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Mohammad Asif held on suspicion of possessing drugPAKISTAN bowler Mohammad Asif has been detained in Dubai on suspicion of possessing drugs. The fast bowler was held by authorities on Sunday as he made his way back to Pakistan from...

From Ralph Lauren to Learning Lines....FOR Valmike Rampersad there was only ever one thing he wanted to do with his life. Working at fashion giant Ralph Lauren was satisfying enough but his dream of becoming an actor was always...

‘We never rejected our girls’, say coupleTHE FAMILY of a Midlands couple who were accused in a newspaper story of dumping their newborn twin girls at a Birmingham hospital because they were not boys have hit out at the...

‘I feel betrayed by Britain’, says prisonerA BRITISH resident who is facing the death penalty in Guantanamo Bay has written a letter to Prime Minster Gordon Brown urging him for help. Binyam Mohamed, the only Briton in the camp, has...

Four charged with teenagers’ murderTHE FAMILY of Amar Aslam paid tribute to the murdered teenager hours after four people appeared in court charged with his murder. Seventeen-year-old Amar was savagely beaten and left for dead in Crow Nest Park...

We can never forgive him, says Nisha’s brotherTHE BROTHER of murdered special constable Nisha Patel Nasri has said the family would never be able to forgive her killer husband. Fadi Nasri, 34, had Nisha killed so he could cash...

Trio sentenced to total of 22 yearsTWO men and a woman have been sentenced to a total of 22 years today for smuggling heroin into the UK which was carefully woven into rugs from Afghanistan. Jhangheer Younas Ali and...

Cricket-mad Army recruiters in charity questTWO Midland Army recruiters are taking their love of cricket to the next level by attempting a feat like no other. The cricket crazy duo will take part in a 24 hour ‘bat-a-thon’ testing...

Manjula Sood UK’s first female Asian Lord MayorBRITAIN’S first Asian woman Lord Mayor has taken up her office in Leicester. Councillor Manjula Sood was sworn in at Leicester Town Hall on Thursday evening. She has become the first Asian woman...

Life sentences for ‘career criminals’TWO brothers have been jailed for life for murdering a father-of-two after he tried to stop them stealing his car radio. 54-year-old Balbir Matharu was mown down by brothers Albert and Tommy Willet after he tried...

Police and CPS offer apologyCHANNEL 4 will receive £100,000 in damages and an apology from West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service after they admitted they were wrong to accuse the broadcaster of faking footage in a programme...

BCCI ‘slaps’ five ODI ban on spinner INDIAN spinner Harbhajan Singh has been warned about his future conduct after the Board of Cricket Control India banned him for five one-day internationals for slapping fellow countryman Sreesanth during an Indian...