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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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England fans are losing out to ticket touts despite reassurance from the government that it would tackle the problem. Tickets for England’s home qualifier with Kazakhstan are being sold for around £260 each by touts – nearly four times their value. Liberal Democrat sport spokesman Don Foster attacked the government for failing to act on… Read more »
“The days of big bonuses are over,” Gordon Brown has said. Speaking during a GMTV interview before launching a nationwide trip to explain yesterday’s bank bailout, Mr Brown continued to emphasis the role of America in the financial crisis, but he accepted there had been irresponsible behaviour in the City of London as well. “Most… Read more »
