48 h. ago Two firefighters arrested on hate crime charges for ‘chasing employee with a noose’

The incident happened in February 2024 but was not reported until April of this year

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67 h. ago Grindr used by gang to entrap and burgle 50 victims in their own homes

A 22-year-old man from Potters Bar in Hertfordshire has been arrested alongside two others from Harrow

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3 d. ago Gang used Grindr to lure 50 victims then burgled their London homes

Suspects arranged to meet victims at their homes via the dating app

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3 d. ago Grindr gang who police say may have used gay dating app for 50 hate crime burglaries are hunted by detectives

Criminals are arranging dates with unsuspecting victims before then ambushing them at home and ransacking their properties, Scotland Yard believes.

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4 d. ago Muslim children and babies' graves among up to 100 vandalised in 'Islamophobic hate crime' at cemetery

A police investigation has been launched following the ‘barbaric act’ at Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery in Watford

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4 d. ago Children's plaques among 80 Muslim gravestones vandalised in 'Islamophobic hate crime'

A police investigation has been launched following the ‘barbaric act’ at Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery in Watford

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4 d. ago Muslim graves of children and babies are among at least 85 damaged by vandals in 'Islamophobic hate crime' at Watford cemetery

The vandalism, including grave markers snapped in half, was discovered at Carpenders Park Lawn Cemetery in Watford on Sunday morning, with police launching an investigation.

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5 d. ago Children and babies’ graves among up to 85 damaged in ‘Islamophobic hate crime’ at Watford cemetery

Some graves were subjected to ‘unspeakable acts of disrespect’

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3 w. ago The Five author Hallie Rubenhold: ‘I really hate true crime’

The award-winning writer turned the Jack the Ripper case on its head. Now she is giving Dr Crippen the same treatment – and questioning how we tell stories about murderous menIt was called “the crime of the century” and “the north London cellar murder”, and more than 100 years after it happened, the name of the murderer is still widely known. Dr Crippen has been the subject of multiple books, movies and TV shows and had a waxwork made of him at Madame Tussauds. But the story of his crimes, writes Hallie Rubenhold in Story of a Murder, remains one “predominantly about women but told almost exclusively by men”. As such, Crippen’s victim is long forgotten. Her name was Belle Elmore, and in Rubenhold’s book she is brought back to life.Rubenhold and I are in a cafe in Muswell Hill, north London, a 10 minute walk from where Elmore is buried, and where the 53-year-old author lives with her barrister husband, Frank. Writing Story of a Murder was nerve-racking, says Rubenhold, partly because...

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3 w. ago Nintendo announces Legend of Zelda movie release date in most Nintendo way possible

Forget the Switch 2, Nintendo wants you to know that its live-action Legend of Zelda movie has a release date, and it used its new Nintendo Today app to let fans know

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3 w. ago Attack on Muslim woman outside Ohio apartment building should be probed as hate crime, says pressure group

Somali woman was attacked by four suspects outside apartment building in Columbus, Ohio, says Council on American-Islamic Relations

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3 w. ago Masked man vandalizes London synagogue, kosher restaurant in suspected hate crime

Masked man vandalizes London synagogue, kosher restaurant in suspected hate crime  Ynetnews

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3 w. ago Student, 12, accused of hate crime after school fight where two students ‘had hijabs ripped off’

Twin teenage girls were physically assaulted by two students at their middle school in March in an attack what authorities say was ‘motivated by religion and/or ethnicity’

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4 w. ago A Where’s Wally tattoo, Hitler moustache and Palestine flag sticker recorded as hate incidents by police

Critics say guidance on the recording of non crime hate incidents is ‘flawed’ with police without the resources ‘to monitor playground disputes or pub conversations’

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4 w. ago Concerns over Hinduphobia in London discussed at City Hall summit

Hatred towards Hindus in the capital is said to be ‘under-reported and often overlooked’ compared with other hate crimes

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