Knives are to Britain what guns are to America. Or at least that is how the debate of knife crime has emerged in the spate of the dozen stabbings that...
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20th Apr 2019 | Updated at 12:08am 20th Apr 2019
Brexit Halloween nightmare and local council elections
More than 8,000 local councillors across England are going to be elected to 248 councils on 2 May. These include 33 metropolitan districts except Birmingham, Doncaster and Rotherham, 47 unitary authorities, 179 districts (mostly rural). Additionally,...
A stain on Wembley’s streets
People who spit paan on the streets of Wembley faced a rude awakening this weekend. Local volunteers, together with councillors, launched a campaign with two days of action to tackle the problem of paan spitting in the area.
Birmingham witnesses landmark India-UK healthcare conference
Birmingham, in the heart of Britain, saw an unprecedented ensemble of over 120 key healthcare experts from India and UK, converge at the renowned ‘Queen Elizabeth Hospital’ to discuss the potential areas of collaboration and identify effective...
LGBT lessons temporarily suspended in school
Parkfield Community School in Saltley, Birmingham which ran educative sessions on LGBT rights as part of a programme to challenge homophobia has suspended these lessons indefinitely until a resolution is reached with protesting parents.Andrew...
Jet Airways’ Manchester-Mumbai set to bring £400m to northern economy
Jet Airways’ first ever non-stop flight connecting Mumbai, India’s economic capital, and Manchester is now operating. Launched on Dhan Teras (Nov 5) - the most auspicious day for businesses, and second day of Diwali, in the Hindu calendar -...
Manchester airport delivers major boost to north with new Mumbai connection
Jet Airways’ five-times-a-week service from Manchester to Mumbai took for the first time this morning, at a celebration attended by Aviation Minister, Baroness Liz Sugg and hundreds of guests from across the region.
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...
Nirav Modi will apply for bail in a UK high court soon, but has not applied for it as yet, a Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokesperson has told Asian Voice, as we went to press on Tuesday. The spokesperson further added, Nirav Modi can apply...
Police investigating the murder of a shopkeeper have made a second arrest. A 31-year-old man was arrested on Friday on suspicion of murder by detectives probing the death of Ravi Katharkamar, 54, on March 24.
An airport parking driver from Slough has been banned from driving after he was caught driving at 145 mph on the motorway.
The family of a teenager who was murdered in Walthamstow one year ago have made a moving plea for the public’s help as a new £20,000 reward for information is announced by police.
Former Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati is recovering at home after she was 'knocked out' by falling scenery at Shakespeare's Globe. Stunned audience members watched in horror as Gulati was left motionless on stage. The 52-year-old is...
A taxi driver who was left blind in one eye after a one-punch attack has been forced to quit his job. Sujan Pal said he was "very worried" about his future after being assaulted when he refused to let a man into his car on Christmas Day.
The Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, pictured, brought together Hindu leaders from the West Midlands region at the Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) Temple, the largest temple in Europe, on 21 March to celebrate the festival of Holi. Given...
Edinburgh Diwali, the city’s annual festival of light, is appealing for public votes to secure £50,000 of National Lottery funding as part of this year’s People’s Projects. Edinburgh Diwali brings together people of all ages, backgrounds and...
An east London community group fears that proposals to create two new Redbridge faith schools, which have the power to select all their pupils on the basis of religion, could be divisive. The Department for Education (DfE) unveiled 14 bids to...
