- Saturday, March 01, 2025
AN application has been submitted to convert a former Co-op in Wroughton into a Hindu temple. It comes after Swindon Borough Council ended the lease on the previous temple in Darby Close with immediate effect in October following a fifth break-in. It said that due to the level of damage…
LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer has defended his record on tackling Islamophobia, after a senior Newcastle councillor was suspended from the party for alleging a “Muslim plot”, writes Daniel Holland. It emerged last week that Joyce McCarty had asserted in a text message that Muslim councillors in the West End had conspired to have Newcastle…
A NEW study has revealed that even mild or moderate Covid-19 might modify the number of proteins essential to male reproductive function, thereby impairing fertility. Published in the ACS Omega journal, the study by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, looked at protein levels in the sperm of men who had…
PAKISTAN’S new prime minister Shehbaz Sharif is a ‘hard-core realist’ and has over the years earned the reputation as a matter-of-fact person. Shehbaz, the younger brother of three-time prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif, has served as the chief minister of the country’s most populous and…
THE NUMBER of visitors to the cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas is expected to be the “biggest ever” this year, according to the Jammu and Kashmir administration. Officials said on Monday (11) that the administration is preparing to welcome about 800,000 pilgrims to the shrine during…
THE Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) organised an event at Lord’s to celebrate Ramadan for the local community with a specially cooked Iftar on Friday (8). Over 150 people attended the event which included a discussion on ‘Cricket during Ramadan’ held after the first day of the season opener match between Middlesex and…
THE England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will charge up to 12 former Yorkshire staff in connection with the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal, it was reported on Monday (11). The ECB announced their investigation into Yorkshire’s handling of Rafiq’s allegations in November 2021 after receiving the club’s report on the…
Kane Williamson hit 57 to win the battle of captains against Hardik Pandya as Sunrisers Hyderabad handed newcomers Gujarat Titans their first loss in the Indian Premier League On Monday. Chasing 163 for victory, Hyderabad started strongly with a 64-run opening stand between Williamson and Abhishek Sharma (42) before Nicholas…
Justin Bartha, who co-starred opposite Nicolas Cage in the two National Treasure films, joins National Treasure series, which is an expansion of the popular action-adventure film franchise. It is currently in the works at the streamer Disney Plus. Bartha will reprise his role as the computer expert Riley Poole on the show.…
SRI LANKA defaulted on its $51 billion (£39.23 bn) foreign debt on Tuesday (12) as the island nation grapples with its worst economic crisis in memory and widespread protests demanding the government’s resignation. Acute food and fuel shortages, alongside long daily electricity blackouts, have brought widespread suffering to the country’s…
