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Two year sentence for Aqeel Khan AN EIGHTEEN year-old Walsall teen has begun a two year sentence for attacking two teenage girls near the arboretum this year. Aqeel Khan, 18, from Eastbourne Street, Walsall was sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court for...

Kamini Patel ordered to carry out community service and pay £500 costsA POST Office worker who tried to get a police officer to carry out an unauthorised police check on her future son-in-law has been ordered to carry out...

Sahara India Pariwar pays $100m for stake SPORTS promoter Sahara India Pariwar has invested $100m in the Force India F1 team, it has been announced. The deal means Sahara, who sponsor India’s national cricket team, will own 42.5% of the...

Police appeal for informationPOLICE are hunting a thief who targeted a pensioner in Leicester. The 86-year-old woman had her gold necklace stolen as she walked in Collingham Road between 11.45am and 12pm on Saturday 8 October. The man, described by Police...

Government Campaign aimed at helping people recognise symptomsA NEW campaign highlighting the early signs of Lung Cancer is being supported by a Leicester GP. Dr Pawan Randev, a GP at Measham Medical Unit, is part of the campaign being...

Celeb support for Afghan women Green scarves campaign PAKISTANI pop singer Hadiqa Kiyani has thrown her support behind a new campaign calling on world leaders to their promises to Afghan women 10 years since the start of military intervention in...

Mohammed Karolia and wife Nafisa jailed over death of baby daughter A BLACKBURN couple have today been sentenced to five years each for child neglect and cruelty offences following the death of their seven month old twin baby girl who...

Actor Aftab Shivdasani gives group the thumbs up MUSIC artists RDB look like they’ve got another Bollywood admirer! The three Bhangra brothers are already firm favourites of Akshay Kumar having collaborated with the Bollywood actor on numerous films. And now they’ve...

Event to be held in Manchester this weekTHE UK’s first Asian Women’s Breast Cancer Support Group will be hosted in Manchester this week. The group is being hosted at the Nightingale Centre and Genesis Prevention Centre at University Hospital...

‘Don’t be a Victim’, urge Birmingham Trading StandardsTRADING Standards at Birmingham City Council are warning Muslim residents to book their Hajj pilgrimages with a reputable travel agent, following a number of complaints from people who have previously performed Hajj. Hajj...

Ayesha Ali jailed for 24 weeks for Housing Benefit fraudA BIRMINGHAM woman who insisted that she was unaware that she owned a property has been sentenced to 24 weeks in prison for 13 offences relating to Housing Benefit fraud. Ayesha...

Local trekker prepares for Everest Base Camp Challenge AN intrepid trekker from Stourbridge is preparing for Mount Everest. Ishtiaq Hussain, aged 37, has signed up for a trek to Base Camp on the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, in aid of...