Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra as Jules Paxton and Jesminder “Jess” Bhamra in the movie \’Bend It Like Beckham\’ One of the most iconic films of our generation – ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ – is etched in everyone’s minds for its depiction on the life of Jesminder “Jess” Bhamra, a young British Asian woman who […]
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Still from Bollywood film \’Kalank\’ (Image by Dharma Productions) Bollywood music fans have been left disappointed after several songs have reportedly vanished from the music streaming app – Spotify. According to Spotify, the old agreement with the owners of the songs has expired and it has not been able to reach an new agreement with
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The man was walking home from this mosque in Dudley Road when the attack happened (Image by BBC) A man remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man in his 70s was set alight on Shenstone Road in Edgbaston, Birmingham, on Monday evening as he walked home from Dudley
Image by TATA Steel Europe A £5 million investment in state-of-the-art electric induction furnaces will reduce emissions from one of Tata Steel’s tube mills in Corby by at least 2000 tonnes of CO2 a year. Works Manager Gary Blackman said, “This is the first part of our extensive plans to make the Corby site CO2-neutral
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Image by Prathaan/iStock A man was set alight on Shenstone Road in Edgbaston, Birmingham, just after 7pm on 20 March, Monday. The victim was walking home from Dudley Road mosque, when he was approached by the attacker. The miscreant spoke to him briefly before spraying the unsuspecting man with an unknown substance and then his
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Image by Refugee Action The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has called upon the Government to scrap its cruel ‘Illegal Migration Bill’ – widely known as the ‘Anti-Refugee’ or ‘Refugee Ban Bill’ – ahead of its second reading in parliament this month. The highly contentious Bill will remove protections from modern slavery and grant the
Image by Getty A damning report by Baroness Louise Casey, investigating the culture and standards of the Metropolitan Police has shed light on the organisation’s failure on multiple levels to get rid of racism and bullying. The report mentioned that ‘the Metropolitan police is broken and rotten, suffering collapsing public trust and is guilty of
Image by Lancashire Telegraph Blackburn will soon see one of its biggest and most ambitious projects enter its completion. Termed as the city’s ‘biggest mosque building projects’, it has been reported that in the last few months, the construction work on Preston New Road at the site of the former Westholme Nursery school has been
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Image by Twitter A group of protesters on Sunday, 19 March were seen grabbing and taking down the Indian national flag atop the building of the Indian High Commission in London. The mob, which was carrying separatists Khalistan flags and chanting pro-Khalistan slogans, also vandalised the building by breaking the windows in an attack after
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Image by Belfast Asian Women’s Academy The Belfast Asian Women’s Academy (BAWA) is made up of women from Asia who have now made Belfast their home. These women live and work in the city, and in their spare time, run sporting and cultural projects in conjunction with local women’s groups to allow a shared experience.
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