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‘Very exciting’: Cumbria mosque to open next month after cyclists raise £79,000
Riders from two Preston cycle clubs have been raising cash for the South Lakes Islamic Centre in Dalton-in-Furness for five years
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Learners in West Yorkshire wait up to two years for beginner ESOL classes
One provider said there had been a ‘massive boom’ in demand for ESOL in 2024-25 while another college warned of ‘more demand than we can deliver’
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Spend on English lessons for non-native speakers plunges 39% in 15 years
Department for Education funding for ESOL classes has fallen £117m in real terms despite rising demand, data obtained by Hyphen reveals
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Sheffield school changes uniform rules after community pressure over abayas
Recent guidance from Fir Valley Academy led parents to understand that pupils could no longer wear abayas over their uniform
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Plea for help getting Qur’ans and prayer mats to Muslim children in care
The community organisation Muslim Children in Care has given out dozens of prayer packs but says there is a huge unmet need for more
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Award-winning Senegalese restaurant in limbo after closure of Africa Centre
Little Baobab in Southwark had run a free catering school to help young people into the industry and now faces ‘start from zero again’
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Sadiq Khan urged to investigate police role in referring babies to Prevent
Most referrals of young children to Home Office’s counter-terror scheme in England and Wales were made by police, with stark regional differences
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Ahmed Iqbal Ullah: the legacy of the schoolboy’s murder 40 years on
The killing of the 13-year-old Bangladeshi Muslim exposed racial tensions in Manchester and would rally hundreds to organise against racism. Now, his family feel a ‘duty’ to speak up again amid the rise of the far right
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Muslim taxi drivers in plea for wudu space at Heathrow Airport
Campaigners say hundreds of Muslim cabbies currently share one sink in a converted toilet cubicle and have offered to cover building costs themselves
