Basanti puja is considered as the original Durgapuja, the soul of festival celebration by the Bengalees. Essex Indians maintained this tradition 5000 miles away from Bengal. They celebrated Basanti pujo at Brentwood Leisure Centre with the idol...

A man who staged a car crash in a bid to frame an innocent woman he beat unconscious during a row over texting has been jailed.

Criminal barristers in England and Wales are threatening to walk out of trials or refuse new work over a pay row with the Crown Prosecution Service.

A father-of-three is fighting for his life in hospital after he was was injured in a crash at the weekend. Shaykh Abdul Hameed Ismail, a 31-year-old teacher and Islamic scholar was injured when his silver Honda CBR 600F motorcycle was involved...

A man has been charged over offensive graffiti painted on the gate post of a mosque.

The NHS spent more than £13million helping thousands of women from abroad give birth last year.

Many of us complain of slaving away in the gym without seeing any benefit to our waistline.  But scientists may finally have the answer to this phenomenon. Although it may seem counter-intuitive, research suggests exercising could cause people...

Hospitals in England are dealing with 5 million more patients than 15 years ago. The number of emergency, planned and day-case patients has soared by more than 40 per cent since 2004, to 17.6 million in 2016-17. The ageing population, obesity...

Pressures in countries such as China and India for people to produce boys and not girls has led to a spike in gender-based abortions, a shock study has found. 

Doctors may soon give babies an obesity risk score thanks to a newly-developed inexpensive genetic test.  About two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, and scientists have long known that both DNA and lifestyle determine who will reach...