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‘2 Muslim Night Riders’ raise awareness and funds towards relief work in Bangladesh

Two men who are known as the \’2 Muslim Night Riders\’ have raised more than £22,000 to contribute to the ongoing relief efforts in Bangladesh by raising awareness about the floods and making an emergency appeal. The floods have devastated the South Asian country, with many vulnerable people left without any food, water and other […]

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British Asian neurosurgeon successfully separates Brazilian conjoined twins

From left: Conjoined Brazilian twins Bernardo and Arthur Lima Brazilian twins who were joined at the head have been successfully separated with the help of a British Asian neurosurgeon. Bernardo and Arthur Lima, who were born with fused brains, underwent several operations in Rio de Janeiro, with the guidance of the UK’s Great Ormond Street Hospital

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Dad-of-two proves that hard work pays off after graduating with a biology degree

Image by University of Lancashire Mohammed Rahman, a married father-of-two, has successfully combined running takeaways and grocery shops with studying full-time for a biology degree from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). The hard work of Rahman paid off as he graduated and took to the stage of UCLan’s Sir Tom Finney Sports Centre in

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Rishi Sunak promises significant tax cuts by 2029 if elected as the next PM

Image by Getty Images Rishi Sunak, trailing in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister, has vowed to slash the basic rate of income tax by 20% by 2029 in a potentially make-or-break throw of the dice by the former finance minister. Sunak, once seen as the favourite to replace Boris Johnson when he

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Sikhism finds long-awaited representation at the Oxford Union

From left: Serene Sing with Ravi Singh Khalsa 25-year-old Sikh Ph.D. student at the University of Oxford, Serene Singh, recently had a talk with Ravi Singh Khalsa, the first ever turbaned Sikh to speak on Sikhism at the Oxford Union, the world’s oldest and most famous and formidable debating society. Singh, who has served as

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Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss go head-to-head in front of Tory members for the first time

Image by AFP/Jacob King British Conservatives Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss Thursday underwent their first grilling in front of party members as they wage a bitter duel to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The hustings in Leeds, northern England, were the opening bout of 12 nationwide events as the grassroots members elect a new leader after

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Cardiff man and his son die after being poisoned in Bangladesh

51-year-old Rafiqul Islam and his family were poisoned in Bangladesh A man from Cardiff and his son are reported to have died after being poisoned with three other members of the family taken the intensive care unit for treatment in Bangladesh. After relatives raised an alarm to the police, they went into the building in

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British boy becomes first-ever Sikh model for Burberry

Sahib Singh is the first British Sikh boy to be cast as Burberry Childrenswear model Four-year-old British Sikh boy, Sahib Singh has created history by becoming British luxury fashion brand, Burberry’s first-ever Sikh model. The young boy has featured in the brand’s latest Autumn-Winter 2022 campaign, where he is seen wearing a padded puffer jacket

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Ground-breaking South Asian arts festival to be held in Hounslow

Image by Bell Square London The Hounslow Town Centre will be hosting ANHAD, a new and exciting outdoor multi-arts festival featuring exceptional, cutting-edge contemporary work by South Asian artists based in the UK, in celebration of the South Asian Heritage Month on August 13 this year. The festival, directed by Mira Kaushik OBE in partnership

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Rishi Sunak pledges to hunt down and punish sex offenders as part of his campaign

Image by JOE GIDDENS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Rishi Sunak has vowed to hunt down and stamp out grooming gangs who prey on children and young women, and make their ringleaders subject to maximum life sentences as part of his campaign pledge to be elected Conservative Party leader and the next British Prime Minister. Under a government

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