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HEART of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust (HoBtPCT) and Aston Villa had their eye on the ball with the launch of a film studio at Villa Park stadium last Friday.The studio is the latest initiative from HoBtPCT and Aston...

CRIME prevention charity Crime Concern has been given the thumbs up to work with young Muslims in a bid to tackle extremism and bring communities together. The Muslim Youth Development Partnership run by Crime Concern together with the Muslim organisation...

Akshay Kumar welcomes ‘Welcome’The versatile Akshay Kumar has emerged as Bollywood’s hottest and most sought after star today. After three consecutive hits in 2007 (Namastey London, Heyy Babyy and Bhool Bhulaiyaa), Akki is set to storm the box-office yet...

BIRMINGHAM City Council’s chief legal officer has been recognised in the annual UK’s Asian Power 100 awards. Mirza Ahmad was honoured for his contribution to public service at a ceremony in London and was the only representative from local...

Boxer comes of age in 72 second demolition of EarlIT WAS billed as Amir Khan’s toughest test as a professional boxer, but it took just 72 seconds for the 21-year-old Bolton sensation to silence his critics. Khan, who celebrated...

THE MEMORY of a City youngster who died a day before his third birthday will be kept alive at the Sure Start centre which he attended after they named a new room in his memory. Young Hassan Ali never...

A LONDON lawyer who helped criminals create false alibis has been jailed for fourteen and a half years. 32-year-old Naveen Sagar pleaded guilty to two counts of perverting the course of justice and two counts of fraud. Sagar was...

A FORMER Heathrow Airport worker who became the first female to be convicted under new terrorism legislation has been spared jail. 23-year-old Samina Malik was convicted at the Old Bailey last month after police found a “library” of material useful...

Khan gears up for birthday boutAMIR Khan has received an apology from Commonwealth title challenger Graham Earl after he accused the Bolton boxer of receiving more recognition than he deserved. The two go head-to-head on Saturday in Bolton on...

Ikram Butt named as future leaderRUGBY star Ikram Butt, founder of the British Asian Rugby Association (BARA), is celebrating after picking up a prestigious national award. The 39-year-old, who played professional rugby league and represented England in the mid-nineties, was...

FIVE Derby men who attacked a couple with an axe as they walked to a takeaway have been jailed. Shaban Yasin, 21, Imran Hussain, 19, Kamran Yasin, 18, Minjanur Masan, 29, and Naveed Khaliq, 21, each admitted one charge...

A BIRMINGHAM Dentistry student who murdered her lover’s pregnant wife will spend the next 14 years of her life behind bars after being found guilty. 23-year-old Harmohinder Kaur Sanghera, from Solihull, Birmingham, murdered 17-year-old Sana Ali in a “sustained and ferocious”...