Nadiya Hussain withdraws from arms-backed event

Nineteen-year-old Quaker Anya Nanning Ramamurthy had previously written to the cookery star urging her to withdraw.

The Great British Bake Off star Nadiya Hussain pulled out of a careers event for young people after teenage peace campaigners pointed out it was sponsored by multinational arms firm BAE Systems.

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