The former leader of the English Defence League was arrested on Wednesday after he tried to “film” Muslims outside a court. Tommy Robinson had posted a video to his Facebook account on the morning of 10 May where he claimed the police were arresting him for his attempt to film “Muslim...
ITV News reports on a police appeal to trace two young men on bicycles following an alleged racially aggravated incident in Grantham. Lincolnshire Police said the victim, who was wearing Muslim dress, was driving with her children along Inner Street in Grantham when she was subjected to racial...
The Labour party dismissed one of its parliamentary candidates on Tuesday after he allegedly claimed on social media that Europeans should “eradicate Islam from our continent.” Trevor Merralls was due to contest the seat of Old Bexley and Sidcup, but was sacked after the offending tweet was...
BBC News and Belfast Live report on a pregnant Sudanese woman who has been forced to vacate her home with her family in East Belfast after suffering from racially-motivated hate crime. A number of rocks were thrown through the windows of the family’s home in the London Road area of East Belfast...
Columnist Katie Hopkins once again prompted outrage on Thursday when she posted a message on Twitter that read: “Explosion in France, shooting at a German hospital, knife attack in London. And Ramadan has not yet begun,” adding “Without food these sods get nasty.” Her remarks resulted...
The Church of England chief for education, Derek Holloway, has warned that laws allowing children to be exempt from learning about wider religious views – particularly Islam – are ‘dangerous’ and only encourage religious hatred. Holloway has argued that parents should be banned...
The Derry Journal reports on a police appeal for information after a race hate crime in the city left a man with serious injuries. The assault occurred in the Rossdowney Road area of Derry on Sunday 16 April. Constable Steele, from the Police Service of Northern Ireland, said, “It was reported...
Local paper Times and Star reports that police in Cumbria are investigating a racist incident which occurred in Workington earlier this month. Racist comments were made towards a group of four Asian women in their twenties during the incident in Washington Square at approximately 8pm on Saturday...
Yorkshire Coast Radio reports on an ongoing police investigation into a suspected race hate incident in Scarborough. A man allegedly approached a house in the Queen’s Terrace area of the town at around 7pm on Sunday 23 April before shouting racist abuse at the residents. The man is also alleged...
The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) announced that if in power they would ban the face veil, prevent any more Islamic schools from being built and require any girls deemed at risk from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) to have yearly medical checks. The proposals came as part of the...
