A student threw a bottle at a reveller in a university bar, after he thought he had been racially abused, a court heard. It smashed on his face and the victim suffered a large lump on his forehead and several cuts, including a two-inch gash...
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1st Dec 2023 | Updated at 02:16am 1st Dec 2023
Leading playwrights to contribute to auction supporting refugees
Leading UK playwrights Tanika Gupta and Anupama Chandrasekhar are making a significant contribution by donating first editions of their work to an historic auction aimed at raising funds to support refugees in the UK.
“Enterprise and hard work at the heart of the immigrant story”
As the Labour party prepares for next year's general election, with leader Sir Keir Starmer currently reshuffling the Cabinet, they celebrated ‘Britain’s global bonds and bridges’ at an evening reception for the diaspora in a café in South London.
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...
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.
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...
Police last Thursday arrested a man who was wanted in connection with a robbery last month during a which a shop assistant was kicked in the face and threatened with a hammer.
A Birmingham man caught red-handed with a machete, axe and imitation handgun as he prepared to rob a Lidl store has had his sentence slashed.
A desperate dad is appealing for information after his six-year-old son was left with a broken leg in a hit-and-run incident in Chadderton.
A shop manager who helped a woman injured in a scaffolding collapse has received an award.
A shop owner has been fined £6,000 for selling foreign cigarettes with no health warnings on them.
City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby remains locked in a dispute with the bosses of a Leicester community centre over its future.
More than 250 people attended the International Siddhashram Shakti Centre, in Palmerston Road to take part in the Rama Navami festival.
More than 200 people have attended a festival of colour and sound. Almost 500 worshippers attended the Hanuman Chalisa event at Harrow Leisure Centre in Christchurch Avenue on Saturday.
A centre-left think tank has urged British parents to encourage or even push their children to vote once they turn 18, especially on this general election. This comes after the voting age for the Scottish independence referendum was lowered...
