63 m. ago Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal

Exclusive: There were 380 safeguarding referrals of victims of hate crimes from January 2023 to August 2024The Home Office is recording an average of 10 assaults a day on asylum seekers in its care, according to internal government data, amid harsh government rhetoric on those crossing the Channel.Figures reveal that there were 5,960 referrals of assaults upon asylum seekers while in the care of the Home Office between January 2023 and August 2024. There were also 380 referrals of victims of hate crimes to their internal safeguarding hub during this period.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Heavily pregnant woman forced out in hate crime as 'GET OUT' sprayed on car

The heavily pregnant young woman had only moved into her new home a few days earlier when she was targeted with graffiti reading 'Get Out' on her car - she says she's been left with 'nowhere to go'

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3 d. 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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4 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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5 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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6 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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6 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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6 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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6 d. ago London cop who worked in hate crimes unit sacked for antisemitic posts after Oct. 7

London cop who worked in hate crimes unit sacked for antisemitic posts after Oct. 7  The Times of Israel

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1 week ago Police officer is sacked for sharing ‘grossly offensive’ Instagram post of Netanyahu morphing into Hitler

Detective Constable Ibrahim Khan worked in a unit tackling racist crimes

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2 w. ago New London Cop Fired Following Fourth Alleged Domestic Violence Arrest: Mayor

New London Cop Fired Following Fourth Alleged Domestic Violence Arrest: Mayor  dailyvoice.com

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2 w. ago New London cop fired after multiple domestic violence arrests, mayor says

New London cop fired after multiple domestic violence arrests, mayor says  The Register Citizen

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2 w. ago Global academics converge in London ‘safe space’ to dissect post

Global academics converge in London ‘safe space’ to dissect post-Oct. 7 antisemitism  The Times of Israel

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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 New London cop's fourth arrest was for driving by woman's house despite court order, police say

New London cop's fourth arrest was for driving by woman's house despite court order, police say  CT Insider

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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 Police are called to Kanye West's Yeezy HQ in Hollywood after a swastika is graffitied on the side of the building

A swastika was painted on the side of Kanye West's Yeezy HQ in Hollywood - after he posted antisemitic comments on X.

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3 w. ago New London cop accused of stalking due in court after third domestic violence arrest

New London cop accused of stalking due in court after third domestic violence arrest  CT Insider

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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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4 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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