National recognition for Chief Legal Eagle
Honorary Degree for Mirza AhmadMIRZA Ahmad, Chief Legal Officer at Birmingham City Council, has been recognised with a prestigious honorary degree from the university at which he studied. The Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD) from Manchester Metropolitan...
Refuge group to demonstrate outside High Court
SBS bring legal challenge against funding cutsSUPPORTERS of Southall Black Sisters are set to demonstrate outside the High Court tomorrow as the group take their fight against funding cuts through the legal courts.
The refuge organisation have accused Ealing...
Calls for an end of exploitation of Hajj pilgrims
‘It’s unacceptable’, says Government ministerTHE GOVERNMENT is today hosting a summit to tackle problems faced by British Muslims making the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
Travel operators, community groups and consumer organisations will discuss with the Government how to protect people...
Schools to help tackle Forced Marriages
Information pack launched at London road showSCHOOLS across the country have been sent information packs on forced marriages, the government revealed today.
The information pack will include two posters, a leaflet and a discreet information card, which have been produced...
Kidnap horror for Midland Jeweller
Police release images of suspectsA BIRMINGHAM jeweller was kidnapped and driven at knifepoint to his jewellery shop in a horrifying ordeal police have revealed.
The 62-year-old man, who has not been named, was ambushed by three men as he...
‘Our pain will never go away’
Families of nursing home victims speak outTHE FAMILIES of two women murdered in their beds at a Leicester nursing home last November have spoken about their pain.
Rashmi Badiani, 56, and Radhaben Chauhan, 72, were attacked and killed as they...
Man pleads guilty to Leicester nursing home murder
Nathan Mann guilty of ‘cowardly attack’A MAN who killed two “defenceless” women at a Leicester nursing home has pleaded guilty to murder.
20-year-old Nathan Mann attacked and killed Rashmi Badiani, 56, and Radhaben Chauhan, 72, as they slept in their...
Funding crisis threatens city disabled project
September deadline for £40,000 cash injectionA PIONEERING project that helps disabled young people in one of the poorest parts of Birmingham is facing closure because of lack of money.
Inclusion Connect has been changing the lives of disabled youngsters in...
Fiancee of would-be-bomber jailed
Woman aided 21/7 bomber’s burka escapeTHE FIANCEE of failed July 21 bomber Yassin Omar has been jailed for three years today after she admitted providing him with her mother’s burka to help his audacious escape from police.
Fardosa Abdullahi,...
Muslim prayer room opens at City Hospital
Facility to be used by patients and staffA NEW Muslim prayer room has been opened at Birmingham’s City Hospital.
Trust Chair Sue Davis and Chief Executive John Adler opened the new Wudu and Salat facility last Friday in the Birmingham...
