Hajj-bound Muslims warned about travel agents
BIRMINGHAM Muslims planning to make the Hajj – the annual pilgrimage to Mecca – are being warned by Trading Standards to be on their guard for unscrupulous tour operators. Around 50,000 British Muslims make the Hajj every year. Many...
Arpan – Brum’s language boffin
HE’S not even old enough to leave the country on his own, but one ten-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham has stunned teachers with his knowledge of eleven languages.
Arpan Sharma’s talents have been described as “extraordinary” by teachers at the...
UK ignored 7/7 bombings tip-off, says Saudi King
KING ABDULLAH of Saudi Arabia has claimed Britain ignored a tip-off which may have averted the 2005 London Bombings.
In a BBC interview, King Abdullah, claimed his country had passed on information which could have stopped the bombings which...
Muslims gather at Wembley for Darfur Live 8
THOUSANDS of British Muslims gathered at Wembley stadium last night for a special concert organised to help the victims of war-torn Darfur.
The event, titled A Concert for Peace in Darfur, was billed as the Muslim Live 8 and...
Leicester gears up for Diwali festivities
THE ASIAN community in Leicester are gearing themselves up for a bumper Diwali party set to hit the city next weekend.
More than 6,000 lights will light up Belgrave Road next week Sunday as the city begins its Diwali...
‘Poison Gas’ roadshow comes to town
UK GAS safety watchdog CORGI will be visiting Leicester’s The Shires shopping centre at the end of the month with an innovative roadshow designed to highlight the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.
From 9am on Saturday 27th October and from...
Asian man sought in abduction attempt
POLICE in Leciester have released an image of an Asian man wanted in connection with the attempted abduction of a 15-year-old girl.
The teenager was on her way to school last week Thursday when she was approached by two men in...
Boxer Khan on trial over dangerous driving
BOTLON boxer Amir Khan was driving dangerously when he sped through red lights and knocked over a pedestrian, a court has heard.
The 20-year-old, who has denied a charge of dangerous driving, hit pedestrian Geoffrey Hatton in the Bradshawgate...
Sikhs in city centre massacres tribute
MEMBERS of the Sikh community will gather in Birmingham next month to remember those killed during the Indian massacres of 1984.
Hundreds of people will come together in Chamberlain Square on 7 November for a candlelit vigil in memory of...
Government plea to allow student back
THE NATIONAL Union of Students have stepped in to help a student desperate to return to his studies in the UK.
22-year-old Khaled al-Mudallal has been trapped on the Gaza alongside hundreds of Palestinian students who are desperate to...
