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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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By politics.co.uk staff Michael Gove will have to visit the schools he disappointed with inaccurate information about their building projects following a public apology to the Commons. The education secretary will travel around the country to say sorry to schools in person for the mistake. He had to make an apology to the Commons last… Read more »
By politics.co.uk staff Michael Gove is to “apologise unreservedly” for misleading the Commons in a statement he made to the House on Monday. In a highly embarrassing development for the government, it transpires that several of the schools Mr Gove had said would see building funding have actually had their projects cancelled. “We apologise unreservedly… Read more »
