All news on the topic: Hate crime

Outgoing prime minister Sir Keir Starmer has insisted his government will “defend” LGBTQ+ rights, as he used a Downing Street Pride reception to highlight policy achievements - but his remarks come at a time of growing scepticism towards Labour among parts of the LGBTQ+ community.

The man accused of the Edinburgh knife attacks has been named as Lewis Hawkes after he appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Police Scotland said a man was charged after a series of attacks in Edinburgh on Friday night that are being treated as potential anti-Muslim hate crimes.

The message circulating on WhatsApp listed 26 locations in and around Belfast with an unambiguous instruction: “Forward to all men of the age 18 and over.

A man has been arrested over a suspected antisemitic hate crime after threats were made against Jewish passengers on a bus in east London.

Men allegedly doused a mosque’s entrance with flammable liquid and set it on fire last night in an arson attack soon after evening prayers.

British police have launched an investigation into what they have now confirmed is an Islamophobic hate crime, after 85 Muslim graves were desecrated at Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery in Three Rivers, Hertfordshire.

Muhsin Hendricks – considered to be the world’s first openly gay imam – has been shot dead during an ambush on his car in South Africa.

Police say the motive for the killing of Hendricks, who operated a mosque for LGBTQ+ Muslims near Cape Town, is unknown.

The activist’s latest imprisonment and run-in with the law may serve only to boost his popularity and brand of hatred

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?"

First minister calls for end to vexatious reports after far-right agitators attempt to “overwhelm” official systems

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.

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

Communities Secretary Michael Gove has unveiled a long-awaited extremism definition aimed at ensuring certain groups are effectively blacklisted by public bodies

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'

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

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'

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

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

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

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

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

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