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Category: UK News

  • London Beckons You

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    The first half of 2014 was the most popular period ever for tourism into the UK, the Office for National Statistics reported. Tourists made 16.41 million trips to the UK between January and June, an 8% rise on the same period in 2013. Spending by foreign residents in the UK has reached £8.92bn so far…

  • CRICKET: Izzat ka sawall

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    India play fifth Test to salvage pride and series   India go into the fifth and the final Test match at The Oval Friday determined to salvage some pride and the draw the five-match series against England. India were humiliated in Manchester, losing the fourth Test by an innings and 54 runs inside three days. The win…

  • Households may need more bins

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    Households may be forced to put out six separate rubbish bins due to new EU regulations, Britain’s biggest waste company has warned. Families will need to dispose of glass, paper, tin cans and plastic separately so they can be recycled without the risk of contamination, under the European rules coming into force in January, says…

  • New dictionary entries: How adorbs

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    Do you humblebrag about your neckbeard and sideboob? How adorbs. The latest intake of works to OxfordDictionaries.com show how language emerging on social media and the internet are increasingly entering common use, says a telegraph report. “New entires include humblebrag, which refers to a post or comment made by someone that boasts about an achievement…

  • Jashan e Azaadi Mubarak!

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    In a televised address to the nation, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif rejected demands for his resignation and reiterated that his government will complete five-year constitutional term. Sharif’s remarks came at a time when opposition leader Imran Khan was demanding his resignation as he claimed that last year’s elections were rigged, Xinhua reported. The announcement came just…

  • MCR bids to become City of Football

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    Manchester’s bid to be the country’s first City of Football is gaining momentum and residents are being encouraged to help shape the city’s final submission to Sport England. If named City of Football Manchester will receive £1.6m in National Lottery funding to run a two-year pilot programme aimed at getting more people – particularly those aged…

  • Erosion of NHS values

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    Prof. Rajan Madhok says the NHS’s current arrangements for delivering race equality have been found seriously wanting. Best practice needs to be implemented in appointments, education, rewards and discipline April was one of the most eventful months of my professional life in the NHS. We had a judicial review case that the British Association of Physicians…

  • Indians take over London corner plots

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    With an investment of $400 million, Indians are the largest buyers of land among overseas investors in central London, accounting for a 55 percent share in the second quarter of this year, says a leading commercial realty services group. The largest such deal by an overseas investor was also struck by an Indian entity, India…

  • Which side Britons walk?

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    We drive on left, which side do we walk on? Some friends from Australia asked BBC Home Editor Mark Easton, as they battled down London’s Oxford Street the other day, weaving our way through determined shoppers, rushing office workers and ambling tourists. The answer is we don’t, he says in an interesting article in the…

  • Oxford Street shoppers get call to join ISIS

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    Joining ISIS and travelling to Mesopotamian killing fields may not be on top of the summer plans for those who shop on Oxford Street, but someone though there was no harm in trying. Dozens of pro-Isis leaflets were distributed in London’s Oxford Street on Tuesday, urging Muslims to pledge allegiance to the jihadi group and…

  • Arms export licences to Israel face ban

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    UK arms export licences to Israel will only be suspended if fresh violence breaks out in Gaza, ministers say. It has identified 12 licences for components which could be used in equipment in Gaza by Israel. It says it would suspend them “in the event of a resumption of significant hostilities,” the BBC reported. The…

  • Chief constable faces probe

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    Greater Manchester’s Chief Constable faces a criminal probe over an allegedly poorly-handled investigation into a suspected child sex offender. Sir Peter Fahy was served with a criminal and gross misconduct notice by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), according to a BBC report. “The IPCC looked at allegations made by a whistleblower serving with the…

  • Israel acted disproportionately: British voters

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    A majority of British voters believe Israel acted in a disproportionate manner during the recent Gaza conflict, according to the latest Guardian/ICM poll, which lends support to the arguments that persuaded Lady Warsi to resign from the government. Amid hopes that the month-long conflict between Israel and Hamas could be ending as a ceasefire continued…

  • ‘Immigrants are natural Conservatives’

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    Immigrants are natural Conservatives who have the “guts and drive” to travel halfway across the world to create a better life, Sir John Major has said. The former Prime Minister praised the immigrants he knew as a child and said when he grew up there was a “different social value” placed on people who came…

  • India’s young stars shine at Wimbledon

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    INDIA’S FINEST YOUNG PLAYERS BATTLE IT AT WIMBLEDON WITH NEXT GENERATION OF UK TENNIS STARS Today marked the start of the thirteenth HSBC Road to Wimbledon National Finals which saw 148 junior players competing on the famous lawns of the All England Club. This year also marks the first time in the tournament’s history where…

  • Priti challenges Warsi claims

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     Shafi Rahman looks in to  the impact of Baroness Warsi resignation on the British-Asian electorate The fight in the Conservative party came to the fore as Treasury Minister Priti Patel, Prime Minister David Cameron’s new confidante from the British-Asian Community, challenging former Party chairperson Baroness Warsi’s claim that the  “Conservatives can’t win the next election.” Priti Patel…

  • Oxford, Cambridge Full of Toffs?

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    Bright pupils are being discouraged from applying to Oxford and Cambridge by state school teachers who believe Britain’s top universities are full of “toffs”, according to research. Outdated attitudes may be preventing large numbers of gifted pupils from state comprehensives striving for Oxbridge places, it was claimed, says a report in The Telegraph citing the…

  • New Rolls-Royce to Hit Market

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    The manufacturer of the world’s pinnacle super luxury automobiles, has confirmed the development program for a new Rolls-Royce. The new car will reach the market by mid-2016. The car will build on the success of Phantom, Ghost and Wraith by continuing to boldly shape the future of the marque with contemporary, graceful and sensuous styling.…

  • Hiring to Go on Upward Spiral

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    Hiring intentions among UK businesses rose strongly in July to surpass their pre-crisis figure and reach their highest level since 1998, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers BDO. The BDO Employment Index, which predicts companies’ hiring intentions in three months’ time, rose from 108.8 in June to 109.6 in July,…

  • Peer Suri Leaves Labour Fuming

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    After a wealthy Indian-origin jewellery tycoon, who has donated more than £300,000 to the Conservatives, was made a member of the House of Lords on Friday, Prime Minister David Cameron is accused of “cronyism”. Ranbir Singh Suri, dubbed the ‘King of Bling’, is founder of Oceanic Jewellers, a Soho-based jewellery wholesaler is said to have…

  • Surgeon Suspended for Sex Assault

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    A British-Pakistani plastic surgeon has been suspended from work after being accused of attacking a female patient at his London office. Dr Mohammed Jawad, who is world-renowned as a reconstructive surgeon working with acid attack victims in Pakistan and subject of an award winning documentary, is alleged to have attacked the unnamed Polish woman during…

  • Fauja supports WWI event

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    Fauja Singh urges people to join peace marathon in Britain India-born centenarian Sikh runner Fauja Singh has urged everyone to join a peace marathon organised in London to mark the First World War centenary in Britain, media reported. London-based 103-year-old Fauja Singh, who is believed to be the world’s oldest runner, has organised a relay…

  • Unesco Cloud on London Skyline

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    The unbridled expansion of London Skyscrapers looks set to continue unchecked after the UN watchdog charged with protecting sites of international importance delayed a move to place parliament – which is being obscured by a rash of new towers – on its endangered heritage list, says a Guardian report. Unesco was due to put Westminster on…

  • Warsi War Takes Ethnic Turn

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    The former Conservative chairman, Baroness Warsi, says her party will not win the next election unless efforts are made to attract ethnic minority voters. She resigned as a government minister over the UK’s policy on Gaza last week but is challenging the Government on new fronts. Lady Warsi told the Sunday Times and Independent on Sunday that the…

  • Nicked Clegg

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    Thieves have siphoned millions of pounds of fuel from a pipeline which runs under Deputy PM Nick Clegg’s official country residence in Kent, according to a report in The Sun. Esso’s South East pipeline runs from Fawley Refinery, in Hampshire, to Purfleet Fuel Terminal, in Essex and The Sun reported 30,000 litres of fuel a day were…

  • Bertha to Batter UK

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    High winds and heavy rain are expected to lash much of the UK as remnants of what was Hurricane Bertha reach the country early on Sunday and the Met Office has issued yellow “be aware” warning for some regions. The stormy weather is expected to hit southern England first, before it travels tonorth and battering…

  • Dhoni & Team fail to face Moeen fury

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    India suffer innings defeat at Old Trafford  The Indian batting crumbled against the gentle spin of Moeen Ali as England won the fourth Test by an innings and 54 runs inside three days at the Old Trafford on Saturday, leading the series 2-1. India’s second innings lasted 43 overs before being bundled out for 161 runs…

  • Controversial Advt Splits Media

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      Two British newspaper giants have differed on carrying a controversial advertisement written jointly by Elie Wiesel, the Nobel prize-winning author, and Shmuley Boteach, an outspoken American-born Orthodox rabbi. This time it is Times which has raised a serious point, unlike its Left-leaning rival, saying that the opinion being expressed is too strong and too…

  • UK Declares £8 Million Aid to Iraq

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    The UK is releasing an £8 million package of emergency humanitarian assistance to get lifesaving aid to tens of thousands of people across northern and central Iraq who have fled ISIL terrorists, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced. The £8 million in new aid declared today brings to £13 million the total aid to Iraq…

  • Ebola arrives in Europe

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    Ebola outbreak reaches the European shores as the first case was confirmed in Spain.  Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said the crisis gripping Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone would only get worse and warned there was no overarching strategy to handle the world’s worst outbreak of the disease. Spain has been preparing to accept Europe’s first…

  • Protest against closure of GP surgeries

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    Tower Hamlets MPs, Rushanara Ali MP and Jim Fitzpatrick MP and supporters of the ‘Save Our Surgeries’ campaign submitted  a letter to 10 Downing Street alongside a petition signed by 20,000 people calling on Prime Minister David Cameron to stop GP surgeries nationwide closing down. The letter has been signed by 11 Labour MPs.  The…

  • Bravo Bhaji – Tribute to a Baroness

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    Kaliph Anaz says the resignation of Baroness Warsi will affect the Tory prospects of winning some of the marginal seats in the 2015 general election Barosness Sayeeda Warsi will be remembered in the British history for her brave decision to quit the government over a principled stand on Gaza. Mrs Warsi, Bhaji to her loyal…

  • UK charities launch Gaza appeal

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    The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) , the umbrella organisation of 13 UK aid charities, has launched an emergency appeal for people affected by the conflict in Gaza. The DEC in a statement said: “After four weeks of terrible fighting… over half a million people have been forced from their homes. The DEC said its member charities were “rapidly increasing”…

  • Boris to back on Westminster politics

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    London Mayor Boris Johnson has confirmed he intends to stand as an MP for the Conservative Party at next year’s general election. But he said it was “highly unlikely” he would one day stand to become Conservative leader, replacing David Cameron, as there was “no vacancy”. Boris has been linked to Uxbridge and South Ruislip…

  • Ex-Arsenal lady in trouble

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    Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith has been alleged for evading £34m tax on the sale of her stake in Arsenal football club by moving to Monaco, according to documents made public in a legal battle with her commercial “adviser”. Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith Considered to be one of Britain’s richest women, Bracewell-Smith who was born as Nina Kakkar…

  • Clegg pledges clampdown on sham marriages

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    Engaged couples will now have to wait long to get married. The move comes in the wake of the increasing number of sham marriages in the country. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg At present, anyone wanting to marry must give 15 days’ notice, but that will increase to 28 days to give Home Office officials…

  • Call to stop arms export to Israel

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    Senior British politicians including Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond call for suspending arms licences to Israel after “the country “overstepped the mark” in its attacks on Gaza. Clegg said he shared Baroness Warsi’s “concerns” over Britain’s relations with Israel and said such licences should be halted pending an existing…

  • Manchester Airport back to normal

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    Flight services  have resumed at Manchester Airport after a fighter jet was scrambled to escort a passenger plane. Greater Manchester Police said the Qatar Airways pilot received information about a possible device on board. The Airbus A330-30 had 269 passengers and 13 crew on board. The news first broke on Twitter where eyewitnesses posted pictures…

  • Shahid meets his UK fans

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    Shahid Kapoor started his dance journey at Shiamak’s and sent his wishes through video bytes to the students of Shiamak London at the Summer Funk this year. The students were in surprise to know that the best dancers would get a chance to meet & interact with Shahid Kapoor on his recent visit to London.…

  • Labour lauds Warsi decision

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    Prime Minister David Cameron lost a key ally from the Asian community as Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi quits from the government, saying the British government’s  policy on the crisis in Gaza is “morally indefensible”. She wrote on her Twitter feed that she was leaving with “deep regret”. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has resigned from her Cabinet post…

  • Baroness Warsi quits over Gaza

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    Prime Minister David Cameron lost a key BME ally as Foreign Office Minister Baroness Warsi quits from the government, saying the British government’s  policy on the crisis in Gaza is “morally indefensible”. She wrote on her Twitter feed that she was leaving with “deep regret”. Lady Warsi, daughter of a Pakistani immigrant, who was previously chairman of…

  • PICS: Lights out to mark World War 1

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    A candle-lit vigil at Westminster Abbey and a “lights out” event have concluded a day of ceremonies marking 100 years since Britain entered World War One. People were invited to turn off their lights for an hour until 23:00 BST, the time war was declared in 1914. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry…

  • Turkey, UK rap Israeli attack on school

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    The United Nations was right to speak out against an Israeli attack near a UN-run school in Gaza, UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said. Palestinian officials said at least 10 people died in the attack on Sunday. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called the attack “a moral outrage and a criminal act”. Mr Cameron…

  • New NHS sperm bank in UK

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    Britain’s first NHS-funded sperm bank will be opening its doors from this autumn to counter crisis of donors in the country. Sperm being frozen The sperm bank which will be based at Birmingham Women’s Hospital will benefit couples with fertility problems, lesbian couples and single women trying to start a family, reported The Times. By…

  • Labour: ‘Don’t phone and drive’

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    ‘Don’t phone and drive’, is the pledge the Labour Party has made in support of the Sunday Times campaign. The party has said that it’ll increase the penalties if it wins next year’s general election. Accusing the government, Richard Burden, the shadow roads minister, for being “asleep at the wheel” for standing by as the…

  • UK gears up to mark WW1

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    World leaders are gathering in Belgium for one of a number of ceremonies marking 100 years since Britain joined World War One. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be at the Liege event, as the Prince of Wales and PM attend a Glasgow service. UK buildings from Downing Street to the Blackpool Tower will turn…

  • Good Memories @ Glasgow

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    Music centrepiece as Glasgow bids adieu to Commonwealth Games  The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony came to an end with a fine display of fireworks over Hampden Park but music took centrestage as Scottish singer Lulu, pop band Deacon Blue and Australian singer Kylie Minogue – to name a few – belted out their…

  • Rift in UK stance on Gaza

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    Labour Leader Ed Miliband  has described Israel’s incursion into Gaza as “wrong and unjustifiable” in his toughest comments about the Middle East conflict, the Sunday Times reported. The Labour leader challenged David Cameron last night, saying it was “inexplicable” that he had failed to condemn Israeli attacks that have killed Palestinian children. No 10 hit back…

  • Police detain Indian Referee, IOA Official

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    Rajeev Mehta, secretary general of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and wrestling referee Virender Singh Malik will be produced in court on Monday. Mr Mehta was allegedly driving without a licence at Glasgow city centre and was above the legal alcohol limit and Mr Malik was allegedly involved in sexual assault in a hotel in…

  • Over 1k women wait to learn English

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    More than 1,000 Birmingham women are waiting for the chance to learn English – and volunteering charity TimeBank is calling on local volunteers to help them. TimeBank holds free, informal classes in community settings for long term UK residents who cannot speak the language. In Birmingham, 4.6% of the population has poor or no English…