Comedian Chris McCausland and Team GB hockey player Tess Howard were also championed at the British Diversity Awards.
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Sir Lenny Henry has received the lifetime achievement award at a ceremony that celebrates diversity.
Sir Lenny was recognised for his “more than four decades of advocacy for diversity and representation across the UK’s creative industries”, according to the British Diversity Awards.
Comedian Sir Lenny Henry has shone a spotlight on racial inequality with his latest intervention being a claim that black Britons…
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