A TURKISH man called a group of girls fat and then assaulted them, landing one in hospital.
Cengiz Ozkul, 36, was found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault by beating during a trial at Ely Magistrates’ Court in September.
Sentencing was adjourned until this week, when Harvey Harrison, presiding magistrate, imposed a 100-hour community [...]

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A British soldier has been killed and five more injured in a gun battle in northern Afghanistan.
The soldiers were ambushed as they travelled through Mazer-e-Sharif, previously considered so stable troops did not have to wear full body armour.
Ministry of Defence officials say the dead soldier was from the Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry.
It has not been revealed which [...]

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A FEMALE shop assistant in a Stevenage store was subjected to a tirade of racial abuse before being punched in the face by a customer.
Ram Karishan was found guilty of racially aggravated assault causing actual bodily harm at Stevenage Magistrates’ Court last Thursday following the incident at Phones 4 U, in Queensway, Town Centre, on [...]

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Two men held over a shooting during rioting in Birmingham’s Lozells area have been released without charge.
The men, aged 19 and 24, had been questioned over the death of a man in nearby Newtown early on Monday morning.
Racial tension was behind the rioting and followed an unsubstantiated claim that a 14-year-girl black girl had [...]

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A CRACK addict who murdered a young architect during his lunch break has been jailed for life.
Jobless and homeless Christopher Olokun, 31, stabbed 29-year-old Bernard Hegarty while trying to steal his wallet and mobile phone.
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British banks are banning piggy banks because they may offend some Muslims.
Halifax and NatWest banks have led the move to scrap the time-honoured symbol of saving from being given to children or used in their advertising, the Daily Express/Daily Star group reports here.
Muslims do not eat pork, as Islamic culture deems the pig to be [...]

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Free CCTV cameras will be given to a Sikh temple to help deter racist attacks, police have said.
The cameras, which cost about £60 each, will be presented to the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Sikh Temple in Kettering, Northamptonshire on Friday.
Det Con Dennis Murray said “there had been a few isolated incidents after the London [...]

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Over 100 British lawmakers, senior ministers and diplomats are expected to attend the Diwali celebrations at the House of Commons, Britain’s Lower House of Parliament, here on Thursday.
Colourful Indian dances, melodious music, traditional food, rangoli, Sanskrit hymns and idols of Hindu deities will transform the normally sober Members Dining Room at the Commons into a [...]

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One man has died and a police officer was injured during disturbances in the Lozells area of Birmingham.
The riot broke out after residents attended a public meeting on Saturday addressing concerns about an alleged sexual attack on a 14-year-old girl.
Bricks and bottles were thrown at police in riot gear and about 10 injured [...]

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A parrot that died in quarantine in the UK has tested positive for avian flu, the government has said.
A highly pathogenic H5 strain of the disease has been found, but it is not known if it is the H5N1 variant which has killed at least 60 people in Asia.
Because the bird - imported from [...]

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DAVID BLUNKETT yesterday challenged British Muslims to give women equality.
The cabinet minister said it was time for Islamic communities in the UK to start changing their attitude to women.
In a speech in Glasgow, he admitted his views would be controversial.
But he said more Muslim women needed to go out to work, learn English and escape [...]

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IT’S official – there are absolutely no “ladies” working for Hull Council. Nor, apparently, is there anybody “ethnic” or “elderly” in Hull.
At least, that’s according to a new list of “acceptable” and “unacceptable” words issued to councillors and senior managers in an attempt to enforce political correctness within the Guildhall.
It brackets such terms as “foreigner” [...]

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POLICE are today hunting a sex attacker who grabbed a woman and pulled her into an Ipswich churchyard after trailing her through a number of town centre streets.
The man is described as black, between 20 and 35-years-old, 5ft 7in to 6ft, of thin build with a shaved head. He wore dark coloured jeans and a [...]

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A controversial European human rights programme is being imposed on Britain by the back door, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal.
European Commission documents show that all new proposed legislation from Brussels will incorporate the Charter of Fundamental Rights - despite it having been rejected by voters. Last night Liam Fox, the shadow foreign secretary, wrote to [...]

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Millwall have had their appeal against claims of racist chanting by their fans during last year’s Carling Cup tie with Liverpool upheld.
They had been fined £32,500 by the Football Association for the “racist or abusive behaviour” of their supporters.
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A rapist who subjected a young woman to a sex attack in a Sheffield primary school playing field has been jailed.
A jury convicted Mohammed Tarki of raping the victim after she walked along Burngreave Road early on New Year’s Day 2003.
The Iranian, aged 28, now living in Bournemouth, was jailed for eight years by Judge [...]

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London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court heard how Zayead Hajaig, 36, flew to the US and learnt to fly planes in Atlanta where 9/11 suicide bombers trained.
He is wanted by US authorities on weapons and immigration charges after arousing suspicion by trying to upgrade his pilot rating before qualifying.
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A corrupt council official who farmed out more than £3 million-worth of business to a relative in Birmingham must pay more than £500,000 compensation to the London borough of Tower Hamlets.
Branding Dulcie Druscilla Joseph a “manipulative” liar, Mr Justice Newman said she had engaged in a fraudulent conspiracy to strip the borough of millions.
Joseph, a [...]

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A rapist who subjected a young woman to a sex attack in a Sheffield primary school playing field has been jailed.
A jury convicted Mohammed Tarki of raping the victim after she walked along Burngreave Road early on New Year’s Day 2003.
The Iranian, aged 28, now living in Bournemouth, was jailed for eight years by Judge [...]

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A SOUTH Hampstead estate agent has been jailed for five years for raping a woman he lured to his flat.
Muner Gesmallah, 35, who worked at Fox Lets in Kilburn High Road, raped the 30-year-old woman on July 23.
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