Section: News
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Humza Yousaf resigns as first minister of Scotland
SNP leader’s decision to step down follows the collapse of coalition agreement with Scottish Greens
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Voter rights groups issue warning over photo ID laws ahead of local elections
Pro-democracy organisations say citizens from ethnic minority communities, including Muslims, could be turned away from ballot stations on 2 May
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‘My conscience would not allow me to carry on’: local councillors on why they left Labour
Dozens have resigned since October, citing the party’s stance on Gaza and a toxic culture under Keir Starmer. Five of those who quit tell us why
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Community groups remind the world about Sudan’s forgotten war
Overshadowed by other international conflicts, an ongoing humanitarian disaster has been widely neglected by western governments and media outlets
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How doulas are helping to tackle inequality in maternity care
Research shows Muslim women are more likely to face discrimination during childbirth
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‘It causes us so much suffering’: are attitudes finally changing around period shame?
Many menstruating women grow up in households where periods are still seen as shameful. But a new generation is pushing back against the stigma
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‘It’s a dead town’: Bradford remains a victim of the decline of the UK high street
The cost of living crisis was just the latest blow to small businesses in the Yorkshire city. Can Bradford’s City of Culture status save the high street?
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Tax hikes and poor public services — the UK’s economic future looks bleak
Experts warn of anaemic growth and funding gaps to services. Yet neither Labour nor the Conservatives are willing to be honest about raising taxes
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The rising cost of Ramadan
Over the past two years, food prices have gone up rapidly. We look into how this will affect British Muslims during the holy month
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‘Overwhelming’ bias revealed in new report on UK media’s coverage of Israel-Palestine conflict
Researchers at the Centre for Media Monitoring analysed more than 200,000 news items in the month following 7 October and found coverage to be ‘disproportionately biased towards a pro-Israeli framing and narrative’
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NGOs call for the closure of ‘inhumane and degrading’ refugee camp on Greek island
Just two years after the hi-tech facility opened on Samos – at a cost of €43m to the EU – residents complain of lengthy water cuts, poor hygiene and police brutality
