The Daily Mirror and Metro and local paper, The Journal, report on the cancellation by a school in Northumberland of the scheduled visit of former English Defence League leader, Stephen Lennon. The Daily Mirror in yesterday’s paper covered news of a school tour by Lennon, organised by the...
BBC News reports on the court appearance of a man charged with engaging in the conduct and preparation of terrorist acts on or before 6 June. Ian Forman, 42, who was charged after arrest by officers from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit, allegedly photographed and labelled the Wirral Islamic...
The Independent on Sunday, BBC News, the Daily Mail, and The Guardian all report on the 250-page dossier submitted by Public Interest Lawyers (PIL) and the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) to the International Criminal Court calling for an investigation into...
Following The Times front page story last week on the age distribution profile of the UK’s faith communities and the fact that almost a tenth of children aged 0-4 in England and Wales are Muslim, Channel 4 in a survey finds that the general population tends to overestimate the size of local...
The Independent front page story today covers the Home Office publication on hate crimes in England and Wales released last month. The paper, in an exclusive report, notes that “tens of thousands of race hate crimes are going unreported every year” as campaigners argue “the discrepancy...
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The Independent and the Daily Telegraph both repeat The Times (£) front page story today on figures from the 2011 Census that show that almost a tenth of babies and toddlers in England and Wales are Muslim. The papers note that of the 3.5 million children aged 0-4 years, 320,000, or 9%, are...
The Daily Mail and Channel 4 News report on the Electoral Commission’s publication on Electoral Fraud in the UK. The EC report highlights the problem of electoral fraud “in areas which are largely or predominately populated by some South Asian communities, specifically those with roots in...
Independent news site Small World News Service and local paper, Bristol Post, report on the ‘ugly scenes’ at an EDL protest against plans to open a new mosque in the city. Approximately 30 EDL members marched on College Green against converting a former Jesters club that has been empty for...
