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EDL members arrested for suspected bomb plot
Seven members of the English Defence League were arrested last week in Dorset for conspiracy to cause an explosion at a Bournemouth mosque, but were later released without charge.
28 July 2010 (external article)
bbc news EDL clash in Luton
Members of the English Defence league (EDL) clashed with protesters yesterday in Luton city centre after Kevin Carroll, 41, lost an appeal against his conviction for abusing Muslim protesters during a soldiers' homecoming parade.
23 July 2010 (external article)
bbc news BNP's Nick Griffin barred from royal party
BNP leader Nick Griffin has been refused entry to a Buckingham Palace garden party for 'politicising his attendance' in the media.
22 July 2010 (external article)
daily mirror BNP forced into Unilever payout
The BNP has been forced to pay up to an estimated £170,000 to Marmite-makers, Unilever, for breach of copyright laws, after featuring the product in an election broadcast earlier this year.
19 July 2010 (external article)
guardian BNP lose Barking by-election
In a recent by-election the BNP failed to regain the Goresbrook ward seat in east London.
12 July 2010 (external article)
guardian BNP faces further court action
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) brought contempt of court proceedings against the BNP, accusing the party of breaching orders to amend the party constitution.
29 June 2010 (external article)
click liverpool Neo-Nazi's face jail terms
Aryan Strike Force founders Trevor Hannington and Michael Heaton have been jailed for twenty-four and thirty months respectively for inciting racial hatred and possessing information for use in an act of terrorism.
28 June 2010 (external article)
channel 4 news Guilty verdict for Aryan Strike Force founders
Trevor Hannington and Michael Heaton have been found guilty at Liverpool crown court of race hate and terrorism charges. The convictions are the latest in a series of trials involving far-right extremists over the last two years.
25 June 2010 (external article)
lancashire evening post BNP lecturer cleared of inciting racial hatred
Anthony Bamber, 54, a BNP activist and lecturer of politics at the University of Central Lancashire, who distributed 30,000 leaflets blaming Muslims for Britain's heroin trade, has been cleared of inciting racial hatred.
22 June 2010 (external article)
liverpool echo BNP actvist found guilty of assault
A BNP activist, Peter Tierney, has been convicted of assault after he lashed out at an anti-fascist protestor with a camera tripod in Liverpool city centre in April.
21 June 2010 (external article)
ism london EDL attack Palestine solidarity stall
Fifteen members of the EDL taunted Palestine solidarity campaigners in Birmingham, physically assaulting protesters and threatening further violence.
16 June 2010 (external article)
bbc news BNP's Nick Griffin to attend Queen's garden party
The BNP leader Nick Griffin has been invited to attend a royal garden party at Buckingham Palace this summer.
15 June 2010 (external article)
bbc news Aryan Strike Force duo on trial
Michael Heaton, 42, and Trevor Hannington, 58, have appeared in Liverpool Crown Court charged with soliciting murder, and making internet postings encouraging the 'eradication of ethnic minorities from Britain'.
14 June 2010 (external article)
guardian Three arrests in WDL protests
Three arrests were made during protests on Saturday as the Welsh Defence League held a rally in Cardiff city centre.
7 June 2010 (external article)
jewish chronicle EDL launches Jewish division
The English Defence League has launched a new Jewish division and signed up hundreds of new followers via Facebook.
4 June 2010 (external article)
independent BNP festival cancelled
The BNP's annual Red, White and Blue festival, usually held in Codnor, Derbyshire, has been cancelled.
4 June 2010 (external article)
guardian EDL extremism exposed
The English Defence League has continued to gain strength over the last year as right-wing splinter groups join its ranks and demonstrators clash with police and anti-fascist activists.
1 June 2010 (external article)
comment
From Barking to Aberdeenshire
By Chris Searle
A renowned educationalist critiques recent Citizenship Foundation guidance for teachers on dealing with the BNP and other radical groups in schools.
27 May 2010 (961 words)
guardian BNP teacher cleared
The General Teaching Council has cleared teacher and BNP activist, Adam Walker, of racial intolerance for comments he posted on a website in 2007, where he claimed Britain was becoming a 'dumping ground for the filth of the third world'.
25 May 2010 (external article)
journal live BNP teacher faces GTC
BNP member and secondary school teacher, Adam Walker, will face the General Teaching Council today, after he admitted posting racist comments about Islam, asylum seekers and immigrants on a website whilst he was teaching a lesson in 2007.
24 May 2010 (external article)
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