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Police awaiting toxicology resultsTWO people have been arrested in connection with the sudden death of a 22-year-old Bradford woman. Sana Abbasi, 22, died on Friday several weeks after she was admitted to hospital with suspected poisoning. Two people –...

City leaders put pressure on Air India to resume direct flights from BirminghamA WEST Midlands MEP has begun a battle to force Air India to resume direct flights to Amritsar from Birmingham Airport. Neena Gill is angry that the...

Six years jail term for Mohammed Faruk AhmedA LONDON man who gambled away over half a million pounds given to him to arrange Hajj pilgrim packages has been jailed. Mohammed Faruk Ahmed, 41, of Brick Lane, took the money...

Shah Rukh Khan honoured at British UniversityTHE King of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan can now add Doctor Khan to his glittering resume after he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Bedfordshire in a ceremony in London....

Dancing groom and parents claimed compensation for non-existent injuriesA GROOM and is parents who invented injuries to falsely claim compensation following two minor crashes on his wedding day have been jailed. Andrew Singh, 26, his father Graham, 53, and...

Statue of Indian leader unveiled in hub of City’s Asian communityTHE long-awaited statue of Mahatma Gandhi has finally been unveiled in Leicester. Home Secretary Alan Johnson made one of his first official appearances in his new role when he...

Paul Chowdhry returns to tickle us sillyComedian Paul Chowdhry is fast becoming a name on the UK comedy circuit. Having faced crowds at Glastonbury and the Edinburgh Festival, he returns to Birmingham this month for his ‘Back by Demand’...

ECB ‘delighted’ to support Pakistan, says Chairman Giles ClarkeTHE England Cricket Board has announced that it had reached an agreement with the Pakistan Cricket Board to stage two Test matches and two Twenty20 internationals between Pakistan and Australia in...

Birmingham gang jailed for Jewellers raidA LEARNER driver helped police apprehend five robbers who attacked and robbed a Blackburn jeweller before feeling. The gang, all from Birmingham, entered Rahman's Jewellers on Whalley Range posing as customers before they launched...

Police still appealing for information year on from tragedyOFFICERS investigating a fatal fire in Bolton have charged four people with witness intimidation. Simon Buckley, 23, of Tonge Moor Road, Bolton, Tracey Peers-Holland, 25, of Hawthorn Road, Bolton, a 15-year-old boy...

Family members still in critical condition, police sayDETECTIVES have launched a murder inquiry after a 15-year-old girl lost her fight for life four days after a suspected arson attack on her home. Teenager Maleha Masud suffered burns and smoke...

King of Pop dies aged 50SULEMAN Mirza, one half of the Michael Jackson tribute duo Signature has spoken of his devastation at the death of his ‘idol’. Lifelong Jackson fan Mirza, along with friend Madhu Singh, rose to fame after...