Navtej Johal BBC News, Midlands correspondent CCTV shows the moments before Bhim Kohli was fatally attacked An elderly man who was racially abused before being fatally attacked had told police he witnessed an assault on another Asian man yards from his home two weeks earlier, the BBC has found. Bhim Kohli had been walking his...
Ben Schofield BBC political correspondent, East of England X.com Lucy Connolly called for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire and wrote “if that makes me racist, so be it” Lucy Connolly’s 51-word online post in the wake of the Southport killings led her to jail and into the centre of a row...
The English forward has endured a dismal campaign, scoring just twice at Goodison Park this season, and her post was criticised by some Toffees supporters. The club said: “Everton Football Club strongly condemns the threatening, racist, and misogynistic abuse directed towards the wife of Dominic Calvert-Lewin on social media. “This sinister and intimidating behaviour is...
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has reported three alleged incidents of racism in a Republic of Ireland Under-15s match. The Republic were playing the United Arab Emirates at the Torneo Delle Nazioni tournament in Italy on Thursday. Archie Quinn scored twice in a 2-0 win, but the FAI says three separate comments, made to...
Everton midfielder Abdoulaye Doucoure opens up about the racist abuse he suffered after February’s Merseyside derby, as he takes part in the Premier League’s No Room For Racism scheme. Watch Football Focus on Saturday 12 April at 11:00 BST on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app. Get all the latest Everton...
Chelsea have condemned the “abhorrent” online racist abuse received by defender Wesley Fofana and say that it “will not be tolerated”. On Monday, Fofana, 24, shared to his Instagram story screenshots of six racist messages sent to him following Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat by Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday. Arsenal felt Fofana was fortunate...