Rt Hon Keith Vaz, the MP for Leicester East and the Chairman for the Home Affairs Select Committee, outside the Royal Courts of Justice following the inquest of Jacintha Saldanha who died on the 8th December 2012. He is pictured with her husband...
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1st Jul 2022 | Updated at 09:34am 1st Jul 2022
SBI’s centenary celebration explores benefits of the UK-India FTA
The State Bank of India (SBI) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce (FICCI) organised an economic conclave on Thursday 10 March 2022 with a reference to the roadmap 2030, agreed between the UK and India to double bilateral trades in...
50th anniversary of Bangladesh-India friendship celebrated in London
Maitri Diwas (Friendship Day) was celebrated on 6 December 2021 marking 50 Years of India-Bangladesh Diplomatic ties. The occasion was observed in London by the High Commission of India and Bangladesh High Commission by jointly organising a...
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...
Rt Hon Keith Vaz, the MP for Leicester East and the Chairman for the Home Affairs Select Committee, outside the Royal Courts of Justice following the inquest of Jacintha Saldanha who died on the 8th December 2012. He is pictured with her husband...
Police have said that a takeaway driver was killed, after suffering fatal wounds, inflicted by a bladed weapon, possibly axe or meat cleaver, after being...
A court heard that a pizza shop boss reportedly told a fire crew not to cut a colleague's son from a dough rolling machine, because it will cost him money.
After jailing sexual predator Saquib Hamid last week, Leicestershire police have warned local parents to be vigilant about the signs of grooming.
A man killed in a car crash that led to blocking of Bradgate Road and Roecliffe Road in Cropston on the weekend, has been named as 19-year-old Danveer Singh Sadhra of nearby Newtown Linford.
The Indian High Commission and India League are organising Gandhi Jayanti on 2nd October at Tavistock Square, London, from 11am onwards. The event that is open to all will be graced by the acting Indian High Commissioner HE Ranjan Mathai, Deputy...
Joanna Lumley, the actress who had campaigned for the rights of the Gurkhas, is under severe criticism by the Tory MP Sir Gerald Howarth who represents...
Five men accused of trafficking a 13 year old girl and taking turns to abuse her after she ran away from home have gone on trail.
Family of a British Iranian woman who is held in Iran after going to a men's volleyball match have appealed for her release, the BBC reported.
