Former Prime Minister Tony Blair made a fortune in a secret and lucrative business deal with his Tony Blair Associates (TBA) and a Saudi Arabian oil company....
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30th Jan 2023 | Updated at 04:07pm 30th Jan 2023
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...
Uganda fundraiser event in Leicester
A fundraiser event in Leicester next month to mark the 50th anniversary of the Ugandan exodus is expected to bring together scores of people from home and abroad.
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...
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...
Leading support charity Breast Cancer Care is looking for passionate new volunteers across the UK to help ensure people know how to spot the early signs of breast cancer.
Chef, author and food critic Anjali Pathak grew up understanding that spices were magical ingredients and quickly learnt that just a few could transform a simple dish into something extraordinary. Born in the famous Pathak family, who founded...
An Indian origin man in the UK who was stabbed in Manchester city last week died on his 63rd birthday. Ujjal Singh died after being attacked in the city's Crumpsall area on December 1. He was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary after the knife...
Alok Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Reading West, has written to places of worship, including churches, mosques, temples, gurdwaras and synagogues serving his constituency to make them aware of a new £15million fund for the repair of roofs...
A British Pakistani man and his three grown up sons are believed to be the first to be stripped of their citizenship, after being accused of being Islamist extremists.
In a bizarre case, a thief has hypnotised shopkeeper Aftab (Aziz) Haider and robbed money from his pockets.
District Judge Peter Hollingworth, 63, was forced to quit after allegedly making a racist remark about an Asian woman victim in the court
Experts warn that extra £2 billion which Chancellor George Osborne promised to inject in his mini budget to NHS will be wiped out due to a sharp rise in...
Judge Jeanette Traverso's decision to throw out the case against British billionaire Dewani, accused of arranging the killing of his then wife Anni Dewani, caused an earthquake in the news and all those who were following it. With his name cleared...
