Former Sandwell Councillor Breached Code of Conduct
Mahboob Hussain Sandwell’s ex-council deputy leader has breached code of conduct over his role in the sale of public toilets and influencing the reduction and cancelling parking tickets for members of his family.
Former Councillor Hussain has bought the council...
Imam Jailed for Raping Teenager
An imam who raped a teenager during 'spiritual healing' was jailed for 15 years and slammed by a judge as being “a fraud, a charlatan and a disgrace to your religion”.
Komar Uddin (68) wept in the dock at Leicester Crown...
New Expansion For Indus Foods
A Birmingham food company is set to create a manufacturing and production hub after securing £1.5 million in new funding.
Indus Foods, which is based in Sparkbrook, is a wholesale supplier of products to the food and drink industry.
Indus Food,...
£1m found in Birmingham loft
Drug dealers dealt ‘expensive blow’ in police raid
WEST MIDLANDS POLICE have dealt suspected drug dealers an expensive blow, recovering over one million pounds in notes from an address in Birmingham, the largest forfeiture of cash in the force's history.
The...
Justice For Priyanka Reddy
A vile attack that has shock Indian society once again, the body of a veterinarian doctor has been found charred under an overpass on November 28 after she was gang raped and murdered by men who had offered to...
Pakistan Military Plane Crashes Killing 18
A Pakistani military plane has crashed into a residential area killing at least 18 people, most of them on the ground.
Troops and police cordoned off the residential area near the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
Five soldiers, including two army pilots,...
Scholars, artists, musicians and athletes set to be honoured at 35th Maharana Mewar Foundation...
An Indian awards ceremony that in previous years has honored leading British cultural icons including Oscar-winning film director Richard Attenborough and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Sir V S Naipaul is to be held in the Rajasthan city of Udaipur next...
Oldbury Viaduct roadworks on M5 at J1 to J2 is to be extended
The Roadworks on the M5 at Oldbury Viaduct are to be extended for six months - because of the recent heatwave. Scorching temperatures are being blamed for delaying the completion of roadworks at Oldbury Viaduct until next spring.
Work commenced in January 2017 and had...
Ugandan food science and nutrition pioneer awarded honorary degree
An inspirational diplomat and academic, well known for her work to reduce poverty and childhood malnutrition in her home country of Uganda, has received an honorary degree from the University of Reading.
Professor Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda is the High Commissioner...
200 years behind bars for Birmingham based drugs gang
Police recovered more than £3 million of heroin.
A sophisticated drugs gang have been jailed for more than 200 years after a complex police investigation smashed their operation.
The final seven criminals were sent to prison yesterday (18 December) during a...
