The Guardian and Politics Home report on a letter from the Green Party to the BBC appealing a decision by the broadcaster not to allocate it any time to screen party political broadcasts. The Green Party’s chief executive, Nick Martin, wrote to the BBC director general, Tony Hall, and the...
The Wiltshire and Gloucester Standard reports on the victim of a racially aggravated hate crime who has donated his victim compensation to a local charity that supported him in pursuing his claim for justice. Navjot Sawhney, 24, suffered a “tirade” of racist abuse from 22 year old Dean Kent on...
Newcastle’s Chronicle Live news site reports that a man has been arrested and charged with racially/religiously aggravated common assault following an incident at an Asda supermarket in Gosforth last week. The local news site reported on the incident which happened on Wednesday 20 January at...
The Press and Journal reports on an arrest warrant issued by Aberdeen Sheriff Court after a man accused of a racially aggravated offence failed to appear in court last week. Lewis Guyan, 27, is alleged to have grabbed a Muslim man on September 27 last year and tried to burn him with a cigarette at...
The Evening Telegraph publishes an interview with a Bangladeshi taxi driver who was the victim of a hate crime in Stobswell, Dundee. Mohammed Rahman, 40, recounted the experience following the court appearance of his aggressor, Connell McCormick, 19 at Dundee Sheriff Court last week for sentencing...
ITV News and Chronicle Live report on a man who allegedly abused a Muslim woman at an Asda supermarket in Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne. The local paper reports that police have released images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident which happened at around 9.40pm on...
The Gazette Live reports on the sentencing of twins, Josh and Ryan Vincent, aged 21 for the racially aggravated assault of an Algerian national on a bus in Guisborough. The victim, Sofean Kezzal, boarded the bus travelling on the A173 near Guisborough on the morning of 17 August last year. Josh and...
The truth about a liar “To an observer with even the slightest knowledge of psychology, Gilligan appears obsessed to the point of the ridiculous.” (Guy Debord’s cat) Andrew Gilligan – his Character, based on facts. Andrew Gilligan has made a profession out of willful...
The Daily Mail reports on the trial of a woman accused of racial and religiously aggravated harassment for calling another woman a “stupid black b***h” and telling her that her dog set upon her because it “doesn’t like Muslims”. Fiona Connolly was found guilty of racially aggravated...
The Bristol Post reports that a further three people have been arrested in connection with the attack on the Jamia mosque in Totterdown on Sunday 17 January. Police have charged one man, Kevin Shaun Crehan, 34, with a racially aggravated public order offence. Yesterday, the local newspaper reported...
