Image by Getty Images Treasury minister, Tulip Siddiq (pictured above) resigned from her position on Tuesday following her involvement in a corruption investigation in Bangladesh after growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in the country. The probe began after her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, was removed from power. In her resignation letter to Prime Minister Keir […]
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Image by Goldsmith University of London Bollywood film actress Kalki Koechlin was among a list of three people announced to become Goldsmiths newest Honorary Fellows. Ms. Koechlin will join the celebrated author Evie Wyld and the British Ghanaian writer and photographer Caleb Azumah Nelson to receive their awards at a degree convocation in London next
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Image by Henry Lisowski Tens of thousands of naked Hindu ascetics and millions of pilgrims took dips in freezing water at the confluence of sacred rivers in northern India on Tuesday, in the first of a series of major baths in the Maha Kumbh festival, the largest religious congregation on Earth. Holding tridents, swords, spears
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Image by West Midlands Police A Birmingham brother and sister were sentenced on 9th January for fraud relating to donated charitable funds. Rajbinder Kaur, 55, was convicted last September for money laundering and six counts of theft amounting to £50,000 and one count under Section 60 of the Charities Act 2011, knowingly or recklessly provide
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Image by David Levene The curtain-raiser launching ‘Bradford 2025’ will welcome at its fully booked-out outdoor theatrical event ‘RISE’ in City Park on 10th and 11th January, with world-renowned Bradford-born magician Steven Frayne (formerly known as Dynamo) as its creative lead. Audiences for RISE will be greeted with a festival atmosphere as City Park is
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Image by Henry Lisowski A fresh motion is set to go to Bolton Council calling for \”urgent and meaningful action\” on the crisis in Gaza. The motion is set to be put by the Green Party’s Cllr Hanif Alli, of Halliwell, and calls on Bolton Council to urge the government to call for an immediate ceasefire
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Image by BBC Scotland After nearly a decade of deadlock and wrangling over drug laws the centre is finally ready to open. The clinic welcomed its first clients today who will come in to inject illegally-bought heroin or cocaine under medical supervision. The Thistle is based in Glasgow\’s east end, where there is a high
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Image by Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA Former first minister Humza Yousaf has accused Elon Musk of seeking to “inflame racial tensions” with a reference to the infamous murder of Kriss Donald in 2004. The Glasgow schoolboy, aged 15 at the time, was abducted and killed in a racist attack by an Asian gang led by Imran Shahid
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Image by Bloomberg Authorities have confirmed that at least six people have died and 35 were injured in a stampede near the Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in India\’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The incident occurred as thousands of devotees rushed to secure free passes to visit the temple, popularly known as Tirupati. The period
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Image by X/@TTDevasthanams British lawmakers have rejected a proposal by the opposition Conservative Party to launch a new national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal. The proposal, introduced as an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, was defeated in the House of Commons by 364 votes to 111, a majority of 253. The
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