‘Harassed’ Arooj will be missed by Council 23/05/2016 9:18 am Urja Patel Tributes were last night paid to popular former councillor Arooj Shah who lost her seat in the recent local elections.
Would-be IS bride jailed for terror tweets 24/05/2016 4:50 pm Urja Patel A woman who said she wanted to marry "Jihadi John" has been jailed for four years and six months for sharing so-called Islamic State propaganda.
The British Asian Tennis Coach Creating Champions 24/05/2016 5:11 pm Urja Patel With the tennis season upon us, this week’s timely Leading Light is a gentleman who is on first name terms with Jamie and Andy Murray, Pat Cash and many others among the game’s top stars.
Cricket beyond boundaries 23/05/2016 5:57 pm Urja Patel During Prince William and Kate Middleton’s first official visit to India, they attended a cricket match at the famous Oval Maidan in Mumbai, where thousands of young children meet to play cricket every day. This event was hosted by Indian cricketing legends, Dilip Vengsarkar and Sachin Tendulkar, at the Vengsarkar Cricket Academy. Both Vengsarkar and Tendulkar support the UK-based charity, Cricket Beyond Boundaries (CBB), which uses cricket as a vehicle to improve the lives of young impoverished children.
Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK: Have you registered to have your say in the historic EU referendum? 24/05/2016 8:01 am Rupanjana Dutta In just a few weeks, on Thursday 23 June, the UK will vote in an historic referendum to decide whether it should remain in or leave the European Union.
Migration can transform art and culture, argues Brum Uni Deputy Vice-Chancellor 23/05/2016 9:04 am Urja Patel Migration from Asia and the Middle East to Western Europe could provide the kind of vibrant boost to arts and culture as movement from India and Pakistan did to UK food tastes over the past 40 years, a leading artist and academic has said.
Samantha Cameron hosts reception in support of St Luke’s Hospice 24/05/2016 6:23 am Urja Patel St Luke’s supporters joined Samantha Cameron at a special reception at No.10 Downing Street on Tuesday 17 May to raise awareness of the way in which the hospice supports end of life patients during a crisis at home.
Indian restaurant owner gets 6 years for killing customer with nut allergy 24/05/2016 5:01 pm Urja Patel An Indian restaurant owner has been found guilty of killing an allergy sufferer with a peanut curry. The stingy hotel owner, Mohammed Zaman, has been jailed for six years. Paul Wilson, 38, had specifically asked for ‘no nuts’ when ordering a chicken tikka masala takeaway at Indian Garden, North Yorkshire in January 2014. But he was later found dead in a toilet at his home in Helperby after suffering a severe anaphylactic shock.
