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BBC News
13-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Akhter burst gives Glos victory chance despite Ingram ton for Glam
Rothesay County Championship Division Two, Seat Unique Stadium, Bristol (day three)Gloucestershire 546: Bancroft 163, O Price 101, Hammond 54; Leonard 3-122Glamorgan 385 (107.5 overs): Ingram 103, Cooke 56, Northeast 50; Akhter 5-85, Singh Dale 3-61 & 106-0 (following on): Ul Hassan 51*Glamorgan (5 pts) trail Gloucestershire (7 pts) by 55 runs with all 10 second-innings wickets standingMatch scorecard Zaman Akhter and Ajeet Singh Dale bowled Gloucestershire into a strong position as they enforced the follow-on against visitors go into the final day on 106-0, still 55 runs adrift, after resistance from Zain Ul Hassan and Eddie Ingram's classy century and 56 from Chris Cooke gave Glamorgan hope of avoiding the England Lions pacemen Akhter (5-85) and Singh Dale (3-61) turned in hostile spells to run through the lower order. Starting the day still 400 runs adrift, Glamorgan had to weather a hostile opening burst from the home seamers with the weather at its most was Singh Dale who made the breakthrough as Kiran Carlson edged to a diving Cameron Bancroft at second slip for 22 in a stand of pattern of batters getting in, then getting out, continued as Ben Kellaway had his off stump knocked back for 21 by a fine yorker from Zaman the experienced pair of Ingram and Cooke, Glamorgan's last hopes for major scores, settled in as the sun came out, with Ingram reaching a patient 50 by belting Ollie Price over long-on for important second new ball came at 270-5 early in the afternoon but Ingram moved on to a composed century in a stand of 129 before Gloucestershire's quicker change bowlers struck in devastating fashion. Cooke was bowled by a fine delivery from Akhter, and five balls later Singh Dale produced a snorter to rattle Ingram's stumps after a high-class innings and van der Gugten edged an attempted drive to Akhter at Leonard and Shoaib Bashir battled bravely but Akhter bowled both Leonard and Asitha Fernando, the number eleven playing some wild swings before Akhter struck the stumps for the fourth time, the ball after plugging the Sri Lankan on the weary seamers charged in gamely in the evening sunshine as Ul Hassan (51*) and Byrom (47*) played out the last two hours in the evening sunshine without too many alarms, leaving the home side with plenty of work to do to force victory on the final day.
BBC News
09-04-2025
- BBC News
Woman fined as Boston listed building left in 'disrepair'
The owner of a listed building has been fined for allowing it to fall "into a state of disrepair".Council bosses said they became "concerned for the long-term safety" of 65A-67 Wide Bargate in Yasmin Akhter, of Portman Close, Peterborough, failed to comply with a notice from Boston Borough Council ordering her to make repairs. She was convicted in her absence at Boston Magistrates' Court on 24 March and fined £660.A spokesperson for the authority said they hope "important renovations will now get under way to bring this listed property back to the state it should be". The council said it contacted Akhter in December 2023, asking for "improvements to be made to safeguard the building and enhance its appearance".According to the the authority, no work was June 2024, a legal notice was issued under section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act, which stated the work should be completed by October authority said despite the formal notice, no work took failed to engage further with the council, leading to legal action being taken, the council well as the fine, she was ordered to pay £350 costs to the council and a victim surcharge of £264. The council said Akhter is still required to carry out work and may face further action if it is not completed. 'No choice' After the hearing, a Boston Borough Council spokesperson said: "Our planning enforcement team has worked over a prolonged period to engage with this property owner to make sure the required works were carried out."But unfortunately were left with no choice but to pursue legal proceedings to see action taken."The authority said they were "pleased" with the court's outcome and hope work begins to bring the listed property "back to the state it should be".Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
11-03-2025
- General
- BBC News
Peterborough Muslim Scouts group leads community litter pick
About 100 people joined a local Muslim Scouts group for a community litter pick, to clean up a city 5th Peterborough Central Scouts, which puts on activities for children within an Islamic setting, were accompanied by parents and volunteers from Peterborough Litter Wombles and the city Saturday they managed to collect 20 bags of rubbish along Gladstone Street in leader Shama Akhter said the event was "very successful" and made the children "reflect about our community responsibilities". Children between the ages of four and 14 took part, as they worked to achieve their Community Impact badge."It's about teaching them to be good, responsible citizen," she Akhter said the event hoped to raise awareness and encourage people to take pride in their said: "Prophet Muhammad said remove harmful things from the roads of the Muslims, and litter picking is a great example."The activity was based on the Islamic teaching of cleanliness, responsibility and looking after your environment."As we went along, people from the street started to join in – some people donated money for our group instead."She said a local imam also took part and it became "a lovely community event"."I grew up in Gladstone Street as well - and to see the impact we had made to an area close to us was special."The participants also held a cake bake sale at the end of the litter pick and raised about £490 for the Scouts. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Middle East Eye
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Muslim Council of Britain denies endorsing British Muslim Network
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has distanced itself from the British Muslim Network (BMN) after Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a former government minister, suggested that the new organisation had the MCB's support at a launch event on Tuesday. Addressing remarks made by Warsi in which she praised the organisers of the new network for reaching out to Muslim community organisations, Wajid Akhter, the MCB's secretary-general, told Middle East Eye that the MCB had not been approached by anyone from the BMN and had not endorsed it. "It has been brought to our attention that the Muslim Council of Britain has somehow endorsed a new organisation launched this week," Akhter, who was elected to the MCB leadership last month, told MEE. "No such endorsement has been given and no contact has been established or sought with the current leadership of the Muslim Council of Britain." Akhter's comments came after Warsi, a former Conservative minister under David Cameron who now sits in the House of Lords as an independent peer, said that the MCB was among Muslim organisations which had been approached ahead of the launch of the BMN and were supporting the initiative. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters "I am delighted that you have reached out to every Muslim community organisation that I could possibly think of, including the Muslim Council of Britain, and I am delighted that you have their support, too," Warsi told the audience. Warsi said that Zara Mohammed, the previous secretary-general of the MCB, had hoped to attend, and said that Miqdaad Versi, a spokesperson for the MCB, sent "best wishes" to the gathering. "I know that Zara, the current secretary-general who has just stepped down, was hoping to be here but couldn't be here because of other work commitments, and Miqdaad also sends his best wishes," she said. MEE has approached Mohammed and Versi for comment. Notable figures Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who nearly lost his seat in the last election to pro-Palestine activist Leanne Mohamad by 500 votes, and Labour's faith minister, Lord Wajid Khan, also spoke at the BMN's launch and praised the group. Streeting admitted that "successive governments and the Labour Party had not got the relationship right" with the Muslim community. Other notable figures who attended Tuesday's launch event included Brendan Cox (the widowed husband of the murdered Labour MP Jo Cox who has since remarried), who MEE understands is a key figure behind the network. Warsi personally thanked Cox during her speech. Figures from the Good Faith Partnership also attended the event, alongside Asim Hafiz, a British Army imam who was appointed as the UK Ministry of Defence's Islamic religious adviser. Earlier this year, Warsi became one of the first Muslim figures to publicly declare her support for the BMN in a report in the Times newspaper. Details of Warsi's reported involvement with the network came days after she was one of the main speakers at the MCB's annual dinner and criticised the government's policy of not engaging with the MCB, an umbrella organisation of about 600 mosques and community groups which has long been considered the main body representing and speaking for Muslims in the UK. Sir Stephen Timms, a Labour minister, was spoken to after he attended the MCB dinner. Labour's leadership reportedly "reminded" Timms of his "duty to uphold collective responsibility". Critics have accused the BMN of lacking credibility within Muslim communities and undermining the MCB's attempts to engage with the Labour government. The BMN's leadership has argued that the government should engage with a "whole range" of Muslim groups, including both the MCB and the BMN. The BMN does not claim to be a similarly representative body. But the faith minister's support signals that the government is likely to engage with the new body, despite its ongoing boycott of the MCB. Lost funding Last year, Middle East Eye first reported on plans to create a new Labour-supported Muslim group to engage with the government. MEE revealed earlier this month that the initiative had lost most of its backing, including hundreds of thousands of pounds in funding. Several Muslim MPs privately said they would not attend the BMN's launch. On Tuesday morning, BBC Radio Four asked BMN co-chair Akeela Ahmed whether "reports of withdrawals of offers of funding for your body and disquiet from some Muslim Labour MPs" were true. Ahmed replied: "It's not true. We are in very early days, we are in start-up days at the moment. We are privately funded, and we are speaking to people within the British Muslim communities about funding for the organisation, but we haven't had any funding withdrawn." Exclusive: British Muslim Network backed by charity set up by former archbishop Welby Read More » Qari Asim, an imam and another BMN co-chair, recently joined other Muslim scholars in signing the "Reconciliation Accords" with Jewish leaders, including Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis. The accords were presented as "rebuilding a meaningful trust between Muslim and Jewish communities" and the signatories, including Asim, met King Charles at Buckingham Palace on 11 February. The BMN's advisory board, made public this week, includes Abdurahman Sayed, the CEO of London's Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre, and Zahed Amanullah, a former director of the Concordia Forum think tank. Amanullah, currently a fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, spoke at an event hosted by the UAE-backed "countering extremism" organisation Hedayah last December on countering antisemitism and Islamophobia.
Express Tribune
11-02-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Bangladeshi player banned for five years over anti-corruption breach
Listen to article Bangladesh women's cricketer Shohely Akhter has been handed a five-year ban from all cricket after violating the International Cricket Council's (ICC) anti-corruption code. The 36-year-old admitted to breaching five provisions of the code, including approaching a Bangladesh teammate and offering 2 million takas ($16,465) in exchange for getting out hit wicket during a 2023 Women's T20 World Cup match against Australia. The ICC reported that Akhter made the approach through voice notes sent on Facebook. She was reported to the ICC's anti-corruption unit by the player she contacted. The governing body acknowledged Akhter's cooperation in admitting to the charges, which allowed them to avoid a formal hearing, thus saving time and resources in the fight against corruption. The sanction, a five-year ineligibility period, was deemed both fair and reasonable by the ICC, and Akhter has agreed to the ban. Akhter, who last played for Bangladesh in 2022, was not part of the team for the 2023 T20 World Cup in South Africa.
