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Where teachers go, the rest of our public services will follow
Faced with bare-bones budgets, increased demands and an exodus of talent, education unions are primed for more strikes in 2025. They won’t be the only ones
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Muslim Council of Britain elects Mohammed Wajid Akhter as secretary general
Akhter, a doctor from Essex, had run on a platform of modernising the MCB and beat Dr Muhammad Adrees to succeed Zara Mohammed
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New national body for British Muslims ‘won’t compete with Muslim Council of Britain’
Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Democrat figures have all expressed willingness to engage with the new British Muslim Network
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The fine art of calligraphy enters the boxing ring
Fighting to Be Heard, a unique exhibition held as part of Bradford’s City of Culture programme, brings two unlikely disciplines together
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Former nightclub mogul’s fight to save Shacklewell Lane Mosque
Erkin Güney unexpectedly inherited a mosque in 2006, but bills are 'sky high' and Covid killed many of its community members. Does Masjid Ramadan have a future?
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Haggis pakora — Scotland’s perfect national dish
In a country renowned for finding ingenious ways to fry food, a centuries-old speciality has been given a South Asian makeover
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The NHS winter crisis shows why Labour needs to urgently reform social care
As a doctor in elderly medicine, I have seen patients wait weeks to be discharged — sometimes exacerbating their healthcare issues
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From Kabul to Penny Lane: tracing the rise of the Afghan coat
Long before John Lennon adopted the suede sheepskin look, the coats were a cornerstone of Afghan winter clothing, so ubiquitous that they were considered national dress