Hundreds of hate crimes have been reported in Avon and Somerset so far this year.Most of the 423 hate crimes reported in the district in 2015 were racially motivated, but others were homophobic, or faith and disability related. The figures from Avon and Somerset Police came on the final day of National Hate Crime Awareness Week – the same day that protest groups in Bristol clashed over immigration.Janet McHale, an outreach manager for Action for Hearing Loss in Twerton, Bath, said that...
