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These are dangerous times. Communities across the UK are facing assault by the forces of division, who use disinformation to try to tear us apart.

In the past few months, we’ve been recognised as the best newsletter at the Press Gazette Future of Media Awards, and our writer Hannah Fearn has been recognised as Freelance Journalist of the…