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Westminster Magistrates Court hears Quran-burning trial

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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Wales Humanists launches report on 100 years of disestablishment
Ian Dunt to chair ‘New Humanist’ Editorial Board

Acclaimed political journalist and author Ian Dunt has been appointed as the Chair of the newly established Editorial Board for New Humanist magazine, following its merger with Humanists UK earlier this year. New Humanist, now in its 140th year of publication, became part of Humanists UK on 1 January this year in a merger that… Read more »

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Labour flounders in local elections
‘Bad but no disaster’, Labour claims

Labour has admitted the party suffered a bad night at the polls in yesterday’s local elections, but has refused to accept the polls amounted to a disaster. The party’s losses have been compounded by Conservative inroads in traditional Labour heartlands. The Tory capture of Nuneaton and Bedworth, as well as Harlow and Bury, suggested the… Read more »

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Welsh Labour in "meltdown", Tories say
Welsh Labour in “meltdown”, Tories say

Labour is expected to lose heavily in Cardiff with its number of seats in the Welsh capital likely to be halved. A Welsh Conservative spokesperson said Labour, who until recently had a majority in Cardiff, were “in complete meltdown” and were expected to “melt away” once the final results are in. The Conservatives hope to… Read more »