New forum set to boost Asian business

Wolverhampton Asian Business Forum launches this weekASIAN business in Wolverhampton can have a stronger voice, get more information and forge better links with influential organisations by joining forces at the first Wolverhampton Asian Business Forum this week. The inaugural meeting...

Bonhams teams up with Pakistan charity for auction

Proceeds to help underprivileged children in Pakistan’s Swat ValleyAUCTION house Bonhams is to join forces with an educational charity to raise funds for underprivileged children in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. Ten of Pakistan's finest artists have donated work for the...

Harrods to the High Street for Fashion graduate

Fashion giant Warehouse snap up fashion starlet Shivani Chavda AN award-winning Leicester Fashion graduate will see her colourful designs sold in stores across the UK this autumn after winning a national design competition. Shivani Chavda, a graduate from De Montfort University...

Life is like a Game of Football for Jag Shoker

Birmingham author writes self-help book based on the beautiful game LIFE really is like a game of football according to one Birmingham author who has written a self-help book using the beautiful game as an inspirational tool for readers. Jag...

Leicestershire Foxes ready for t20 Indian adventure

Abdul Razzaq confident team will do wellLEICESTERSHIRE Foxes get their Champions League t20 campaigns under way in India tomorrow. They booked their place in the qualifying stages of the global event by reaching the final of the Friends Life t20,...

Seven arrested in Birmingham anti-terror raids

Six men, one woman detained following raids across the cityPOLICE in Birmingham have arrested seven people in anti-terror raids across Birmingham. Six men, and one woman, were detained overnight as part of a large pre-planned, intelligence-led counter terrorism operation. West Midlands...

Sikh Cultural Centre Protest CCTV images released

Police appeal for help in identifying individuals CCTV IMAGES have been released by police investigating disorder which broke out at a community centre in Dudley earlier this year. Police launched an investigation after a pre-planned protest turned to violence...

Burnley Brothers Jailed for involvement in ‘Cash for Crash’ Scam

Rezwan and Rehan Javed made almost £1million from con TWO brothers at the heart of one of the country’s biggest ever 'crash for cash' scams have been jailed. Rezwan Javed, 34, and his older brother Rehan, 36, each benefited by...

Cannabis Factory found inside disused Indian Restaurant

Officers alerted following tip off from local residentDUDLEY POLICE are making inquiries into the discovery of a cannabis factory inside a disused Indian restaurant in the town. Officers received a tip off from a member of the community after two...

Three men bailed over carjacking murder

Mechanic Harjinder Singh Bhurji stabbed THREE men arrested in connection with the carjacking murder of a London garage owner have been bailed. Harjinder Singh Bhurji, 32, from Ilford, was stabbed as he sat in his Mercedes, CLK coupe in...

City Riots: Police Chief denies they failed to protect residents

Chris Sims gives evidence to Home Affairs Select CommitteeWEST Midlands Police chief constable Chris Sims has hit out at claims police failed to protect residents on nights of rioting in Birmingham in which three men were killed. Giving evidence...

Muslim Student wins terror arrest compensation

‘My name has been cleared’, says ex-Nottingham student Rizwaan SabirA MUSLIM STUDENT who spent seven days in police custody after downloading an Al Qaeda training manual from a US Government website as part of research for his PHD has...