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Sharp rise in bullying cases reported across primary and secondary schools in Edinburgh

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Image by futurity.org A “startling” report has come to light where new figures have suggested a sharp rise of reported bullying incidents in Edinburgh schools by 400 per cent since 2019. These incidents include more than 500 race-related attacks across the Scottish capital’s primary and secondary schools. According to EdinburghLive, the data collected shows “primary incidents […]

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Sikhs return to the parliament to mark 553rd Guru Nanak Dev Ji Gurpurb event

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All images by Facebook @SikhFedUK After a two year break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sikhs and politicians were back in Parliament on Tuesday, 15 November, to mark the 553rd Gurpurb, birth anniversary of the founder of the Sikh faith, Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The event was co-hosted by The Sikh Network, the Sikh Federation

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Asda becomes UK’s first supermarket to double the amount of toilet paper per roll in an effort to reduce plastic and cardboard waste

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Image by Asda Asda has become the first UK supermarket to change all of its own brand toilet rolls to double length in a move which will see it remove 74 tonnes of plastic and save 760 tonnes of cardboard a year. The supermarket giant, owned by brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa, has doubled the

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Popular radio presenter to leave daytime show to ‘pursue other adventures’

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Image by Instagram @officialnoreenkhan Award-winning presenter Noreen Khan has announced that she will be quitting her afternoon show at the BBC Asian Network, much to the dismay of her listeners. However, the good news is that she is not leaving the network for good. Instead, she will be switching to the 9-11pm slot every Sunday. BBC

Model and influencer Faryal Makhdoom launches her beauty line

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Image by Instagram @faryalbeauty Social media influencer, model and wife of former boxing world champion Amir Khan, Faryal Makhdoom, has launched her own beauty line. The 31-year-old entrepreneur has launched Faryal Beauty this week with five shades of liquid lipsticks, and many more shades are set to be out soon. Makhdoom took to Instagram to share

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Britain to offer 3000 visas each year to degree-educated Indians

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Image by Twitter @RishiSunak Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met PM Rishi Sunak on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia this week. This was the first meeting between the two leaders where Modi congratulated Sunak on assuming office as the top leader last month. The two leaders expressed satisfaction at the state of

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50-year-old North London stationery store struggling to survive this winter

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Image by MyLondon A shop in North London is struggling to stay afloat due to massive price hikes. Owned by Taha Gulamhusein, Highgate Stationers, located on Highgate High Street, has been up and running for the last 50 years. Now, due to the sharp rise in inflation, the shop has faced price hikes of almost

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PM Rishi Sunak holds talks with several world leaders at the G20 summit

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Image by Simon Walker/No 10 Downing Street Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met several world leaders including US President Joe Biden at the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia this week. On Tuesday, 15 November, the leaders agreed on the national and international importance of the strong UK-US relationship, particularly given the challenging economic times the world

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Ethnic communities to come together for the first Scottish Minorities Football Cup

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Image by Oceanic Sports Oceanic Sports is organising the first ever Scottish Minorities Football Cup (SMFC) on Sunday, 20 November. This one day event will be hosted at Dalziel Park Golf Club from 4pm to 8pm with the participating teams competing for the trophy until there are only two left to battle it out in

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Leeds schoolboy has an IQ higher than geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking

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Yusuf Shah with his brothers Zaki and Khalid, proud mother Sana and father Irfan (Image by The Mirror) A young British Muslim schoolboy from Leeds has made headlines after it was revealed that he has an IQ higher than that of world-renowned physicists – Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Eleven-year-old Yusuf Shah scored 162 in the

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