The Sunderland Echo reports on the arrest of two men over the weekend following a protest by the English Defence League against plans to turn a pub into a Muslim education centre in the village of Shotton Colliery in County Durham. The newspaper states that around 200 protesters turned out for the...
A manifesto for the Police and Crime Commissioner election 2012. Our manifesto covers the most urgent priorities in policing from a British Muslim perspective. We call on all PCC candidates to pledge their support for our key campaign issues: Recording Islamophobia; Reforming Stop and Search;...
The Birmingham Mail and BBC News have both reported on the conviction of a 16-year old boy on manslaughter charges after he fatally attacked 21-year old Saleem Hassan with a baseball bat outside a mosque in Small Heath. The teenager will be sentenced in January. The Birmingham Mail cites the Senior...
An online petition devised by the media reform group, Hacked Off, which calls on the government to implement the full recommendations of Lord Justice Leveson’s report has obtained almost 130,000 signatures. The report, published last Thursday, has invited much commentary and criticism from those...
Yesterday’s publication of the Leveson Inquiry report features in the major broadsheet papers today – The Independent, Daily Telegraph, Guardian and The Times (£). The coverage looks at the implications of the report and its recommendations, the Government’s response, as well as the...
The local paper, Hartlepool Mail, reports on concerns over an EDL demonstration being staged in Shotton Colliery tomorrow protesting against plans to turn a pub into a Muslim education centre which will be open to all faiths. The Mail states that “Worried Muslims are expected to flee the village...
The London Evening Standard yesterday covered the latest developments concerning the planning proposals for the Abbey Mills mosque building project in Newham (also reported in the Newham Recorder). Officials have made a recommendation that the plans be rejected. The council will decide whether to...
Ahead of the publication of the final report of the Leveson Inquiry this afternoon, the Guardian yesterday reported on a YouGov poll commissioned by the Media Standards Trust into public opinion on media regulation. The poll, conducted between the 21st and 23rd November with a sample of 3620 adults...
Ahead of the vote on enhanced observer status for Palestine at the UN General assembly today, the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, laid before the House of Commons the Government’s intention on voting on the issue. In a statement to the House yesterday, the Foreign Secretary set out “to inform...
With Lord Justice Leveson’s final report on press regulation now published, Prime Minister David Cameron is due to make a statement on the report at 15.00 today. You can watch him make his statement live on www.parliamentlive.tv, as well as on BBC iPlayer. There is also live coverage on the...
