Two more suspects arrested on suspicion of murdering teenage law student

May 21, 2020 Article

Murder squad detectives have arrested two more suspects after a teenage law student was gunned down in a drive-by shooting. Lancashire Police said the pair, aged 34 and 24, were arrested on suspicion of the murder of 19-year-old Aya Hachem. A total of 13 people have now been held by police after Ms Hachem was […]

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Car dealership sacks racist employee filmed calling Muslim customer a ‘black c*nt’

May 21, 2020 Article

A car dealership in Doncaster has sacked an employee who made a racist comment about...

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Christian faith group loses legal bid over abortion policy change

May 19, 2020 Article

A Christian faith group has lost a legal challenge against the Government over changes to abortion rules during the Covid-19 pandemic. Christian Concern brought a challenge at the High Court against the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) over its decision to amend abortion rules and allow women to have early medical abortions at […]

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Access to be supervised when places of worship reopen, says archbishop

May 19, 2020 Article

Access to places of worship will have to be “supervised” when they reopen, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has said. Places of worship come under step three of the Government’s coronavirus recovery strategy, which means they cannot open until July 4 at the earliest. But when they do reopen, certain […]

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‘Dedicated’ doctor dies after contracting Covid-19

May 19, 2020 Article

An “energetic, hard-working, approachable and dedicated” doctor has died after testing positive for Covid-19. Dr Abdel Wahab Babiker, 70, had worked as a consultant physician at Scarborough Hospital since August 2019. He had been receiving care in hospital after contracting coronavirus and died on Monday. Dr Ed Smith, director of acute, emergency and elderly medicine […]

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Facebook apologises for role in anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka in 2018

May 13, 2020 Article

Facebook’s failure to remove hate speech and falsehoods may have contributed to real-world anti-Muslim violence...

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The Preacher Hustle

May 13, 2020 Article

As the COVID-19 lockdown has progressed, Mosques and other religious venues have been eerily empty. Ramadan has started and the COVID-19 induced disruption of the rituals that Ramadan usually consists of, has given Muslims a unique opportunity to examine the religious status quo. Religion is like marmite; there are those who love it, those who […]

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Italian woman returns home after 18 months as hostage in eastern Africa

May 10, 2020 Article

A young Italian woman returned to her homeland on Sunday after 18 months as a hostage in eastern Africa. Silvia Romano lowered her face mask briefly to display a broad smile after she stepped off an Italian government plane at Rome-Ciampino International Airport. She hugged her mother and other family members, and touched elbows instead […]

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GCHQ reveals last message from German Second World War network

May 8, 2020 Article

The last recorded message to be intercepted from a German military communications network at the end of the Second World War has been revealed to the public for the first time. It shows that Britain’s Bletchley Park code breakers carried on working in the dying days of the war to ensure there would be no […]

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