ITV News, BBC News and the Evening Standard all report on the e-fit image released by police in connection with an alleged Islamophobic attack on a Muslim woman in Tottenham, north London in September. The victim, who has not been named, was waiting to cross Tottenham High Road when she was...
The Ilford Recorder carries an interview with the Muslim victim who was accosted on Oxford Street by a man who “repeatedly” told her to remove her headscarf before attempting to forcibly remove it himself. Sophia Darr, 47, who lives in Barkingside in East London, told the local paper...
The Wigan Observer reports on the jailing of a man who tried to force a cyclist off the road before physically assaulting him. Liam Mountford, 30, admitted racially aggravated assault and driving without insurance or licence when he appeared at Liverpool Crown Court in connection with the attack...
BBC News reports on the arrest of a 41 year old male in connection with a suspected arson attack on a cultural centre in Bishopbriggs, in Glasgow, days after the Paris attacks last November. The centre, also known as Al Sarouk, is used as a mosque by locals and was set alight in the early […]
News site Somerset Live reports on the sentencing of a man who racially abused a Turkish national in Yeovil before pinning him down and biting his nose. Dale Ashford, 32, was out of prison on license when the incident happened on 6 June. He was refused entry at a JD Wetherspoon in Yeovil town...
The Daily Mail reports on an alleged early morning attack on a Muslim woman as she walked along Oxford Street, in central London, earlier this month. The paper notes details from the incident which happened at around 8.15am on 4 October. The victim, a Muslim woman in her 40s, was walking along the...
The Huddersfield Examiner reports on the sentencing of a man who verbally abused a Muslim teenager before driving his car toward the youngster forcing him to take refuge behind a wall. Lee Blenkin, 49, appeared before Kirklees magistrates’ court last week in connection with the incident on...
The Blackpool Gazette reports on a police investigation launched by Lancashire police following a spate of “racially-aggravated symbols and posters” being found on buildings and stuck to lamp-posts in the Lytham Road area of the town. Swastikas daubed on buildings and stickers featuring...
A local Norfolk newspaper, Lynn News, covers the ordeal of a Muslim taxi driver who alleges he was racially abused at Norfolk railway station on Sunday afternoon, 25 September. Tarek Salah-Eddin spoke to the paper about the incident, part of which he recorded on his mobile phone. Mr Salah-Eddin,...
The Hull Daily Mail reports on the trial of a man who admitted racially aggravated harassment, threatening behaviour and assault of a police officer following an incident at Pearson Park in the city. Hull magistrates’ court heard police officers were called to Pearson Park in response to a call...
