channel and World Service radio.

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

DANIEL DUBOIS DOMINATES AJ TO RETAIN HIS WORLD TITLE 😤

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