An Islamic boarding school was set alight by ‘intruders’ in a suspected arson attack, just days after an Islamic centre was burnt to the ground in London. About 130 children and staff were evacuated from Darul Uloom, a Muslim madrassa or religious school, in Chislehurst, Kent, just before midnight on Saturday.

By Helen Hunt, Liverpool Echo

Shopkeeper was verbally abused and is now in hospital after trying to put the fire out himself