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Coun. Mohammed Iqbal.

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Coun. Afrasiab Anwar, leader of Burnley Labour Party.

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Burnley MP Antony Higginbotham is urging voters to back the Conservatives at next week's local elections

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New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced she will step down as leader of her country in February.

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Pendle Labour councillor Mohammed Iqbal has been suspended from the party amid an investigation into comments he made during a council debate on Israel-Palestinian tensions, following the violent funeral of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqla.

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Peter Pike, Burnley's former MP, has died at the age of 84.

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Initiatives to tackle the climate crisis will be discussed

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Hundreds in Burnley sign Marcus Rashford’s child food poverty petition

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Burnley MP Antony Higginbotham

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