The Hartlepool Mail reports on the commitment expressed by the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cleveland, Barry Coppinger, to tackle hate crime in the region after a study compiled by Hartlepool Borough Council found a high incidence rate of hate crime in the area and a low level of police...
The Bolton News reports on the conviction of a man for a racially aggravated public order offence after he was heard shouting racist abuse at a group of Asian men from the top of a bus last August. Shaun Jones, 34, attended a protest by the far right group, North West Infidels, against the Astley...
Local paper, the Newcastle Chronicle reports on the impending march by the far right group, Pegida-UK next weekend. The march has already been denounced by the local MP, Chi Onwurah, who has called on the Home Secretary to ban prospective participants from overseas from attending the protest on...
The Daily Mail reports on the speech delivered by the Home Secretary, Theresa May, for the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust Criminal Justice Lecture yesterday in which she outlined steps to address the disproportionate impact of stop and search powers on ethnic minorities. A review of the powers...
BBC News and the London Evening Standard cover details of the Labour leader, Ed Miliband’s People’s Question Time event in Lincoln yesterday in which he spoke of the “real fears among Jewish families, among Muslim families” about “rising intolerance” in the UK and Europe. Miliband, who...
There are reports of two major demonstrations by far right groups in Manchester and Newcastle in the papers today. The Chronicle Live covers the planned protest by the UK branch of German far right group Pegida, on 28 February. Local MP for Newcastle Central, Chi Onwurah, has written to the Home...
London Assembly member, Murad Qureshi, has written to the BBC after an edition of Question Time broadcast on Thursday 5 February and featuring George Galloway MP, broadcast a remark by an audience member claiming “that there is a strong correlation with the rise in the number of Muslims in Europe...
The Exeter Express and Echo and Devon Gazette both report on the withdrawal of an application for the building of a Muslim community centre in Exeter after a hostile leafleting campaign was discovered last week. Leaflets distributed in the St Thomas area of the city showing two beheaded figures, a...
Edinburgh Evening News reports on the trial of a Scot who placed an early morning call to the emergency services claiming to be the National Front and threatening to “kill” Muslims after watching footage on the Charlie Hebdo murders in Paris. Vincent Hannah, 51, was drunk at the time of...
As we draw closer to the general election, it is likely, as with previous elections, that the statements of candidates from UKIP will attract press attention as the party seeks to persuade voters of its non-racist credentials. The local London paper, the Ham & High, reports on the campaign...
