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THE FAMILY of an Asian teenager brutally killed by his racist cellmate in a young offenders’ institution have slammed the Home Office after they were offered just £25,000 in compensation. A spokesperson for 19-year-old Zahid Mubarek’s family described the sum...

DEMANDS for halal meat could open up lucrative new markets for hard-pressed British farmers, business have been told. Consultant Shoeeb Riaz told the annual meeting of the West Midlands Minority Ethnic Business Forum that an Advantage West Midlands-funded feasibility report, looking...

TELFORD'S Malinslee & Langley ward Councillor Kuldip Singh Sahota has been made a Governor at the University of Wolverhampton. The 55-year-old joins Wolverhampton karate expert Josh Johnson and Dudley College Principal Jeanne Harding as one of three new Governors at...

A MUSLIM lawyer who refused to take off her veil at a court hearing has been replaced in the case by her bosses. Shabnam Mughal, a lawyer at the Coventry-based firm The Law Partnership, hit the headlines after refusing...

TWO LEICESTER students are in the running to edit a BBC radio current affairs programme. Moat Community College Year 10 students Libin Ashkir and Zaina Sanjania are up against three other teams in a bid to edit ‘Today’, the...

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...

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...