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Shop closed after illicit tobacco worth over £100,000 seized
A shop on Manchester Road has closed and boarded up after a series of seizures of illicit tobacco with a street value of over £100,000. Faisal Food Store, located on 76 Manchester Road, was granted a...2020-02-18 1254 0 -
HRH The Prince of Wales announces Katy Perry as ambassador of the British Asian Trust at annual Royal Dinner
Katy Perry to be announced as an ambassador at the British Asian Trust’s annual Royal Dinner by HRH The Prince of Wales, Royal Founding Patron of the charity   Anti-trafficking will be the main focus of the night as the Trust will announce its intention, together with Sir Chris Hohn and...2020-02-17 1783 0 -
Construction Employer Imprisoned after Illegal Workers Found on Midland Metropolitan Hospital Site
Home Office officials discovered immigrants who were illegally working at the building site in Smethwick in an investigation.  Jagraj Singh Mand was found guilty of supplying the project with 38 unregistered workers, and of possessing criminal property. All of...2020-02-13 1531 0 -
Solihull man prosecuted for fly-tipping in Birmingham
A Solihull man has been ordered to pay £6,008 by Birmingham Magistrates’ Court after being found guilty of fly-tipping in Billesley. Adnan Qazi, aged 30, of Berkeley Road in Solihull, was found to be responsible for dumping rubbish,...2020-02-12 1241 0 -
Miss England Bhasha Mukherjee donates her Miss World pageant dress to help women living in disaster prone region of Bangladesh
All proceeds from Bhasha Mukherjee’s clothes will empower women to be prepared when faced with cyclones, flooding and other disasters. Dr Bhasha Mukherjee, the first South Asian woman to be crowned Miss England, has donated the “Ellie...2020-02-11 1744 0 -
DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE VISIT MYLAHORE IN BRADFORD
 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Bradford – one of the UK’s most diverse cities – today to visit a number of projects supporting local communities. As part of the programme, they also visited one of the city’s...2020-02-10 1369 0 -
Birmingham high street set to profit by £1bn Government finance – and the 13 others nationwide over UK
It will be tested first in 20 town/city centers before being turned out in 101 zones up and down the UK A West Midlands high street has been named as the first in the UK to profit by...2020-02-06 1194 0 -
Birmingham Celebrates Year of the Rat
On Sunday the 26th of January, thousands came together to celebrate the start of the Lunar New Year in Birmingham. Locals braved the downpour and flocked together in vast grounds as the Year of the Rat...2020-02-05 4269 0 -
Owner of ‘Singhsbury’s’ changes shop name to ‘Morrisinghs’
Businessman Jel Singh Nagra who called his local news agent’s ‘Singhsbury’s’, much to the joy of local British Punjabis in the area faced a legal case against him. The supermarket giant threatened to sue his corner shop on copyright grounds.  ...2020-02-04 1690 0 -
UK Pakistani couple found guilty of child neglect
A Birmingham man has been convicted of attempting to force his niece into marriage at Birmingham Crown Court. Along with his wife, he has also been found guilty of child neglect. The 18-year-old had been...2020-02-03 1311 0
