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Broadcaster celebrates 25 years of India Filmmaking in Scotland

Broadcaster and ‘Bollywoodwallah’ Ravi Sagoo (pictured above) celebrates the 25th anniversary of Bollywood and Indian Cinema using Scotland as a filming location backdrop and embarks on his own ‘filmi’ journey reflecting the glitz and glamour of Bollywood in Scotland. Ravi tells the story of why the World’s biggest film industry uses Scotland and its vista […]

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Tyneside Businessman opens up in podcast appearance about the racism he faced

Image by PRSONAL PODCAST A respected and highly decorated businessman has opened up about the horrific racism that he and his family faced growing up in the North East. Tyneside entrepreneur Ammar Mirza (pictured above) has laid bare the issues of racism growing up in Newcastle – highlighting that he would be targeted by racial

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Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year awards 2024 announces its host

Radio, TV and sports broadcaster Amber Sandhu (pictured above) will be the host for this years’ Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year Awards. The Wolverhampton presenter works across BBC Asian Network every Saturday afternoon and reports for Sky Sports News on their Premier League coverage. Her big TV breakthrough came as the lead reporter

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Shabana Azmi awarded Freedom of the City of London

Image by Kin Sandeep Gupta Award-winning actress, Shabana Azmi, has received the Freedom of the City of London, in recognition of her prolific contribution to Indian cinema and as a campaigner for women\’s rights. She was nominated by Alderman Alastair King DL and Deputy Brian Mooney BEM. Azmi made her debut performance in Satyajit Ray\’s 1974 Ankur which quickly launched a successful acting career

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Sunak stresses optimism in pre-election pitch to voters

Image by Kin Cheung/PA The Prime Minister said in a pre-election pitch that voters will have a choice between the Conservatives’ “optimistic” view of the future and Labour’s “doomsterism” later this year,  In a speech to the Policy Exchange think tank on Monday, Rishi Sunak (pictured above) sought to portray himself as the best person

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Calls to boycott PureGym after its CEO\’s comments on Question Time

Image by BBC There are calls to boycott PureGym following comments made by the company’s CEO Humphrey Cobbold (pictured above) on Question Time. As the UK Government continues to come under increasing pressure to halt arms sales to Israel amid concerns of a ground offensive in Rafah, Cobbold appeared on the BBC programme and expressed his views

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India court grants bail to Delhi’s Chief Minister

Image by Getty Images India\’s top court has granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (pictured above), more than a month after he was arrested in a corruption case. The court said that the bail is applicable until the 1st of June after which he must surrender to authorities again. A former anti-corruption

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Prime Minister insists that confidence in the UK economy is growing

Image by Jacob King/PA Rishi Sunak has insisted that “things are starting to feel better” and that confidence in the economy is growing after the UK economy moved out of recession. The Prime Minister reiterated his view that the Government’s economic plan was working as he visited a business facility in Eynsham, Oxfordshire. It comes

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