The Hindu and Jain communities are promoting organ donation with a special message this Diwali
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23rd Oct 2019 | Updated at 11:06am 23rd Oct 2019
'Path to Success' raise £59k to support female Paralympic hopefuls
A Westminster-based charity has raised more than £59,000 at a fundraising gala dinner to support female paralympic in their journeys to Tokyo in 2020 and beyond.
Coventry’s Sikhs take to the streets in aid of planting 550 trees
Coventry’s Sikh community will take to the streets for this year’s Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Charity Walk from 10am on Sunday 6thOctober, in aid of planting 550 native trees and shrubs in Longford Park.
Balidan divas, 30 years in exile for Kashmiri Hindu Pandits
On Saturday 14th September, at the Zoroastrian Centre, the Kashmiri Pandit Cultural Society (KPCS) commemorated the 30th anniversary of the mass extermination of Kashmiri Hindu Pandits from the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The event marked the...
Dr Sohom Das: A new age Forensic Psychiatrist
Dr Sohom Das from London, is not just your regular Consulting Forensic Psychiatrist. Currently in his early 40s, Sohom is quirky, witty, dabbles in stand-up comedy and does battle rapping on TV. He is also a debut fiction novelist, writing a...
Jet Airways’ Manchester-Mumbai set to bring £400m to northern economy
Jet Airways’ first ever non-stop flight connecting Mumbai, India’s economic capital, and Manchester is now operating. Launched on Dhan Teras (Nov 5) - the most auspicious day for businesses, and second day of Diwali, in the Hindu calendar -...
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...
On Saturday 19th October 2019, over 200 volunteers came together in Birmingham, for the annual Diwali Basket Brigade
One of the BBC's most well-known female presenters is taking the Corporation to an employment tribunal, claiming she was paid less than male colleagues for doing equivalent work.
Facebook has made fresh plans to protect elections from interference and misinformation in case UK goes to the polls
Dear Mr Corbyn,
Amir Khan's wife Faryal Makhdoom tricked him into thinking he had lost £2million on Friday and then filmed the reaction.
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary is inspiring his network of extremists and poses a renewed terror threat a year after he left jail, an analysis by experts...
Two men have appeared in court charged in connection with an alleged drugs operation after investigators seized heroin worth an estimated £3million along...
An NHS doctor falsely diagnosed a girl with cancer to scare her mother into paying for private treatment, a tribunal heard.
A London couple are facing allegations they arranged for their adopted son, 11, to be murdered for a £150,000 insurance pay-out.
