Ravjeet Gupta, Chair of the Met Police Sikh Association (Image by Metropolitan Police) Ravjeet Gupta, Chair of the Met Police Sikh Association (MPSA), which marked its 25th anniversary this week, talks about the role his faith plays in keeping London safe. “Twenty-five years ago, enveloped by the warmth and tandoori aromas inside London’s oldest Punjab restaurant, […]
Image by Greater Manchester Police On Friday 25 November 2022, Rashid Hussain, of Glen Morag Gardens, Rochdale and his partner Szenm Asghar, of Brierly Street, Bury, appeared before Manchester Crown Court, where they were sent to prison following a lengthy Greater Manchester Police (GMP) investigation. Rashid Hussain received 7 years, 6 months in prison after
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Foysol Choudhury MSP with the MEND team 30 Scottish organisations have signed an open letter calling on all local councils in Scotland to urgently adopt the APPG definition of Islamophobia and accompanying guidelines put forward by the Coalition Against Islamophobia. The APPG definition of Islamophobia states, “Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism
Image by Human Appeal UK humanitarian aid charity Human Appeal, on December 1 announced the launch of its seventh annual Comedy Takeover, which will take place across 12 cities across the country from the 15th to the 31st December. This year, the much-loved comedy tour will raise funds for Human Appeal’s flood relief project, to rebuild homes
Image by Metropolitan Police A stalker has pleaded guilty after Met detectives used analytical software to evidence his every move. Anhar Hussain, 23, of Review Road, Dagenham pleaded guilty to arson, harassment – fear of violence, dangerous driving and driving whilst disqualified and without insurance on Monday, 21 November at Snaresbrook Crown Court. He has
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Image by Twitter @DevSharmaMYP UK Youth Parliament has chosen to focus on the cost of living and health. The new campaign has been declared following the UK Youth Parliament’s debate in the House of Commons chamber on Friday 4th November 2022. Mental health and wellbeing was announced as the biggest issue for young people in the
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Image by pamgosal.org.uk New statistics show that domestic abuse crimes are at the second worst ever level in Scotland. The latest figures, published today by the Scottish Government, show that domestic abuse cases remained extremely high at 64,807 incidents a year, a fall of just 1 per cent on the previous year. They also reveal that
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Image by Facebook @SikhFedUK The Sikh Federation (UK) were not surprised with the results of the Census 2021 for England and Wales, when it was revealed this week. The organisation had predicted one of the largest groups would be those stating \”no religion\”. In a statement, it said that with 25.8 million or 43.2% either stating
Image by Human Appeal The AidEx Humanitarian Hero Award was won by Dr Mohammed Ashmawey, CEO of Human Appeal on 16 November in Brussels at AidEx 2022. The award sets out to recognise and celebrate stand-out individuals from the humanitarian aid and development community. The three shortlisted finalists also included Qasim Rashid Ahmad, Founder and
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Anoushka Sunak, the daughter of British prime minister Rishi Sunak and his entrepreneur wife Akshata Murthy, recently performed at ‘Rang’, an international Kuchipudi dance festival in London on Friday, 25 November. The event was organized by acclaimed Kuchipudi dancer Arunima Kumar and saw performances by over a hundred artists between the ages of four and
