Woman escapes prosecution for dating scam as reporter loses appeal 24/02/2015 1:52 pm Rupanjana Dutta A newspaper reporter who tried to expose an alleged serial conwoman has been left with a harassment record while the woman has apparently escaped prosecution over an alleged dating scam, on the ground that she is already in jail and has no assets to seize.
Paedophile jailed after child sexual exploitation 23/02/2015 5:38 pm Urja Patel A former factory worker has been jailed for raping a 14-year-old girl and abusing her 13-year-old friend in a sickening child sexual exploitation case.
Man denies stabbing Quinton chip shop worker 23/02/2015 5:40 pm Urja Patel A 29-year-old Birmingham man has denied repeatedly stabbing a man in a savage Quinton fish and chip shop attack.
Asian Voice and Gujarat Samachar to pay tributes to Octogenarians in Leicester 24/02/2015 2:00 pm Rupanjana Dutta After showing our tributes to the Octogenarians in 2011 and November 2014, in events with ‘Sangat Centre’ and in January 2015 with the ‘Lohana Community South London’, Asian Voice and Gujarat Samachar will once again pay a tribute to all the people aged eighty years or above with co-operation from Shree Sanatan Mandir, Leicester on Saturday, 21st March 2015 at 2.30 PM to 7PM at Mahatma Gandhi Hall, Shree Sanatan Mandir, Weymouth Street, Off Catherine Street, Leicester LE4 6FQ.
Phoney travel licence alert for Hajj 23/02/2015 5:41 pm Urja Patel Muslim pilgrims from Oldham have been urged to make sure they are protected if there are problems during this year’s Hajj and Umrah pilgrimmages. Council officers found three out of seven local travel agents displayed a fake ATOL licence - meaning customers would have no protection or refund if the travel company involved failed. Many Oldham muslims join what is for some a once in a lifetime pilgrimmages to Saudi Arabia for Hajj or to Mecca and Medina for Umrah, the lesser pilgrimage.
Familes of missing girls appeal for their safe return 24/02/2015 2:09 pm Rupanjana Dutta The families of three teenagers who are believed to be making their way to Syria spoke with the media at New Scotland Yard and made direct appeals to the girls to come home on Sunday, 22 February.
Bogus faith healers under investigation 23/02/2015 5:42 pm Urja Patel A bogus spiritual healer who conned his victims out of hundreds of thousands of pounds was not an ‘isolated case’, officials have warned.
