Local paper, Bedford Today, reports on a police appeal for witnesses after a victim was subjected to religiously aggravated verbal abuse at an Indian restaurant in Bedford. The local paper states the incident happened at the Thali & Tandoor Restaurant in Castle Lane, Bedford on Sunday, June 12...
South Yorkshire Police have confirmed the arrest of two men in connection with a suspected racially aggravated assault on an Afghan taxi driver in Rotherham in the early hours of Tuesday 14 June. The incident happened in the Swinton area when the 38 year old victim picked up four men outside a...
The Bristol Post reports on an outburst by a former UKIP councillor who told a Muslim local resident “the ‘real’ British public don’t trust your ‘sort’ and we don’t want you in our civilised country”. Former councillor for the Hengrove ward Michael...
The Milford Mercury reports on a suspected racial assault of a man from the United Arab Emirates on Thursday 16 June, the evening of the Euro 2016 Wales vs England football match. The local paper reports Dyfed-Powys police are appealing for witnesses to the incident which happened at...
BBC News and STV News report on the court appearance of a man who went on a rampage inside a Dundee mosque headbutting frames holding Islamic prayers and smashing a cabinet containing copies of the Qur’an. Donald Skene, 38, appeared before Dundee Sheriff Court in connection with the incident...
The Nottingham Post report on an investigation into a social media post appearing on the Notts Casual Infidels Facebook page linking to the murder of Labour MP, Jo Cox. The post appeared on the far right group’s Facebook page alongside a link to a Guardian article about the MP’s demise...
BBC News reports on the launch of a report commissioned by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent, Jeff Cuthbert, and carried out by Race Council Cymru which shows BME communities in Gwent “regularly” experience hate crime but are failing to report them to the police. The 10 month...
The Mirror reports on an alleged incident on the replacement train bus service between Newport and Cwmbran in which a man attempting to rebuke a Muslim woman for speaking in a foreign language is left red-faced when he is corrected by another passenger. Tom Bradbury posted details of the incident...
The Times (£) reports on the release of data on Channel referrals in 2015 by the National Police Chiefs Council under a Freedom of information request. The Channel programme is part of the Prevent strategy and entails referrals from various public bodies of individuals suspected of...
The Guardian reports on the resignation of Arabella Arkwright, a board member from the Vote Leave campaign, who resigned after the paper questioned her about anti-Muslim posts on her Twitter page. The paper reports that a number of tweets and retweets were discovered on Ms Arkwright’s page....
