All news on the topic: Hate crime

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’He’s like a gangster’: How Tommy Robinson rose to become the leader of Britain’s far right
The activist’s latest imprisonment and run-in with the law may serve only to boost his popularity and brand of hatred
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Racist thug jailed for vile Leeds riots revealed to be a paedophile hunter
Phil Hoban, founder of a controversial paedophile hunting group Predator Exposure, made vile racist gestures and yelled "who the f*** is Allah?" at the Leeds event, but told West Yorkshire Police he was asking "who is Allan?"
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Neo-Nazis flood police with complaints under recently enacted hate crime law in Scotland
First minister calls for end to vexatious reports after far-right agitators attempt to “overwhelm” official systems
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PM backs JK Rowling’s views on new hate crime law
The prime minister has said people should not be criminalised "for stating simple facts on biology" in response to JK Rowling’s criticism of Scotland’s new hate crime law.
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Girl, 8, hacked off her hair after vile racist abuse from child as she rode bike
Cleo Mukolwe, eight, has been subjected to cruel bullying about her appearance since starting school but was left 'shattered' after a child called her the N-word while she rode her bike
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Michael Gove announces new extremism definition after rise in hate crimes
Communities Secretary Michael Gove has unveiled a long-awaited extremism definition aimed at ensuring certain groups are effectively blacklisted by public bodies
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Boy, 13, brutally stabbed on street moments after 'leaving mosque' to go home
Police Scotland are investigasting the horrifying stabbing of a 13-year-old boy in Queens Park, Glasgow, on his way home from a mosque as loved ones released a picture of him in hospital 'drenched in blood'
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Mum of murdered teen turns horror tragedy into heartbreaking legacy
Just weeks after coming face to face with her daughter Brianna's teenage killers, Esther Ghey has stepped back into the classroom in a quest to make children kinder
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JK Rowling continues transphobic rants as India Willoughby reports her to police
Earlier this week, JK Rowling went on a vile rant and said India Willoughby was 'cosplaying a misogynistic male fantasy of what a woman is'
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Muslim family have pig's head thrown through window as cops probe 'hate crime'
WARNING, DISTRESSING IMAGE: A Muslim family in Shear Brow, Blackburn, saw a rock thrown through their window, followed by a pig's head on Sunday 18 February, leaving police probing a hate crime after two men were seen fleeing from the scene
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Woman who screamed 'go back to Africa' at Black woman claims drink was 'spiked'
Janice Wilding said she was "surprised" when she saw the shocking video capturing her actions, and blamed it on a laced drink. However, the 49-year-old provided no evidence and was handed hefty unpaid work for her actions
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'Aggressive' couple seen 'shouting racial abuse' at fellow Wetherspoons punters
Police have released CCTV images of a couple who allegedly shouted racial abuse at customers when they were asked to leave the Buck Inn in Northallerton and are now being investigated for hate crimes
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Arsonist threw two molotov cocktails at church planning to host drag show events
A convicted arsonist was sentenced to 18 years in prison and three on parole this week after a March 2023 incident in which he threw two Molotov cocktails at a church planning to host drag show events
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Woman slams 'disgusting' Australian school activity - but others defend it
A woman from the UK was left reeling by a cruel school prank towards redheads she claims happens in Australia every year. However, locals have responded to the video and put her back in her place
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Welsh 'hate crime' note telling Brits with 'vomit inducing accents' to leave
The note, left outside a property in west Wales describes the English occupants as, "low-life” who “should be forced to live in fenced tinker sites” and tells them to leave
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Image of man issued by police in hunt after violent homophobic attack
A yob punched and kicked the couple in the homophobia attack at Bank Station, part of the London Underground network, and British Transport Police are hunting him
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Anti-semitism and conspiracy theories on demand on site used by Russell Brand
A growing number of far-right hate figures including thug Tommy Robinson and supremacist Nick Fuentes are turning to an online platform which is a hotbed of anti-semitism and conspiracy theory
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Controversial Essex pub where racist dolls seized put up for sale by owners
WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS LANGUAGE SOME READERS MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. Pub The White Hart Inn, which hit headline this year for its racist dolls, is up for sale
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'Hate crime' arrests after man stabbed during '20-person Boxing Day brawl'
A man was taken to hospital after the fight - involving an estimated 20 people - in south Manchester on Boxing Day, with two people also arrested. Police are appealing for witnesses
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Brianna Ghey murder 'painful reminder' of struggle trans community faces in UK
Schoolgirl Brianna Ghey, 16, from Greater Manchester, was led to Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington by Girl X and Boy Y before they stabbed her 28 times and fled
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Love Island star 'faced abuse' as glamour model and work 'wasn't glamourous'
Katie Salmon made history by pairing up with the late Sophie Gradon as Love Island's first same-sex couple on ITV
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Coffee shop employees fired after they stopped Jewish customer from using toilet
Baristas at Farley’s East Coffee Shop in California stopped a woman from entering the bathroom to take a picture of the writing, which said "Zionism = Fascism" and "your neutrality is enabling genocide"
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Teen girls arrested after violent robbery of Jewish woman who had handbag taken
Two girls aged 13 and 14 have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of robbery after a Jewish woman was attacked in north London and had her handbag stolen
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Wolves fan who racially abused Rio Ferdinand sentenced to six months in jail
Jamie Arnold, 33, was found guilty of racially abusing Manchester United icon Rio Ferdinand at Wolverhampton Crown Court
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Hanukkah celebrations to go ahead as council U-turns after intense backlash
Havering Council in Essex said last month it would not be installing a Jewish menorah to celebrate Hanukkah due to security concerns given the current Israel and Hamas conflict