The Asian Today Online

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information following an armed robbery from a Royal Mail van in Alum Rock Road, Birmingham. The incident occurred yesterday just after 12pm. A lone offender approached the driver of the van, which was...

THE FAMILY of a father-of-six killed in a hit and run incident in Walsall have appealed for information to help catch the person responsible for his death. 51-year-old Walsall businessman Mushraf Surti was found lying in the middle of...

A WORLD renowned composer has drawn inspiration from the Muslim faith for a forthcoming concert in Birmingham. Sir John Tavener, a Christian himself, has looked to the Muslim faith for inspiration for his recent major work The Beautiful Names of...

A LEICESTER-based Asian wedding service has scooped top prize at the Wrapit Wedding Industry Awards. Tania-Tapel Limited proved themselves to be top of the tree - having been voted Britain's best wedding planners. The Leicester-based company took the coveted honour at a glittering...

Board confident future tours will not be affectedPAKISTAN Cricket Board Chairman Nasim Ashraf is confident future tours to the country will go ahead despite Australia pulling out of their scheduled tour later this month due to security concerns. Pakistan...

A MAN and a boy who brutally murdered a teenager by stamping on his head have today been sentenced to life in jail. Joseph Jimmy Booth, 18, of Tildsley Street, Great Lever, and a 15-year-old boy who cannot be named...

C4 drama tabled for Royal Television Society AwardCHANNEL 4 drama Britz has been nominated for a Royal Television Society award. The drama has been shortlisted in the Best Drama Serial category alongside BBC’s ‘Five Days’ and ‘Torn’ which was...

Security the issue as tour ‘postponed’AUSTRALIA will not be travelling to Pakistan later this month for a Test and One Day Series because of security concerns, it has been announced today. The decision finally came after months of uncertainty...

Asian music awards honour stars of past yearGLITZ, Glamour and plenty of Gyrating was the recipe for this years UK Asian Music Awards which took place at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall and it went down a treat as...

Actress is still ‘Miss Bollywood’, says publicistSHILPA Shetty has denied reports that she has been axed from the second run of her successful West End musical 'Miss Bollywood'. A report in Indian tabloid Mumbai Mirror alleged that the show's...

POLICE have named a Tipton man shot dead last week. 39-year-old Harun Khan died after being shot in Tudor Street in Tipton last Monday. He was taken to Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, but died. A 36-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder...

GUANTANAMO Bay is Pants – that’s the message from cosmetics company Lush whose staff have begun a week-long campaign against prisoners’ treatment at the notorious American prison camp. Staff across most of the company’s UK stores will wear orange knickers...