IRR News Service

A shopkeeper has been badly burned after his shop in Anfield was petrol bombed by two men who verbally abused him. Police are treating the incident as a hate crime.

A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated common assault after racially abusing and attacking a 78-year-old Asian woman in Aylesbury.

An American Islamic group has been advising mosques in the UK to upgrade their security measures and install panic alarms and safe rooms following a string of arson attacks.

A group of MPs has called for a review of minimum earnings immigration policies that are responsible for preventing families from living together in the UK.

A 20-year-old Chinese student has been racially abused and assaulted in Exeter. A man approached her, taunted her about the murder of Lee Rigby and punched her repeatedly in the face.

As counter-terrorism police investigate the firebombing of a mosque in London, Muslim groups have spoken of their fear of a ‘wave of attacks’ against them.

Research by Universities UK claims that the government’s student visa restrictions could cost £350 million a year, as international students choose to study in the US and Canada rather than the UK.

An Islamic centre in Muswell Hill has been destroyed in a fire, which is being treated as suspicious after reports of EDL graffiti daubed onto the building.

Emma West, who was recorded on video shouting racist abuse at passengers on a Croydon tram, has pleaded guilty to racially aggravated harassment at Croydon Crown Court.

Paramedics have told an inquest that Jimmy Mubenga had stopped breathing by the time they arrived to treat him, after he was restrained by G4S officers in 2010.

An Asian family in Micklefield say they fear for their safety after being racially abused and attacked. According to the head of the family, other residents ‘simply wanted us out’.

A 23-year-old man in Wrexham told police he was going to stab a Portuguese migrant and slash him ‘from ear-to-ear’ at the weekend, explaining ‘I am going to kill him. He is a foreigner.’

Child protection experts have warned that abandoned and trafficked children will be left destitute if the government goes ahead with plans to introduce residency tests to see if they qualify for legal aid.

An African teenager has been left ‘very shaken’ after a white man hurled racist abuse at him on a train in Scotland, swearing and shouting at him.

The EDL has allegedly recruited a serving soldier to carry out a sponsored walk, raising money for Help for Heroes and circumventing its rules of not allowing ‘political fundraising’. The soldier in question has since denied any link to the EDL.

The European Commission is launching legal action against the UK, claiming that forcing EU citizens to pass an additional test to prove their rights to benefits is discriminatory.

The armed forces charity Help for Heroes has rejected donations raised by Tommy Robinson in memory of murdered solider Lee Rigby.

UKIP will look into claims that two of its Lincolnshire councillors recently posted racist comments on Facebook.

Nottinghamshire police are investigating claims of racism and bullying at Notts County FC following the resignation of two coaches at the club prior to disciplinary proceedings.

The National Farmers Union in the UK has expressed concerns that without foreign migrant workers farmers will be unable to harvest their fruit.