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A 17-year-old teenager orphaned after his father, mother and four younger sisters were killed in an arson attack on their family home has paid tribute to his “beautiful” family. Adam Riaz, 17, spoke publicly for the first time since...

Three men who abducted and set alight a 15-year-old schoolboy in Glasgow have been jailed for life. Kriss Donald, 15, from Pollokshields, was singled out and murdered because he was white, the high court in Edinburgh was told. Gang...

DVD: Russell Peters: 'Two Concerts...One Ticket'Russell Peter’s new DVD ‘Two Concerts One Ticket’ (released 16th October) should carry a warning. Something I came to painfully realise after watching an hour and a half of the incredibly belly bubbling DVD...

Leicester man lands role in new Sevy Ali flickA LEICESTER telephone account manager is hoping to kick-start a career in glamorous Bollywood after landing the lead role in British producer Sevy Ali’s next film. Zia Choudhury, who goes by the...

Bollywood Film Review'A moving tale of a courtesan by the name of Umrao Jaan unfolds in this remake' Director: J P Dutta Cast: Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Shabana Azmi, Sunil Shetty, Arshad Warsi, Divya Dutta, Himani Shivpuri, Puru Raaj Kumar, Kulbhushan...

GRIEVING relatives of an Accrington family killed in a devastating arson blaze on their family home may never know the motive behind the attack, police have said. The frank admission by detectives investigating the blaze came as the only...

A TEENAGER who took part in an arson attack on a house in which a six-year-old girl died has started an eight-year sentence in a young offenders institution. Daryll Tuzzio, 18, was part of a "wicked plan", Birmingham Crown...

The Asian Today has teamed up with Mela 06 to offer ten lucky readers a pair of tickets to the Birmingham extravaganza. To be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is answer the following...

Bushra speaks out for the communityJack Straws latest comments on ‘lifting the veil’, bringing the very sector of the community that swings his vote and gives him his electoral victories which have helped to build his career shows he...

A Dream come true for Asian Today Mascot winnerASIAN TODAY Mascot winner Haashim Shakeel described the moment his dreams came true after running out onto Birmingham City's St Andrews pitch dressed in the blue and white of his beloved...

Pakistan duo pay price in doping shameFAST bowler Shoaib Akhtar may well have played his last game for Pakistan after he was banned for two years for testing positive for a banned drug. The 31-year-old, along with team mate...

Mansoor Ahmed on shamed ShoaibFormer Pakistan captain and coach, Intikhab Alam, who was a member of 3-man panel that banned Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammed Asif was quite frank about his reasons for handing out a comparatively harsher sentence to...