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X MARKS THE SPOT
Malcolm X honoured on Smethwich 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 of a house inMarshall Street, on the suggestion of the Nubian Jak Community Trust, which organisesBritain’s Black and Minority [...]
THREE SENTENCED FOR EDGBASTON MURDER
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 range” by Barrington Denny after being lured to a road near his home by a false drugs deal. Mr [...]
STROKE OF GENUIUS
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, the 20 minute operation saved the five-year-old Saad Ali. Dr Yufail Pantankar asked for advice from a US expert [...]
SOLICITOR KEEN TO STAND AS INDEPENDENT MAYOR
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 Director of Governance told reporters that he would “encourage people to vote for change from the current stale party [...]
MOTHER WINS BACK KIDS
A Syrian-born Birmingham medic wins back children from ex in Dubai. A Selly Oak doctor has reunited with her children, three years after her husband fled with them to theMiddle East. Yusra Abo Hamed has battled to win back her two sons, who were taken in 2008, through the courts of four countries. The 42-year-old [...]
DIAMOND VISIT TO HINDU SCHOOL
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 first day of her Diamond Jubilee tour on March 29. According to reports, the events on the occasion at [...]
A ROYAL SALUTE
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 inspiring progress at dinner there. HRH The Prince of Wales praised the efforts of donors, partners and celebrities for [...]
More stem cell donors from BME communities needed to help meet patient need
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) is urging blood donors from the Black and Asian communities to give an extra blood sample at their next [...]
Lancaster University announces Anuj Bidve Memorial Scholarship
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 Pune (as Anuj did) to come to Lancaster University to study an MSc in the Engineering Department. It is [...]
UK MEN ADMIT TO PLANNING MUMBAI-STYLE ATTACKS
Four UK terrorists have pleaded guilty to plotting an al-Qaeda inspired bomb attack on various key locations inLondon, particularly the city’s Stock Exchange. Other targets include Parliament, the London Eye, Westminster Abbey, the American Embassy and the home of London Mayor Boris Johnson. Nine men were arrested before Christmas last year inLondon,CardiffandStoke-on-Trent, after the MI5 [...]
