(Reuters) Reports of antisemitic incidents in Britain since the weekend have tripled compared with the same period last year following the outbreak of new Israel-Palestinian conflict, a Jewish charity said on Tuesday. The Community Security Trust (CST), which advises Britain’s estimated 280,000 […]
(LBC) Pictures from Golders Green this morning show the front doors of popular kosher restaurant Pita in Golders Green had been vandalised with reports the till had been stolen. “Free Palestine” graffiti had been daubed on a nearby railway bridge. It is […]
(BBC) Police patrols have increased across London after videos emerged of what appears to be people celebrating the Hamas attack on Israel. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said she expects the police to “use the full force of the law” against displays […]
(Jewish News) Hamas terrorists responsible for the barbaric attacks on Israel have been openly praised at a [far-left] conference in Liverpool, set up by far-left activists to run at the same time as the official Labour one. Speaking at an event on […]
(ITV) Police patrols in London have been increased amid reports of people celebrating the attack on Israel by Hamas. In a statement, Scotland Yard said: “We are aware of a number of incidents, including those that have been shared on social media, […]
(BBC) A former doctor jailed for poisoning his partner in a series of exorcism ceremonies must pay damages of £51,000 to a patient he secretly filmed. Hossam Metwally, 61, was convicted in 2021 of endangering Kelly Wilson’s life, leaving her close to […]
(Middle East Eye) The director of the UK-based advocacy group Cage has accused the French government of placing him on a European no-entry list after he was refused entry to Poland to attend a high-profile security conference in Warsaw. Border officers at […]
(BBC) A man who died when his homemade bomb went off outside a hospital had a grievance against the British state because his asylum claim was rejected, a police investigation has found. Emad Al Swealmeen’s device exploded in a taxi outside Liverpool […]
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(BBC) A claim by the home secretary that UK child grooming gangs were “almost all British-Pakistani men” was misleading, the press regulator has ruled. The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) instructed the Mail on Sunday to publish a correction to an opinion […]
(GB News) West Midlands Police has pulled out of exhibiting at a religious conference this weekend after a GB News investigation uncovered a litany of controversial remarks by the speakers. The Birmingham police were set to exhibit at the LPM Conference, hosted […]
(BBC) Rishi Sunak has repeatedly declined to say if he agrees with his home secretary’s view that multiculturalism has “failed” in the UK. In a speech on Tuesday, Suella Braverman said multiculturalism was a “misguided dogma” which had allowed people to “live […]
(Sky News) An academic inspired by Russian attacks in Ukraine to design and build a “kamikaze” drone for ISIS has been found guilty of a terror offence. Mohamad al Bared, 26, a PhD engineering student from Coventry, adapted a fixed-wing drone to […]
(Jewish News) Ofcom has fined the Islam Channel £40,000 after it broadcast a documentary which was deemed to have amounted to “hate speech against Jewish people.” An investigation by the broadcast watchdog found that Islam Channel Limited (“Islam Channel”) had failed to […]
(BBC) The mother of a man killed in the 2017 Manchester attack has urged Rishi Sunak to introduce a law to ensure stronger protections against terrorism in public places “without further delay.” Known as Martyn’s Law, the legislation is named after Martyn […]
(BBC) A 23-year-old woman has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for terrorism offences. Roma Iqbal, from Oxford, pleaded guilty to distributing Islamist extremist content on 10 December 2021. Winchester Crown Court heard the 23-year-old had helped set up a website […]
(Sky News) Terror suspect Daniel Khalife has denied escaping from Wandsworth prison. The former soldier, 21, is accused of breaking out of the Category B jail on the morning of 6 September. He is said to have been working in the prison […]
(National-UAE) A new sculpture celebrating women who wear hijab will be unveiled in Birmingham next month. Renowned sculptor Luke Perry designed The Strength of the Hijab and it will be installed in the Smethwick area in October. The sculpture is believed to […]
(Jewish News) A Conservative councillor suspended earlier this year over social media posts, including one condemning “Zionist murderers,” has been allowed back into the party after apologising and insisting: “I am not antisemitic. I want to make amends.’” Shakeel Hussain has been […]
(Sky News) Daniel Khalife has appeared in court accused of using bedsheets to strap himself under a food truck to escape from Wandsworth prison. The 21-year-old terror suspect allegedly broke out on Wednesday before being arrested in a London suburb on Saturday […]
(ITV) An inquest into the death of the Manchester Arena bomber is to be held, it has been confirmed. Salman Abedi died when he exploded a home-made device in the Manchester Arena foyer at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in […]
(BBC) Daniel Khalife has been charged with escaping from Wandsworth prison, after his four days on the run came to an end on Saturday. The 21-year-old former soldier is due to appear in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday. He was arrested on […]
(BBC) Terror suspect Daniel Khalife has been arrested in north-west London after a four-day search, police have said. Scotland Yard said the 21-year-old ex-soldier was detained at 10:41 BST after being pulled from a bicycle on a canal towpath in the Northolt […]
(BBC) A nationwide manhunt has been launched for a former soldier suspected of terror offences who escaped from prison on Wednesday morning. Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, was awaiting trial at HMP Wandsworth in London after being accused of leaving fake bombs at […]
(National-UAE) Afghan activists are calling for an investigation into British imams who met Taliban ministers amid fears they could have been influenced by the regime’s strict ideology. Hundreds of people including women’s rights campaigners and former Afghan politicians have signed a petition […]
(BBC) The payment of a £2m government grant to build youth facilities at a mosque in Birmingham has been suspended. It follows allegations of extremism and hate speech at the Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre, which are being investigated. The mosque […]
(BBC) The number of migrants that crossed the English Channel on Saturday was the highest seen so far this year. Government data showed 872 migrants and 15 boats arrived in the UK amid calm weather conditions. Official figures collated by the BBC […]
(ITV) A man who posed for selfies while piloting a small boat with 50 migrants on board has been jailed for three years and two months. Reda Hamoud Abdurabou, 25, was sentenced at Salisbury Crown Court today (1 September) after being found […]
(BBC) A Bradford man has appeared at the Old Bailey charged with a series of terrorism and fraud offences. Muhammed Saeed Ahmed, 31, was arrested in June 2021 as part of a pre-planned operation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East, and was […]
(BBC) A PhD student accused of plotting to make a drone capable of delivering a bomb was “fascinated” by the Islamic State group because he wanted to argue against their views, a court has heard. At Birmingham Crown Court, prosecutors have alleged […]
(GB News) A Birmingham mosque with a long history of hosting controversial speeches recently awarded millions in taxpayers’ cash has had its grant paused after a GB News investigation. The Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre in Birmingham was awarded £2.2million from […]
(Breitbart) An asylum seeker from Afghanistan has been jailed for twice raping a 12-year-old girl with learning disabilities in a migrant hotel in London. Sakhidad Ahadi, 25, was sentenced at the Croydon Crown Court to twelve years in prison for grooming and […]
(BBC) A PhD student was designing and building a drone capable of delivering a bomb for terror group Islamic State (IS), a court has heard. Mohamad Al-Bared was a supporter of the group and the device was found in a bedroom at […]
(GB News) A general practitioner is being forced to be monitored by a “responsible officer” after asking a Muslim woman to remove her veil. Dr Keith Wolverson was suspended for nine months after being found guilty of or admitting to a total […]
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(Iran International) The UK Charity Commission has begun investigating an Iran-linked British foundation, which has hosted hardline Islamic clerics and paramilitary figures. According to the Sunday Times, the watchdog, which regulates registered charities in [the] UK, opened a compliance case into the […]
(BBC) Rochdale is “synonymous” with grooming — that was what one of the defence lawyers told a jury that has just convicted five people of committing 22 sexual offences against two girls as young as 12. They were worried the Greater Manchester […]
(Sky News) Suella Braverman has been urged to “stand up” to France as reports emerged the country is intercepting fewer migrants in the Channel despite a £480m funding deal. The call from Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis came as the Telegraph claimed just […]
(Reuters) Britain on Friday asked its citizens to be vigilant when travelling to Denmark due to possible attacks, following Koran burnings by anti-Islam activists in Denmark and Sweden that have outraged Muslims. Britain and the U.S. government have previously warned of possible […]
(Jewish News) A man will be detained in a secure medical facility after being sentenced over a series of attacks on members of the Jewish community in Hackney. Abdullah Qureshi, 30, was handed a hospital order on Thursday after he was convicted […]
(BBC) Five men have been convicted of “sickening” historical child sexual offences as part of a grooming gang. Mohammed Ghani, 38, Insar Hussain, 38, Jahn Shahid Ghani, 50, Martin Rhodes, 39, and Ali Razza Hussain Kazmi, 35, sexually exploited two teenage girls […]
(Al-Jazeera) Two months ago, the Cordoba Foundation, a British think tank, was organising a forum in central London about political tensions in Tunisia. But when trying to settle invoices, its efforts to pay for the event failed. “Multiple attempts to pay the […]
(Reuters) Britain on Sunday warned citizens going to Sweden of possible terrorist attacks following Koran burnings by anti-Islam activists that have outraged Muslims. In updated travel advice, Britain’s foreign ministry said Swedish authorities had successfully disrupted some planned attacks and made arrests. […]
(BBC) More than 100,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel on small boats in the last five years. The milestone was reached on Thursday as 755 people crossed in 14 boats, according to the Home Office — the highest daily number so […]
(Sky News) The number of people who have crossed the English Channel in small boats in the past five years is now likely to have passed 100,000. Government figures show that since 2018, when records began, 99,960 people have made the perilous […]
(BBC) An asylum seeker who murdered a man in a row over an e-scooter was flagged as a potential terrorist a year earlier, an inquest has heard. Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, from Afghanistan, stabbed 21-year-old Tom Roberts in Bournemouth in March 2022. Dorset Coroner’s […]
(BBC) The UK and Turkey have agreed a new deal to disrupt people-smuggling gangs and tackle illegal migration. The partnership includes a “centre of excellence” in Turkey to strengthen collaboration and increase intelligence-sharing between enforcement agencies. The government said it would help […]
(Jewish News) A human rights organisation alleged to have close links with Iran is at the centre of renewed controversy over its staging of an event featuring the disgraced sociology professor David Miller and a writer criticised over antisemitism claims. The Islamic […]
(GB News) An NHS Muslim chaplain filmed praising the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan has risked becoming a “propaganda tool,” experts have claimed. In an interview with the Taliban’s state-owned TV channel RTA, Suliman Gani, an imam from South London who works at […]
(Politico) Britain’s ruling Conservatives have “failed” to get undocumented migration to the U.K. under control, the party’s own deputy chair Lee Anderson has told Nigel Farage. Discussing U.K. migration policy with the former Brexit Party leader on his GB News show on […]
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