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McDonald’s Franchisee, Atul Pathak, launched a staff training centre at his Southall restaurant last month, offering workplace skills and nationally recognised qualifications to the 1,400 staff he employs across North and North West London. He met...

Bodycraft, one of London’s leading purveyors of private weight loss surgery based at the prestigious Parkside Hospital in London, has extended its service to offer clients an integrated and holistic approach towards addressing obesity and excess...

The British Asian Trust funded the launch of the project which is transforming Burnley, Lancashire. One of Britain’s most deprived former industrial towns is being revived with help from 12 of The Prince of Wales’s main...

A teenage couple drowned in a Smethwick canal in what police call a tragic accident. Mohammed Fayz Uddin, 18, of Hanson Close and Sara Rylance, 17, were pulled out of the canal by emergency services at...

Girls across Birmingham were screaming with excitement when JLS came to visit the city for promotion. The chart-topping boyband appeared on a number of radio shows across Birmingham to promote their new album, Jukebox. Fans waited...

A leaked report will give employers the power to sack under-performing staff without explanation. The report, written by venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft, claims that the current employment laws undermine economic growth and competitiveness. Under these laws,...

The latest statistics released by the Home Office and Ministry of Justice shows that those involved in the Summer riots were young, poor and less educated than average. 90% of those brought before court were male,...

Bollywood brings glamour and exotica to Blackpool in the form of wax works. Wax work figures of stars such as Amitabh Buchchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan were unveiled at Madame Tussauds Blackpool late last...

Birmingham school children and parents are fighting to keep their free buss passes, after the city’s council revealed plans to halve the £12 million home to school transport budget. The council were planning to save 6...

Comedian Shazia Mirza, Pakistani singer song-writer Hadiqa Kiyani, Nashwa Al Ruwaini who has been dubbed the “Oprah of the Middle East“, and a host of other celebrities, are backing the new Green Scarves for Solidarity campaign,...