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Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning visits McDonald’s Southall. 22nd February 2012: John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, will visit the McDonald’s restaurant in Southall...

Hindus have welcomed reported establishment in Vienna of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Center for Dialogue among Followers of Religions and Cultures by Saudi Arabia, Spain and Austria. During its ordinary seventh session held at Riyadh...

Malcolm X honoured on Smethwick plague. Almost 50 years since his visit to Smethwick during racial tensions, Malcolm X has been honoured with a plague in the town. The blue plague was revealed on the side...

Three people have today been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a 22-year-old man, who was shot dead in Edgbaston in June 2011 over a drugs feud. Ricky Basra was shot at “point blank...

Boy of five saved by op that was never performed before. A stroke victim has become the youngest person to undergo a new stent operation. Performed by a specialist who has never done the technique before,...

  Lawyer and former Birmingham City Council manager Mirza Ahmad, has announced that he could stand as an independent candidate forBirminghammayor if the city’s citizens vote to create one in May’s election. The council’s former Corporate...

Queen Elizabeth to launch her Diamond Jubilee tour with Hindu school visit. Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip will visit Hindu Krishna-Avanti Primary School in Edgware in Greater London on the...

  HRH The Prince of Wales Salutes Impact of The British Asian Trust at Windsor Castle Dinner Five years after HRH The Prince of Wales launched The British Asian Trust at Windsor Castle, supporters celebrated its...

People from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities can wait significantly longer for a bone marrow transplant and in many cases patients die waiting as a match is never found.. So NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)...

Lancaster University has announced the annual Anuj Bidve Memorial Scholarship in honour of its postgraduate student who was killed in Salford on Boxing Day 2011. The scholarship will fund a student graduating from the University of...