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Pre-pandemic times saw Britain鈥檚 roads sprinkled with cyclists but they were mainly white, male and clad in lycra. Cycle Sisters in East London challenges this stereo-type because it鈥檚 a cycle group for Muslim women.

There is a high proportion of ethnic minority families living in the part of Leicester where the highest number of Covid-19 cases have been recorded. Suleman Nagdi, from Leicester鈥檚 Federation of Muslim Organisations, talks to Edward about how the Muslim community is feeling as the city experiences its second lockdown.

The CEO of World Vision UK, Mark Sheard, and Bernadette Fisher, Director of Brentwood Catholic Children鈥檚 Society, discuss how churches can support parents to help their children process the coronavirus crisis.

Bishop Jonathan Ruhumuliza has been offered a job as a priest by the Diocese of Manchester despite twice having been refused asylum in the UK (on the grounds that he was a 鈥済enocide denier鈥�). In 2014, he was finally allowed to stay in Briton on appeal, the immigration tribunal deciding that he had 鈥渇ound redemption through his religious work since the genocide鈥�. The Guardian's Chris McGreal talks about Jonathan Ruhumuliza鈥檚 past asks whether he should have a future in the Church of England.

Producers:
Helen Lee
Dan Tierny

Photograph by Jenna Selby, Waltham Forest Council