Community leaders say there is growing determination among young Asian men to fight back against racist attacks, and anger that they are blamed by police for much of the crime there. But in the past month the tension has been fanned by the activities of far-right extremists from other parts of Britain. Politics Richard Griffin, the BNP's national leader, is contesting an Oldham seat in the June 7 general election, though he is not from the area, and another anti-immigrant group, the National Front, has been active there. The Conservatives demanded an apology after a spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, the third main party, alleged that the Tories' tough line on asylum had created a climate of racial intolerance. But Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy refused to apologise and stood by his spokesman's remarks.
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The film La Spagnola is going against the odds to succeed in the Australian film market. When Coles Myer and Daimaru this week announced plans to axe the jobs of 2,000 workers, they were consigning the unfortunates to the same ranks as the 10,000 plus who will have lost their jobs with Ansett even after its return to the skies. A royal row has broken out in Britain over a film crew which has been discovered stalking Prince William during his first week at university.