- Monday, March 03, 2025
Author Sathnam Sanghera’s new book on the British empire is aimed at younger readers and explains how the empire once made the country the most powerful on earth and how it still affects our lives in many ways. Stolen History: The Truth about the British Empire is set to be published on…
Eastern Eye readers who missed out on the Chelsea Flower Show have a chance of catching up on something else that heralds the start of summer (although we haven’t exactly had a heat wave in the past few days). This is the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition. Out of 15,000 submissions, 1,602…
“IT has been an extraordinary journey,” said Alford Gardner, once a 21-year-old former Royal Air Force (RAF) serviceman returning to seek work in Britain and now navigating, in his mid-90s, becoming a crucial living link to an iconic moment in the making of modern Britain. Gardner is one of the…
A fearless approach has enabled funny girl Aditi Mittal to make a fantastic impact. The Indian stand-up comedian has had specials on Netflix and Amazon, along with performing internationally. She returns to the UK this week with her spirited new show Unalive at Soho Theatre in London from next Monday (12) to…
Author Vaseem Khan has told Eastern Eye of his ambition to attract a more diverse membership as he agreed to take on the chairmanship of the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA). As the first non-white person occupying the top post of the 70-year-old organisation, Vaseem spoke of his hope that taking…
The grieving mother of a 12-year-old girl who died in Bournemouth Beach last Wednesday (31) has pleaded with authorities to provide some clarity on the circumstances surrounding her death. Sunnah Khan from Buckinghamshire, and Joe Abbess, 17, from Southampton were rescued from the sea on Wednesday (31) but both of…
Months after catastrophic floods drowned Pakistan last summer, poor families are yet to see any rehabilitation as government pledges to rebuild water-ravaged swathes of the country so they are resilient to future extreme weather have largely failed to materialise. The monsoon deluges of last summer submerged a third of the…
A sushi chef was awarded more than £7,000 settlement after violent confrontation with colleague at Waitrose store. Hemanta Mainali was engaged in a violent altercation with a co-worker at the store over the raw fish counter, following complaints about receiving late-night WhatsApp messages, according to reports. During the hearing at…
A MOTION has been tabled in the House of Commons to convey cross-party condolences to India over the loss of lives as a result of the three-train collision in Odisha last week. The Early Day Motion (EDM), tabled on Monday (5) by the Labour MP for Southall in London, Virendra…
The British government is set to introduce proposals on Wednesday (07) aimed at strengthening procurement laws to safeguard sensitive sectors on national security grounds. As part of these measures, a dedicated unit will be established to investigate suppliers and new powers will be created to prohibit certain suppliers from securing…
