Image by iGlobal News British Indian businessman Lord Karan Bilimoria has countered former home secretary Suella Braverman’s statements she made earlier this month about Indian migrants. In an interview with The Spectator, Braverman branded Indians to be the “largest group of people who overstay” their visas in the UK. However, in conversation with Economic Times […]
Image by University of Cambridge The judiciary in England and Wales has been deemed as ‘institutionally racist’ according to more than half of legal professionals who took part in a survey. According to The Guardian, the report which was published on Tuesday, 18 October, by the University of Manchester in collaboration with barrister Keir Monteith
Image by Kate Green/Getty Images Shehan Karunatilaka, a Sri Lankan author, has won the 2022 Booker Prize for his second novel The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida. Praised by the judges as for the “scope and the skill, the daring, the audacity and hilarity”, the honour has made the 47-year-old author only the second Sri
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Image by TATA Steel Europe The two slab re-heating furnaces at Tata Steel’s Hot Rolling Mill in Port Talbot, Wales, are the first digitally fired furnaces in the world to use an innovative laser technology, which will improve product quality and consistency while further cutting the site’s energy use and carbon footprint, the steelmaking behemoth
Former boxer Amir Khan gave a pleasant surprise to his young fans after he turned up at the gym to meet them in Bolton recently. Khan, who was a boxing world champion, went to the Amir Khan Academy which surprised many training youngsters. He interacted with them, signed autographs, took pictures and imparted some of
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Image by rishisunak.com Former chancellor of Britain, Rishi Sunak has welcomed the completion of a £3.7m flood defence scheme in Stokesley. He has been witness to how the completed scheme has improved the protection for more than 500 homes and businesses in the town. After speaking to Environment Agency staff who commissioned managed the works, Sunak
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England Men\’s Test Captain, Ben Stokes (Image by ECB) England Men\’s selection panel have named a 15-strong squad for the three-match Test tour of Pakistan starting in December. England Men\’s Test squad includes the following players: Ben Stokes (Durham) captain James Anderson (Lancashire) Harry Brook (Yorkshire) Zak Crawley (Kent) Ben Duckett (Nottinghamshire) Ben Foakes (Surrey)
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Image by Human Appeal In the midst of a hunger crisis, UN statistics have revealed that one in nine people go hungry every day. The evidence is seen everywhere, shown through mainstream media, social media and accounts from people who are suffering. The causes are many. Multiple national and international conflicts place lives at risk
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Image by Sion Touhig/Getty Images After King Charles III’s coronation date was announced recently, it has been widely reported that Queen Consort Camilla is unlikely to wear the late Queen Mother’s 105-carat precious stone crown which features the controversial Koh-i-noor diamond in a detachable platinum mount. Given the “political sensitivities” surrounding the gem which originated
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Image by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images The UK has announced on 13 October that it will provide further humanitarian support to Pakistan following the devastating floods that have killed over a thousand people and affected more than 33 million. This takes the total UK contribution to the floods response to £26.5 million. £21.5 million is going
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