Cricket Spot-Fixing Exposed By Undercover Cop

The cricket spot-fixing scandal of 2017 Pakistan Super League was exposed after an undercover police officer, posed as a member of corrupt betting syndicate, connected with suspect bookie Yousef Anwar and Pakistani cricketer Nasir Jamshaid. During his investigation he uncovered...

Speeding Hit-and-Run Driver Jailed

A man has been jailed for killing a woman after a hit-and-run as he tried to overtake a taxi outside a Sikh temple. The driver Vrabian Antonescu was speeding down waterloo Road, Smethwick on October 3 last year, when he...

No Jail Sentence for Derbyshire Man

A man from Derbyshire who sent a sexual message to a teenager has avoided jail. The 39-year-old, Rajinder Chahal, contacted his 15-year-old victim over social media site Instagram and went on to send her one message of a sexual nature.   Judge...

Family Disappointed In Burial Charges

A family from Braunstone Town are requesting for a change in the non-resident fee after receiving what they described as an 'unexpected' funeral charge. After the death of their grandmother on November 12, Arsalaan and his family prepared for Muslim...

Man arrested and ordered to pay more than £1 million for stolen vehicles.

A Croydon man has been told to pay more than £1 million for handling 19 stolen vehicles, said by the police. Chirag Patel, 40, on November 29 was given a confiscation order for the vehicles, which were valued at more...

London Bridge Attacker Released Halfway Through His Jail Sentence

The London Bridge attacker Usman Khan was released half-way through a 16-year prison sentence for a plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange. On Friday 29 November Usman Khan went on a knife rampage killing 2 people Jack Meritt and...

Restaurant Owners Praised For Giving Away Food

Owners of a popular Indian restaurant in Kingswinford have been praised after giving away food that a customer ordered as they tried to short-change the delivery driver. ‎Mohammed Saeid‎, who runs Robby’s Indian Fine Dining, told Black Country Live that...

Justice For Priyanka Reddy

A vile attack that has shock Indian society once again, the body of a veterinarian doctor has been found charred under an overpass on November 28 after she was gang raped and murdered by men who had offered to...

Community Support Helps Push Acorns Fundraising Appeal Past Half a Million

A fundraising appeal to save Acorns Children’s Hospice in the Black Country has reached an important milestone thanks to the impressive efforts of the local community. The Save Acorns Black Country Hospice Appeal has hit £500,000 thanks to the combined efforts of...

Art Exhibition by Art Sikh ‘550 Years of Guru Nanak Dev Ji’ 

A new and free exhibition delivered and curated by West Midlands based organisation; Art Sikh opens on Friday 29th November at the Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square. The exhibition is in Commemoration of the 550th Anniversary of Guru Nanak...

London Bridge Attack: Male Suspect Shot

Officers responded to a stabbing incident on London Bridge and the Metropolitan Police confirmed this as a terror-related. A male suspect was shot who died at the scene and five people have been injured. Emergency services were called to London Bridge...

Vandal Who Targeted Five Mosques Jailed

A vandal who targeted Mosques has been jailed for launching a wrecking spree and aggravated criminal damage. Arman Rezazadeh, aged 34-years old a Muslim of Iranian descent, smashed windows and doors with a sledgehammer. He sparked a major hate crime inquiry...