There has been significant coverage on the sentencing of British soldier, Ryan McGee, for building a nail bomb and possessing a copy of the Anarchist Cookbook (see BBC News, Channel 4 News, The Daily Express, The Independent, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, The Telegraph, The...
BBC News and the Daily Mail both cover reaction to the news that the former leader of the English Defence League, Stephen Lennon, has been invited to address the Oxford Union. Lennon went by the name Tommy Robinson when leader of the EDL. Lennon, who has recently served a prison sentence for...
The Guardian covers the latest outburst by Lord Pearson of Rannoch, former leader of UKIP. In a debate in the House of Lords this week over the findings of the Intelligence and Security Committee report on the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, Lord Pearson said: “My Lords, are the Government aware...
Rotherham’s local paper, The Star, reports on frustrations expressed by the local MP over the Government’s response to local petitions for the banning of far right demonstrations in the city. After a series of local protests which have cost the city considerable amounts in the form of policing...
The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph report on the Law Society’s retraction of the legal guidance that was issued earlier this year to help the legal profession meet the needs of Muslim clients who wished for wills to be drawn up on a shari’ah compliant basis. The guidance, which has attracted...
The local paper, Hertfordshire Mercury, reports on the trial outcome of a man charged with racially aggravated threatening words and obstructing police after an incident in Loughton last September. Scott Aaron Vale, 23, admitted the offences which occurred on the night of his brother’s birthday....
BBC News reports on the reaction of some Muslim parents in Lancashire to a nasal spray administered to young children as a preventative measure against flu which contains pork gelatine. The nasal spray, which was earlier piloted in Glasgow and Leicestershire faced negative reaction from Muslim...
The International Business Times covers the story of UKIP party member, Malcolm Jackson, whose membership has been revoked by the party after he attended a ‘mega-mosque’ demonstration in Rochester organised by the far right, anti-Muslim group, Britain First. Jackson said that he was not...
The Daily Mail, Daily Star, Daily Mirror, and Blackpool Gazette all report on the sentencing of four men who admitted to causing religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress in relation to a hate crime incident last year. Thomas Ashton, 21, Andrew Warner, 30, Travis...
Manchester Evening News reports on concerns expressed by Muslims in Rochdale over the rise in ‘unprecedented and unacceptable’ prejudice suffered by the local community since news of the child sex grooming scandals broke. An upsurge in anti-Muslim abuse, in the form of hate mail and offensive...
