Boxing project is Knockout success!

City cop secures funding to keep project running for further two yearsA WEST Midlands Police officer behind a city project that has worked wonders in getting teenagers off the streets and into the boxing ring has secured funding to...

CCTV clue in cabbie murder probe

Fresh image released as police offer £10,000 rewardPOLICE investigating the murder of taxi driver Mohammed Arshad have released CCTV images of a man believed to be his last known passenger. The man, known as Pete, has been the subject of...

Warren plots Khan showdown with American champ

American Timothy Bradley could be Khan’s first opponent on US soilPROMOTER Frank Warren has said that Amir Khan could be on course for a mouth-watering showdown with American champion Timothy Bradley.The American holds the WBO light-welterweight title, and is...

Man jailed for hit-and-run death

Athif Faiz left dying mother-of-three and fled scene of crash, court toldA 24 YEAR old man has been jailed for three years for knocking down and killing a mother-of-three before fleeing the scene. Athif Faiz, of Leeds Road, Nelson,...

Charge over ‘Muslim heroin’ leaflet

Anthony Bamber charged with incitement to commit religious hatredDETECTIVES have charged a 53-year-old man from Preston over the distribution of a leaflet in Lancashire which claimed Muslims were responsible for the heroin trade. Anthony Bamber, 53, of Greenbank Street,...

Car collision teen named

17-year-old Manchester girl dies following collision with carA teenage pedestrian who died in a road collision in Manchester has been named. Nazia Sultana, 17, died on Friday 7 August 2009, after she collided with a car on Princess Road, Moss Side,...

ICC clears Pakistan players in link to bookmakers

“No evidence of any contact”, reports ICC investigationTHE International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) has cleared the Pakistan cricket team of any links to alleged Indian bookmakers who stayed in the same hotel as the team during...

Thanks Gordon!

Two years on from ‘Kitchen Nightmare’, Midlands Curry Lounge is a hit!A MIDLANDS curry house which was saved from closure by Gordon Ramsey is celebrating two years to the day it appeared on his popular Kitchen Nightmares programme. Nottingham’s...

Police accused of ‘playing down’ racist link in anti-Muslim rally

35 arrested as rival protesters clash in Birmingham city centreWEST Midlands police have been accused of “playing down” the racist nature of an anti-Muslim protest in Birmingham that resulted in over 30 arrests on the weekend.  A group calling themselves...

Birmingham braced for Anti-Muslim protest rally

Hundreds expected as police mount ‘substantial policing operation’AN ANTI-Muslim protest group which will demonstrate in Birmingham this weekend has been described as a “mob of far right hooligans” with alleged links to the BNP. The claim was made against...

Pharmacy in Ramadan patient care initiative

Co-Operative Pharmacy supporting fasting Muslims A LEADING pharmacy is extending their award-winning Ramadan campaign to help British Muslims manage their medicines during the forthcoming fasting period. The Co-operative Pharmacy won best Clinical Service at the 2009 Chemist & Druggist Awards...

Message to Killer: ‘Hand yourself in to the Police’

Family of murdered cabbie in fresh pleaTHE family of murdered taxi driver Mohammed Arshad today urged the killer to hand himself in to the police. Mr Arshad’s brother-in-law Mohammed Sheraz Hussain said that he was sure that the killer was...