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Darshna Soni

@darshnasoni

Journalist. Communities Editor at #C4News. Lending an ear and giving a voice to communities across the UK. DM me if you’ve got a story to tell.

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Nilkumar was off to Leicester to study engineering. The first in their family not only to go to University, but to get on a plane. He carried with him not just his hopes and dreams, but those of his whole family. Our latest report on the Air India crash: channel4.com/news/india-pla…

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“We feel utterly abandoned.” I’ve just spoken to the families of three British victims of Air India crash here in Ahmedabad. They describe a disjointed and slow process of identifying bodies and want more support from British consular officials. More on #c4news

“We feel utterly abandoned.” I’ve just spoken to the families of three British victims of Air India crash here in Ahmedabad. They describe a disjointed and slow process of identifying bodies and want more support from British consular officials. More on #c4news
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An Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London has been cancelled. No explanation given as yet. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was due to depart from Ahmedabad at 1.10pm local time. Yesterday an Air India flight had to return to Hong Kong mid-flight after a suspected technical issue

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“This brings the family a sense of closure. Little Sara will now be laid to rest in Surat next to her parents, insha’Allah.” Relatives in Ahmedabad say the body of four-year-old Sara has been identified, along with her parents Akeel Nanabawa and Hannaa Vorajee from Gloucester.

“This brings the family a sense of closure. Little Sara will now be laid to rest in Surat next to her parents, insha’Allah.”
Relatives in Ahmedabad say the body of four-year-old Sara has been identified, along with her parents Akeel Nanabawa and Hannaa Vorajee from Gloucester.
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Heartbreaking. The lone survivor of the Air India crash, Vishwas Ramesh Kumar, mourns the death of his brother Ajay who was travelling on the same flight. Vishwas is originally from Diu, now settled in Leicester.

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“You’re a serious politician. ‘All of the new houses’ That's just not true” Reform MP Sarah Pochin MP challenged by Nicky Campbell after suggesting all new houses announced by Angela Rayner in Spending Review are going to illegal immigrants. Ms Pochin says it is happening 🎧👇🏾

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Home Office has announced Rev Clive Foster has been appointed first ever #Windrush Commissioner. It’s a newly created role on a three-year term, to provide independent oversight of the government’s work to address the scandal. He is a minister at Nottingham's Pilgrim Church.

Home Office has announced Rev Clive Foster has been appointed first ever #Windrush Commissioner.  It’s a newly created role on a three-year term, to provide independent oversight of the government’s work to address the scandal. He is a minister at Nottingham's Pilgrim Church.
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Two Metropolitan Police officers involved in the strip search of a 15-year-old Black girl, known as Child Q, at a school in Hackney have been found to have committed gross misconduct;

Two <a href="/metpoliceuk/">Metropolitan Police</a> officers involved in the strip search of a 15-year-old Black girl, known as Child Q, at a school in Hackney have been found to have committed gross misconduct;
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Inspiring to meet these three glamorous grans from MOVE AGAINST CANCER Charity at #parkrun, encouraging everyone to move against cancer. However you like to shift, shuffle, jump, or jog, have a go at #5kyourway💪🏾

Inspiring to meet these three glamorous grans from <a href="/MOVEcharity/">MOVE AGAINST CANCER Charity</a> at #parkrun, encouraging everyone to move against cancer. However you like to shift, shuffle, jump, or jog, have a go at #5kyourway💪🏾
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“The first time anywhere in the country that the Conservative Party has won a seat off Reform” The Tories have retaken a seat on Nottinghamshire County Council in a by-election, called after the Reform councillor stepped down after less than a week. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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There’s been lots of comment and analysis about Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” plan - but the voices of those who will actually be affected, the migrants themselves, are rarely heard. I asked some of those who came here by boat what they make of it all; channel4.com/news/i-left-my…

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“This is a Wild West. Settlers do whatever they wish.” While attention is focused on Gaza, attacks by Israeli settlers in the Occupied West Bank continue to force more and more Palestinians from their homes. Report by alex thomson Stuart Webb Freddie Gower channel4.com/news/palestini…

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“The Home Office doesn’t believe I’m gay” He’s had his asylum claim rejected twice and is now on his third appeal. It’s taken years. How can the government speed up the process, whilst still giving people seeking asylum a fair hearing? Our latest report;

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The preliminary report of the investigation into the Air India crash in Ahmedabad on June 12 has been released - one of the key findings is that both engines of the plane had shut down mid-air within seconds of take-off. ndtv.com/india-news/bot…