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  • Eight suspects to be charged in Tunisia attack

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    Tunisian authorities are to charge  eight suspects arrested in connection with the deadly attack on a Tunisian beach resort, it is understood. The seven men and one woman would face charges over the killings – as Britain’s foreign office said all 30 British victims had now been identified. Tunisia’s government had earlier said 12 suspects…

  • House prices near fracking sites could fall: Report

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    A government report has warned that house prices near fracking sites could fall by up to 7 per cent and insurance premiums may rise …reports Asian Lite. Fracking could also worsen traffic congestion, noise and air quality, and may not bring many jobs to an area in the longer term, and those living nearby could…

  • Modular buildings the solution to the UK’s housing crisis

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    Modular off-site building could be the key to solving the UK’s broken housing market, according to a new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The UK house building  manufacturing affordable quality homesreport is calling on Government to provide more incentives for the off-site construction of homes. The report also recommends that the Government reverse…

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  • NASA unveils plane to fly on Mars

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    The US space agency is planning to send a boomerang-shaped aircraft to Mars first to check if the conditions are ripe for the humans to land on the Red Planet. Proposed to make its first flight to Mars in the 2020s, a prototype of the “Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars” (Prandtl-m) will…

  • Plans to cut sickness benefits

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    A leaked Whitehall paper suggests plans to scrap part of the UK’s main sickness benefit are being considered. It describes the Employment and Support Allowance as a “passive” benefit which does not “incentivise” people to find a job, and proposes abolishing the work-related activity group (WRAG) category reporst BBC. If scrapped, weekly payments would drop nearly…

  • Consider Syria ISIS strikes: Fallon to MP’s

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    The defence secretary is to say that MPs should consider allowing Britain to bomb Islamic State targets in Syria. The RAF has been carrying out strikes in Iraq since September but Michael Fallon will say Parliament should look at the case for missions in Syria too reports BBC. The UK does not need the backing…

  • Heartbreak and tears as England Lionesses crash out

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    England’s women’s football team were cruelly knocked out of the World Cup at the semi-final stage last night by a freak last-minute own goal. Defending champions Japan snatched a dramatic 2-1 win over England to set up a women’s FIFA World Cup final against the US here. England, who struck the woodwork twice in the…

  • British manufacturing to remain slow: HSBC

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    Future manufacturing may remain sluggish in India due to declining output and new order flow, including from overseas and fall in order-to-inventory ratio while robust capital goods growth is a glimmer of hope, says HSBC Purchasing Manufacturers Index (PMI) released….reports Asian Lite News. India manufacturing PMI fell to 51.3 in June from May’s 52.6 as…

  • Britain calls Indian Maggi noodles safe

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    Britain’s Food Standards Authority (FSA) has announced that Nestle India’s Maggi noodles, manufactured in India and exported to Britain, were safe to consume and contained lead well within permissible levels…reports Asian Lite News. “The FSA can confirm that results from testing samples of Maggi noodles in the UK have all found that levels of lead…

  • Abundance of food fuels Britain’s obesity epidemic

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    A recent research published in the Bulletin of World Health Organisation states that Britain which indulges in overabundance of calories is caused due to an overproduction and imports of food than required…reports Asian Lite News. Researchers have warned that Britain’s obesity epidemic is being fuelled by the sheer abundance of food, after finding that there…

  • Birmingham airport urges Govt caution on Heathrow

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    Paul Kehoe, CEO of Birmingham Airport, has today urged the Government to take a cautious response to the Airports Commission’s recommendations, as regional airports like Birmingham Airport continue to thrive….reports Asian Lite News. The Airports Commission, led by Chairperson Sir Howard Davies, has spent the past three years looking into the future of UK aviation…

  • US, Cuba restore diplomatic relations

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    By Arun Kumar In what President Barack Obama called “a historic step forward”, the US and Cuba have re-established diplomatic relations snapped “at the height of the Cold War” 54 years ago….reports Asian Lite News. “When the United States shuttered our embassy in 1961, I don’t think anyone thought it would be more than half…

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  • Greek situation could hit West Midlands exports

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    Business leaders are warning that a Greek exit from the euro could hit demand for exports from the West Midlands…reports Asian Lite. Paul Faulkner , chief executive of Birmingham Chamber, said that although Britain’s level of direct exposure to Greece was relatively small, any ‘Grexit’ could lead to a slowdown in the EU economy. He said: “British…

  • Ferrari Fuels Charity Fundraising

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    Ferrari cavalcade Rome: charity auction at final event raises 200,000 euro….reports Asian Lite News After four days of exploring Rome and the stunning areas around the city in their Ferraris, the 2015 Cavalcade participants celebrated the conclusion of the event with a gala dinner in the spectacular surroundings of Trajan’s Markets. The 200 guests not…

  • Why parents blame others for their fault?

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    While trumpeting their own innocence over their children’s association with extremism, Muslim parents simultaneously protest that the authorities did nothing.  If the families really had no knowledge of such activities, why should the police or schools or social services?….writes Manzoor Moghal As the lethal cycle of British involvement in jihadism deepens, so the cries of…

  • Bodies of Tunisia beach victims arriving back in UK

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    The bodies of Britons killed in the Tunisia beach massacre will arrive back in the UK  on board RAF C17 transport plane. An RAF plane carrying some of the deceased will land at Brize Norton after the Tunisian authorities released the bodies. The repatriation process is expected to take several days reports Sky News. It…

  • Greece defaults to IMF

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    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) confirmed  that debt-laden Greece is in arrears after missing a payment of 1.5 billion euros ($1.7 billion)….reports Asian Lite News. Athens had until 6 p.m. Tuesday to make the payment. “I confirm that the SDR 1.2 billion repayment (about 1.5 billion euros) due by Greece to the IMF today has…

  • Britain set for the hottest day in nearly a decade

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    Britain is all set for its hottest day in nearly a decade today with highs of 35C (95F) are anticipated in the South East and into the Midlands – close to the July record of 36.5C (98F) set in Wisley, Surrey in 2006. The beach-towel weather will continue into the weekend, though Thursday will be slightly…

  • ‘Benefit cuts risk child poverty’: UK children’s commissioners

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    UK children’s commissioners have said the government should end its planned cuts to benefits to prevent more young people falling into poverty. The commissioners for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland said child poverty was “unacceptably high”. In a report to the United Nations, they said government austerity measures had failed to protect the most…

  • Airports commission backs third runway at Heathrow

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    The Airports Commission has backed a third Heathrow runway that will add close to £150bn in economic growth and 70,000 jobs by 2050. It would also connect Britain to 40 new destinations around the world. Downing Street officials say they want to digest the report properly, without making “a snap judgement”. Sir Howard Davies’s report said…

  • LILY’s Fund-raising Reception in London

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    Charity LILY Against Human Trafficking held a fund-raising reception in London to support the girls of Nepal who are at risk of trafficking…reports Asian Lite News. The reception hosted by Lord Verjee at Thomas Goode W1 was successful in raising £65,000 for Nepal.  Attended by Sharmila Tagore, Mr G.P. Hinduja, Siobhan. McDonagh MP, Baroness Margaret Jay,…

  • Greece – A nation divided

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    Greece has missed the deadline for a €1.6bn (£1.1bn) payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), hours after eurozone ministers refused to extend its bailout….reports Asian Lite News Greece is the first advanced country to fail to repay a loan to the IMF and is now formally in arrears. There are fears that this could…

  • Without God, Is Everything Permitted?

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    Vikas Datta reviews British author Julian Baggini’s Without God, is Everything Permitted?  The dilemmas of our lives and times – A way out? Does the study of ethics and morality have any relevance in our contemporary action-oriented, technology-driven materialistic world where philosophy is dismissed as only an academic activity? Yes, it does if we are to make informed,…

  • Remnants of the worst days of China

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    The power of the state, and its control over the minds of its citizens in mainland China, has not reduced much in almost three decades, though prosperity has spread wide. The Chinese are afraid to talk to a journalist about what had happened so many years ago….writes Hardev Sanotra from Tiananmen Square, Beijing As India recalled…

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  • Briton launches “Greek Bailout Fund”

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    A British man has launched an online crowd-funding programme to help mitigate Greece’s debt crisis, media reported. Thom Feeney, 29,  launched the programme titled “Greek Bailout Fund” on Indiegogo.com, a US based global fundraising website, with the goal of collecting 1.6 billion euros ($1.79 billion) over a period of seven days, the Mirror Online reported.…

  • GOOALLL…Gurinder Scores Again

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    Gurinder Chadha creates history as she became the  first British Asian to direct a West End Musical….reports Asian Lite News The opening of Bend It Like Beckham: The Musical at a packed house at London’s Phoenix Theatre heralds a new era British cultural landscape. Gurinder Chadha has become the first British Asian to direct a…

  • Passengers stranded amid Calais strike

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    Port workers  strike action in Calais for the second time in a week has stranded thousands of ferry passengers on both sides of the Channel. The MyFerryLink workers walked out over the sale of the company’s ferries to rival DFDS Seaways. Sailings between Dover and the French port are at a standstill, but services to…

  • Injured Britons flown home by RAF

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    The RAF has flown in Four British tourists seriously injured in the Tunisian beach attack. It is feared that about 30 UK citizens were killed, though only 18 have so far been confirmed among the dead. The government says all those hurt at the resort near Sousse on Friday will be brought home in the…

  • London begins major counter-terrorism exercise

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     London’s largest counter-terrorism exercise to date has begun with Police officers, soldiers, emergency services and intelligence officials taking part. The simulation of a terror attack has been six months in the planning. The exercise – codenamed Strong Tower – involves 1,000 police officers at locations across the capital until Wednesday afternoon. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard…

  • The Language Of Sexual Violence  

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      The increasing reports of rapes in India call for a relook into the adjectives we use to describe the horrendous acts, which in a way redefine ‘humanity, writes Sabin Iqbal George Orwell in his popular essay on English language and politics has said that language can influence thoughts. Going by what is happening in…

  • Poor Greece: Tsipras Slipped

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    Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras threatened to resign if he fails to win the referendum on Sunday….reports Asian Lite News Mr Tsipras said a clear vote against austerity would help Greece negotiate a better settlement to the crisis. Otherwise, he warned, he would not stay in office to oversee more cuts. Greece’s bailout expires on…

  • Bye ‘Birmingham’; Hello ‘WMCA’….!

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      Finally the name is out! The Midland’s new combined authority have ended with the adoption of ‘West Midlands Combined Authority’….reports Asian Lite News. Businesses wanted ‘Greater Birmingham’ or ‘Heart of England’ as it is believed that the name ‘West Midlands’ carries little or no resonance in major economic countries such as China and USA Other…

  • UK to tackle radicalisation at schools, prisons

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    Prime Minister David Cameron vows to defeat terrorism and unveiled new measures to prevent radicalisation at schools and prisons…. reports Kaliph Anaz The prime minister was addressing the House of Commons in the wake of attack in Tunisia. Cameron announced new measures to make all public bodies – from schools to prisons to local councils – to…

  • Britain to taste Arabian weather

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    The Met Office said there was an “80 per cent probability” of heatwave conditions between noon today – 30 June and 6am on Thursday, 2 July in parts of England….reports Asian Lite News According to Met Office 1st July is likely to be the hottest day of the year. With temperatures like to soar towards the 30C, a…

  • Walk Together to Mark London 7/7

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    A broad coalition of Londoners, from all faiths and backgrounds, is calling on the public to come together and show that the terrorists have failed to divide the heart of Great Britain….reports Asian Lite News The city is marking the 10th anniversary of serial blasts on July 7, 2005. It was just another Thursday morning…

  • Please stop the Blame Game

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    While trumpeting their own innocence over their children’s association with extremism, Muslim parents simultaneously protest that the authorities did nothing.  If the families really had no knowledge of such activities, why should the police or schools or social services?….writes Manzoor Moghal As the lethal cycle of British involvement in jihadism deepens, so the cries of…

  • Afzal seeks review of UK policies

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    Labour leader Afzal Khan MEP, one of the most influential British Asian politician, has called for an new approach to tackling the spread of radicalisation across Europe and for a greater understanding of the grievances behind it….reports Asian Lite News Speaking in the European Parliament at the Foundation for European Progressive Studies’ conference on ‘Islam in…

  • ‘The nation is united in grief’: Cameron

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    Britain is “united in shock and grief”, prime minister David Cameron has said, as it emerging the British death toll in the Tunisian attack will rise above 30. A total of 38 people were killed by a gunman with links to Islamic State extremists on a beach near Sousse reported BBC. Writing in the Daily Telegraph,…

  • Greece braces for an epic tragedy

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    Tripras said the ECB proposals “blackmail” and vowed a refusal to the austerity measures. He called for a popular vote on the proposals on July 5….reports Asian Lite News Greek banks are to remain closed and capital controls will be imposed, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says. Speaking after the European Central Bank (ECB) said it…

  • Labour leader assumes new post

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    Veteran Labour leader and former MP Tony Lloyd was appointed Interim Mayor of Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) at an event held in Oldham…. reports Asian Lite News Mr Lloyd was chosen in May over Wigan Council leader Peter Smith by a panel from the area’s 10 boroughs. He will combine the job with his current responsibilities as…

  • Stopping the crimson tide ….

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    Terrorism is a long battle and has nothing to do with retaking lost territory nor does a battle plan for this fight have parameters. It is fluid, nebulous and almost impossible to eliminate for the enemy is unseen…writes Bikram Vohra The plumes of violence continue to spread insidiously. The attacks in Kuwait, Tunis and France…

  • China warns Glastonbury organisers

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    China has warned the organisers of the annual British Glastonbury Music Festival over inviting exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, a media report said. “China resolutely opposes any country, organisation, body or individual giving any kind of platform to the 14th Dalai Lama to engage in anti-China activities,” The Telegraph quoted Lu Kang, China’s…

  • IS claims responsibility for Tunisian attack

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     Islamic State (IS) militants has claimed responsibility for an attack in a Tunisian seaside resort that killed 39 people. In a statement released on Twitter, the group identified the gunman as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani, describing him as a “soldier of the caliphate” and most of the killed as “subjects of states that make up the…

  • Second Alton Towers crash victim’s leg amputated

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    Vick Balch, a 20-year-old woman injured in the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash has had her leg amputated, her lawyer said. She had her right leg amputated below the knee following seven rounds of surgery. She was injured when the theme park’s Smiler ride crashed into an empty carriage in front of it on 2 June. Days…

  • Majority of dead were British:Tunisian PM

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    Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has said the majority of the 38 people killed in the attack on a Tunisian beach resort were British . Islamic State extremists have said they carried out the attack. At least five Britons have been confirmed dead by the Foreign Office, which warned the death toll could rise reports BBC. Thomson…

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  • GALLERY: Queen in Germany

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    British Monarch Queen Elizabeth II has made her first visit to a World War Two concentration camp, Bergen-Belsen, in northern Germany. The camp, where teenage diarist Anne Frank was among thousands to die, was liberated by British soldiers in 1945. The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, laid a wreath at a memorial there on…