Staff and service users at a Birmingham day centre for vulnerable young adults marked Diwali by participating in a fun-packed programme featuring folk dances, a raffle, an arts & craft workshop, henna, a DJ and a variety of festive dishes.Opened...
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4th Oct 2026 | Updated at 02:23am 4th Oct 2026
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Grant Thornton LLP kickstarts Diwali season in London
Grant Thornton LLP became the first to kickstart the Diwali season in London by organising a reception at the historic Long Room in the Lord’s Cricket Ground on 16 October, welcoming a brief spell of Indian summer as the backdrop of festivities....
“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...
Leading EdTech business launches franchise in the UK following recent global success
The British Youth International College (BYITC), the Glasgow-headquartered but globally operating educational technology (EdTech) business, has launched its successful franchise model in the UK.
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.
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...
Dr Nik Kotecha of Loughborough-based Morningside Pharmaceuticals was crowned Entrepreneur of the Year at the prestigious 2016 Midlands Family Business...
Thousands of Sikhs celebrated Guru Nanak's birthday, as they marched their way through the city streets of Leicester on Saturday.
Last Wednesday 16 November saw the election of Newham’s tenth Young Mayor and a celebration of a decade of Young Mayors.
A visit to Syon House and Park hosted by the Mayor of Hounslow, has raised more than £1,000 for two local charities.
A student has been jailed for blackmailing a 14-year-old schoolgirl into handing over family jewellery after threatening to release a video of her being ‘abused’ on Facebook. The young victim claimed she was targeted for sexual exploitation...
A Leicester imam is launching a campaign to try to counter the hate messages of Islamic State. Dr Ather Hussain al-Azhari will use Friday prayers at the Jamia Masjid-e-Bilal, in Evington Valley Road, to commence a drive to tackle the propaganda...
A girl has had her 26in-long hair cut for the first time to raise money for charity. Schaniaya Patel, 13, donated her long locks to the Little Princess Trust that provides wigs for children fighting cancer and other hair-loss diseases.
Sisters Satya and Kshama Sachania and their families organised a remembrance event to mark the 30th death anniversary of their father, Karsanbhai Sachania. Held at the Shri Krishna Temple in Coventry on Saturday a fortnight ago, tributes were...
A 15-year-old immigrant who raped a five-year-old boy in a bathroom and said he would ‘break him into pieces’ has been handed a rehabilitation order.
