When Judge Richard Hawkins sentenced 17 year old Ian Devlin to nine years imprisonment for the racist manslaughter of Shiblu Rahman, he took the unusual step of allowing the killer to be named, even though he was under 18, saying ...
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Storm over police funding Hillsborough cop’s legal fees
A row has broken out over the level of legal costs incurred by Chief Constable David Crompton during the re-opened inquests into the deaths of the Hillsborough victims. The lawyers charged over £2 million – and the costs were paid ...
Read More »Politicians condemn Orlando anti-LGBT hate killings
UK politicians came up with a variety of responses to the Orlando hate-killings. They all expressed shock and extended sympathy to those directly affected. Only some went further and spoke out against the hate crime and expressed solidarity with the ...
Read More »Fitzpatrick calls for LGBT equality in end of life care
Marie Curie, a charity which supports people with a terminal illness, has released a new report on the discrimination which Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) people face at the end of their lives. Too often they cannot be open ...
Read More »Human Relief launches “What Dad used to do” campaign
After the holy month of Ramadan, the joy and celebrations of Eid bring the family together. But orphan children have no parents to spend Eid with. They miss out on the full enjoyment of the day – and, as well ...
Read More »Obama: Orlando attack “home grown extremism”
President Obama has confirmed that there is no evidence that Omar Mateen, who murdered 49 people in Orlando’s Pulse nightclub two nights ago, was on an IS/Daesh mission. While Mateen did pledge loyalty to IS/Daesh shortly before or during the ...
Read More »UK faces IT skills shortage
MPs have been considering a report which warns that UK schools do not have the human and material resources to teach young people digital skills to the necessary levels. Nearly a quarter of equipment in schools is not working properly ...
Read More »Owen Jones rocks: why Muslims must stand and cheer
Owen Jones was reviewing the papers on Sky News last night. So was Julia Hartley-Brewer (who began her journalistic career on the East London Advertiser before moving to the Evening Standard and the Express). Owen had already tweeted his amazement ...
Read More »Sonali Othith 40+ football moves the game forward
Emdad Rahman I’m reading a book called Retired (review coming soon – watch this space). It’s written by Irish stand up comedian Alan Gernon and talks about the pitfalls faced by footballers coming to the end of their careers. It’s ...
Read More »Ramadan 2016 with One Third soup kitchen
Emdad Rahman It takes merely minutes to make a positive change I told wide-eyed Inaya. It’s Ramadan 2016, and Kam and I had a new team with us today. We really enjoyed serving and mixing with our visiting guests. It ...
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