Chris Brown catches the eye in a bright orange beanie hat and a cartoon print gilet

Chris Brown catches the eye in a bright orange beanie hat and a cartoon print gilet as he arrives at a bar with his pals By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 11:57 BST, 13 May 2021 | Updated: 11:57 BST, 13 May 2021 He recently had his wild birthday party, with 500 people in attendance,  … Read more

Boy George is ’embarrassed’ by feud with Madonna and likens his past self to ‘a cartoon character’

Boy George is ’embarrassed’ by old feud with Madonna and likens his past self to ‘a cartoon character’ as he reveals plans to release 60 new songs on his 60th birthday in June By Aisha Nozari For Mailonline Published: 00:05 BST, 23 April 2021 | Updated: 00:05 BST, 23 April 2021 Boy George has admitted … Read more

Cartoon that sparked protests at Yorkshire school shown to pupils a ‘week before row’

A cartoon of Prophet Muhammad that sparked furious protests at a Yorkshire school was shown to pupils a ‘week before row by another member of staff’, a parent has claimed.   The picture, believed to be one from French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, was, according to The Times, shown by another teacher a week before the … Read more

Glowing verdict on teacher in Charlie Hebdo cartoon storm – by his Muslim next-door neighbour

Glowing verdict on teacher in Charlie Hebdo cartoon storm – by his Muslim next-door neighbour: Islamophobe? No, he gives us cards at Eid and hands my kids halal sweets Jamal Al-Terk has defended his neighbour saying he is ‘not Islamophobic at all’  Mr Al-Terk, 42 said the teacher and his family fled their home three days ago … Read more

RE teacher suspended over Prophet Muhammad cartoon ‘defended his right to freedom of speech’

The RE teacher suspended over a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad is reported to have ‘defended his right to freedom of speech’ in a heated telephone call with the father of a Muslim pupil at Batley Grammar School, Mail Online can reveal. The ‘burly Yorkshire lad’ in his 20s, who has not been named, is also … Read more

Batley cartoon: Pandering to the mob would be a disaster, writes DR RAKIB EHSAN 

As Britain at last begins to emerge from the pandemic, our country desperately needs a spirit of unity and solidarity. But the inflammatory row at Batley Grammar over a teacher’s use of the Prophet Muhammad’s image in a religious studies class threatens to undermine social cohesion – not just in Yorkshire but across Britain. Unless … Read more

Ricky Gervais ridicules parents protesting against teacher who ‘showed Prophet Muhammad cartoon’

Ricky Gervais has today ridiculed Muslims angry with a teacher given death threats after allegedly showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to students, declaring: ‘What next? People being punished for insulting unicorns?’. The atheist British comedian, 59, has mocked the protesters who have gathered outside Batley Grammar School demanding the unnamed teacher is sacked for blasphemy, … Read more

Ricky Gervais ridicules backlash at teacher who ‘showed Prophet Mohammed cartoon’ to class 

Ricky Gervais has ridiculed Muslims angry with a teacher who allegedly showed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to students, declaring: ‘What next? People being punished for insulting unicorns?’. The atheist British comedian has mocked the protesters who gathered outside Batley Grammar School again today demanding the unnamed teacher is sacked for blasphemy, forcing the headteacher to … Read more

Mohammed cartoon row: Batley teacher facing death threats is rugby-loving ‘burly Yorkshire lad’

The RE teacher who sparked a blasphemy protest at his school’s gates after allegedly showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to students is a ‘burly Yorkshire lad’ who recently wrote about his love for the job. The amateur rugby player, a white man is in his late 20s, had trained to teach in the mid-2010s after going … Read more

Batley teacher suspended after Muslim parents protest over ‘Prophet Muhammad cartoon shown in class’

A teacher suspended after allegedly showing caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad during a religious education lesson is said to have accepted pupils would tell their parents about it before displaying the images. Dozens of furious Muslim parents protested outside the historic Batley Grammar School in West Yorkshire today which had to delay its opening and … Read more