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The following story was posted here on the BBC website at 5.19pm. The story led on Radio 4's PM programme at 5pm. But it was ignored by the BBC tv 6pm news, by the ITN 6.30 news and by Channel 4 7 pm news.

"The head of the Muslim Council of Britain, Sir Iqbal Sacranie, is being investigated by police for saying that homosexuality was "harmful".
In an interview with BBC Radio 4's PM Programme on 3 January, Sir Iqbal also criticised same-sex civil partnerships. However, he went on to say that everyone in society should be tolerant.
The Met Police said they were examining if his remarks constituted an offence under the Public Order Act following a complaint from a member of the public.
Scotland Yard said in a statement that it had "received a report of comments made in a radio interview which the complainant believed were homophobic in nature and asked us to investigate".