The Guardian, Metro and BBC News all report on the sentencing of the deputy leader of far right group Britain First, Jayda Fransen, after being found guilty of religiously aggravated harassment following an outburst against a Muslim woman, in front of her four young children, at the...
BBC News reports on anti-Muslim leaflets found on car windscreens outside a mall in Lisburn, County Antrim. The leaflets, which state “No jihad here! Northern Ireland under threat” were spotted on Saturday afternoon outside the Bow Street Mall in the city of Lisburn. The leaflet,...
The Glasgow Evening Times reports on the fine imposed on a man who accused an off duty bus driver of having a “bomb on him” and branded passengers “f****** Muslims” when they failed to join him in singing Christmas carols. Hugh Stewart, 49, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff...
The Huddersfield Examiner reports on the fine imposed on a man who called takeaway staff “f****** Al Qaeda” and “P****” after a drunken night out. Michael Birch, 35, walked into the takeaway shop on Market Street in Milnsbridge on 19 September asking for a lift home. The...
The London Evening Standard and The Metro report on the jailing of two men for throwing strips of bacon into a mosque in Camden last month. Mateusz Pawlikowski, 22, and Piotr Czak-Zukowski, 28, both Polish nationals, threw the meat inside the Al-Rahman Mosque at around 7pm on 2 October. Each of the...
The Coventry Telegraph reports a racist incident at the West Orchards shopping centre in Coventry last Saturday where a witness claimed a Muslim family were repeatedly abused. The witness told the local paper he was on the escalator when he heard the abuse. The witness, who asked to remain...
The Chester Standard reports on the guilty verdict passed on a woman standing trial for assaulting a taxi driver. Patricia Young, 43, was found guilty of racially aggravated assault against KingKabs driver Muhammad Iqbal at Chester Magistrates Court. The court heard Mr Iqbal picked up four...
The Reading Chronicle follows up Friday’s report about suspected racist abuse of Reading FC goalkeeper, Ali Al-Habsi, with news that the Club has suspended the season tickets of a number of fans believed to be implicated in the alleged hate incident. It is claimed Al-Habsi was subjected to...
The freesheet, The Metro, reproduces an open letter published on Facebook by a Muslim woman from Peterborough who was subjected to different incidents of racial and religious abuse over the summer while going about her daily business. Umm Yusra, 33, disclosed details of the hate incidents occurring...
