• Wednesday, March 05, 2025

Stephen Lawrence 30 years on: an icon of British social…

IT will be thirty years this weekend since Stephen Lawrence was robbed, by racial hatred, of the life he should have led. The campaign for justice for Stephen was the news event in my lifetime that most influenced me, alongside the Hillsborough football disaster. We were the same age. He…

Bestway Group’s Well Pharmacy to acquire Lexon UK and Asurex

One of Britain’s leading pharmacists has announced the acquisition of Lexon UK Holdings and Asurex Limited, a family-owned pharmaceutical wholesaler with a presence in England, Scotland and Ireland. Bestway Group subsidiary Well Pharmacy said the deal would benefit both community pharmacists and patients. Lexon has five depots in Redditch, Leeds,…

Asda starts using self-driving cars for grocery delivery in London

Supermarket chain Asda has begun its year-long trial run to deliver groceries to customers in west London using self-driving vehicles. Claimed to be the UK’s biggest autonomous grocery home delivery trial, it will cover a catchment area of 72,000 households around Asda’s Park Royal superstore. The trial, where Jaguar I-Pace…

UK unemployment rises as cost-of-living crisis worsens

UK unemployment edged higher in the three months to the end of February, official data showed on Tuesday (18), as the economy continues to be impacted by high inflation. The rate increased to 3.8 per cent from 3.7 per cent in the three months to the end of January, the…

India violated global trading rules, says WTO panel

A World Trade Organization panel said that India had violated global trading rules in a dispute with the European Union, Japan and Taiwan over import duties on IT products. “We recommend that India bring such measures into conformity with its obligations,” the WTO panel’s report said on Monday (17). In…

Mother Teresa & Me: Deepti Naval shares poster of new…

Veteran Bollywood actress Deepti Nawal on Monday took to social media to share the first poster for her upcoming film, Mother Teresa and Me. Written and directed by Kamal Musale, the film also features Banita Sandhu, Jacqueline Fitschi-Cornaz, Vikram Kochhar, Bryan Lawrence, and Heer Kaur in prominent roles. Sharing the poster,…

Nick Jonas joined by daughter Malti during his London concert

Nick Jonas and his brothers Joe and Kevin recently performed at the famous Royal Albert Hall in London. Jonas’s wife and global star Priyanka Chopra gave fans a glimpse of the concert by sharing some pictures and videos on Instagram. And now, Jonas has also dropped some pictures from the…

Saif Ali Khan joins Jr NTR on his next film

Saif Ali Khan on Tuesday joined the cast of superstar Jr NTR’s next feature film. Production banner NTR Arts shared the news of Khan joining the cast of the pan-India film, which also includes actor Janhvi Kapoor. The studio also posted photos of Saif’s meeting with Jr NTR and director…

I have men in my life who are insecure because…

Actress Priyanka Chopra’s journey has been an inspiration for millions of people across the globe. From winning the coveted title of Miss World at the age of 18 to putting India on the global map with her acting talent like no other, Priyanka is undoubtedly one name that is synonymous…

Producer of Fawad Khan’s next Money Back Guarantee believes, ‘It’s…

After the thunderous success of The Legend of Maula Jatt (2022), Pakistani actor Fawad Khan will soon be seen in Faisal Qureshi’s action-comedy Money Back Guarantee, which is bankrolled by Shayan Khan under the banner of Zashko Films. Aside from Khan, the much-anticipated Eid release also features Kiran Malik, Mani, Gohar Rasheed, and…