The Wembley arch has been lit up in rainbow colours in a show of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community.

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The Wembley arch has been lit up in rainbow colours in a show of solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community.

It follows a week at the World Cup dominated by a row over a rainbow-coloured armband.

Seven European nations, including England and Wales, had hoped to wear the armband as part of a year-long «OneLove» anti-discrimination campaign in Qatar, where homosexuality is a criminal offence.

But the plans had to be abandoned when FIFA threatened them with sporting sanctions, which only started at a yellow card for the captains wearing them, lbc.co.uk reports.

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