Vaisakhi 22 Celebration event on Saturday 9 April at The New Art Gallery Walsall

Vaisakhi 22 The New Art Gallery Walsall Saturday 9 April 11am – 3pm Join us for our annual celebration to mark the birth of Sikh religion. Enjoy performances from Gabhru Punjab De Bhangra Team, make a model of the Golden Temple...

Kabaddi Part of the Commonwealth Games 2022

Part of this year’s Commonwealth Games we will be seeing the British Kabaddi League making an entrance in the UK. Tournaments are set to take place over April in Birmingham as well as Manchester, Glasgow and Wolverhampton. Prem Singh, CEO of...

Exhibition Puts Local Sporting Communities in Focus

An exciting new photographic exhibition celebrating local sporting communities has opened at multiple venues across Birmingham and Sandwell today, Monday 4 April, as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival. People, Place and Sport by award-winning artist, Jaskirt Boora, in...

Knifeman Attacked Neighbour For Taking A Parcel

A man who attacked his neighbour with a knife after he kindly accepted a parcel for someone else on his doorstep was jailed for four years and three months. Mohammed Latif lunged at his target after he spotted him accepting...

Local Who Rents Driveway To Help Hospital Workers

Locals have shown their support to a landlord who turned his driveway into a car park to help Heartlands Hospital workers and undercutting their parking fees. Akeel Ahmed, 33, spent around £20,000 turning the land outside his house opposite Heartlands...

Birmingham Thyagaraja Festival receives patronage from UNESCO AND UNESCO-UK

The Birmingham Thyagaraja Festival is the most popular annual festival of Indian Classical Music and Dance held in the West Midlands. ShruthiUK is delighted and proud to receive patronage for the BTF from both UNESCO and the United Kingdom National...

Taxi Driver Jailed After Violent Attack on Wife

A taxi driver from Washwood Heath violently attacked his wife twice in the same day Yasir Mehmood shoved the victim's head up against a wall, kicked her repeatedly on the floor and grabbed her by the throat during the...

Together for Ramadan

Asda celebrates a Ramadan to remember with a bespoke tasting menu created by Salma of @SalmasRecipes Ramadan is going to be particularly special this year, as people around the country prepare to celebrate, breaking their fasts together with the whole...

Oscar Win For British Pakistan Actor Riz Ahmed

British Pakistan Actor Riz Ahmed has won his first Oscar for Best Short Film (Live Action) for The Long Goodbye with Aneil Karia. Accepting the award, Ahmed said: “In such divided times, we believe that the role of story is...

Police Urging People To Call 999 And Not Approach Missing Man

Police are urging people to not approach a 33-year-old man who has gone missing from a health facility, but to call 999 immediately. Mustafa is 5ft 6ins tall and was last seen leaving a facility in Birmingham on Monday 28th...

Warwickshire Cricket Board launch extended Ramadan Midnight Cricket League

Warwickshire Cricket Board (WCL) is building on the success of its Midnight Ramadan Cricket League, which launched last summer, by developing a new adult tournament which is open for registration. Over three weeks of Ramadan, the opening times of the...

Open Letter: The Not-So-Diverse Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022

We, like many from our City’s diverse communities, were over the moon when Birmingham was awarded the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The stated ambition was that these would be the “Diversity Games”; with a lasting legacy from the Government, the...