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Ofsted reports face condemnation

The Daily Mail, The Guardian and the Birmingham Mail all report on the testimony of the Assistant Head of Park View school, Lee Donaghy, to the Home Affairs select committee in which he lambasts the media’s coverage of the ‘Trojan Horse hoax’ and the portrayal of certain schools in Birmingham...

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Daily Mail strikes ‘halal’ chord, again

Headlines in the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph last week claimed that British soldiers were ‘secretly’ being fed halal meat because meat served by the military in the UK and in overseas bases is not labelled. The Ministry of Defence’s response to a Freedom of Information request revealed...

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Farage 'proud' of European alliance with ex-FN MEP

The Guardian, The Independent, The Financial Times, BBC News and political news website Politics.co.uk report on UKIP leader Nigel Farage’s ‘pride’ at forming a political grouping in the European Parliament comprising two MEPs from Swedish Democrats, a party founded by white supremacists, and...

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Muslim school in Nelson rated ‘outstanding’

Local paper, Pendle Today, draws attention to the Al-Ikhlaas Primary School, an independent Muslim school, which has been ranked as ‘outstanding’ across all areas by the Bridge Schools Inspectorate (BSI). The school, which has 89 pupils aged between 4 and 11, was inspected over four days by...

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Labour MP proposes ‘democracy portal’

BBC News reports on Labour MP Angela Eagle’s announcement pledging to develop “a comprehensive democracy portal” to inform voters about the electoral process if elected in 2015. Angela Eagle, Labour’s Shadow Commons leader, has been involved in a “people’s politics inquiry” through...

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Essex Muslim student murder, statements from local MP and PCC

Following news reports yesterday of the murder of a female Muslim student in Colchester and the possibility of it being a religiously aggravated murder, MEnD have received statements from the local MP, Sir Bob Russell, and Essex  Police and Crime Commissioner, Nick Alston. Both have been in...

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New regulations for slaughter delayed

The Mail on Sunday, The Sunday Express and The Times continue to fuel the halal meat debate with news coverage on the delay to implementing proposed new laws to reduce the suffering of chickens at time of slaughter. In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, a spokesman for the Department for...

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