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REFUGEES in Birmingham are being helped to set up in business and become entrepreneurs. Action Enterprise is staging a series of seminars in which groups of refugees are being given advice on how they can set up their own businesses. In...

A NUMBER of Hindu organisations across Britain have hit out at Prime Minister Gordon Brown accusing him of ignoring their needs and concerns. Hindu frustrations have been at a high since the killing of the ‘sacred’ cow Gangotri in December...

THE spotlight was on the Bradford’s unsung heroes at a special awards ceremony hosted by TV celebrity Linda Barker. The 2020 Vision Awards, held recently at the Grattan Stadium, was a chance for the people and projects which help...

IMMIGRATION Minister Liam Byrne will visit India this week as part of a national and international consultation on changes to Britain's visa system. The Minister will visit India with a delegation, as well as holding community events in London...

ASIAN taxi drivers are being used to track down and return women fleeing their homes from domestic violence or forced marriages, a new report has claimed. A number of refugee centres across the country who regularly help Asian women...

A DOCTOR who used an online Asian marriage bureau to find virgins to drug and rape has been jailed for 11 years. Father-of-two Anil Tangotra was described as a “sexual predator” who portrayed himself as an eligible bachelor on the...

FOUR Birmingham men have pleaded guilty in a plot to kidnap a British solider and behead him. Leicester Crown Court heard how Parviz Khan, from Alum Rock, Birmingham, planned to cut off his victims head "like a pig" in...

A NEW DVD to help Asian families with deaf children is being launched in Birmingham later this week. The ‘Communication Matters’ DVD features thirteen young people and their families, illustrating the different communication options available to deaf children and how...

POLICE are re-appealing for witnesses to contact them following a fatal car crash in which a Leicester man died. 23-year-old Nilesh Raja, of Hamilton, Leicester, died after the Toyota Corolla car he was driving hit a white Vauxhall van...

A PEOPLE smuggling gang which charged as much as £30,000 to smuggle Indian nationals into the UK from South Africa has been smashed by police. Details of the massive criminal network were revealed yesterday by the Serious Organised Crime Agency...