Farmers urged to go Halal
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...
Councillor scores a ‘first’ in University accolade
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...
Veil Row Lawyer replaced by firm
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...
Youngsters bid to edit BBC radio show
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...
Teenager lays ‘beautiful’ family to rest
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 jailed for racist schoolboy murder
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...
FIRE TRAGEDY
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...
Teenager guilty of arson death
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...
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The Asian Today has teamed up with Mela 06 to offer ten lucky readers a pair of tickets to the Birmingham extravaganza.
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Hundreds flock to see boxing star at book signing
British boxing hero Amir Khan created quite a stir in the centre of Birmingham today where he was greeted by screaming fans as he unveiled his autobiography ‘A Boy from Bolton’.
The 19-year-old, made a stop at the Borders book...
