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This February, I attended and spoke in the debate on Animal Welfare (Non- stun slaughter). The debate was triggered because of an e-petition had achieved over 115,000 signatures. The petition called for an end to slaughter...

Eighty-two prisoners took their own lives during 2014 as the suicide rate behind bars rose to its highest level for seven years. They included 14 young adults, aged between 18 and 24, data compiled by the...

Votes from the Indian diaspora will be the deciding factor in the upcoming general election in UK in May. Almost 4 million voters — about one in 10 of the entire electorate in England and Wales...

Four slaughter men have had their operating licences suspended after hidden cameras were used to film the alleged mistreatment of animals at a Halal slaughterhouse. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched an investigation into the...

Asians as a whole are not featured on mainstream television prominently minus the odd token character here and there. However Gurinder Chadha has aimed to change this with the recent structured reality show Desi Rascals launched...

Kashif Ashraf, 34, and Khalid Ashraf, 28, both of Portland Road, Smethwick, were jailed   at Birmingham Crown Court to six and seven years respectively after they were found guilty of four street robberies. The robberies...

Usman Ali, from Green Lane in Small Heath, threatened the Loomis driver with a hammer outside a Wickes store last July and made off with a cash box containing around £14,000. The following day staff at...

PPC for Harborough It has been a really sad month. I strongly and unequivocally condemn the brutal and inhumane attack on schoolchildren in Peshawar, Pakistan on 16 December 2014. My thoughts and prayers are with the...

David Cameron and George Osborne have failed every test and broken every promise they’ve made on the economy. They promised we’d be all in this together but then they gave millionaires a huge tax cut. They...

Described as “one of British Sport’s most inspiring characters”, Mohammed Zafran has certainly left a legacy after being awarded the Pride of Sport winner of 2014. Hosted by Sky Sports, the star- studded line up included...