North Korea appears to have taken a step forward in its long-range missile program. The country has fired a long-range rocket in spite of warnings from the U.S. and the United Nations.
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Two women have been jailed today for 24 years after setting fire to a house which killed a woman. Nussrat Khatoon, aged 39 from Cheshunt Place in Kings Heath, was sentenced to 14 years after she set fire to her ex’s home killing an innocent woman staying at the address as she slept in her [...]
Residents living in Edgbaston are angry after the Indian Consulate decided to move in to their area. The move has resulted in a major road being congested. Vicarage Road, in Edgbaston has been called, “unsafe” ever since the Indian Consulate moved there three months ago. Complaints from people living on the road include one-way [...]
British Asian music pioneers Rishi Rich and Juggy D have a hit-making chemistry found very rarely in the music business. The duo have created some of the biggest British Asian and Bhangra tracks of the last decade and have teamed up once again on their latest track. ‘Love Yoou Soniye’ is taken from the Punjabi [...]
Fresh from Citizen Khan winning two RTS North West Awards last week, Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC One and Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy Commissioning, have ordered a further 7×30-minute episodes of the family-based studio sitcom created by and starring Adil Ray, centred on larger-than-life, self-appointed community leader Mr Khan and his long-suffering wife [...]
After successfully launching his debut album ‘Glassy Junction’ last year, the UK based singer-songwriter Ram Hans is bringing summer back with his sensational new song ‘You Drive the Boys Crazy’, an up-beat, high-octane infusion of Bhangra and Reggae, which has universal appeal; a feel good track, guaranteed to fill dance floors worldwide. Local Press [...]
After winning the Brightest 50 award earlier this year Hesan Faiz Choudhury of the Purple Rooms in Hall Green has excelled further and was honoured with UKs Young Restaurateur of the Year at the Asian Curry Awards on 17th November 2013. After winning the Brightest 50 award earlier this year Hesan Faiz Choudhury of the [...]
A man who fought for freedom and justice. A militant commander, a prisoner and a president. A freedom fighter that fought against the apartheid government; a long but successful struggle to liberate the Black South African population. With a world watching Nelson Mandela, dubbed the Father of the Nation, founded the ANC’s Youth Movement [...]
Bollywood royalty Kareena Kapoor Khan and Imran Khan flew down to London to promote their upcoming film Gori Tere Pyaar Mein, directed by Punit Malhotra and produced by Karan Johar. Synospsis: Sriram Venkat (Imran Khan) is the most shallow guy on earth who doesn’t value relationships, family, friends, life or the country. Not necessarily in that order. Because [...]
The sounds of UK Urban-Bhangra and American Hip-Hop come together to enthral fans across both sides of the globe, as two musical titans – RDB and T-Pain – unveil the promo for their latest track ‘Daddy Da Cash’, available on RDB’s Youtube channel. Tipped to be the most coveted collaboration of the year, RDB blend their unique brand of traditional Bhangra beats [...]
Sahara Force India has confirmed that Nico Hulkenberg will return to Sahara Force India in 2014 after agreeing a multi-year deal. The 26-year-old German is no stranger to Sahara Force India having spent the 2011 and 2012 seasons with the team. The already strong working relationship will ensure a smooth transition as the team [...]
Amir Khan has hosted a sell-out fundraising dinner for Islamic Relief’s Typhoon Haiyan Appeal, which caused huge devastation in the Philippines last month. Held at the Hilton Hotel in Bradford. over 500 people from all across the country attended the black tie event and a staggering £83,400 was raised to help victims of the disaster [...]
Young people from Wolverhampton’s Youth Council are celebrating after being presented with national awards at a House of Commons parliamentary reception. City teenagers Rashae Johnson aged 17, Summaya Shaikh 16, Miranda Roberts 16, Emma Curran 14 & Elizabeth Williams 12 all received the national ‘Youth Voice Award’, which recognises the work that young people [...]
Coventry Police turned up the heat on organised crime suspects in the city with a dawn raid in Wood End (Dec 3) that saw a man arrested on suspicion of plotting a heist on an electronics warehouse. Officers forced entry to a property in Milverton Road just after 6am as part of an investigation into numerous [...]
Qais Ashfaq won a gold medal this weekend in Finland, dominating his semi-final against Hungarian David Berna to take victory by second round stoppage before going on to leave Frenchman Elias Friha chasing shadows in a one-sided final. At 60kg, Sandy Ryan lost her semi-final to Finland’s Mira Potkonen, but due to the round robin [...]
A troubled free school in Derby is set to be given a new education trust after Ofsted described it as being "dysfunctional" and rated it as inadequate. Al Madinah School had been highly criticised by the report and followed a damning letter by Educational Minister Lord Nash outlining 17 areas of improvement to be addressed [...]
Organised crime gangs across the country are moving in to the illegal cigarette trade. Police and government officials fear that these crimes link back to bigger gangs and terrorists across the world. The lure of this trade is the fact that there is much more money to be made as it is more easier [...]
Current world number one ODI bowler and Pakistani International cricketer Saeed Ajmal will be joining Worcestershire CCC. He will be returning to New Road for the 2014 domestic campaign, pending approval from the Pakistani Cricket Board and suitable visa clearances. Currently representing Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, Ajmal collected 4-30 with an economy [...]
The Nawab of Bollywood, Saif Ali Khan spends a lot of his time in the British capital for holidays and film shoots. Just recently, the 43-year-old actor was filming for Sajid Khan’s upcoming comedy flick Humshakals in London and Portsmouth. Khan met up with Bollywood reporter Sunny Malik at the UK headquarters of 20th Century [...]
A woman from Birmingham has been spared jail, even though she had admitted to falsely claiming housing benefit, because of the effect it may have on her children. Nargis Naseem, 30, stole £37,000 of taxpayers’ money over a course of five years. Mark Jackson, prosecuting, described how the single mum had claimed housing benefit [...]
Haroon Khan will bounce right back into action this month in Wigan following his demolition of Bulgarian Stefan Slavchev. The Bolton youngster looked calm and assured in the ring at his last fight at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens as he patiently broke down his 20-year-old compatriot who had no answers to the succession of quick flurries [...]
They are ordinary, middle-class Mexicans – computer technicians, police officers and engineers – who went to work one day and never came home. They are Mexico’s missing – and unlike many of the 50,000 killed in the country’s drug wars, they have no direct links to organized crime, drug traffickers or their internecine rivalries. They [...]
Life, liberty…and the pursuit of supersized sodas? New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal to limit the serving size of sugary soft drinks in the city’s restaurants, movie theatres and sports venues has provoked a national political debate about just how far government should go to regulate human behaviour. Only in America could the Big Gulp [...]
Dozens of women in form-fitting skirts and brightly coloured blouses climb onto chairs, teetering in their platform sandals. They hold iPads up over the heads of the crowd, so as not to miss the arrival of the man widely expected to be Mexico’s next president. Others jostle for front-row spots in the convention centre in [...]
The family of Amy Winehouse has put the late singer’s London home up for sale for £2.7-million ($4.3-million Cdn). The three-bedroom property in the Camden neighborhood of northwest London had become a shrine of sorts for mourning fans who left flowers and tributes after the singer’s death last July from alcohol poisoning. Chris Goodman, a [...]
China and the Philippines are currently engaged in a standoff at Scarborough Shoal in the latest round of tensions between coastal states over competing claims to valuable ocean space in the South China Sea. As the Canadian government shifts its focus toward Asia, the South China Sea dispute presents a challenge for Canada’s re-engagement with [...]
Defence Minister Ehud Barak abruptly proposed on Wednesday that Israel consider “unilateral action” if long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians don’t resume and produce a deal — suggesting Israel may be thinking of withdrawing from part of the West Bank, as it did from the Gaza Strip seven years ago. Echoing sentiments voiced Tuesday Prime [...]
Judges at an international war crimes court have sentenced former Liberian president Charles Taylor to 50 years prison following his landmark conviction for supporting rebels in Sierra Leone who murdered and mutilated thousands during their country’s brutal civil war. The Special Court for Sierra Leone found Mr. Taylor guilty last month on 11 charges of [...]
A Polish opera house has played Mozart’s Requiem — a funeral piece — in front of the Culture Ministry in Warsaw to protest cuts to its budget. The Chamber Opera’s orchestra, choir and soloists performed Tuesday to the hearty applause of hundreds of people. A large banner saying, “Minister, Only You Can Save the Chamber [...]
Canada will immediately expel the three remaining Syrian diplomats in Ottawa in response to a massacre in the town of Houla last week, Foreign Minister John Baird said on Tuesday. Mr. Baird told Ottawa’s CFRA radio that the trio – a charge d’affaires and two other officials – had been told they were being kicked [...]
Demonstrators furious that Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister made it into the runoff for Egypt’s presidential election set ablaze his campaign headquarters on Monday, witnesses said, underscoring the divisive outcome of the country’s historic vote. Former air-force commander Ahmed Shafik, who has described Mr. Mubarak as a role model, will face the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed [...]
China is a country of monuments. The country is dotted with countless memorials and museums dedicated to things enormous and small, from the Nanjing Massacre to the usefulness of tapwater. But you won’t find any state-sponsored memorials to the millions who died during Mao Zedong’s horribly failed Great Leap Forward (the estimates range between 17 [...]
A Vancouver man who reached the summit of Mount Everest during the same period a Canadian woman and four others died on the mountain doesn’t believe new regulations are needed to prevent more loss of life by adventurers trying to climb the world’s tallest peak. Steve Curtis, a 31-year-old entrepreneur, said meticulous planning and preparedness [...]
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister is condemning the latest bloodshed in Syria, calling the violence “very disconcerting because of its depravity.” John Baird says the international community needs to redouble its efforts to get Syria to agree to an international peace plan mapped out a month ago, or explore other diplomatic solutions. The shelling attack on [...]
Iran’s nuclear chief said Sunday there are no reasons at the moment for his country to halt production of uranium enriched to 20 per cent, a key demand of world powers. The West is concerned that the 20 per cent enrichment could quickly be turned into nuclear weapons-grade material. Iran insists its nuclear development program [...]
Japan’s environment and nuclear minister visited the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on Saturday to inspect a spent fuel pool at the centre of safety concerns and said it appeared to have been properly reinforced. The visit by Goshi Hosono, apparently aimed at demonstrating the safety of the facility, came amid renewed concerns about [...]
If a neighbourhood kid grabs you on the street, slashes you with a knife and steals your wallet, once you get over the pain, the rage, the fear and the police bureaucracy, you’ll probably want him sent to prison. But what sort of prison? That’s where you, as a victim, confront the question that most [...]
Do you or a family member remember the Queen’s coronation? Tell us about your Royal story – whether it’s a memory or a special memento from the day – to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, a celebration of the The Queen’s 60 years as Monarch. Loading… Source: The Globe and Mail
Wild bird care products grew by 6.8% in value and 5.5% volume between January 2012 and January 2013, according to the latest figures from GfK. Wild bird care ranges were boosted by the recent cold weather Within this market, wild bird food accounted for 80% of total sales, and 20% for bird feeders and accessories. [...]
President Obama is on the road, promoting his solution to the so-called “fiscal cliff.” He’s also in negotiations over the issue with House Speaker John Boehner. But can they come to an agreement in time? Host Michel Martin talks with Ron Christie, a Republican strategist, and Michael Fauntroy, an associate professor at George Mason University. [...]
The boxer played by Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter has been hospitalised following a dog attack. Micky Ward, the athlete whose early career was retold in last year’s Oscar-winning picture, fell victim to a stray while walking his own pet in Massachusetts on Wednesday, according to TMZ.Ward was admitted to a local medical facility after [...]
Depuy Hip Lawsuit News and Info Depuy Hip Lawsuit 02/18/2013 In the midst of an ongoing Depuy Hip Implant Lawsuit due to defects, new issues arise with Depuy Hip Implants as well as other metal on metal hip implants. Johnson and Johnson already faces the prospect of a large number of trials from lawsuits filed [...]
Red Bull chief Christian Horner’s visit to the Ferrari headquarters in Maranello on Friday is believed to be due to a meeting over talks for a new Concorde agreement. By ESPNSTAR.com staff Many reports in the Italian media erroneously speculated that Horner was being considered for a shock switch to the Italian marque. However, it [...]
AMD’s Radeon Sky hardware is designed to offer cloud gaming providers high-performance specialised rendering hardware, but can it compete with Nvidia’s GeForce GRID? AMD has confirmed its plans to compete with Nvidia in the burgeoning cloud gaming rendering-as-a-service market, launching a new family of server-centric graphics processors called the Radeon Sky Series. Unlike the desktop [...]
Michigan is now the nation’s 24th right-to-work state, where unions cannot automatically collect dues or fees from workers. The governor signed the law just hours after it was approved by the state’s legislature in a day marked by protests. Source: NPR : National Public Radio
Last Saturday, as Ritz-Carlton general manager Andrew Torriani and I finished up our second course of a perfect seared scallop with puréed spring peas in the hotel’s not-quite-open Maison Boulud, I asked him if there was anything he was nervous about as he looked ahead to his official opening on Monday. Say, whether Montrealers would [...]
Image: Douglas Blackiston When Tufts University developmental biologist Michael Levin proposed tweaking cells’ electrical signals to create new patterns of growth, he encountered some resistance. "People thought it was nuts," Levin says. That's because although all cells have electric potentials (defined as the amount of energy required to move a given electrical unit against an [...]
Luke Smith proposed to his girlfriend Kayley Painter on the Jetstar pop-up comedy flight. Picture: Jetstar Source: Supplied A BRISBANE radio competition winner has stunned some of Australia’s best-known comedians by proposing to his girlfriend on a Melbourne-bound flight. Funny men Peter Helliar, Tommy Little and Karl Chandler surprised passengers on a Jetstar flight from [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. The Forbidden Fashion Show roars into the Seattle Art Museum on Saturday, May 21, with sexy swimwear and lingerie strutting a runway designed like a roadway. The James Bond-themed show, titled “Live Another Night,” is in its fourth year, and it’s the only show of its kind in Seattle, [...]