The Metro, The Guardian and the London Evening Standard all report on the spike in racist incidents and hate crimes logged since the EU referendum vote result was announced on Friday 24 June. The social media page, PostRefRacism, has garnered a number of incidents of racist abuse, threats and...
The Sunderland Echo reports on the sentencing of a woman who draped a Union Jack flag bearing a Nazi swastika and the words “White power” and “Muslims Out” onto railings by the entrance of Thornhill primary school in October 2015. Heidi Sawicki, 25, draped the flag over the school railings...
The Daily Record reports on the court appearance of a man who verbally abused a Muslim toddler as he played in the garden of his uncle’s house in Carmyle, Glasgow in April. Two year old Muhammad Sudais was adopted by his uncle after losing both his parents and younger brother in a gas explosion...
Luton Today reports on the arrest of a local man in connection with alleged offences committed during the English Defence League rally in Birmingham at the weekend. Around 30 people protested outside the Manarat Foundation in Sheldon on Saturday afternoon, 25 June. A spokesperson from the...
The Metro, Daily Express and Daily Mail all report on the alleged online abuse directed at Muslim Conservative MEP, Sajjad Karim, by a Brexit supporter. The abuse followed Dr Karim’s tweet about a news report in which a young person challenged UKIP leader, Nigel Farage on the EU...
The Ilford Recorder reports on a dispute that has arisen at a school in Ilford where material by the far right political party Liberty GB has been used in English classes for Year 8 pupils. Headteacher of Oaks Park High School, Steve Wilks, defended the use of the material written by Dr George...
South Yorkshire Police have confirmed the arrest of two men in connection with a suspected racially aggravated assault on an Afghan taxi driver in Rotherham in the early hours of Tuesday 14 June. The incident happened in the Swinton area when the 38 year old victim picked up four men outside a...
The Milford Mercury reports on a suspected racial assault of a man from the United Arab Emirates on Thursday 16 June, the evening of the Euro 2016 Wales vs England football match. The local paper reports Dyfed-Powys police are appealing for witnesses to the incident which happened at...
Local paper, Bedford Today, reports on a police appeal for witnesses after a victim was subjected to religiously aggravated verbal abuse at an Indian restaurant in Bedford. The local paper states the incident happened at the Thali & Tandoor Restaurant in Castle Lane, Bedford on Sunday, June 12...
The Bristol Post reports on an outburst by a former UKIP councillor who told a Muslim local resident “the ‘real’ British public don’t trust your ‘sort’ and we don’t want you in our civilised country”. Former councillor for the Hengrove ward Michael...
