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FOUR members of one family have today been found guilty of allowing a 19-year-old Pakistani bride to be beaten to death by her husband. Sabia Rani endured three months of beatings by her husband Shahzad Khan eventually leading to...

REFUGEES in Birmingham are being helped to set up in business and become entrepreneurs. Action Enterprise is staging a series of seminars in which groups of refugees are being given advice on how they can set up their own businesses. In...

A NUMBER of Hindu organisations across Britain have hit out at Prime Minister Gordon Brown accusing him of ignoring their needs and concerns. Hindu frustrations have been at a high since the killing of the ‘sacred’ cow Gangotri in December...

Akhtar vows return after central contract snubPAKISTAN fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has vowed to fight for his place in the team after being snubbed a central contract by the Pakistan Cricket Board. Akhtar was told last month he would...

Football-mad Wasim to lead out England teamFOR many running out onto the Wembley pitch to the roar of 90,000 fans is a thing of dreams – unless your name is Wasim Tai! 10-year-old Wasim will fulfill a lifetime ambition this...

THE spotlight was on the Bradford’s unsung heroes at a special awards ceremony hosted by TV celebrity Linda Barker. The 2020 Vision Awards, held recently at the Grattan Stadium, was a chance for the people and projects which help...

IMMIGRATION Minister Liam Byrne will visit India this week as part of a national and international consultation on changes to Britain's visa system. The Minister will visit India with a delegation, as well as holding community events in London...

Book charts rise of Asian music genreBHANGRA music has gone from an obscure 1960s Birmingham import to an internationally recognised art-form - says the author of the first ever history of the genre. But according to Dr Rajinder Dudrah who...

ASIAN taxi drivers are being used to track down and return women fleeing their homes from domestic violence or forced marriages, a new report has claimed. A number of refugee centres across the country who regularly help Asian women...

A DOCTOR who used an online Asian marriage bureau to find virgins to drug and rape has been jailed for 11 years. Father-of-two Anil Tangotra was described as a “sexual predator” who portrayed himself as an eligible bachelor on the...

World glory could be on the cards for KhanAMIR KHAN could see his dream come true this summer with the possibility of his first fight under the bright lights of Las Vegas. Hopes of his first fight stateside moved...

Actress Pooja Ghai on the joy that is Rafta, RaftaAfter a hugely successful stint at the National Theatre last year, Ayub Khan Din's superb stage comedy 'Rafta Rafta' has taken to the road for a national tour. It kicked...