Scotland Yard is investigating claims that a female teacher sustained “life-changing injuries” after being struck by a police officer during an anti-fascist demonstration opposing the British National Party, The Independent has learnt.
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Bangladeshi political leader Ghulam Azam sentenced to 90 years in jail for war crimes
Monday 15 July 2013
A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal has found the spiritual leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party guilty of masterminding atrocities during the country’s 1971 war of independence.
Controversy as EDL leader asked to speak at Oxford Union
Thursday 04 July 2013
Tommy Robinson, co-founder and current leader of the English Defence League, has been invited to debate at Oxford Union.
Jeremy Paxman and John Humphrys act like interview 'prizefighters', says BBC Trust report
Wednesday 03 July 2013
Author compared interviews on Newsnight and Today to poorly-matched boxing contests
EDL leaders bailed after attempt to visit spot where Drummer Lee Rigby was killed
Sunday 30 June 2013
Two English Defence League (EDL) leaders arrested as they attempted to visit the spot where Drummer Lee Rigby was murdered have been released on bail.
Right-wing American speakers planning to join the EDL's Woolwich march 'should be banned from entering the country'
Friday 21 June 2013
Keith Vaz calls on the Home Secretary to ban the founders of Jihad Watch and the American Freedom Defence Initiative who hope to join the EDL's march in memory of Drummer Lee Rigby
Nelson Mandela in hospital: South Africa holds its breath once more as co-defendant calls for nation to 'release' its hero
Sunday 09 June 2013
The former president’s co-defendant in trial said there was a possibility he would not be well again
Woolwich attacks: BNP and anti-fascists in street clashes
Sunday 02 June 2013
Far-right groups march across UK in wake of Woolwich killing, while police in London arrest 58 during angry scenes
58 arrested as BNP and anti-fascists clash in London protest
Saturday 01 June 2013
Police attend demonstration with sniffer dogs in attempts to calm situation
Police charge Michael Adebolajo with murder of Drummer Lee Rigby and attempted murder of two police officers
Saturday 01 June 2013
Police have charged a second man with the murder of the soldier Lee Rigby in Woolwich last Wednesday.
BNP leader Nick Griffin urges supporters to ignore police ban on planned march at scene of Drummer Lee Rigby's brutal murder
Thursday 30 May 2013
BNP leader tweets: 'Ignore reports of march ban. See you there on Saturday'
Woolwich attack: Anti-fascist groups plan counter-demos as EDL marches spread across Britain
Wednesday 29 May 2013
Hackers target far-right group in retaliation for ‘capitalising’ on Drummer Lee Rigby’s death
EDL marches on Newcastle as attacks on Muslims increase tenfold in the wake of Woolwich machete attack which killed Drummer Lee Rigby
Saturday 25 May 2013
BNP and EDL are accused of attempting to fuel racial hatred
Nigerian community marches in 'solidarity' as Greenwich leaves tributes to murdered soldier Lee Rigby
Saturday 25 May 2013
Union and St George's flags draped among flowers, along with Manchester United football shirts
Excluding 'clowns': Ukip toughens checks on candidates ready for next year's European elections
Friday 03 May 2013
Ukip candidates will for the first time face tough checks by party chiefs in an attempt to avoid a repeat of the embarrassing publicity that dogged it throughout the local election campaign.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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