The Asian Image newspaper reports on racist slogans that were painted onto “a security door, pavements and commercial bin” in Cobden Street in Burnley. The initials of the far right English Defence League and the British National Party were also painted on the pavement of the side street....
The Press Gazette reports on the apology by the Spectator’s Associate Editor, Rod Liddle, for his use of the term ‘black savages’ in a blog written about the alleged murderers of Drummer Lee Rigby, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale. The Gazette notes Riddle’s original entry...
BBC News reports on the arrest of two further men in connection with the attack on a mosque in Poole, Dorset on Thursday last week in which several windows were smashed. Police charged two men Robert Mullins, 35, and Trevor Mullins, 38, with racially aggravated criminal damage and both appeared...
Local paper, the Streatham Guardian, reports on charges brought against a 27 year old man for allegedly making threats online “to make a bomb and massacre Muslims”. The local paper reports, “A picture of a man, wearing a balaclava and pointing a gun at the camera, was posted on a Facebook...
There is some coverage in the news today (Daily Mail, Independent) on the court appearance of two men charged with ‘arson with intent to endanger the lives of others’ for allegedly throwing petrol bombs at a mosque in Grimsby on Sunday night. The men are thought to be former soldiers. Local...
The Daily Mirror reports on the police investigation into Northern Premier League player, Shaun Tuck, 26, after the footballer allegedly posted a series of inflammatory tweets following the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby. Tuck is said to have tweeted messages calling for “bomb [ing] and gas[sing]...
The Guardian reports on the various charges that have been brought by the Metropolitan Police against individuals arrested during the English Defence League demonstration in London on Bank Holiday Monday. The paper notes that “Four men have been charged with offences including possession of a...
Local paper, The Lincolnite, reports on a planned protest on 8 June by the East Anglian Patriots at the site of a former dairy that is to be converted into a mosque. Lincoln City Council approved the plans submitted by the Islamic Association of Lincoln in November last year to convert Boultham...
Local paper, The Argus, reports on the court appearance of Adam Rogers, 28, who was arrested last week for posting ‘inflammatory’ comments on Facebook in the immediate aftermath of the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich. The local paper reports: “The court heard how the day before...
Local paper, Express and Star, reports on the arrest of two men on public order offences following a protest involving a group of 20 or so people draped in St George’s flags and ‘believed to be English Defence League members’ in Walsall town centre on Saturday. The local paper notes the...
