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  • None of the above

    Is voting for anyone in an Asian neighbourhood a waste of time? It has come to that time of year again. Local elections tend to bring the worst out of some people. If you live in an Asian ward you have either been already been put into one camp or the

  • Health and well-being survey

    People are being asked to take part in a regional survey which will help plan NHS services. NHS East Lancashire is carrying out a survey of the health and lifestyle of local people. Over the next couple of weeks, 17,000 randomly selected

  • Five held in terrorism raids in Luton

    Five men have been arrested on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism, Scotland Yard said. The arrests were part of a "pre-planned, intelligence-led" operation by the Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism

  • Muslims discriminated against in jobs market

    Muslims in several European countries face discrimination in hiring and daily life because of rules targeting their customs, according to a new report. The study by Amnesty International pays special attention to national laws or local rules against

  • My husband says he knows Shah Rukh Khan

    Dear Massi, My husband is a compulsive liar and it gets him in to so much trouble. Once he told someone that Shah Rukh Khan was a relative of his. They believed him. And then he said he was coming to our house! The little white lies did not matter but

  • Bin Laden wanted to 'bring down American economy'

    A Briton who trained to be a shoe bomber said Osama bin Laden told him shortly after the September 11 2001 attacks that he believed a follow-up terrorist attack could doom the American economy. Saajid Badat recounted his meeting with the al Qaida founder

  • Riskshawalas return after 1800km journey

    A group of fundraisers have returned home after making a mammoth 1800 km chairty ride across India. Riskshawalas spent 12 days driving 3 auto-rickshaws through 1800 km of notorious Indian traffic, pot-hole ridden highways and crazy truck drivers, the

  • The life of a bachelor in your typical Asian household

    Get married? Why would you if you’re treated like a king at home. An aggravated and frustrated mother rings her daughter: “Please speak to your brother. He’ll listen to you. All he does is play X box all evening after work.” He is not