The Grimsby Telegraph reports on the sentencing of Terence Baker, 25, who posted comments on Facebook calling for the ‘burning down of Grimsby mosque’ in the days following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in May. Baker pleaded guilty to “sending an offensive or menacing message on May 24”...
The Birmingham Mail reports on CCTV images released by West Midlands Police of a man sought in connection with the ‘home made bomb’ found at the Aisha mosque in Walsall last month. A 75 year old man who was arrested and released on bail faces no further action in relation to the incident....
The Maidenhead Advertiser reports on the court date set for the trial of two men charged with two counts of racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage and one charge of criminal damage and theft in connection with an attack on a mosque in Holmanleaze last month. The mosque was repeatedly...
The Birmingham Mail reports on the steps taken by police to quash claims circulated on far right websites that the death of David Ryding, who fought with the 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment until 2011, was motivated by race or faith. Warwickshire Police have moved quickly to dispel the claims in...
BBC News reports on the suspended sentence handed to a man who posted ‘vile’ and ‘inflammatory’ anti-Muslim comments on Facebook after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich in May. Adam Rogers, 28, who posted comments including, “the mosque needs burning down”...
More than 1,000 police officers will be drafted in for an English Defence League rally in Centenary Square in Birmingham’s city centre this Saturday, the Birmingham Mail reports. The far-right movement’s supporters are expected to attend a static demonstration this coming Saturday and...
The Guardian, Independent and Daily Mail all report on news that Ofcom has launched an investigation into the decision by BBC, ITV and Channel 4 to give Anjem Choudary airtime in the hours following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby. Choudary, who has a history of making incendiary remarks and...
A golfer from Birmingham has been jailed for seven months after he racially abused and assaulted a Muslim taxi driver while on a golfing holiday, the South Wales Argus reports. Kevin Dunne, 57, attacked Shabir Ahmed after wrongly accusing him of being linked to the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby....
The Independent reports on the renewal of attempts by the Conservative party to tackle Hizb ut-Tahrir following the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby. Proscribing the group has been on the Conservative agenda since the party’s days in opposition. It has thus far failed to apply the law on proscribing...
The Southend Echo reports on an incident of racist vandalism after the words ‘no mosque here’ were sprayed onto the walls of a Gala bingo hall in Pitsea despite no plans to convert the building into a mosque. Far right groups are believed to be behind the rumours of the disused bingo hall being...
