‘Stop sweatshop clothes abuse’
BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in Delhi for the India-UK summit, today faces pressure to regulate his country’s retailers after new revelations that Indian workers receive poverty wages making clothes for British stores.
The pressure, from the anti-poverty charity War...
Musical message supports Muslim community
MUSLIMS are not terrorists – that is the message behind a new music CD compiled by a Birmingham music supremo.
50-year-old Barry Tomes from Birmingham is not a Muslim, nor does he have any connections with Muslim groups. But...
Anisha to hot up Asian issues on BBC Radio Stoke
A NEW radio show for the Asian community in Stoke is gearing up for its first broadcast next week.
BBC Radio Stoke will air the ‘Anisha’ show on Monday between 7pm and 9pm with one of the stations hottest Asian...
Fears for missing West Bromwich woman
POLICE are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 21-year-old woman who has gone missing from her home in West Bromwich. Korona Begum has not been seen since December 10, 2007 when she left her home address in...
Man denies policewoman hit-and-run attack
A WEST Bromwich man has denied a hit-and-run attack on a female police officer.
Rashpal Singh, 42, accused of injuring West Midlands Police officer Det Con Catherine Corbett near Heathrow Airport, on 2 November.
Mr Singh, of Gladstone Street,...
Government crackdown on extremist websites
THE GOVERNMENT will target extremist websites that attempt to radicalise young British Muslims as part of a new campaign announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith today.
In a speech at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and...
Midland Asian sport stars gear up for awards
British Asian Sports Awards to honour achieversA HOST of British Asian sporting talent from the Midlands region are set to do battle next month at the British Asian Sports Awards (BASA).
The annual award ceremony recognises the impact young...
‘Award juries should snub Aamir Khan’
Sajid Khan speaks out after Star Screen AwardsBOLLYWOOD director Sajid Khan has claimed award juries should snub fellow directing rival Aamir Khan after seeing him sweep the board at the 14th Star Screen Awards.
Khan, who was the brains...
Salman unveils waxwork – Watch the Video here
Bollywood star thanks fans
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BOLLYWOOD star Salman Khan thanked his fans as he unveiled his new waxwork at
London’s famous Madame Tussauds.
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Jay Sean to meet his fans
R&B star in Brum HMV signingFANS of Asian R&B star Jay Sean will be able to meet the star in the flesh next week when he embarks on a week of HMV instore signings in the run up to...
Warning on food import restrictions
PEOPLE returning to the UK from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are being advised to check the rules and restrictions on bringing back food products.
A new campaign run by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)...
Ramprakash hits out at Aussies in race row
Ex-star admits he was victim of Aussie ‘racism’FORMER England cricket star Mark Ramprakash has revealed he suffered racial abuse when playing against Australia.
The former Surrey star also jumped to the defence of Indian spin bowler Harbhajan Singh who...
