The £6.8 billion takeover of Asda by the Issa brothers has hit a roadblock. The billionaire duo have been told they will need to sell 27 fuel stations...
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11th May 2021 | Updated at 12:10am 11th May 2021
Sadiq Khan promises to bring Indian Premier League matches to London
Sadiq Khan has vowed to work hand-in-hand with cricketing authorities to make the Indian Premier League the latest global sports league to stage matches in London.
NHS and Tropical Sun start family ‘Heart to Heart’ about blood and organ donation
Britons are being encouraged to have a ‘heart to heart’ as part of a new campaign to get people from Black and Asian backgrounds talking about blood and organ donation.
Lord Woolley becomes the first Black man to head an Oxbridge college
A political and equalities activist has become the first black man to be elected head of an Oxbridge college. Lord Simon Woolley, founding director of campaign group Operation Black Vote, will be the newly elected principal of Cambridge University's...
New hijab trial designed by New Zealand first tried in Leicester
A new hijab designed in New Zealand especially for operational Muslim police officers is being trialled by Leicestershire Police in a first in England.
University of Glasgow project investigating the effects of Covid-19
A project at the University of Glasgow that is aiming to better understand the effects that Covid-19 infection has on blood vessels and blood pressure has received a grant of £250,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
Coalition to feed children and end starvation in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood
On 27th July, local partners announced a unique collaboration to provide nutritious midday meals to hundreds of children in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood, who are at risk of going hungry during these school summer holidays due to coronavirus.
770,000 people in England unable to speak English well
In an interview, the communities secretary, Sajid Javid revealed that 770,000 people living in England speak little or no English at all, and warned that up to 70% of them are women from the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities.
Sigma sponsors transformation of Community Pharmacy 2025 vision
A donation from Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc is funding a three year PhD scholarship aimed at developing a coherent and transformative vision for English community pharmacy in 2025. The project has already begun in the Department of Pharmacy and...
Three PhD students and their Director of Studies will be presenting at the 18th Annual Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religions...
On his four day visit to the UK for the G7 leaders Summit, Minister of External Affairs (India), S Jaishankar made some bold statements amid India’s quest...
Avina Shah a British Indian singer & songwriter, performing artist, influencer, and entrepreneur who rose to fame with her charity debut song 'Tere Bina'...
Lord Bilimoria, CBI President, founder and Chairman of Cobra Beer, has issued a statement on the need for the support of the business community to assist in the growing Covid-19 crisis within India.
Boris Johnson has approved a legislative programme of more than 25 bills that will implement planning reform and a new state aid regime, as he seeks to flesh out his strategy for post-pandemic economic recovery.
Ruqayah secured her role at her local hospital following completion of The Prince’s Trust Get Started in Health and Social Care online mentoring programme...
In a virtual meeting on May 4, during the ‘Leaders Summit On Climate’ UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Indian PM Narendra Modi agreed upon a deeper cooperation between the UK and India, including a new Enhanced Trade Partnership paving the...
A recent report published in the Lancet medical journal, that explores ‘Ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 infection and Covid-19’ has revealed that in UK’s second wave of coronavirus (from September to December 2020), the South Asian communities...
Mothers of brides and grooms in England and Wales will now be added to marriage certificates for the first time.
