The first issue of "The Voice" was printed to coincide with the Notting Hill Carnival in August 1982. Its cover price was 54 pence, and was only sold in Greater London.. "The Voice"′s first office was in Mare Street, Hackney, East London. The newspaper's first editor, Flip Fraser, led a team of young journalists who set about addressing issues of interest to Britain's Afro-Caribbean community. They combined human-interest stories and coverage of sports, fashion and entertainment with hard news and investigative reporting.