Usher backs post-riots scheme

Celebrities are inspiring young people living in Hackney to pursue a career in creative industriesHow much does the R&B star Usher, raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, know about Hackney, east London, scene of some of London's most violent rioting last summer and home to Radio 1's three-week Academy scheme? He makes no claims of expertise. "But what I will say is that the youth are engaged enough to be here to try to find their way," he says, after addressing a cinema full of teenagers. "And they'...

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