Researchers at Northumbria University have warned that race hate crimes are on the increase in the North East.  See: Evening Chronicle
This news is deeply disappointing.  As Dr Cole rightly points out the North-east has long been a region of immigration. There were large immigrations of Irish in the mid-19th century and Yemenis, particularly into South […]

Two North East far-right extremists have been arrested on suspicion of posting race-hate material online this week.
Detectives from the North East Counter Terrorism Unit based in West Yorkshire carried out a series of raids across the UK on Thursday, April 19, The arrests included Darren Yateley, 43 Shrewsbury Drive in Backworth, North Tyneside and former […]

19-year-old sport student Thomas Liam Pinkney of Bensham has been banned from football matches for 3 years having been found guilty of racist abuse at a game at St James Park last October.
Pinkney who had hoped to have a career coaching football to youngsters, shouted racist abuse at Spurs Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor, and was […]

In recent weeks, football fans have rallied to support Bolton’s footballer Fabrice Muamba in an outpouring of concern and compassion following his cardiac arrest and collapse during an FA Cup game. After months of negative headlines about racism in football, Hope Not Hate recognises the humanity of British sports fans and society at large, in […]

RACIST thugs have attacked a Sunderland shopkeeper and spat on her children during an assault on Friday March 10th 2012.
Saly Chowdhury, 31, was subjected to foul abuse, had her hair ripped out and was left with a black eye in an attack that is being treated as racially aggravated.
See Sunderland Echo

A TYNESIDE student today appeared in court charged with a breach of the Communications Act 2003.
He denied racially abusing Footballer Stan Collymore on Twitter.
Ironically, Joshua Cryer, 21, of Jesmond, Newcastle and originally from Coal Clough Lane, Burnley, is a law student at Newcastle University.
The case was adjourned until April 2 2012.
See Evening Chronicle