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AN ILLEGAL immigrant who beat his flatmate to death after a row has been sentenced to life in prison. Merjit Bair, 32 , of Warley, Sandwell, was found guilty at the Old Bailey for the murder of 31-year-old Ragbir Singh...

Star takes on toughest challenge in new TV seriesAmir Khan is no stranger to tough situations. At the tender age of 17, he fought one of the all-time Olympic greats in the 60kg boxing final for the gold medal....

Twenty20 snub ‘illogical’, says bowlerPAKISTAN’S Abdul Razzaq has spoken publicly about his Twenty20 omission, lashing out at the Pakistan Cricket Board. The 27-year-old found himself cast in the wilderness after he was left out of the Twenty20 squad for...

THE CONSERVATIVE Party have outlined new proposals to tackle forced marriages. The proposals include a requirement for spouses to register the name of their potential husband or wife before going abroad, as well as the requirement for those wishing...

A MAN has been charged by police after an Imam was seriously attacked at London’s Regent’s Park Mosque. The man, 40-year-old Ryan Donegan from Hammersmith, was detained and charged with GBH following the attack on Friday. The 58-year-old imam,...

Hollywood beckons for Bollywood beautyASHWARIYA Rai looks to have made a big splash in Hollywood after reports revealed she has been cast in the big-money Pink Panther sequel. The actress, who is already a star name amongst the non-Asian...

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan attends London premiereLONDON’S Somerset House was turned into a hockey haven last night as it hosted the world premiere of new Bollywood film ‘Chak De India’. Crowds flocked to the premiere to catch a glimpse of...

THE CHANNEL 4 Dispatches row proves why Muslims distrust the media, the Muslim Council of Britain has said. Speaking a day after West Midlands Police revealed they had lodged a formal complaint over the way programme makers ‘spliced’ speeches...

FORMER Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg has called for the detention facility to close down as Prime Minister Gordon Brown reversed the government’s policy and called for the release of five British residents held at the camp. The men,...

Sanjay Dutt challenges six-year sentenceBOLLYWOOD star Sanjay Dutt who was jailed for six-years for buying weapons used in the 1993 Mumbai bombings is to appeal against his sentence. The 48-year-old is currently being held in a high security prison...

CHANNEL 4 has been reported to broadcasting regulator Ofcom over the way it edited speeches by Muslim clerics in an undercover programme on Islamic extremism in the UK. The Dispatches programme ‘Undercover Mosque’, which was broadcast in January, took...

Filming begins for Film London backed ‘Shifty’ASIAN actor Riz Ahmed will return to our screens later this year in the British urban thriller ‘Shifty’. The star of Channel 4’s critically acclaimed docu-drama ‘The Road to Guantanamo’, takes the lead in...