Asian families ‘missing out’ on disabled benefits
A LEADING charity which helps families of disabled children has claimed more than 60 per cent of Asian families are not claming benefits owed to them.
The charity estimates there are 470,000 families in the UK not claiming Disability...
Attacker faces justice after eight years
HIGH tech fingerprint technology has brought a man to justice – eight years after a pensioner was assaulted during a raid on a Lichfield petrol station.
Waheed Zaman, aged 26, of Erdington, Birmingham, was given 120 hours community service...
Ajay and Kaol return to the big screen
U Me Aur Hum hits UK screens this weekAJAY Devgan and Kajol fans are in for a real treat this April, with the launch of Ajay’s directorial debut U, ME AUR HUM (You, Me and Us) in which Kajol...
Rianna’s Race for Life
SIX-year-old Rianna Deol should be enjoying her childhood, getting dirty in the garden and generally causing the type of good-natured mayhem millions of little girls her age are accustomed to.
Instead Rianna has only four months to live, a reality...
Officers to face action over honour killing death
TWO Metropolitan Police Officers are to face a disciplinary panel following their failures over the murder of a 20-year-old woman killed by her father and uncle in an honour killing.
An Independent Police Complaints commission criticised the handling of...
Millionaire’s son guilty of dangerous driving
THE SON of a millionaire Midlands couple has been found guilty of dangerous driving at Birmingham Crown Court following a three car accident which left a baby fighting for her life.
Antonio Singh Boparan pleaded not guilty but was convicted...
‘I’ll challenge PCB ban’, vows Akhtar
Bowler accuses board of ‘unfair treatment’SHOAIB Akhtar has vowed to fight the five-year ban handed down on him by the Pakistan Cricket Board.
The bowler, banned earlier this week for violating the player’s code of conduct for criticising the board...
Police hunt ‘Burqa’ jeweller robber
POLICE are hunting a group of men – one of which pretended to be a Muslim woman – who robbed an Asian jewellers in Birmingham.
The man, wearing a Burqa and pushing an empty pushchair, was part of a...
Postal voting fraud will threaten May elections
A TOP Judge has warned the May elections could fall victim to widespread fraud because of the “fatally flawed” system of postal ballots.
Richard Mawrey, QC, said postal voting was “lethal to the democratic process”.
His comments came as he...
Magistrate jailed in fraud case
A WOLVERHAMPTON Magistrate has been jailed for eighteen months for fraud.
Balbir Singh Sandhu, 62, told a businessman he had become aware of a “file” investigating his business and for £45,000 he would help make the case “disappear”, Birmingham...
‘Gym for Free’ Runaway Success
A NEW health initiative in Birmingham which allows the public to access free gym, fitness and swimming sessions is to be rolled out across the city following a fantastic response.
The city’s ‘Gym For Free’ project was launched in...
Jay Sean: Bringing Down the House
Interview by Sunny SahotaIN football we have Zesh Rayman and Harpal Singh and the musical equivalent of them is Jay Sean, a 26 year old who through hard work, grit and determination has carved out a very successful music...
