The boss of an ‘unscrupulous’ travel company has been jailed for exploiting pilgrims hoping to travel to Mecca. Babur Hussain - branded a ‘rogue trader’ by council bosses - was the director of Ashton Hajj and Umra Limited, also known as Ashton...
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5th Dec 2025 | Updated at 06:56pm 5th Dec 2025
“Labour party will reach out to the Hindu community in Leicester East to work with them”: Parliamentary candidate Rajesh Agrawal
The Indian diaspora and business communities in the UK are familiar with Rajesh Agrawal, the former Deputy Mayor of Business in London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s team. He transformed London into a leading investment hub for India, despite the Brexit...
CF India hosts fundraiser dinner in Brum
Conservative MP Dean Russell told attendees at a fundraising dinner in Birmingham, “When Labour see a problem, they exploit it. When we see a problem, we fix it”. The event was organised by Edgbaston Conservatives in partnership with Conservative...
Surgeon Naseer Ahmad leaving court after he escaped his second driving ban - arguing that being forced to get the bus would put patients’ lives at risk.
A takeaway in the heart of Manchester's student-land has been closed under new powers to combat illegal working. The Home Office said Raj Takeaway on Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield, 'has a history of employing illegal workers'.
An ex-wife tried to kill her former husband by disembowelling him after luring him to her Birmingham flat, a jury heard.
A teacher has been jailed for a drunken racist rant at fellow passengers moments before take off from Manchester. Zareena Shaid, 24, who was travelling to Ibiza with three pals, also used vile language to mock a man with a brain injury - and...
A man has appeared in court charged with murdering a 35-year-old woman.
Five men have been jailed for their roles in a conspiracy to bring heroin worth up to £280,000 into Leicester. The men worked together to bring consignments totalling 3.5kg of the class. A drug from Sheffield to the city. However, they were...
Amir Khan has dropped his dad as part of his overhaul of his management team. The move from the boxer comes as he aims to keep his boxing and family separate...
A “Pink Lohri Festival” brought together over 200 women in Birmingham last Sunday. Organised by the Sikh Women’s Action Network, or SWAN, the theme was...
A 26-year-old man has appeared in court charged with killing a pedestrian who was knocked down by a car outside a Sikh temple.
