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As part of the United Nations Global Compact's SDG Innovation Accelerator for Young Professionals, a cohort of young professionals from Essentra, the global manufacturer and distributor of essential industrial components, has presented a proposal to address manufacturing's diversity and skills gap. The proposal was pitched today in London, where Essentra CEO Scott Fawcett and ESG Director Jennifer Spence were both in attendance.

Official figures on the diversity of the judiciary have once again revealed sluggish progress – with female and ethnic minority representation rising but the number of solicitor-judges shrinking. The proportion of black judges has effectively stalled.

Gwynedd councillors have voted to support diversity in democracy, adopting a new statement and work programme to achieve it.

At Full Council on 2 July, councillors adopted a Diversity in Democracy Statement and a work programme to achieve it.

Plans to build a monument in a park symbolising respect and tolerance for all cultures has been submitted.

The applicant, a member of the Scunthorpe Bangladeshi community, is seeking permission from North Lincolnshire Council to build the monument in Central Park.