http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/ Top stories for News http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1050043_bus_drivers_face_smashed_by_glass_in_racist_attack RACIST yobs smashed a bus driver in the face with a bottle in an unprovoked attack. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1050043_bus_drivers_face_smashed_by_glass_in_racist_attack Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049767_police_call_for_notes_about_exextremist POLICE have requested that four media outlets hand over notes of interviews with the reformed Islamic extremist Hassan Butt. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049767_police_call_for_notes_about_exextremist Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049789_curry_chef_who_doesnt_take_defeat IF AT first you don’t succeed, try and try again – just ask Oldham’s new Curry Chef of the Year, Gulam Chowdury. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049789_curry_chef_who_doesnt_take_defeat Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049766_medical_expert_resigns_after_scam A RESPECTED medical expert has resigned from his top NHS job after it emerged he had carried out an £85,000 scam against medical insurers. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049766_medical_expert_resigns_after_scam Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049768_police_officers_gain_better_understanding_of_islam POLICE are learning about Islam and the local Muslim community as part of a pilot scheme. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049768_police_officers_gain_better_understanding_of_islam Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049394_delays_put_south_asian_communities_at_heart_attack_risk ELDERLY people in the South Asian community are at risk of damage from a heart attack by failing to call 999 straight away when they have chest pain, according to the British Heart Foundation. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049394_delays_put_south_asian_communities_at_heart_attack_risk Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049552_fingerprints_discovered_on_gun_bag THE fingerprints of a man accused of being part of the country's biggest underworld gun supply network were found on a bag containing a pistol, a court heard. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049552_fingerprints_discovered_on_gun_bag Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049459_appeal_to_trace_man_following_sexual_assault POLICE  are appealing for the public's help to trace a man they wish to speak to following a sexual assault in Trafford. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049459_appeal_to_trace_man_following_sexual_assault Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049437_make_a_massive_difference_by_fostering IN England there are more than 60,000 children in care. Almost two thirds of these youngsters are aged five to 15, half have experienced abuse and neglect and most of them are living with foster carers. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049437_make_a_massive_difference_by_fostering Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049398_appeal_to_trace_witnesses_following_suspected_sexual_assault POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a suspected sexual assault over the weekend. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049398_appeal_to_trace_witnesses_following_suspected_sexual_assault Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049555_hamza_fights_extradition RADICAL Muslim cleric Abu Hamza has launched a High Court battle against extradition to the US to face terror charges. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049555_hamza_fights_extradition Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049383_assasins_arsenal_uk_largest A MANCHESTER man was part of the `largest connected network of illegally held weapons ever seen in this country', a court heard. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049383_assasins_arsenal_uk_largest Mon, 12 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049443_reports_of_boy_seen_with_gun POLICE in Manchester are appealing for witnesses following reports that a boy was seen with a gun. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049443_reports_of_boy_seen_with_gun Mon, 12 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049250_woman_assaulted_on_bus POLICE in south Manchester would like to speak to a man in connection with a sexual assault on a woman on a bus in Withington. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049250_woman_assaulted_on_bus Mon, 12 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049257_drinkdriver_surrounded_by_public A MAN who crashed his minibus into parked cars and knocked over a pedestrian in Accrington town centre was found to be more than four times the legal drink-drive limit. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049257_drinkdriver_surrounded_by_public Mon, 12 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049266_tag_for_takeaway_boss_with_dirty_kitchen A TAKEAWAY owner has been electronically tagged after failing to maintain hygiene standards at his business. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049266_tag_for_takeaway_boss_with_dirty_kitchen Mon, 12 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049264_alcohol_sale_fine A TRAFFORD off-licence has been prosecuted for selling alcohol to minors after members of the public complained to the council. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049264_alcohol_sale_fine Mon, 12 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049265_surgeries_in_freeze_on_new_patients SEVEN doctors’ surgeries in Salford have closed to new patients. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049265_surgeries_in_freeze_on_new_patients Mon, 12 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048835_joy_for_manchester_asylum_seeker A WOMAN who fled Bangladesh claiming she was gang raped is now celebrating after winning her right to stay in the UK. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048835_joy_for_manchester_asylum_seeker Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049252_jail_for_man_who_assaulted_schoolgirl A FAMILY man who terrified a 17-year-old girl has been jailed. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049252_jail_for_man_who_assaulted_schoolgirl Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049212_deranged_man_killed_mother_of_one A DERANGED lodger stabbed his landlord's girlfriend to death in front of her baby son. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049212_deranged_man_killed_mother_of_one Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049215_mystery_illness_ruins_honeymoon A HONEYMOON couple have told of their ordeal after being struck down by a mystery illness at a luxury hotel in Egypt. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049215_mystery_illness_ruins_honeymoon Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049221_men_held_in_antiterror_probe A MUSLIM author who admits being a former al-Qaida recruiter was still being questioned by anti-terror police two days after his arrest at Manchester Airport. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049221_men_held_in_antiterror_probe Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049220_expert_defends_junior_doctor A MEDICAL expert has defended the actions of a junior doctor who failed to spot signs of a potentially fatal condition. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1049220_expert_defends_junior_doctor Sun, 11 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048609_shopkeeper_slams_attackers_lenient_sentence A SHOPKEEPER who was beaten-up outside his own business has slammed his attackers' sentence. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048609_shopkeeper_slams_attackers_lenient_sentence Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048764_four_arrested_after_racist_chainsaw_incident FOUR people have been arrested after a group of men were threatened with a chainsaw in Bolton last night. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048764_four_arrested_after_racist_chainsaw_incident Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048631_man_sentenced_for_abducting_child A 34-year-old man has been given an indeterminate sentence after admitting to abducting a 14-year-old girl in Oldham. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048631_man_sentenced_for_abducting_child Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048602_quit_while_your_ahead AURANG Zaib Amirat works to help people from some of the most diverse areas of Manchester give up smoking. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048602_quit_while_your_ahead Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048528_taxi_firm_in_angry_race_storm STOCKPORT taxi firm Metro Taxis is at the centre of a race storm after imposing a strict ‘European’ dress code on its drivers. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048528_taxi_firm_in_angry_race_storm Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048533_curry_house_fined A CURRY house has been fined £4,500 after inspectors discovered filthy conditions. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048533_curry_house_fined Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048537_doctor_failed_to_spot_danger A MUM has spoken of her struggle to get medical help days before her newborn baby died. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048537_doctor_failed_to_spot_danger Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048434_new_rules_on_immigration NEW immigration controls detailed today would have prevented 20,000 foreign workers taking jobs in Britain last year, the Home Office said. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048434_new_rules_on_immigration Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048409_thug_jailed_for_nightclub_attack A TWENTY-one-year-old who stamped on a man's head during a vicious assualt in a Manchester nightclub has been locked up for four years. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048409_thug_jailed_for_nightclub_attack Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048242_shop_owner_says_cigarette_ban_will_devastate_trade A NEWSAGENT has warned that banning the display of cigarettes could put stores in Rochdale out of business. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048242_shop_owner_says_cigarette_ban_will_devastate_trade Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048240_familys_support_for_lifeline_scheme A MOTHER has hailed a scheme helping parents with deaf children as a ‘knight in shining armour’.= http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048240_familys_support_for_lifeline_scheme Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048239_police_lead_antiterrorism_drill POLICE carried out two controlled explosions and arrested two men in an early morning anti-terrorism raid – but you can be forgiven if this dramatic event escaped your radar. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048239_police_lead_antiterrorism_drill Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048238_now_you_can_recycle_disposable_nappies_under_council_scheme A Cheetham Hill mother is encouraging other parents to take advantage of a free trial of environmentally friendly nappies. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048238_now_you_can_recycle_disposable_nappies_under_council_scheme Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048237_duo_on_audi_theft_charge TWO men have been charged in connection with the theft of a £56,000 car in Accrington. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048237_duo_on_audi_theft_charge Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048224_man_died_of_heroin_overdose MOHAMMED Shakeel died in his bedroom from a fatal dose of heroin just hours after complaining of toothache http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048224_man_died_of_heroin_overdose Sun, 04 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048225_arsonists_behind_car_explosion ARSONISTS have blown up a car in a terrifying explosion in a residential street. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048225_arsonists_behind_car_explosion Sun, 04 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048221_sex_harassment_trial TWO Oldham men have been charged with sexually harassing four 13-year-old schoolgirls at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048221_sex_harassment_trial Sun, 04 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048227_first_time_voters_air_their_views_on_politics TWINS Yasmin and Jasmin Khalik have been airing their views on the BBC’s Politics Show. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048227_first_time_voters_air_their_views_on_politics Sun, 04 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048103_oap_blinded_in_random_yob_attack A PENSIONER could lose his sight in one eye after teenagers sprayed an acid-like substance in his face. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048103_oap_blinded_in_random_yob_attack Fri, 02 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048104_shamed_doc_fails_to_halt_pay_cut A shamed doctor banned from working by a medical regulator has failed in a legal bid to stop hospital bosses cutting his pay. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048104_shamed_doc_fails_to_halt_pay_cut Fri, 02 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048098_cop_demoted_for_racist_remarks A POLICEMAN has been demoted for making racist and sexist comments while on duty. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048098_cop_demoted_for_racist_remarks Fri, 02 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048101_tragedy_of_man_hit_by_khan_ THE MAN knocked over by boxer Amir Khan in a road accident two years ago has died, after spiralling into depression. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048101_tragedy_of_man_hit_by_khan_ Fri, 02 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048106_three_sentenced_for_owning_guns THREE people arrested for owning guns have been jailed for total of 19 years. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1048106_three_sentenced_for_owning_guns Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047813_mystery_patient_at_royal MYSTERY still surrounds rumours a Kuwaiti sheikh is a top secret patient at Salford Royal Hospital. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047813_mystery_patient_at_royal Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047812_oliver_split_not_amircable AMIR Khan’s former trainer Oliver Harrison says the star sacked him via a letter shoved under his gym’s door. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047812_oliver_split_not_amircable Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047822_biman_boycott_call_ PROMINENT members of Oldham's Bangladeshi community are threatening to boycott Bangladeshi Biman airlines if the treatment of travellers at Dhaka airport does not improve. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047822_biman_boycott_call_ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047786_shisha_cafe_boss_fined_for_defying_smoking_ban A CAFE boss who broke the ban on smoking by letting customers use a hookah pipe has been fined more than £2,000. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047786_shisha_cafe_boss_fined_for_defying_smoking_ban Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047836_mi5_accused_of_colluding_in_torture_of_terrorist_suspects Officers of the Security Service, MI5, are being accused of "outsourcing" the torture of British citizens to a notorious Pakistani intelligence agency in an attempt to obtain information about terrorist plots and to secure convictions against al-Qaida suspects. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047836_mi5_accused_of_colluding_in_torture_of_terrorist_suspects Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047790_taxi_driver_robbed POLICE has released CCTV stills of three men they would like to speak to after a taxi driver was robbed in Salford. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047790_taxi_driver_robbed Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047406_racists_threatened_arson A SHOP assistant was subjected to racist abuse three times in three days by racists who threatened to set fire to his workplace. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047406_racists_threatened_arson Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047044_friends_pay_tribute_to_cabbie_killed_in_motorway_smash A COLLEAGUE of a taxi driver killed in a motorway crash drove by the scene minutes later and recognised his friend's wrecked vehicle. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1047044_friends_pay_tribute_to_cabbie_killed_in_motorway_smash Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1046838_teenager_sexually_assaulted_by_taxi_driver A teenager was sexually assaulted during a taxi journey. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1046838_teenager_sexually_assaulted_by_taxi_driver Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1046806_councillor_cleared_of_fraud A COUNCILLOR arrested over allegations of money laundering has been cleared after a year-long investigation. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1046806_councillor_cleared_of_fraud Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1046804_passersby_racially_abused_during_st_georges_celebrations NINE people were arrested as St George's Day celebrations in Manchester turned ugly. http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1046804_passersby_racially_abused_during_st_georges_celebrations Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000