All news on the topic: Racism

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NGOs and lawyers face threats as far-right targets migrant support groups
More than 150 lawyers, human rights, refugee, and environmental organizations have stated they are being "pressured into silence" after some received rape and death threats from far-right and anti-migrant protesters.
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Over 450 Sikh organizations call on Keir Starmer over lack of progress in West Midlands rape case
Police investigating the rape of a British-born Sikh woman in a racially aggravated attack in the West Midlands have renewed their appeal for public assistance as they released a man on bail.
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Ex-Reform MP under investigation for allegedly using social media to ’promote racism’
A former Reform UK MP is being investigated over claims that he used social media to “facilitate racial abuse”.
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UK PM vows zero tolerance for racist intimidation after clashes at right-wing London march
The Prime Minister has stated he will not allow people to feel intimidated on "our streets because of their background or the colour of their skin" after clashes erupted at a right-wing march in London.
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Police investigate racist attack on British born Sikh woman in Oldbury
The victim, reported to be a British-born Sikh in her 20s, informed officers that a racist remark was directed at her during the attack in the Tame Road area of Oldbury on Tuesday morning, which was reported to West Midlands Police just before 8:30 am.
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Nuneaton women arrested after racial abuse incident linked to asylum hotel unrest
Two women have been arrested on suspicion of a public order offence after members of the public were subjected to racial abuse in Nuneaton.
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Sacramento Kings star Schroder faces monkey noises from fans in Finland
Germany’s Dennis Schroder was the target of racist abuse during his team’s EuroBasket victory over Lithuania on Saturday.
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Clashes erupt at migrant hotels as 30 anti-immigration protests sweep UK
Protesters are clashing with police outside of migrant hotels up and down the UK with with more than 30 demonstrations this weekend.
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“It’s not about the game, it’s about hate”: Jess Carter addresses fans after wave of racist abuse
England is collaborating with police after defender Jess Carter revealed she has been subjected to "a lot of racial abuse" during Euro 2025.
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MasterChef scandal: Host John Torode fired after racism investigation
MasterChef host John Torode will not return to the BBC cooking show after producers Banijay UK confirmed his contract will not be renewed.
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Protest at migrant hotel in Epping escalates into brawl — police intervene
Scores protest after asylum seeker charged with committing three sexual assaults — just eight days after arriving in UK on small boat
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One of UK’s youngest MPs quits Labour after racism accusations over taxi camera proposal
One of the youngest councillors in Britain has alleged that she was forced out of the party due to her advocacy for installing CCTV in minicabs.
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‘Normalised’ violence: UK prisons minister shocks with claim of racism, harassment and bullying in prison service
James Timpson says he will fight ‘normalised’ sexual harassment, bullying and racism within prison service
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Chester FC fan dies by suicide after being accused of racist behavior during match
A football fan died by suicide just hours after police began an investigation into a racist gesture at a match.
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Trump administration closes the national database tracking police misconduct
Database, initially proposed by Trump in 2020 and established by the Biden administration in 2023, is now offline.
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Man launches racist tirade against passengers, then ’jokes’ about hitting his partner
A woman was ‘racially abused’ on a train from London to Manchester by a ‘drunk’ man raving about how England conquered the world.
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Head of Met’s Black Police Association sacked for ’clearly racist’ texts about Asian people
The head of the Metropolitan Black Police Association (MBPA) has been dismissed without notice for gross misconduct...
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Taxi driver jailed for over seven years for using girls’ deaths to incite hate
The man who stoked the Southport riots with a Telegram group he started has been jailed for seven and a half years.
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’Racist’ woman kicked off United Airlines shuttle bus after launching tirade at father and his children
A US woman was filmed launching a racist tirade at a man and his family on an airport shuttle bus.
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Sadiq Khan brands Donald Trump racist saying he ’came for me’ because of skin colour
London Mayor Sadiq Khan told a podcast that Donald Trump decided to ’come for me’ because of his religion and skin colour and branded his policies ’racist’
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Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss
Group promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with right-wing extremist, recordings reveal
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Keir Starmer stated he "doesn’t think England is a racist country" following the recent riots
The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said that he does not think England is a racist country following the far-right riots last month.
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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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An individual sentenced over spreading hatespeech via Facebook
Jordan Parlour is one of the first people in the UK to be sentenced for stirring up racial hatred from the comfort of his home after the 28-year-old from Leeds wrote vile posts on Facebook
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British Olympic rugby star removed from team because of a racist scandal
British Olympic rugby star Amy Wilson-Hardy removed from team amid racist text probe.