On Saturday, national and regional media outlets including the Independent, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, ITV News, BBC News, Daily Express, Daily Star, Daily Mirror and Birmingham Mail reported on the nail bomb that exploded outside the Kanz-ul-Iman Muslim Welfare Association and Central...
The local paper, Express & Star, reports that English Defence League supporter Jack Beasley has been given an anti-social behaviour order banning him from attending any EDL demonstrations for three years after he was arrested and charged with using threatening words or behaviour with the intent...
A group of traders in the Welsh resort town of Llandudno are calling for a planned protest by far-right groups next month to be banned amid concerns for security, the Daily Post reports. The protest by the North Wales Alliance Gogledd Cymru (ANWGC) is expected to attract around 1,500 far right...
The Herald Scotland reports that the Scottish Defence League is planning a march in Glasgow during Ramadan in one of the city’s most densely populated Asian areas. The march is intended to coincide with the birthday of Kriss Donald, who was killed by an Asian gang nearly ten years ago. Glasgow...
The Daily Mirror today reports that footballer, Shaun Tuck, has been jailed for 12 weeks after posting comments on social media encouraging incitement to violence. Tuck posted the comment: “All the mosques in England should be gassed or bombed, or stormed by 50 lads with machetes, swords the...
Today’s Uxbridge Gazette reports that three local men have been charged with grievous bodily harm following an attack on an elderly Muslim man on Saturday night that left him with serious head injuries. The three men, Daniel Giles, 39, Ryan Newman, 19, and a 17 year-old who cannot be named for...
Scottish papers Herald Scotland and Fife Today report on acts of racist vandalism on an Islamic Centre in Kirkcaldy, Fife. The Islamic Centre was sprayed with graffiti reading “Muslims will perish by JC” while “five vehicles belonging to members of the centre” were also...
The Manchester based news site, Mancunian Matters, reports on the rising level of racial attacks on Asian Pakistanis in the city following an FOI request to Greater Manchester Police. According to figures released by GMP under the FOI: There was an 18% increase in attacks on Asian Pakistanis from...
The Daily Telegraph on Saturday covered news of the fines imposed by Ofcom on satellite channel DM Digital for breaching the regulator’s code by broadcasting material “likely to encourage or incite the commission of crime or to lead to disorder”. DM Digital was fined £85,000 and £20,000 for...
The Guardian, BBC and Independent today all report on the publication of a report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) on stop and search which states that a quarter of all stop and search checks carried out by police officers are ‘unlawful’. The report found that there was...
