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A man who burnt a Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in London has been found guilty of religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm, or distress by Westminster Magistrates’ Court. He has been ordered to pay a fine of £240 and surcharge of £96. With welcome clarity, the judge said that the current prosecution was not ‘an… Read more »
The trial of a man who burned a Quran outside the Turkish Embassy in protest of the President of Turkey has just concluded. The man stood trial for racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm, or distress at Westminster Magistrates Court. The outcome is pending. Humanists UK has expressed concern that this might amount to… Read more »
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Labour MPs have accused the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, of making a “political choice” to embark on a programme of spending cuts. The comments come as Reeves battles to meet her fiscal rules after a surge in borrowing costs, fuelling speculation of more cuts and/or tax rises. Market moves have seen Reeves’ £10 billion of fiscal… Read more »
Elon Musk has damaged his already poor reputation in the UK after a social media deluge over the handling of child sex grooming cases in the 2010s, a new poll has found. The South African-born billionaire spent much of the last week attacking the prime minister over his opposition to another national inquiry into grooming… Read more »
