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Results Continue to Rise PICTURED: Fardowsa Ahmed with her results Students at Ark St Alban’s Academy in Highgate and Ark Kings Academy in Kings Norton are celebrating their best set of GCSE results yet with the number of students achieving...

Marks Indian Independence Day To mark Indian Independence Day members of the city’s Asian Business Community and members of the Asian Business Chamber of Commerce came together to mark this day in history. Billed as an Indian Summer party, the event was held at Vivaanta, the...

29th August 2015 Rock on Music and Gift a Smile have announced Atif Aslam Live in concert on Saturday 29th August at the Birmingham Symphony Hall.   The multi-talented Pakistani Singer, dancer and actor will grace the stage at the Symphony Hall to...

Cash and Carry Boss on Trial A cash and carry boss who has been accused of murdering one of his three girlfriends wanted to "get rid of her" in fear she would expose the affair.   Birmingham Crown Court heard...

US Police Identify No Suspects The Sikh community across the world have expressed their shock and sadness at the murder of Satwinder Singh Bhola, (52) the son-in-law of human rights activist, Bapu Surat Singh.   Khalsa, an 83-year-old Sikh from...

Service Launches in Nottingham A new support service has launched in Nottingham to promote mental health awareness and wellbeing among the city’s black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities.   The free service, called STEPS (Support Towards Empowering People Service), offers one-to-one...

Bollywood Star Talks Brothers and More Bollywood beauty Jacqueline Fernandez stars in the much-awaited sports drama, Brothers, an official remake of Hollywood film Warrior.   Released by Fox Star Studios worldwide, the high-octane family drama also stars international icon Akshay Kumar along with Sidharth Malhotra (Ek Villain), and Jackie Shroff(Dhoom...

Local Event Aims to Raise Awareness A dinner and dance event to raise funds for Delete Blood Cancer UK and raise awareness of blood stem cell donation is taking place in Smethwick. The event, which is being organised by...

Event ‘Bigger and Better than Ever’     Thousands of people flocked to Birmingham’s Cannon Hill Park to attend Big John’s Birmingham Mela – an event which has been hailed as extremely successful.     Organisers have said over 50,000 people attend the multicultural event...

Embroiled in ‘Sikh Taliban’ Row BBC Asian Network presenter, Bobby Fricton, has issued an apology after making remarks against the Sikh community. In a statement given by DJ, he said he apologised ‘unreservedly’ for using the term ‘Sikh Taliban’....

Cases Threaten to Bankrupt NHS The number of people living with diabetes in the UK has soared by 59.8 per cent in a decade, according to a new analysis by Diabetes UK.   The new figures, extracted from official NHS...

Team Out for 112 Bowled out for 112 in the second innings on the fourth day in Galle, India lost the first Test of the three-match series against Sri Lanka by 63 runs. After having dominated the proceedings for...