The news website, Kent Online reports on the creation of a new anti-racism network in Maidstone following far-right protests in the town against a mosque redevelopment project. Around 10 members of Britain First turned up at the Maidstone Community and Islamic Centre on Saturday, 21 January,...
The Lancashire Telegraph reports on the sentencing of two men who racially abused the manager of a Blackburn hostel when he reprimanded them over their drunken behaviour and suggested they get some fresh air. James Rothwell, 27, and Daniel Leah, 25, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated...
The Daily Record reports on the court appearance of a man who let loose a volley of abuse while being escorted to a police station following an incident at his partner’s home. Pedro Neves, 38, appeared before Hamilton Sheriff Court charged with behaving in a racially aggravated manner with...
The Bristol Post reports on the arrest of two men in connection with a suspected hate crime incident at Al-Baseera mosque in the St Jude’s area in central Bristol. A window at the mosque was smashed at about 9.15pm on Wednesday, 18 January. A member of the mosque who witnessed the incident...
The London Evening Standard reports on the sentencing of a man who plastered “Islamophobic stickers” around a park in West London. Patrick Collier, 40, was arrested in connection with the appearance of “offensive” stickers on noticeboards in Lillie Park and in nearby Lillie Road...
STV News reports on the court appearance of a man who was arrested in connection with a petrol bomb attack on Edinburgh Central mosque last September. Thomas Conington, 28, initially claimed he was innocent but pleaded guilty to wilful fire-raising, behaving in a threatening manner and a charge...
The Evening Times reports on the sentencing of a man who abused and assaulted a female shop assistant, calling her a “P*** b***h,” after claiming he had been shortchanged. Alan Luke, 39, appeared before Glasgow Sheriff Court on three separate charges one of them related to a racially...
Polling agency YouGov has released polling results from a tri-nation survey comprising Germany, the US and the UK, on popular support for banning the burqa. Following the Moroccan government’s announcement last week of a ban on the sale, production and import of the burqa, and bans on the...
BBC News and The Guardian report on the Supreme Court ruling today which clears the way for Libyan national, Abdel Hakim Belhadj, to sue former Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, Sir Mark Allen, former head of counter-intelligence at MI6, the Attorney General, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and...
The Mirror and the Daily Express report on the release of CCTV images showing two hooded men “booting in” the door of the Al Falah Islamic Centre in Braintree, Essex, before setting a bag of rubbish alight and throwing it onto the corrugated roof of the building causing the flames...
