Disability hate crime could still be under-reported despite an increase in the number of people coming forward, police have said. As part of National Hate Crime Awareness Week, which runs until ...

Hate crimes which target people on the grounds of their sexuality or gender identity, or a disability, are set to become aggravated offences under a proposed new law. An amendment to the Crimes and ...

Steven Lacey had gone his whole life without being the target of hate crime, until this last year, in which he has already been abused four times. The 52-year-old, from London, is physically disabled.

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