Asian Lite News Archive

Category: UK News

  • UK’s babywear brand to help Indian kids

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    Children are the future of tomorrow but if they aren’t healthy will they be able to contribute for the benefit of their homes, society, country and the world? This question has been making rounds for years. Chloe and Jim at Udaan Ghar Taking India as one of the research project, UNICEF’s report has stated that one…

  • Poverty gets worse in Greater Manchester: Study

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    The harsh realities of life for Greater Manchester’s poorest households are tracked in a new monitor created by academics at the University of Manchester and published by the Greater Manchester Poverty Action Group (GMPAG). A poor homeless man in one of the streets of Britain The Greater Manchester Poverty monitor brings together data from 18…

  • Freida to attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony

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      Hollywood-based Indian actress Freida Pinto is all set to attend Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway and support Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi, who will be felicitated at the event . Malala and Satyarthi will receive a medal and $1.4 million in prize money. Freida, also…

  • British on high alert after ISIS threat

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    The police in Britain’s West Midlands have been put on high alert after a threat allegedly by Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical group. The alert came after IS called on followers to launch “lone wolf” attacks on the West. More than 7,000 officers in the West Midlands were warned they were in imminent danger following…

  • A third of NHS contracts now private

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    A third of NHS contracts in England have been awarded to private sector providers since the service was reorganised in 2013, figures suggest. The information comes from a Freedom of Information request made by the British Medical Journal. Of 3,494 contracts awarded by 182 Clinical Commissioning Groups in England between April 2013 and August 2014,…

  • Funds to repair religious places

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    Alok Sharma, the Member of Parliament for Reading West, has written to places of worship, including churches, mosques, temples, gurdwaras and synagogues serving his constituency to make them aware of a new £15million fund for the repair of roofs and guttering on vulnerable listed places of worship. The scheme, which was announced on 3 December,…

  • Cathay links China to Manchester

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    CATHAY PACIFIC MAKES HISTORY AS FIRST NON-STOP FLIGHT FROM THE NORTH OF ENGLAND TO CHINA TAKES OFF AT MANCHESTER AIRPORT Cathay Pacific Airways launched direct first flight to Hong Kong from Manchester Airport.  The departure of the inaugural flight sees Manchester become the only UK airport outside of London to offer a non-stop direct route to China.…

  • #RuckSackChallenge

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    For the oncoming winter and all that it entails, the Islamic charity Muslim Aid has initiated #RuckSackChallenge to assist people who sleep and live rough on the streets…writes YZ Patel  Volunteers all over England are wanted to fill and distribute a rucksack with essential items such as gloves, hats, sleeping bag, fleece, socks, books, tooth paste and easy to open tinned…

  • Stem burglaries at X-Mas period

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    Greater Manchester Police are to be put under the spotlight regarding burglaries at a public forum later this month. Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd, along with Lesley Daniels from Victim Support, will be quizzing senior officers and others about GMP’s approach to burglary and the support it provides to victims. To support…

  • 40% of the world’s population without health care:ILO

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    An ILO study shows that 80 per cent of the population across 44 countries are without any health protection and are therefore deprived of the right to health. These countries include Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Globally, some 40 per cent of the population is excluded from social protection in health. The study says…

  • Story of a judge living in cloud cuckoo land!

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    Even there is a cabinet minister with a surname Patel. But Honourable Peter Hollingworth, a JUDGE, ridicules a victim with racial prejudices….YZ Patel comments They’re in politics, education, property, agriculture,landowning pharmaceutical, chemical, medical, plastic, finance, steel, building construction,ceramic, precious minerals, hospitality. Any industry you can think of at all echelons they are there. They are the…

  • Solicitors targeted in new tax clampdown

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    Solicitors are being given the chance by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to bring their tax affairs up to date or face tougher penalties, as part of a new tax campaign. The Solicitors’ Tax Campaign is the latest voluntary, intelligence-led disclosure opportunity giving specific groups of taxpayers the chance to get their tax affairs in order…

  • Greater Manchester remembers domestic abuse victims

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    Greater Manchester’s Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner has called for communities to stand together against domestic violence as he attends a candlelit vigil to remember the dozens of victims who lose their life at the hands of their partner each year. Jim Battle, Greater Manchester’s Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner Jim Battle will join victim support…

  • Buy an used car in December and save for Christmas

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     Buying a used car in December rather than waiting until January could save enough money to cover the cost of Christmas. That’s according to car price analysis by the UK’s leading independent experts on car and motoring costs, CAP Automotive. December is always a quiet time for used car sales – followed by an explosion of…

  • Nigel Mills caught playing Candy crush in parliament

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      A British MP was caught playing Candy Crush, a popular puzzle game, on his iPad while attending a parliamentary committee meeting. Conservative Party MP Nigel Mills was caught playing the hit online game Candy Crush Saga during a meeting of the works and pensions committee, of which he is a member, The Guardian reported…

  • NRI teacher harassed for teaching ‘British values’

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    A Sikh teacher has claimed that he was forced out of a school in Britain for “giving children British values”, a media report said . Balwant Bains, who ran Saltley School in Birmingham which is at the centre of an alleged plot by extremists to impose an “intolerant and aggressive Islamic ethos” on pupils, decided…

  • Shrien Dewani is a free man

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    An Indian-origin businessman from Britain, accused of arranging the murder of his wife while on honeymoon trip in South Africa, was discharged . Shrien Dewani, 33, is accused of ordering the murder of his wife, 28-year-old Anni Dewani, who was shot on the outskirts of Cape Town in November 2010 during the course of their…

  • Rev Justin Welby Condemns Hunger In Britain

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    The Archbishop of Canterbury has revealed how he was left more shocked by the plight of Britain’s hunger-stricken poor than suffering in African refugee camps. Food is being wasted at “astonishing” levels across the UK but hunger “stalks large parts” of the country, the Most Rev Justin Welby said. Families are being forced to turn…

  • UK judge quits after racial slur

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    A senior judge in Britain has been forced to quit his job after allegedly making a racist remark about an Indian-origin woman while hearing a harassment case involving the woman’s ex-boyfriend. “With a name like Patel she can only be working in a corner shop or off licence,” said District Judge Peter Hollingworth after being…

  • Modi’s English switchover came naturally

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    By Ranjana Narayan   For those following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s addresses abroad, his switch to English instead of the expected Hindi during his recent foreign visits may have come as a surprise. But, for a politician known to be a powerful orator and effective communicator, the reason was simple – he wished to convey the…

  • New app launched to tackle hate crime in London

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    A new app to make it easier for victims to report hate crime online is one of a raft of new measures aimed at tackling hate crime in the capital to be unveiled by the Deputy Mayor for Policing And Crime, Stephen Greenhalgh tomorrow (3 December). The Mayor’s Hate Crime Reduction Strategy has been developed…

  • ILO wage report troubles Osborne

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    Wage growth around the world slowed in 2013 to 2.0 per cent, compared to 2.2 per cent in 2012, and has yet to catch up to the pre-crisis rates of about 3.0 per cent, according to the ILO’s Global wage report 2014/15. Even this modest growth in global wages was driven almost entirely by emerging…

  • Afghan reform agenda hailed

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      The international community welcomed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s reform agenda for his country at a conference in London. Britain and Afghanistan co-hosted the London conference to discuss Afghanistan’s future and international support for it after the withdrawal of NATO-led coalition forces by the end of 2014, Xinhua reported. The conference was attended by Afghan…

  • Oh My Lord! Lets Blame it on the Muslims

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    Payday loans, big finance institutions, pig farmers and anything else peddled but prohibited within the religion are surely next. Not selling much? Pesky Muslims again…writes YZ Patel Muslim are now the default choice for the ills of everything and anything. Not a day goes by when we are not in the news or being blamed…

  • British Museum loans Parthenon statue to Russia

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    Part of the Parthenon marbles have been allowed to leave Britain for the first time through the loan of a sculpture to the Russian state museum, a media report said . The headless statue of a Greek river-god, Ilissos, will go on display in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg Friday to celebrate the…

  • WW I Christmas truce letter found

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    Soldiers sharing cigars, singing songs and walking together in no-man’s land on Christmas Day in 1914 are some of the scenes described in a letter written by a British general. The letter, written by Gen. Walter Congreve to his wife on Christmas Day, details how the famous truce came about, BBC reported . Gen. Congreve,…

  • Mark Pritchard arrested over allegation of rape

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    Conservative member of parliament Mark Pritchard has been arrested and released on bail, following an allegation of rape in central London, media reported . Parliamentary Hansard record Wednesday contains a reference to a letter from the Metropolitan Police to Speaker John Bercow, “relating to the arrest of Mark Pritchard, Member for The Wrekin”. Police said…

  • Vaz urge EU to drop Indian mango ban

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    Mr  Keith Vaz MP, Britain’s longest serving Member of Parliament of Asian origin, has called for the European Union to lift a ban on imported Indian mangoes, following a positive report from the EU’s Food and Veterinary Office. Mr Vaz had campaigned for the lifting of the ban since its inception earlier this year and…

  • ASTON MARTIN DEBUTS UNIQUE CAR FOR SPECTRE

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    Aston Martin together with EON Productions, the producers of the James Bond film franchise, unveiled Bond’s stunning new car, the Aston Martin DB10, on the 007 stage at Pinewood Studios. The luxury British sports car brand is delighted to confirm that James Bond will once again drive an Aston Martin in Spectre. On this occasion,…

  • Oxford Dictionaries to add 1,000 new words

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    ‘Mamil’ (middle-aged man in Lycra), ‘silvertail’ (a person who is socially prominent or who displays social aspirations) and ‘crony capitalism’ are among the 1,000 new words to be added to OxfordDictionaries.com, the free online dictionary, in its largest quarterly update so far. The entries by editors at Oxford Dictionaries reflect the influence of popular culture,…

  • Osborne stands by his plans

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    George Osborne has defended his economic plans amid claims that he is set to plunge Britain into a period of austerity not seen since the 1930s. The Chancellor grabbed headlines with the historic stamp duty reforms he announced, but cuts of £60bn to non-protected areas like police, local government and justice will be required in…

  • Scotland Yard officers in Pakistan

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    A mock exercise was staged in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi for six Scotland Yard officers who wanted to know how the police busted a terrorist plan in the city last June. Officials said that their curiosity was aroused by media reports that the Rawalpindi police detected the formidable arsenal of explosives and ammunition the…

  • Sophie the Stegosaurus reconstructed

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    Researchers hope to learn how much it weighed, how it moved and what it used its iconic back plates for. A UK team has scanned each of its 360 bones into a computer and has digitally reconstructed the dinosaur. The specimen, nicknamed “Sophie”, has been acquired by the Natural History Museum in London reported BBC.…

  • NRI man knifed in Manchester dies

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     An Indian-origin man who was found stabbed at a house in Britain’s Manchester city earlier this week succumbed to his injuries on his 63rd birthday, a media report said . Ujjal Singh died after being attacked in the city’s Crumpsall area Dec 1. He was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary after the attack but he…

  • ‘Don’t be in search of stardom’

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    Multi platinum selling artist Kamaljit Singh Jhooti aka Jay Sean, tells Asha Singh of Asian Lite, about his journey into the music world. The British singer-songwriter and rapper is the first Asian R&B artist in the world; he’s back in the UK to reconnect with his fans.  AL:  You’re currently taking part in a number of master class…

  • Story of a nurse as a doctor

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    University of Salford in England has awarded a PhD Degree to Mrs Agimol Pradeep for her research work entitled ‘Increasing Organ Donation in the North West, South Asian Community Through Targeted Education’.  Dr. Agimol Pradeep Being a regular witness to the shortage of organ donation especially among the South Asian community, Agimol, who works at the Central…

  • GMP holds citizens in policing Gala Awards

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    Greater Manchester Police (GMP) held its annual Citizens in Policing Gala Awards recently. Citizen Gala Awards–Special Recognition The awards were held at Lancashire County Cricket Club and were attended by esteemed guests such as the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater Manchester Warren Smith, Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy and Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner…

  • Amjad Ali Khan to perform in Leeds

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    Renowned maestro of sarod, Indian string superstar Amjad Ali Khan will perform on February 5 alongside his two sons at Howard Assembly Room, Opera North in Leeds. Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan The sixth generation of an illustrious Bangash lineage, Amjad Ali Khan is a renowned maestro of the sarod. The ‘Indian string superstar’ (The Times-Picayune)…

  • Bicester named England’s newest garden city

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    A market town that traces its roots back to Saxon invaders in the sixth century was named as the answer to a housing crisis in the overcrowded Home Counties area of England. Bicester will become the British government’s newest garden city as part of an initiative to create off-the-shelf cities by expanding existing towns, Xinhua…

  • Xpress Money unveils new services

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    Xpress Money launches Direct Account Credit services to India. This will enable customers can now transfer money directly into any bank account in India  Xpress Money, one of the world’s most dependable money transfer brands, added a new mode of money transfer for its customers sending money to India. The brand has introduced the ‘Direct…

  • Ria Rocks Debenhams

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    Recently, The Rock shopping complex at Bury, Manchester, witnessed a unique cultural experiment. The frontage of Debenhams at The Rock became a colourful music box of eastern delights. Featuring the beautiful Dance Choreography of Ria Meera Munshi, owner of Multi-Award Winning & Guinness World Record Breaking Dance Academy: Ri Ri’s Dance Academy, based in Manchester.…

  • SRK joins DDLJ’s 1,000 weeks fest

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    It turned out to be a joyous reunion when the cast members of “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”, the Bollywood romantic film which is set to clock a successful run of 1,000 weeks Dec 12, turned up on the set of hit show “Comedy Nights With Kapil”. Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Anupam Kher, Farida Jalal, Mandira…

  • Court allows Sahara to sell properties

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    SC permits Sahara to sell four properties to raise money to release chief Subrata Roy The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted Sahara group to sell its four properties located in Gurgaon, Jodhpur, Vashi and Pune to raise Rs.5,000 crore it has to deposit in cash with market regulator SEBI as a part payment of investors’…

  • London schools to attend Kochi Biennale

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    The Kochi-Muziris Biennale in Kerala has become a major topic for this year’s prestigious Chevening Clore Leadership Programme for professionals in the art world. Kochi will host the works of nearly 95 artists from about 30 countries at the second edition of the 108-day Biennale which will begin Dec 12. Students from the art school…

  • You must earn your place in this country!

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    If we want to make constructive contribution to the society we live in and want to be part of then we must do things that allow us to do that…comments YZ Patel on the issue of discrimination at British workplaces Two paradoxical emails dropped in the inbox. One a report pertaining how British Muslims face…

  • Air India begins daily flights from Birmingham

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    India’s national carrier played Santa as it announced its decision to commence daily flights from Birmingham from December 21, Sunday. Air India will use modern Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ aircraft in the sector. The new service will be a boon to passengers living in the Midlands and North. The Birmingham Airport is linked with Birmingham International on…

  • Story of a girl with SEVEN mothers-in-law

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    Zee TV has unveiled Satrangi Sasural, a show centers around Aarushi who marries Vihaan Narmada Vatsal, a man raised by not one, but seven very strong and independent mothers! Starting December 4, every Monday to Friday at 10 PM on Zee TV, join Aarushi on her journey of deftly managing the expectations of her seven mothers-in-law, who only have Vihaan’s best interests at…

  • Mario sorry for Instagram post

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    Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has apologised for a post on social media which appeared to contain anti-Semitic and racist references. Balotelli, 24, quickly deleted the post from his Instagram page of Nintendo computer game character Super Mario reported BBC. The Italian had tweeted to deny the text of the post was offensive before his apology.…

  • Victoria Beckham bags fashion award

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    Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham and actress Emma Watson have been honoured for their excellent style sense at the 2014 British Fashion Awards. Victoria, who was escorted to the event Monday by husband David Beckham just two days after he was involved in a car crash, was presented with the Best Brand prize during a ceremony…

  • Muslims in Britain still confident in police: Study

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    Muslim communities in Britain may not be as victimised by violent crime or as dissatisfied with the police as is widely suggested and believed, according to a Cambridge University researcher. An examination of statistics taken from the Crime Survey of England and Wales between 2006 and 2010 reveals a surprising counter-narrative to commonly-held perceptions of…