Local paper, Oswestry and Border Counties Advertiser, reports on the approval by Shropshire council of a proposed Islamic centre’s planning application. The centre, which will “provide a permanent home to the Oswestry Muslim Society for the first time in its ten-year history,” was the focus...
Local paper, the Enfield Advertiser, covers news published in the Guardian on Saturday on the suspension of a Tory councillor in Enfield for posting anti-Muslim comments on Facebook. Chris Joannides, who has since deleted his Facebook page, posted the remark, “I saw her standing there and I...
The Yorkshire Post reveals that the directly elected mayor of Doncaster, English Democrat candidate Peter Davies, has stepped down from the party citing “concerns about its current direction”. The paper reports, “Mr Davies said he had been made aware of an event attended by leading members of...
Aida Edemariam in The Guardian’s G2 today interviews David Ward, the Liberal Democrat MP for Bradford East. Ward, who attracted criticism for his remarks on the treatment of Palestinians when he used the phrase ‘the Jews’, talks about his solid anti-racism stance and his commitment to raising...
Sky Tyne and Wear reports on the formation of a new alliance against racism in Sunderland, Sunderland Together. The organisation, which was formed partly in response to the continuous protests by the English Defence League against a mosque planning application in the Millfield area, “hopes to...
The Scotsman newspaper reports on the court appearance of three people charged with a racially prejudiced offence after bacon was thrown at Edinburgh’s Central Mosque. The paper reports that the three individuals, Douglas Cruikshank, 37, Chelsea Lambie, 17, and Wayne Stilwel, 24, have been...
The local paper, Berwick Advertiser, reports on an anti-racism counter-protest being organized in response to the Scottish Defence League’s planned demonstration in Berwick on February 16th. A coalition of trade unions and anti-racism groups are urging members of the local community to support...
The Essex Chronicle reports on an incident of racially aggravated assault on an Asian woman in Colchester. The local paper states that police are appealing for witnesses after the 30 year old woman was “struck to the back of the head while in Military Road at around 4pm on January 28. “She...
BBC News reports that the Deputy Mayor of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, Francis Purdue-Horan, has called a meeting of local officials following news reports of the systematic abuse suffered by a Muslim family in the town. Murad Alam, in an interview with BBC Asian Network last week relayed the extent...
The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail last week both reported on The Times’ front page story on Friday (£) about the referral by a High Court judge of a Jewish couple’s divorce case to a Beth Din court. The Daily Telegraph under a headline ‘Sharia divorces could be allowed after legal ruling’...
