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The 11-year-old girl who suffered fatal injuries after falling from a water ride at Drayton Manor Park has been identified by Police. Evha Jannath, from Jameah girl’s academy, was airlifted to hospital when she fell from...

The speed at which sign language users understand what others are ‘saying’ to them depends on whether the conversation partners are left- or right-handed, a new study has found. Researchers at the University of Birmingham worked...

The Labour party may be well on their way to making history after selecting a Sikh woman to fight a key marginal seat in the general election. Local Councillor, Preet Kaur Gill, will replace outgoing MP...

Haroon Mota, Fundraising Manager for humanitarian charity Penny Appeal undertook his biggest challenge to date, running four full marathons in the first three weeks of April. He was running for Penny Appeal, a global, humanitarian charity working...

By Zaima Khaliq The Asian/British Asian group is the largest minority group, accounting for 7.8 per cent of the population, but unfortunately, we as a demographic are still unrepresented in a number of diverse sectors. Recent...

Labour representative, Mariam Khan, was a front runner in organising the countermeeting with Islamic book stores along Alum Rock road. The Councillor from Washwood Heath spoke to Asian World about what it means to stand together...

  Free, cancer advice and support is coming to West Midlands between Tuesday 16th May and Thursday 18th May. Macmillan Cancer Support’s mobile service will be visiting the area, with cancer information specialists on hand to...

The red carpet will be rolled out for the premiere of a film which highlights the positive impact foster carers can have on children’s lives across the region. The three-minute film – funded by 13 local...

Birmingham City Council and the Institute of Fundraising (IoF) have agreed to launch a street fundraising agreement for the city, which comes into effect from 2 May 2017. The agreement was initially piloted through a three-month...

A woman from Newtown, Birmingham was handed a community order for 12 months at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (4 May 2017) after lying to try and get a council house. Mrs Noleen Odhiambo (aka Miss Noleen...