Birmingham Drug Gang Jailed
A Birmingham crime gang have been jailed of a total of 44 years after smuggling heroin and cocaine into the UK.
Millions of pounds worth narcotics were smuggled in via a series of shipments of poultry from the Netherlands.
The gang...
British Asian Murder – Eight appear in Court
EIGHT people have appeared in court in India charged with the brutal murder of a Leicester businessman in the Punjab last August.
59-year-old father of two Mohan Singh Biring, was in the Punjab on business in August 2005 when...
Mosaic – The Power of Positive Thinking
Bridging the gap between aspiration and achievement in deprived areas.
Founded by HRH The Prince of Wales, Mosaic is a UK-based charity that inspires young people from deprived communities to realise their talents and potential. Mosaic works in both schools...
‘Professional’ thieves targeted Billionaires
Maher Ghalaini and Yuri Harris jailed for total of 11 yearsA ‘professional’ thief who helped target wealthy tourists, including a Saudi Arabian prince has been jailed.
Maher Ghalaini used stolen cash and credit cards to fund a lavish lifestyle...
99p Entrepreneur turns Chef!
Hussein Lalani hands out family recipes on back of cooking saucesRECESSION busting entrepreneur Hussein Lalani wants to ‘wow’ his customers by putting family recipes on the back of sauce bottles sold across his 99p Stores empire.
The value retailer...
A huge £150m expansion for the Midland Metro fleet
Transport chiefs are planning a £150 million development of the Midland Metro network by enhancing up to 50 new battery-powered trams to the taskforce. Extensions to the network are either intended or already under way in Birmingham city centre, Wolverhampton,...
Man faked death to avoid speeding fines
A MAN who faked his own death to avoid a number of speeding fines has been jailed for 12 months.
Father-to-be Shafqat Munir ordered a fake death certificate from Pakistan to avoid paying for his crimes, after fearing he...
Hajj Travel Agent Pocketed Thousands and Cancelled People’s Lifetime Trip on WhatsApp
The court was told that a travel agent cancelled Hajj packages via WhatsApp messages at the last minute after allegedly scamming people out of thousands of pounds. Hasib Chowdhury, who ran Zamana Travels on Coventry Road in Yardley, is...
Lasan chef wins big at British Curry Awards
Recipe for Success for Khalid Sami Khan
A CHEF from Lasan Restaurant in Birmingham has beaten off competitors from across the UK to be named British Culinary Chef of the Year at the prestigious British Curry Awards.
Lasan’s Khalid Sami Khan...
UK Asian music artists organise a street party for Gaurav
Artists come together against blood cancer for patients
Two-year-old Gaurav Bains, has united the nation with a campaign to find him a stem cell donor, as local communities come together to hold recruitment events up and down the country.
Gaurav, who...
