The National Science and Media Museum, part of the Science Museum Group, has appointed digital entrepreneur, Lopa Patel MBE as Chair of the museum’s Advisory Board. She becomes the first Asian woman to Chair the Advisory Board, with the museum...
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1st Oct 2022 | Updated at 10:17am 1st Oct 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...
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...
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...
A senior NHS consultant is urging people to “beg, borrow or steal” to pay for private treatment because the health service is “on the brink of disaster”. “From a safety point of view, my department is stretched beyond capacity. The same is true...
By the 5th of September, the UK will have a new Prime Minister to critique and hold accountable. While the contest is going neck to neck between Rishi...
The cost-of-living crisis has majorly affected the UK, but it is the BAME communities that have taken the harsher brunt of these difficult times. Recent research by a non-profit, People Like Us revealed that while the cost-of-living crisis affects...
The proportion of top grades at GCSE dropped from record highs during the pandemic after a return to examinations for the first time in three years.
The grand finale celebrations of His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s centennial birth anniversary in the UK and Europe were held in the presence of Anandswarupdas Swami – a senior swami visiting from India – on the weekend of 27-28 August 2022...
Krishan Solanki, from Stanmore in north-west London, will be tackling the Great North Run along with 60,000 other runners on Sunday 11 September – with one twist.Instead of wearing the usual sportswear, Krishan will be sporting his grandmother’s...
According to UNICEF, periods affect 1.8 billion people, including girls, women, transgender men and non-binary people. Apart from the hormonal changes...
Dr Sas Banerjee, Colorectal Surgeon at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, , is urging Londoners who have been sent a free...
Humayun Islam, 45 of Bradford, has been named as BEAP Community Partnership’s Community Captain in recognition of his incredible work in Bradford through...
