On Monday 22 March, The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) will host a free online event to highlight hate crime. The presentation will be given by the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. […]

Preston’s university is supporting Hate Crime Awareness Week with a Cake Not Hate event. The event, which is open to the public, is being held at the UCLan Students’ Union. As […]

Police have launched an investigation into a homophobic attack in Preston city centre. 22-year-old Ryan Williams was punched in the head after a night out. In pictures shared with Blog […]

A proposal to strengthen the city’s commitment to tackling hate crime has been withdrawn from a recent council meeting. Preston Labour had tabled the motion which acknowledged a rising number […]

A Preston man has been arrested after three offensive messages were written on gate posts of a city mosque. Masjid-e-Salaam was targeted on three occasions during the Easter weekend. First […]

A Muslim charity in Preston has issued a plea to meet with the graffiti artists behind recent hate crimes against a city mosque. The Light Foundation has expressed shock at […]

Police are continuing to investigate after two more hateful messages were found scrawled on the gates of a mosque in Preston. A major hate crime investigation is under way after […]

Zaheer Hussain makes threats to rape Christians in the video A taxi driver who launched a foul mouthed tirade, making rape threats against Muslims who convert to Christianity, has been […]