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City Council clamp down on benefit cheatsA MOTHER and her son have been sentenced after they pleaded guilty to cheating the benefit system. Zarda Begum, 71, and her son, Zulficar Ali, 38, from Edgbaston pleaded guilty to falsely claiming...

Young Archie Assignment: An InterviewONCE in a while a band comes along that makes you sit up and take notice. And today the Brit-Asian music scene are blessed with Young Archie Assignment – a foursome who are at the...

Man escapes banning orderMIDDLESBOROUGH Football Club and the Football Association have expressed their disappointment that a Newcastle fan who admitted hurling racist abuse at striker Mido was not handed a banning order. Barry Norman Hutchinson, 49, of Silver Lonnen, Fenham,...

Sunny Sahota talks to Jaz DhamiRINGING an innovative breath of fresh air back into today’s seemingly mundane Bhangra genre, Jaz Dhami is a new talent who is gearing up to take the Bhangra industry by storm. Birmingham born Jaz has...

Amir vows ‘no more mistakes’AMIR Khan returned to winning ways with a second-round knockout of Oisin Fagan at the ExCeL Arena, vowing there would be no more mistakes again. Khan, 21, returned to the ring with memories of his September...

Players donate half match fee to victimsENGLAND’S players have pledged to donate half their match fees from the opening Test against India to the victims of the terror attacks in Mumbai. Following a meeting at the team hotel in Chennai...

Launch of Helping others can help you campaignTHE Community Channel is launching a campaign to encourage more people from Asian communities to give up their time to help others. The campaign ‘Helping others can help you’ will pay tribute...

Go4 Hajj & Umrah Tours ‘misled’ its customersA COMPANY claming to specialise in religious pilgrimages to Mecca has been wound up in the High Court following an investigation. Luton-based Go4 Hajj & Umrah Tours Limited “seriously misled” its customers, an...

‘They won’t do anything about it’,says Muslim starEGYPTIAN striker Mido has launched a scathing attack on the Football Association after he was subjected to racist abuse by Newcastle United fans during last weekends Tees-Tyne derby. The Middlesborough striker accused the...

Galaxy FM suspend DJ and ProducerA NATIONAL radio station has suspended a DJ and producer after a song featuring verses from the Koran was played on air. The Birmingham arm of Galaxy FM said an investigation had been launched...

Moosa Khan sentenced to life at Old BaileyA MAN who callously stabbed another man to death over a debt of £250 has been sentenced to life today. Moosa Khan, 20, plunged a knife into the stomach of 23-year-old Leon...

Vikram Bhatt: ‘The Taj is India’s heritage’A BOLLYWOOD director has begun a campaign to rebuild Mumbai’s iconic Taj Hotel which was severely damaged during the recent terror attacks in the city. Leading filmmaker Vikram Bhatt said he would ask everyone...