Drunken driver who attacked woman paramedic jailed
A drunken driver punched a woman paramedic in the chest, fracturing her sternum, as she tried to help him after he had overturned his car in a crash. The Leicester Crown court heard that the victim was off work for 12 weeks and left emotionally traumatised by the attack, Leicester Crown Court was told. Patel was jailed for a total of 22 months and banned from driving for three years. He pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm to the paramedic, on December 10 last year.
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Knives given up in memory of a dad of 4
A knife bin has been installed in Sparkbrook in August following the death of Ikram Ullah Khan the previous month. Community campaigners said a total of 23 knives had been deposited in the bin – provided by the Word4Weapons charity – since it was fitted at an Aldi store in Stratford Road.
Birmingham’s Lord Mayor Coun Shafique Shah and West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson helped with the unveiling of the bin.
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Pupils from a Saturday school donates goods to the Harrow FoodBank
Pupils from a Sai school of Harrow donated half a tonne of goods to the Harrow FoodBank, a local newspaper reported. The donation drive, which included pupils past and present as well as staff, was part of the build-up to the school’s 20th anniversary celebrations.
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Cable welcomes plans to increase ethnic diversity on FTSE 100 boards
Liberal Democrat MP Vince Cable has welcomed a business-led drive to recruit more diverse executives to the boards of Britain’s biggest companies. The private sector initiative, called The 2020 Campaign, has set a target of no all-white boards amongst the FTSE 100 by 2020.
Commenting, Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable said: “Black and ethnic minority representation on UK FTSE 100 boards is currently at around 5%, which is much lower than we would expect if company boards reflected the population of this country. We need to encourage businesses to disclose and record the ethnicity of their executives while making sure they nurture talent from all backgrounds and are truly meritocratic about progression to the top.”
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Baby girl to be placed under grand parents' care
A judge has ruled that a baby girl from Harrow who was abducted by her drug-abusing parents and taken to Spain in defiance of a High Court order should be placed in the care of her maternal grandparents. Farah Afzal, who is 12 months old, was taken away to Barcelona in January by parents Zainab Rasul, 30, and Mohammed Afzal, 32, sparking an appeal by Harrow Council. The family were eventually traced and flew back to Britain. Rasul and Afzal later admitted child abduction at Harrow Crown Court on April 11 and were sentenced on May 9 to identical 18-month jail terms, suspended for two years, with supervision and drug rehabilitation requirements.
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Police warns people of Lottery scam
Police in Hounslow have warned people to beware of a Lottery scam after two elderly victims were conned out of a total of £16,000, a local newspaper has reported. In both cases, one of a pair of Asian men driving a silver saloon pretended to have a winning ticket but said he could not claim the winnings as he was an illegal immigrant. The crooks reportedly persuaded the pensioners to withdraw huge sums to buy a share of the ticket so they could cash in instead.
