Malik’s Billboard For A Wife

A bachelor in hope of a wife has advertised himself on huge billboards across the city. A 20ft billboard with the image of Mohammad Malik, 29, has plastered his picture on several advertising boards across the Birmingham. Mohammed is seen lying...

2022 New Years Honours List

The New Year Honours List for 2022 recognising men and women from all walks of life including Covid medical heroes, sports stars, and TV/movie celebrities. The New Year Honours List 2022 has 15.1% of recipients coming from an ethnic minority background,...

Muslim Hikers Receive Support After Social Media Abuse

What started off as a social media page last year on Instagram called Muslim Hikers to help create the struggles of isolation gained so much interest from the community. Haroon Mota, Head of Challenge Events set up a page called...

Ex-Councillor to Stand Trial After He Was Made Bankrupt

Due to a backlog caused by the Covid pandemic, an ex-councillor is to stand trial which is expected to last for five days, will not take place until January 2023 Former councillor from Warwick is to stand trial accused of...

Birmingham householder fined after rubbish dumped in Sandwell

A Birmingham householder who paid an unlicensed waste carrier to take away rubbish that was later dumped in Sandwell has been fined £400. Sandwell Council’s Environmental Enforcement Officers came across the fly-tipped rubbish in Shenstone Road, Smethwick. Evidence found among the...

Midlands sets record as more than 20 million COVID-19 vaccinations carried out

Over 20 million lifesaving COVID-19 vaccinations have been delivered across the Midlands as the region leads the way in the rollout of the biggest vaccination programme in NHS history. The NHS in the Midlands delivered 946,068 COVID vaccines last week...

Queues for Booster Vaccine as Website Crashes

Thousands of people are trying to book their Covid booster jabs today and this has led to the NHS website crashing, the government has said. Walk-in vaccine centres in England were seeing long queues after Boris Johnson announced an expansion...

UK Asian Businessman Becomes First Indian to be Promoted To Honorary Captain In Royal...

A UK asian businessman has become the first Indian-born recipient of the position of Honorary Captain in the Royal Navy. The promotion was made official today (Friday 28th February) at a ceremony in Birmingham for Captain Raj Aggarwal OBE,...

Son Charged For Killing Mum and Stepfather

Couple Jasbir Kaur, 52, and her husband Rupinder Singh Bassan, 51 were found dead at their home in Oldbury. Anmol Chana, 25, son of Jasbir Kaur appeared at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Thursday charged with murdering the couple between February...

Two Killed During Cannabis Farm Raid

A cannabis factory raid ended with two men killed in the stomach with a crossbow, Khuzaimah Douglas, 19, and 36-year-old Waseem Ramzan died after robbers targeted a property in Pensnett Road in the early hours of Thursday, February 20. An inquest...

Lent: A Time for Fasting and Reflection

Wednesday 26th February marks the start of Lent, a Catholic liturgical season consisting of forty days of fasting, prayer, and penitence beginning on Ash Wednesday and concluding at sundown on Holy Thursday. It is an important period of observance...

India-UK Healthcare Conference

Key stakeholders in the Healthcare sector in India and UK converged at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital UHB NHS Trust, Birmingham, to participate in the India –UK Healthcare Conference 2020. ''The year 2020 is expected to witness an inflection point in...