"I don't remember feeling this unsafe ever before," says 76-year-old devout Sikh Resham Kaur who moved to the UK from India when she was 18.

She's waiting for two men to walk her home from the gurdwara - a Sikh place of worship - at a time of rising fears over physical and verbal racial abuse.

Resham reaches for her walking stick and puts on her shoes.

Image: Sarbjit Singh and Mangat Singh walking Resham Kaur home from the gurdwara

Image: Monty Singh says they are 'not vigilantes'

"When I came to this country, I didn't fear for my safety. But now I do - every day. It's a lot worse now," she says.

It's a disturbing admission at a time when some fear Britain's communities are more fragmented than ever.

It comes as new figures last week revealed religious hate crime recorded by p

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