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A BIRMINGHAM cricket academy is hoping to raise funds for the victims of the Pakistan earthquake when they host a cricket tournament in the city next month. The CTEC Cricket Academy, based in south Birmingham and run by city duo...

A BIRMINGHAM scientist has been recognised for his services to British science at a star-studded reception at Buckingham Palace. Rashpal Chana, a member of the Science Learning centre at Keele University, was given the top honour at a special reception...

AN eight-year-old boy has described the moment he thought he was going to die after robbers held a gun to his head before stealing his mother’s car. Ifnan Aslam, who has cancer, was with his mother, Nabeela Aslam, 27, at...

BIRMINGHAM was abuzz with all things Asian this weekend as thousands flocked to the annual Mela at the NEC. The celebrations, which have been staged in the UK’s second city since it began life in 1998, brought together the best...

A MAN accused of killing his wife and three children has pleaded not guilty at Manchester Crown Court Rahan Arshad is to stand trial accused of the murder of his wife Uzma, 32, sons Adam, 11, Abbas, eight, and six-year-old...

A BRITON who flew back into the UK after spending 18 years on death row in Pakistan has spoken of his relief at returning home. Mirza Tahir Hussain was released by Pakistan authorities and flew back to the country hours...

Bollywood InterviewAjay Devgan is perhaps every man’s dream. He is one of Bollywood’s biggest stars, he has been up close and personal with the cream of Bollywood’s leading ladies, and he’s married to one of the industry’s biggest stars,...

Bollywood InterviewBollywood heroine Kajol made her return to the big screen in the mega-hit film Fanaa opposite Amir Khan. The film was critically acclaimed by both fans and critics alike and it confirmed Kajol’s status as the biggest female...

A LEEDS man who faced the prospect of being hanged for the murder of a taxi driver has had his “nightmare” come to an end, his brother said after Pakistani authorities commuted his death sentence. Amjad Hussain welcomed the...

THE FATHER of a man shot dead in Birmingham has urged the community not to take matters into their own hands in retaliation for his murder. Meshack Tesfa Bernard was celebrating his 20th birthday when he was shot in...

A £2,000 reward has been put up by the family of a jeweller stabbed and beaten with a hammer in his store. Verinder Kumar Sedheva, 51, was attacked with a knife and hammer by two hooded men who burst into...

A BIRMINGHAM man on trial for the murder of PC Sharon Beshenivsky has admitted he fired the shot that killed her. Yusuf Abdilh Jamma, 20, of Whitmore Road, Small Heath is accused of killing the PC as she answered...