** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Rights group Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND) have launched a new report The Great Debunk: Challenging Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories, which examines how false narratives about Muslims once limited to the far-right fringes have entered mainstream political,...
The Courier reports on the trial of two men charged with a breach of the peace after their drunken antics on a yacht moored at a marina in Arbroath caused locals to call the police. The local paper reports that Richard Hartshorne, 41 and John Sharp, 49 appeared before Forfar Sheriff Court in...
Scottish newspapers, The Herald and Daily Record report on an apology issued by South Ayrshire’s Depute Provost and Conservative party councillor, Mary Kilpatrick, after she retweeted a number of messages with the hashtag “BanTheBurka”. Ms Kilpatrick, a member of South Ayrshire Council...
The Newark Advertiser reports on the sentencing of a former English Defence League organiser for two racially aggravated offences. Chris Conroy, 26, set up the Newark branch of the English Defence League in 2011 and helped organise a number of the far right group’s demonstrations around the...
ITN News reports on a statement released by South Yorkshire Police confirming the arrest of a man in connection with a suspected racial assault in Rotherham last month. Local news reports published details of an incident at a BP garage in Rotherham on 27 February in which an Asian man was allegedly...
The local paper, Bury Times, reports on a meeting between MPs and the chairman of the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso), Sir Alan Moses, during which the press regulator’s approach to tackling Islamophobia in the media was broached. The paper highlights interventions by Rochdale MP,...
The Sun front page today carries what looks like a breach of the Editors’ Code of Practice with a front page story about a hospital “whistleblower” being “axed” by the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield over a “hijab bust up”. The “exclusive” story in the paper about Dr...
The Kent Messenger reports on the referral of Conservative councillor Michael Franklin to Medway Council’s monitoring officer after messages promoting “anti-Islamic views” were posted on his social media account. The local paper reports that the Labour leader of Medway council, Vince Maple,...
The South Wales Argus reports on a Muslim shop owner who has pleaded for help from Gwent Police after his business was targetted by a gang of youths. Shop owner Muhammad Iqbal, 32, requesting a meeting with officers from Gwent Police to help him deal with alleged “co-ordinated abuse” at his...
The Gazette and Herald reports on the sentencing of a man who racially abused two security guards during a drunken night out in Chippenham. Neil Pengelley, 42, was spotted lying drunk on a bench by the two Asian guards from their CCTV building, Security Watch, at around 12.30am on February 13,...
The Daily Record reports on the conviction of a man on a charge of racially aggravated breach of the peace after he called a Muslim shopkeeper “a P***” in a dispute over 2p. Paisley Sheriff Court heard the case against Jaspal Bharya, 38, in connection with an incident at the Mini Market store...
