The Mirror last week reported on a suspected hate crime incident aboard a Manchester bound bus where a group of passengers speaking in Arabic were allegedly abused by a fellow passenger. Ryan McPhee posted footage from the incident, which happened on a First Manchester 100 bus service at around...
The London Evening Standard reports on BBC journalist, Manpreet Mellhi, who was mistaken for a Muslim by two shoppers who dropped bags of pork scratchings into her shopping basket in Sainsbury’s on Saturday. Ms Mellhi, who is Sikh, works for BBC Gloucestershire. She posted a tweet on Saturday...
The Herald Scotland reports on the apology advanced by a former SNP MSP, Dave Thompson, who responded to a tweet by Labour MSP, Anas Sarwar, detailing the anti-Muslim abuse he had received following Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election with the message “You reap...
The Stroud News and Journal reports on the suspension of a Conservative councillor and former chairman of Stroud District Council following the discovery of an anti-Muslim post on his Facebook page. The local paper reports on the investigation launched by the Conservative Party after the post,...
The Wisbech Standard reports on the court appearance of a teenager on charges of racially aggravated harassment after he used words “referencing religion” to racially abuse a driver. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was being driven with a companion to Wisbech to do some...
The Daily Star reports on the forthcoming court appearance of Britain First leader, Paul Golding, on charges of breaching a court order banning him from entering any mosque in England and Wales for three years. Bedfordshire Police, who are taking legal action against the far-right group...
The Plymouth Herald reports on the court appearance of two Royal Navy sailors who are accused of racially abusing two men as they left an Islamic centre in Plymouth in the early hours on 12 June. The incident, outside the Plymouth Islamic Education Trust (Piety) in Greenbank Avenue occurred during...
The Hull Daily Mail reports on the sentencing of a man who verbally abused a group of people of ‘Iraqi or Iranian’ appearance in a public park and spat at a police officer who attended the scene. Dale Kershaw appeared before Hull magistrates’ court last month in connection...
BBC News reports on a television documentary to be broadcast on BBC1 Scotland tonight which uncovers the sale of anti-Islamic and neo-Nazi merchandise by a military charity. 1st Knight, which provides respite breaks for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, was discovered to be...
The Gazette reports on a court case before Teesside magistrates’ court where an offender “dodged jail” after being found guilty of racially aggravated assault on a taxi driver in Middlesbrough. Christopher Brown, 36, was charged with racially abusing a taxi driver and assaulting him after a...
