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Can Brit Asian's support England? British or Pakistani? Sajid Mahmood ...

Father charged with murder

36-year-old Rahan Arshad has appeared in court charged with the murder of his wife and three children. Mr Arshad was remanded in custody by Stockport magistrates to appear at Manchester Crown Court on 11 September. He was arrested by police...

PM accused of creating ‘negative’ Muslim images

THE UK'S first Muslim Miss England has hit out at Prime Minister Tony Blair accusing him of creating a negative image of Islam following the 7/7 London bombings. 19-year-old Hammasa Kohistani said Mr Blair was guilty of fuelling hostility towards...

Hundreds turn out in memory of Ricky Bhalla

A FUNDRAISING fun day in memory of a Midlands firefighter who died in 2003 from a brain tumour has raised over £7,000. Ricky Bhalla, from Stirchley, Birmingham, died in July 2003. The event at the Tally Ho Police Training Centre,...

Former Gandhi tea-boy meets Lord Attenborough

WHEN Dipak Joshi bent upon his knees and paid homage to Lord Attenborough at the University of Leicester- it was a dream come true. For the former teaboy on the sets of Gandhi was able to renew acquaintance with...

Midlands to remember Pak Quake Victims

AS THE one-year anniversary of the Pakistan earthquake approaches, an exhibition of photographs of the aftermath of the disaster, Nature’s Fury, is set to open in Birmingham. The photographs have been taken by award-winning Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam; former...

Media giants in Picture storm

FOUR major media organisations face paying damages to a London council worker after wrongly identifying her as a suspect in the alleged terror bomb plot to blow up passenger planes. ITV News, the Sun, the Daily Mirror and Daily...

British Asian Murder – Eight appear in Court

EIGHT people have appeared in court in India charged with the brutal murder of a Leicester businessman in the Punjab last August. 59-year-old father of two Mohan Singh Biring, was in the Punjab on business in August 2005 when...

University terrorist recruitment slammed

There is no widespread recruitment of Muslim students by terrorist organisations on university campuses in the UK, an Islamic student body has said. The Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS), which represents over 90,000 Muslim students in the UK and...

Funds raised for Middle East Victims

A CHARITY dinner organised to celebrate Pakistan Independence Day has raised much needed funds for the victims of the Middle East conflict. Organised by the Pakistani Community Centre in Burton upon Trent, the event was attended by a number of...

Missing Girl denies she was Kidnapped

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Dance maestro in new Charity role

Honey Forgotten Children ambassadorHoney Kalaria, dance maestro and founder of Honey’s Dance Academy, has been appointed ambassador for children's charity Forgotten Children. The Charity helps children in the developing world struggling with disabilities. Due to families and communities being too poor...