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  • Steward 'saw fans rip up copy of Quran'

    A football club steward saw a group of away supporters ripping up pages from the Quran during a Championship fixture, a court has heard. Birmingham City steward John Newbould told magistrates that several Middlesbrough fans started chanting "England

  • Dragon's Den effect is worth £500,000 to curry sauce firm

    A former City worker Vini Aujla and her husband Bal have experienced a 700% increase in the turnover of their award winning fresh curry sauce business . It follows a successful appearance for Vini & Bal’s on BBC2 programme, Dragons’ Den.

  • Two guilty of brutal carjacking death

    Two men have been found guilty of stabbing a businessman to death in a "brutal" attack as he attempted to stop them stealing his sportscar. The Old Bailey heard that Rory Gordon, 23, and Jae'Don Fearon, 21, only stood to gain £500 for the car-jacking

  • Man claims he killed wife 'because he saw djinn'

    A man killed his wife in self defence when she approached him in the form of an evil apparition, a jury has heard. Ahmed Al-Khatib, 35, claims the djinn, an apparition in Muslim beliefs, then commanded him to bury her body. Prosecutors say he murdered

  • Top Gear presenter denies using racist language

    Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson has denied claims he used racist language while filming an episode of the hit motoring show. The Daily Mirror reported the star used the n-word while reciting a nursery rhyme although it was later edited out of a BBC broadcast