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The first novel in a hilarious new series for children from Humza Arshad and comedy writer Henry White  LITTLE BADMAN, is a funny and fast-paced adventure story created by comedy duo Humza Arshad and Henry White and with illustrations from Aleksei Bitskoff. Full of...

With Mother’s day coming up we take time out to talk to 37 year old Mrs Rose Rajdeep Kaur Marok who has reached the finals of Mrs India UK.   Rajdeep is a working mother of 2 and runs a successful business with her husband in Solihull.    Her...

International humanitarian charity Penny Appeal paves the way for more young people’s views to be heard by appointing 11 year old Shakira Rahman as the UK’s first ever Child CEO onto a charity board.     Shakira’s (aka Kid Boss, as Penny Appeal call her) involvement will involve her going to visit some of Penny Appeal’s projects, so that she can...

Ahead of this year’s Visit My Mosque Day, volunteers from over 250 mosques across the UK took part in the Great British Spring Clean.  This year’s campaign, in partnership with Keep Britain Tidy, launched with a...

Shamima Begum’s father has pleaded the British Government to bring back his daughter while asserting that she “committed a mistake” in joining ISIS. The ISIS bride’s father spoke from Bangladesh, where he encouraged his daughter to...

“Heavy Metal was born in the West Midlands and has developed a global following matched only by hip-hop. It’s time to stop sneering and celebrate this proud cultural heritage.” The New Statesman on Home of Metal (2007) ...

Rung – (Colour) is a play-set in Birmingham which gives importance to the early arriving immigrants in Britain during the late 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. It exclusively includes those from South Asian communities, especially from Kashmiri, and Pakistani backgrounds.   The play covers real lived events, life’s different colours of happiness, joy...

Can an orange ever be blue? The French surrealist poet Éluard thought so, he claimed that the ‘world was blue like an orange.’ Not surprisingly, such statements spoken by the wrong person at the wrong place...

Winners are now revealed for Britain’s 3rd Asian Wedding Awards Chapter 2 2019 following the stunning awards ceremony at the Mercure Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester on 18th March.   The awards celebrate the hard work and...

The men were jailed in February last month at Southwark Crown Court and sentenced as follows:  Mohammed Kodoris, 52, of Blackthorn Road, Ilford, was sentenced to 16 years for two counts of false imprisonment, eight years...