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Subject Police hand out fine after '150' attend yeshivah service
Date February 26, 2021 9:01 AM
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* Police hand out £10,000 fine after ‘150’ attend service at yeshivah <[link removed]>

Police have handed out a £10,000 fine after dispersing a large gathering at Hitchin Yeshiva in Hertfordshire last Saturday.

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The attack on BBC presenter Emma Barnett is designed to ensure no one can challenge it.

Jewish Chronicle

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Jewish News

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Politico

* 'This is historic': Malaysian man wins appeal against Islamic gay sex charge <[link removed]>

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A heavy metal singer who is appealing against a conviction over a photo of him stepping on an image of the virgin Mary has launched a legal defence fund.

BBC

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Vatican officials are lobbying for religious worship exceptions from Covid-19 lockdown restrictions at the UN Human Rights Council.

Catholic Sun

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Sri Lanka has reversed an order to cremate the bodies of all those who died of Covid-19 after critics said the order did not respect religions.

BBC

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