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BBC Asian Network's Big Debate: Court of Appeal rules Shamima Begum can return to the UK

Ankur Desai

Court of Appeal rules Shamima Begum can return to the UK

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What’s your reaction to Shamima Begum being allowed to return to the UK?

Ankur wants to know, what’s your reaction to Shamima Begum being allowed to return to the UK?

Ankur Desai gets a round-up of the latest coronavirus news from our reporter Dil Neiyyar. After that we’ll hear from Dr Bharat Pankhania, a public health expert, about what could be causing the spike in Covid-19 cases in the Lancashire town of Blackburn. Then Ankur wants your reaction to Shamima Begum being allowed to return to the UK to argue for her British citizenship. Five years ago, she was one of three schoolgirls who travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State group and was subsequently stripped of her British citizenship by the Home Office on security grounds. Plus, Anisa Kadri reports on the challenges of being a single parent during lockdown. We’ll also hear from Victoria Benson from Gingerbread, a charity for single parents and a single mum herself, and 21-year-old Nilani who has grown up in a single parent household. And we’ll have our feature ‘Ladies First’, where an all-female panel discuss news stories that affect the everyday lives of British Asian women.

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