The sheer viciousness and futility of Islamic Fundamentalist terrorism was sadly brought home only too clearly on Christmas Day last year, by appalling acts of terrorism as Christian churches in Nigeria were rocked by bombings.  It was reported that at least 35  innocent worshippers were killed in an explosion in a Catholic church in a […]

South shields man Stephen Smith was today found guilty of daubing racist graffiti over the home of elderly lone widow. See The Evening Chronicle for details.
Hope Not Hate

3rd January 2012 finally saw the first convictions over the murder of Stephen Lawrence, nearly 20 years after it occurred.
The guilty verdicts handed down to Gary Dobson and David Norris have a least seen, in the words of Duwayne Brooks, ‘some justice’ for Stephen Lawrence. They will go to prison for at least 15 years, […]

2011 has been a momentous year across the world and an interesting one in our region. The economic crisis that has afflicted the western world has deepened, whilst in other areas of the world it has been a time of hope.  There have been signs of change in Burma, whilst dictators have been toppled across […]