The Hull Daily Mail reports on the arrest of a 15 year old boy in connection with racist abuse directed at shopkeepers, including at the Aladdin takeaway, in The Quadrant, Hull. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, will appear before Hull Youth Court on 28 June for a racially...
News North Wales reports on the trial of a man charged with a racially aggravated public order offence after he abused a taxi driver in Wrexham calling him a “p***”. Zac Jeffries, 25, appeared before Flintshire Magistrates Court in connection with the incident. The court heard that the...
The Daily Record and Herald report on the disciplinary hearing facing a former care worker in Glasgow after anti Muslim Facebook posts were discovered on her social media page. Yvonne Maclean, 58, is to appear before the Scottish Social Services Council next week over allegations about racist...
ITV News reports on an appeal launched by British Transport Police after a teenager was subjected to racist abuse and headbutted aboard a train to Manchester. The incident happened on Wednesday 4 May, shortly before 5pm, when the schoolboy, who has not been named, got on a Manchester Piccadilly...
The Daily Record reports on Police Scotland’s efforts to increase BME recruitment to Scotland’s police force by adopting a ‘uniform hijab’. The paper notes the force has identified 650 candidates which would need to be recruited to bring BME officer numbers on par with the...
The Bristol Post reports on another incident of Muslim-bashing in a public space with news of a video posted on Facebook by a young Muslim male who was told to “go back to where you came from” in a London supermarket. Zubair Munsif posted footage from the encounter on his Facebook page....
The Lancashire Evening Post reports on the trial of a man arrested on a charge of sending malicious communications after a member of the public alerted Greater Manchester Police about his racist Facebook posts. Garry Farrimond, 45, was arrested in connection with posts found on his Facebook...
The EU Fundamental Rights Agency released its annual report this week examining the status of fundamental rights in the European Union between January and December 2015. The report “provides insights into the main issues shaping fundamental rights debates across the EU”. The report looks in...
Wales Online reports on the case of a Church of Wales clergyman who has apologised after he was found to have posted messages on social media lauding Pegida leader Tommy Robinson and linking to Islamophobic hate groups Britain First and Islam Exposed. Reverend David Lloyd of Newcastle Parish in the...
