Smokers urged to quit for Ramadan
Campaign targets British Muslims ahead of fasting monthMUSLIMS preparing for the fasting month of Ramadan are being encouraged to quit smoking for good.
NHS stop smoking services in Birmingham have launched a seasonal campaign designed to get observant Muslims to...
City couple in running for £5,000 business award
Surjit and Balvinder Dhillon named as one of UK’s top franchisees A MARRIED couple from Birmingham have been named as Finalists in the annual British Franchise Association’s/HSBC Franchisee of the Year Awards.
Surjit and Balvinder Dhillon, who run a mobile...
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...
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,...
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...
