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A famed drumming institute, whose music has featured in a number of Hollywood films, impressed the Princess Royal at an annual concert. The Dhol Foundation, a team of drummers from West London, opened the 99th Royal...

The House of Commons yesterday played host to one of India’s greatest spiritual leaders, as His Holiness Brahmrishi Shree Kumar Swamiji, was honoured by politicians,   campaigners and his peers late last month. The private reception, which...

The issue of hate crime is going to be explored in a theatre production that will be touring schools in Birmingham. Funded by West Midlands Police and produced by students at Birmingham School of Acting, part...

A De Montfort University (DMU) historian has been awarded more than €48,500 (approximately £41,400) to carry out research on the history of gender politics in Pakistan. Dr Pippa Virdee, Senior Lecturer in Modern South Asian History...

As youth unemployment rises, an issue that has affected young people in the Asian community and other communes, an expert at Birmingham City University urges the Chancellor George Osbourne to look to the West Midlands for...

By Iyma Atiq Humza Arshad, star and creator of hit YouTube series Diary of a Badman has kicked off his comedy tour around the UK. The Badman Comedy tour has been playing in Glasgow, London and...

A Leicester teenager was struck by a hit and run driver, who left the scene. 14 year old Qais Khan was flung onto bonnet and against the windscreen on a pedestrian crossing in Chesterfield, Evington in...

Halesowen police officers are urging residents in the Howley Grange area of the town to be secure their vehicles. The area has seen a number of vehicle crime offences take place and 20 vehicles over the...

A married couple were shot dead in Pakistan in what is suspected to be an honour killing. Glasgow businessman Saif Rehman and his wife Uzma Naurin, from New York, were reportedly targeted in Gujarat on November...

Asian parents looking to buy a gift for their children will be considering themselves fortunate, after hundreds of potentially dangerous toys have been taken from a Birmingham wholesaler. Scooters with riskily narrow handle bars and wheels...