An online petition devised by the media reform group, Hacked Off, which calls on the government to implement the full recommendations of Lord Justice Leveson’s report has obtained almost 130,000 signatures. The report, published last Thursday, has invited much commentary and criticism from those...
Yesterday’s publication of the Leveson Inquiry report features in the major broadsheet papers today – The Independent, Daily Telegraph, Guardian and The Times (£). The coverage looks at the implications of the report and its recommendations, the Government’s response, as well as the...
The local paper, Hartlepool Mail, reports on concerns over an EDL demonstration being staged in Shotton Colliery tomorrow protesting against plans to turn a pub into a Muslim education centre which will be open to all faiths. The Mail states that “Worried Muslims are expected to flee the village...
The London Evening Standard yesterday covered the latest developments concerning the planning proposals for the Abbey Mills mosque building project in Newham (also reported in the Newham Recorder). Officials have made a recommendation that the plans be rejected. The council will decide whether to...
Ahead of the publication of the final report of the Leveson Inquiry this afternoon, the Guardian yesterday reported on a YouGov poll commissioned by the Media Standards Trust into public opinion on media regulation. The poll, conducted between the 21st and 23rd November with a sample of 3620 adults...
Ahead of the vote on enhanced observer status for Palestine at the UN General assembly today, the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, laid before the House of Commons the Government’s intention on voting on the issue. In a statement to the House yesterday, the Foreign Secretary set out “to inform...
With Lord Justice Leveson’s final report on press regulation now published, Prime Minister David Cameron is due to make a statement on the report at 15.00 today. You can watch him make his statement live on www.parliamentlive.tv, as well as on BBC iPlayer. There is also live coverage on the...
BBC News reports on a controversy involving schools in Lancashire where Muslim students are being urged to boycott meat used in preparation of school meals because of concerns over its compliance with accredited halal slaughter. The Lancashire Council of Mosques (LCM) stated that the meat suppliers...
Independent columnist, Owen Jones, in his latest column for the paper referred to his appearance on BBC Question Time last week, alongside Yvette Cooper, Iain Duncan-Smith and Charles Kennedy, saying the debate on the Israel-Palestine conflict was an example of the “nuance, rather than...
The Independent and local newspaper, The Argus, have both reported on the arrest of a 16 year old boy for throwing ham at Broadfield mosque in Crawley, West Sussex. The Independent states that worshippers witnessed the scene as they left the mosque at around 4pm last Tuesday. The police arrested...
