As newspapers report on the outcome of the first round presidential elections in France and the third place ranking of Marine Le Pen, with the highest ever vote gained by the French National Front, 18%, the Independent today features an article on the return of the National Front to British...
The Guardian and Independent today follow the story in yesterday’s Mail on Sunday on the allegations of MI5 coercing Libyan dissidents seeking asylum in the UK into co-operating with Gaddafi’s security agency, or being threatened with deportation. These new revelations come on the back of...
The BBC reports on the cancellation by Liverpool University of a mayoral debate that was to be held with the candidates in the forthcoming election, after the presence of a BNP member on the panel sparked fears of ‘disruption’. From the BBC: “A debate between Liverpool’s mayoral...
There is coverage in the Independent, the BBC and the Yorkshire Post on the arrest of five men with alleged links to the English Defence League, on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred on social networking sites. The Independent reports: “Five men believed to be linked to the far-right English...
The Guardian, BBC, Independent and the Daily Telegraph today report on the US Government’s attempts at damage limitation after photographs showing US paratroopers in Afghanistan posing “grinning … with insurgents’ mangled corpses” were published in the LA Times. From the Guardian:...
Open Democracy has published a translation of Mariano Aguirre’s article for Le Monde Diplomatique on the Breivik trial and the wider phenomenon of rising xenophobia and cultural protectionism which has gripped the European mainstream in the past few years. From Open Democracy: “The bloodthirsty...
The Guardian, the BBC, the Daily Telegraph, the Independent and the Times(£) all report today on the story that the former Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, is facing legal action brought by Abdel Hakim Belhadj for Straw’s alleged role in his rendition. Belhadj is to sue the former foreign...
West Midlands Police have reported on an incident in Solihull where a man forcibly removed a Muslim woman’s face covering while she was out shopping in the town centre. From the West Midlands Police ‘Appeals for Help’ website: “Police in Solihull have today released CCTV of a man suspected...
There is extensive and ongoing coverage on the BBC, the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph and the Independent and in other media outlets on the trial of Anders Behring Breivik, the man responsible for the terrorist attack which killed 77 people in Norway last July. Breivik admits to carrying out the...
The Independent and the Daily Mail both report on the case of an Asian police officer, Sultan Alam, who has been awarded £840,000 compensation for loss of earnings after winning his case against Cleveland Police for racism experienced during his time as a traffic officer with the force. From the...
