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Human Appeal's Qurbani campaign coincides with the Eid Ul-Adha festival and provided food to over 1 million beneficiaries last year.

Ad Feature Human Appeal campaign part of the largest global feeding effort

The Grand Iftars are currently underway in Gaza and Syria and have been carried out across Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

Ad Feature Human Appeal hosts Grand Iftars providing meals for the vulnerable

Out with the old in with the new, cool fridges coming soon to Tesco Wigan.

Tony Porter Ponders: Is the Right the right way forward for the world?

Josh Simons MP: My response to the recent violence and disorder on our streets

All the windows of the Barclays Bank branch in the centre of Bristol have been smashed and graffiti sprayed over them in a co-ordinated attack by a group targeting the bank.

Watch: Activists smash up Barclays branches and cover in red paint

Thousands of Palestine supporters join march in London

Watch: Palestine supporters gather before arrest over Nazi flag

Mahmoud's mother and one of his sisters

Student's desperate plea for family trapped in war-torn Gaza

Leigh MP James Grundy

James Grundy MP: I have lost confidence in the Speaker

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

Yvonne Fovargue MP: rising cost of living is biting hard for many

Leigh MP James Grundy

MP reveals his parents have received death threats

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

Yvonne Fovargue MP: Medication to treat migraines should be available to all

Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah addresses journalists in London

'Operating hospital ceiling fell on us' - 43 days as a surgeon in Gaza

Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue

Yvonne Fovargue MP: Israel has a right to defend herself

Coun Nazia Rehman

Wigan Council backs calls for ceasefire in Middle East

The UK has called for a temporary "pause" in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, to allow humanitarian aid to reach those in Gaza and to allow the release of hostages. (Credit: Getty Images)

Breaking UK calls for 'pause' in Israel-Hamas conflict but rejects ceasefire

The 2023 MTV Europe Music Awards in Paris have been cancelled following the ongoing conflict between Gaza and Israel.

Breaking MTV Europe Music Awards 2023 in Paris cancelled
MTV Europe Music Awards 2023 in Paris have been cancelled, it has been announced.
Rahmah Ghazali

Israel has claimed that it is not responsible for an airstrike on the al Alhi Hospital in Gaza which killed at least 500 people, with Israeli officials instead placing blame on the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad. (Credit: Getty Images)

Breaking Israel denies responsibility for deadly Gaza hospital blast

March For Palestine protesters outside All Souls Langham Place, near the BBC's Portland Place headquarters. (Photo by André Langlois)

Thousands gather in central London for March For Palestine protest

Israeli has ordered the evacuation of more than one million Palestinian from northern Gaza over the next 24 hours, ahead of an expected ground assault on the region. (Credit: Getty Images)

Breaking Israel orders evacuation of 1.1m people from northern Gaza

Protesters gather in support of the Palestinian people during a rally for Gaza on Wednesday in Seoul, South Korea

Protest showing 'solidarity' with Palestinians to be held in Wigan

The Israel Defense Force has said that it has sealed the border with Gaza as 1,500 Hamas militant bodies were found in Israeli territory. (Credit: Getty Images)

Breaking Bodies of 1,500 Hamas fighters found on Israeli territory

Members of the Wigan Palestinian Solidarity Campaign in Believe Square

New Palestinian solidarity campaign founded in Wigan

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