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DETECTIVES have released an e-fit of a taxi driver wanted in connection with an indecent assault on a young woman in Leicester. The victim, who police said was left “extremely shocked” by the incident, was assaulted in the early...

A WOMAN who stabbed her husband to death has been sentenced to four years in jail. 33-year-old Rina Begum accused her husband, Anhar Miah, of making her life hell saying she feared for her life. The Old Bailey heard Begum,...

PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has evoked the fury of a number of Muslim groups after he banned a Muslim preacher from entering Britain. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, 81, had been hoping to come to London to receive medical treatment but it...

FOUR members of one family have today been found guilty of allowing a 19-year-old Pakistani bride to be beaten to death by her husband. Sabia Rani endured three months of beatings by her husband Shahzad Khan eventually leading to...

REFUGEES in Birmingham are being helped to set up in business and become entrepreneurs. Action Enterprise is staging a series of seminars in which groups of refugees are being given advice on how they can set up their own businesses. In...

A NUMBER of Hindu organisations across Britain have hit out at Prime Minister Gordon Brown accusing him of ignoring their needs and concerns. Hindu frustrations have been at a high since the killing of the ‘sacred’ cow Gangotri in December...

Akhtar vows return after central contract snubPAKISTAN fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has vowed to fight for his place in the team after being snubbed a central contract by the Pakistan Cricket Board. Akhtar was told last month he would...

Football-mad Wasim to lead out England teamFOR many running out onto the Wembley pitch to the roar of 90,000 fans is a thing of dreams – unless your name is Wasim Tai! 10-year-old Wasim will fulfill a lifetime ambition this...

THE spotlight was on the Bradford’s unsung heroes at a special awards ceremony hosted by TV celebrity Linda Barker. The 2020 Vision Awards, held recently at the Grattan Stadium, was a chance for the people and projects which help...

IMMIGRATION Minister Liam Byrne will visit India this week as part of a national and international consultation on changes to Britain's visa system. The Minister will visit India with a delegation, as well as holding community events in London...

Book charts rise of Asian music genreBHANGRA music has gone from an obscure 1960s Birmingham import to an internationally recognised art-form - says the author of the first ever history of the genre. But according to Dr Rajinder Dudrah who...

ASIAN taxi drivers are being used to track down and return women fleeing their homes from domestic violence or forced marriages, a new report has claimed. A number of refugee centres across the country who regularly help Asian women...