Barnet Council is once again encouraging residents to sign up to the Big London Energy Switch and save money on their energy bills. Now in its third year, the Big London Energy Switch is an initiative supported by local authorities across the...
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30th Apr 2024 | Updated at 10:08am 30th Apr 2024
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.
“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...
Ofsted has been given the green light to take a closer look at the work of groups running chains of academies. But it will not be allowed to make judgments about whether a trust is effective or not.
A pizza parlour in Birmingham was forced to temporarily close after health inspectors discovered it was infested with cockroaches. Pizza Pan in Aldridge Road, Perry Barr, was ordered to shut for three days because of the risk to human health.
A demonstration against the closure of the Upton Centre took place on Saturday 24th January outside the Eastham Town Hall. Approximately 300-400 people, mainly Hindus, participated in this demonstration to reopen the centre which had been closed...
The highest-ranked British Asian member of the UK Independence Party has switched to the Conservative party. Pakistani-origin Mr Amjad Bashir is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) representing Yorkshire and Humber constituencies in northern...
The Indian High Commission hosted a reception to honour the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2015 Sanman Awardees Lord Raj Loomba and Prof Nat Puri in London at the High Commission of India. Mr S S Sidhu, Minister (Coordination) started the evening proceedings,...
A private reception was hosted by Asian Voice and Gujarat Samachar in Shakti Hall, for Shri Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, a senior Cabinet Minister for Education, Higher and Technical Education, Law and Justice, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer...
Well known Indian chef Vivek Singh, CEO of London's popular restaurant empire of Cinnamon Club, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Warwick in recognition of his efforts in developing Indian cuisine in the UK. Mr Singh,...
Why would 170 countries sign up to endorse 21st June 2015 as the first International Yoga Day? How is it that something that started over 5000 years ago is still going strong? You could argue why has it taken 5000 years for so many countries...
With the receipt of £200,000 from the Murthy family, the Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust has confirmed that it has crossed the £750,000 mark for the establishment of the Mahatma Gandhi Statue at Parliament Square, in London.
