Key workers remembered in silent tributes across Northern Ireland

April 28, 2020 Article

Silences in memory of key workers who have lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic have been held across Northern Ireland. The acts of tribute were particularly poignant in hospitals where health workers thought of fallen colleagues. More than 100 healthcare staff have died with Covid-19, including Pat McManus, 60, a nurse from Co Tyrone […]

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Spain probes how ex-rapper ‘IS fighter’ slipped into Europe

April 25, 2020 Article

Spanish police who arrested a former London rapper allegedly turned fighter for so-called Islamic State in Syria, say they have no evidence he was planning an attack in Europe, but his illegal entry raises suspicions about his motivation. Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary, whose father was convicted in the US of involvement in al Qaida bombings, was […]

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More than 16% of coronavirus victims in England from BAME communities

April 20, 2020 Article

More than 16% of people who had tested positive for coronavirus when they died were from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, new data shows. On Monday, NHS England released data showing the ethnic breakdown of people who have died with coronavirus for the first time. The figures, using data up to 5pm on […]

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Far-right fakery: video of panic buyers queuing filmed 8 days before coronavirus lockdown began

April 20, 2020 Article

A viral video purporting to show minority ethnic groups flouting the coronavirus lockdown is another...

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Home Office confirms environmentalists referred to anti-terror programme

April 14, 2020 Article

Environmental campaigners have been referred to the Home Office’s anti-terror Prevent programme amid fears they may become radicalised, it has emerged. Data obtained by The Times newspaper under Freedom of Information laws found at least 45 activists were referred to Prevent over alleged environmental extremism between April 2016 and March last year. The figures come […]

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Mother and daughter racially abused and assaulted in changing room

April 14, 2020 Article

A woman racially abused a black Muslim woman and then assaulted her and her young...

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Deradicalising an Antisemite Through Love

April 12, 2020 Article

“I’m going to kill you, I’m going to kill all of you Jews — you killed my brothers” shouted Shazad at a Jewish motorist in Stamford Hill, until he was subsequently arrested and cautioned by the Police. Over the next two years after his arrest Shaz, as he was known in East London, had earned […]

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A Pesach Message at This Troubling Time by Rabbi Wittenberg

April 8, 2020 Article

This is written in haste on the eve of an exceptionally different night, at a bewildering and frightening time. First and foremost, I wish everyone a good and safe festival. Pesach means gratitude for deliverance. Words are insufficient to express our thankfulness to the NHS, to everyone caring, filling shop shelves, delivering food and medicines, […]

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Racist coughed in Muslim woman’s face and told her he had Covid-19

April 1, 2020 Article

A racist man coughed in the face of a Muslim woman and told her he...

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