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Fresh appeals as police continue investigationA MAN who phoned police claiming to be the killer of murdered taxi driver Mohammed Arshad has been charged with perverting the course of justice. The 50-year-old had called detectives alleging he murdered father-of-three...

Actor Chris Bisson on the new Asian family to move into EmmerdaleACTOR Chris Bisson will find himself back on primetime television tonight when the new Sharma family stroll into Emmerdale. The soap will finally get its first dose of...

ECB agree venues for tourPAKISTAN cricket fans across the Midlands have been boosted by the news that two Twenty20 matches between Pakistan and Australia will be held at Edgbaston Cricket Ground next year.  England will act as a neutral host...

Indian spinner desperate for successINDIAN spinner Harbhajan Singh believes the time has come for India to win its next ICC tournament especially after his side’s disappointing exit at the T20 World Cup in England in June. The spin magician...

Brit-Asian cricketer could be England’s next starADIL Rashid bowls leg-spin for a county with an ingrained suspicion of the unorthodox in a country where conditions seldom encourage wrist-spinners. A generation ago these factors alone would have ensured the 21-year-old Yorkshireman...

Indian coach positive ahead of Compaq Cup seriesINDIA coach Gary Kirsten admits his team will miss opening batsman Virender Sehwag in the triangular one-day series in Sri Lanka, but believes his absence will not stop his team becoming the...

‘We have the team to win’, says confident skipperPAKISTAN cricket captain Younus Khan has said he believes his team are capable of winning the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa. The current T20 World Champions will play Sri Lanka...

Showdown was “not an option” at the time, reveals Khan’s fatherAMIR Khan’s advisers turned down a request to fight Manny Pacquiao, according to reports. The 22-year-old’s father, Shah Khan told The Bolton News the potentially explosive match up was...

IPCC launch investigation into allegationsTWO young girls – one aged six, and the other 11, were subjected to a stop and search ‘under terrorism legislation’ in London earlier this year, it has been claimed. The incident, which occurred in...

Man assaulted days after Pensioner killed in Tooting, south-west LondonA RACE attack on a Muslim man just days after a pensioner was killed as he left a Mosque in the same London suburb are not being linked, police have...

Recognition for Wolverhampton-born Sathnam SangheraAWARD-winning journalist and author Sathnam Sanghera has received an honorary award from the University of Wolverhampton. The author of The Boy with the Top Knot was presented with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters at...

New project promotes Islamic advances in science, technology & cultureThe myth of the Dark Ages has been perpetuated for centuries. History books preach about a thousand year period of cultural and scientific stagnation – Ignoring the exceptional achievements that...