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Shamima Begum, the London-born woman who joined ISIS as a teenager, loses legal bid to regain British citizenship and return to the UK

The two sprawling camps overcrowded with Islamic State families in northeast Syria, where Shamima Begum has been confined for most of the last five years or so, are a continual security challenge.

Grime artist Wiley, real name Richard Cowie, has lost his MBE, which was appointed to him in 2018, for 'bringing the honours system into disrepute'

Tower Hamlets LBC has said it is "surprised" at the government’s decision to order a best value inspection yesterday. In a written ministerial statement

ANNA MUDEKA brings the story of Miriam Makeba in Mama Afrika, to be staged at Rich Mix, Bethnal Green on March 17

London’s best indie bookshops will compete to be crowned Independent Bookshop of the Year at the British Book Awards

Any British person who has a foreign-born parent will feel their status is more precarious, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Although Begum is only a small part of that picture, her fate is symbolic

Ms Begum ran away from her London home to Syria to join ISIS in 2015 aged 15 and her citizenship was revoked on national security grounds shortly after she was found in a Syrian refugee camp.

Shamima Begum, the Isil bride, has lost her Court of Appeal challenge against the removal of her British citizenship.