Shah Rukh Khan: ‘Why Would I Want To Be Someone Else?’

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan says his fame and stardom will be of no use if he finds himself getting affected by the success of his contemporaries. The 51-year-old actor shrugged off a question in an interview about whether or not...

Local Councillor Wants Your Views On Hate Crime

Councillor Waseem Zaffar MBE has teamed up with Tell Mama, an organisation that measure anti-muslim attacks to promote the Birmingham hate crime in the workplace survey. According to West Midlands Police, reported hate crime in the West Midlands has increased...

TV Star Adil Ray announced as Acorns Patron

Acorns Children’s Hospice is delighted to announce today the appointment of Adil Ray OBE as a Patron for the charity. Established in 1988, Acorns offers a network of care for life-limited and life-threatened babies, children and young people and their...

Fly-tipping Costs Taxpayers £58m

At a cost of £58m, more than one million incidents of fly-tipping were dealt with by councils in England in 2016-17. It was the fourth year in a row that incidents increased. Around 56,000 fixed penalty notices were handed out by...

Crimes In England And Wales Pass 5 Million Mark

Figures show the number of crimes recorded annually in England and Wales has risen by 13%, passing the five million mark for the first time in 10 years. Crimes in the 12 months to June were up from 4.6 million...

Birmingham Group Plotted To Smuggle Cocaine Through Airport

A Birmingham taxi driver was involved in a plot to smuggle cocaine through Heathrow Airport before transporting it to Birmingham - with the help of two baggage handlers. Adnan Ahmed Malik, from Edgbaston, was arrested by National Crime Agency officers as he was...

Mobile Phone Companies Overcharging Customers After Contracts End

Research suggests Vodafone, EE and Three are continuing to charge customers for the mobile phones they buy as part of a contract, even after the cost of the handset has been paid off. Customers who do not take out a...

Birmingham Carjacker Targeted 90-Year-Old

A carjacker who targeted a 90-year-old man as he returned to his car in a Birmingham park has been jailed. 19-year-old Mohammed Subhan was one of three teenagers who attacked him and made off from Kings Heath's Highbury Park in...

FORMER BRADFORD POLICEMAN HONOURED AT YORKSHIRE AWARDS

A MAN who says his mission is to unite people of all ethnic backgrounds amid rising tensions, segregation and fragmentation was honoured at the Yorkshire Awards (Friday, October 13). Former West Yorkshire Police officer Kash Singh, of East Morton, near...

Victim Of Horror Small Heath Crash Named

Imran Yasin, died instantly when his Seat Leon collided with a Peugeot before hitting three stationary vehicles. The incident occurred on Heybarnes Road, Small Heath, at around 8pm on Monday. Two others, a man who was a passenger in Mr Yasin’s...