The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, Britain’s longest serving MP of Asian origin, has presented a petition to the House of Commons, which was based on a petition signed by 250 residents in Leicester East. The petition expresses the deep concerns of the...
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22nd Dec 2024 | Updated at 06:13am 22nd Dec 2024
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Grant Thornton LLP kickstarts Diwali season in London
Grant Thornton LLP became the first to kickstart the Diwali season in London by organising a reception at the historic Long Room in the Lord’s Cricket Ground on 16 October, welcoming a brief spell of Indian summer as the backdrop of festivities....
“Labour party will reach out to the Hindu community in Leicester East to work with them”: Parliamentary candidate Rajesh Agrawal
The Indian diaspora and business communities in the UK are familiar with Rajesh Agrawal, the former Deputy Mayor of Business in London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s team. He transformed London into a leading investment hub for India, despite the Brexit...
CF India hosts fundraiser dinner in Brum
Conservative MP Dean Russell told attendees at a fundraising dinner in Birmingham, “When Labour see a problem, they exploit it. When we see a problem, we fix it”. The event was organised by Edgbaston Conservatives in partnership with Conservative...
Leading EdTech business launches franchise in the UK following recent global success
The British Youth International College (BYITC), the Glasgow-headquartered but globally operating educational technology (EdTech) business, has launched its successful franchise model in the UK.
University of Glasgow project investigating the effects of Covid-19
A project at the University of Glasgow that is aiming to better understand the effects that Covid-19 infection has on blood vessels and blood pressure has received a grant of £250,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
770,000 people in England unable to speak English well
In an interview, the communities secretary, Sajid Javid revealed that 770,000 people living in England speak little or no English at all, and warned that up to 70% of them are women from the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities.
Sigma sponsors transformation of Community Pharmacy 2025 vision
A donation from Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc is funding a three year PhD scholarship aimed at developing a coherent and transformative vision for English community pharmacy in 2025. The project has already begun in the Department of Pharmacy and...
Illegal tobacco with an estimated street value of £10k has been seized from a shop in the Wexham area of Slough, as part of an enforcement operation.
A parking scheme proposal has caused a great deal of upset amongst residents. Residents have hit out at plans to implement parking permits, extend double yellow lines and introduce parking bays.
A Cambridge University professor has launched a scathing attack on the Oxbridge application process, labelling it "institutionally racist".
Parents of children born in summer months should be given new rights to appeal if headteachers and councils try to force them to start school too early, MPs say.
King Richard III's remains have finall arrived at Leicester Cathedral ahead of his reburial. His funeral cortege entered the city on Sunday 22nd at the historic Bow Bridge after touring landmarks in the county.
A disgraced West Midlands Police officer who led a secret double life as a ringleader of a sex-and-drugs racket has been told by top judges he deserves every day of his seven years and two months jail term.
A multimillionaire’s son has been jailed for a second time after he got involved in a brutal fight. Antonio Boporan Singh, 28, was given a one-year prison sentence on Friday for punching and kicking a man when he was down after a night out.
A "devoted" mother who killed her 22-month-old daughter in Bradford after suffering from delusions that someone was coming to torture her has been given a hospital order.
Twelve members of an ‘untouchable’ gang of drug dealers have been given jail sentences totaling 58 years after they sold around £1.9 million of cocaine on the streets of Leeds.
