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Taxi Driver Tanzeel Rehman a "trusted courier" has been jailed in drug smuggling after £400,000-worth of cocaine was found behind the passenger seat. Rehman from Birmingham was returning from Luton with a consignment of high-purity cocaine when he was stopped...

A gang of violent carjacking thugs who battered motorists with golf clubs, baseball bats and metal bars have had their jail terms doubled. The trio Sarweeth Rehman, Hussun Ashraf and Adal Azam, all aged 22, caused fright by carrying...

Launch of the National Lottery-funded Muslim Memory Project: Our Heroes WW2 Muslim Soldiers with Andrew Gwynne MP, Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary  On Thursday 24th January Himmah will be launching a new project, made possible thanks to National Lottery players...

A dedicated and respected Sikh community leader and volunteer who spent most of his life to the people of Leicester. Tributes from the community poured in after the passing of Sewa Singh Paldi’s who is a great loss for the...

A Muslim who wanted to raise the marble edge around his father's grave to stop people from walking across has lost a High Court battle. Atta Ul-Haq, a practising Barelvi Muslim, wants to increase a 4in (10cm) edging to...

A fly-tipper was caught dumping a pile of used nappies, food and rubbish in a West Bromwich street before fleeing the scene on CCTV footage. The man who has not been named was seen pulling up in a silver car...

Three hundred of the most remarkable British Muslims are shortlisted as finalists for the 7th British Muslim Awards after hundreds of nominations are gathered from across the country. The award exists to recognise a wide range of achievements from...

The team of 12 children, aged from five to 11 from Oasis Academy Short Heath wanted to talk to rough sleepers and give them food and warm clothes. When Rigberta Nimoh saw a homeless man in a doorway in...

Restructured proposals to build thousands of homes across Solihull are set to be put to the public. Residents are to be asked their views on sites assigned for development. The latest draft of the council's Local Plan Review, which would...

Canadian superstar Drake has publicised a main new European tour – with three of his 11 British dates in Birmingham. Drake to announce three gigs of his Assassination Vacation tour at the NEC's Resorts World Arena, Birmingham. The Assassination Vacation...

Naeem Arif is a highly experienced customer-orientated leader, with over 15 years experience as director of multiple successful Private Limited Companies in the Retail and Management Consulting world. He the founder of NA Consulting, a retail and management consultancy,...

A community group is determined to stamp out Handsworth's '24/7' prostitution. The sex workers of Soho Road are selling their bodies in what has become an all-day, everyday problem. It is not them who should be ashamed, says Tariq Rashid...