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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was among those lending his voice to the campaign.

Fifteen years ago, a British comedy about the pressures of being a teenage girl became a generation-defining hit. To celebrate its birthday, Isobel Lewis spoke to director Gurinder Chadha and many of its stars – including Georgia Groome and Eleanor Tomlinson – about on-set crushes, sneaky fag breaks and coming…

The film director, 62, tells Michael Segalov about chapatis and jam, having twins in her late 40s, and her three-year struggle to get Bend It Like Beckham green-lit

In Today’s Diary: Dame Judi’s leaky roof / Truss’s focus all on No 10 / TfL to celebrate Mornington Crescent game / Bend it Like Beckham director celebrates Lionesses win

In 2002 I felt the movie had nothing to say to British Asians like me, or my football-mad mum. This engaging doc shows how much, and how little, has changed