Sending three year old children to nursery may not make any difference to their academic results later on, suggest researchers. £800m has been spent annually on free places for three-year-olds since 1998.
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15th Aug 2026 | Updated at 06:07pm 15th Aug 2026
Relationships before Transactions: Underpinning the UK-India Automotive Partnership
- 13 Aug 2026
In 2009, at the end of my third year of undergraduate degree at IIT Kharagpur, I came to the UK for a two-month summer internship at WMG, University of Warwick, UK.
How India Inc is reshaping Britain
From steel mills and car factories to technology firms, luxury retail, ports and clean energy, Indian businesses are leaving an increasingly powerful mark on Britain.
Relationships before Transactions: Underpinning the UK-India Automotive Partnership
- 13 Aug 2026
In 2009, at the end of my third year of undergraduate degree at IIT Kharagpur, I came to the UK for a two-month summer internship at WMG, University of Warwick, UK.
How India Inc is reshaping Britain
From steel mills and car factories to technology firms, luxury retail, ports and clean energy, Indian businesses are leaving an increasingly powerful mark on Britain.
Nita Ambani receives AAPI Humanitarian award
- 08 Jul 2026
Reliance Foundation Chairperson Nita M Ambani received the AAPI Humanitarian Award at a ceremony in Tampa, Florida, in recognition of her contributions to healthcare, education, sports, culture and community development.She was also presented...
Indian national arrested in Santa Fe child predator sting
- 25 Mar 2026
A 26-year-old Indian national, Nagaraju Balkam, was arrested earlier this month in a multi-day undercover operation targeting online child sexual predators, the Santa Fe Police confirmed.Balkam was one of four men taken into custody after detectives...
Tamil Nadu teen wins Brown scholarship
- 12 Aug 2026
The trial of an Oldham mother-of-five alleged to have accepted more than £100,000 in benefit payments, was dramatically halted when she changed her plea to guilty.
On Tuesday 24th March former Indian Foreign Secretary was chief guest at a seminar titled “The Radicalisation of Youth in the UK & Beyond: Causes and Effects” in the House of Commons.
The sealed tomb of King Richard III has been unveiled in Leicester Cathedral. The king's coffin was lowered into a vault below the cathedral floor during a reinterment service last Thursday.
On Tuesday 24th March the Indian High Commissioner, H.E. Mr Ranjan Mathai invited yoga exponents to India House in order to discuss plans for the first United Nations International Yoga Day on June 21st 2015. It will be celebrated in India and...
A robber who was high on drugs and drink when he carried out two knife-point raids has been jailed for five years.
One of Birmingham’s best-known food firms has been fined £24,000 over its “filthy” premises.
Police have released a shocking image of a restaurant worker left with a bleed on the brain after he was attacked by three masked men with a baseball bat in a busy Birmingham street.
A jewellery firm has been fined thousands of pounds for the illegal sale of unhallmarked gold following a probe by Birmingham consumer watchdogs.
Officials are drawing up plans for a fortnight long "Diwali Leicester" festival in November.
