The five-year-old boy freed by kidnappers in Pakistan after his family paid a £110,000 ransom was “really happy” to be reunited with his father today, a spokesman for the British High Commission said.

Sahil Saeed, who was released on Tuesday after being snatched at gunpoint in Pakistan two weeks ago, met Raja Naqqash Saeed at the home of the British High Commissioner in Islamabad.

Senior sources confirmed that GMP officers – working with police in Pakistan and Spain – helped ‘facilitate’ a payment.

Domestic violence doesn't just affect women in the UK but a growing number of Asian men are also suffering as one Bangladeshi born father-of-three found when he married his British spouse and came to the UK seven-years-ago.

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On Wednesday 17 March officers from Greater Manchester Police’s Serious Crime Division executed warrants at houses on Grendon Avenue, Cranbrook Street and Brompton Street. A large amount of cash was also recovered from the addresses.
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The English Defence League rally in Bolton will go ahead on Saturday after the Home Secretary said he had no power to ban it.

The council was hoping that Alan Johnson would outlaw the demonstration on safety grounds, fearing violence could erupt in the town centre.

The annual award ceremony took place on March 11th at the Royal Festival Hall in London. The event was a star studded affair with appearances from Jay Sean, Malkit Singh and Sugababes.

The nine experts from leading institutions in the UK and India presented on a range of Bollywood topics, to an audience of cinema fans and film students attending from as far afield as New York. 

Co-produced by Eros International, Housefull was filmed on location in UK, Italy, Hong Kong and India.

As part of the Tongues on Fire 12th Asian Film Festival, the director is attending a range of functions across London, including a BAFTA interview, a director’s workshop at the University of Westminster, and a talk on women in films at the Nehru Centre.

The actor opened the ten day series of events with a BAFTA interview and gala dinner on Friday, wrapping his jam-packed visit with an Actor’s Masterclass at a West End cinema on Saturday, before flying home.

Akshay is currently shooting his introductory shot in the film - a major action comedy scene on a huge jumbo jet constructed by set director, Sabu Cyril.

Leading Bollywood figures are scheduled to attend including Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Jaya Bachchan, Soha Ali Khan and Sharmila Tagore.

A man accused with his twin of shooting dead a young dad told an ambulancewoman about the killing after trying to take his own life, a jury was told.

Brett and Jordan Francis, 26, of Birch Avenue, Chadderton, deny murdering Amran Khan, 29, in a row over £12,000 of drugs money.

Omar Shah of Little Horton was arrested and charged after the incident at the Cube Nightclub on Ivegate in November 2009. He was convicted of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, GBH and two counts of ABH.

The awards recognise the commitment of individuals across communities who help make the north west a better place to live and work.

The hunt for the kidnap gang who snatched five-year-old Sahil Saeed has switched to Spain after part of the ransom was paid there.

It is understood that the family of Sahil’s mother, Akila Naqqash, managed to raise the cash. Sahil, from Oldham, was kidnapped two weeks ago while on holiday in Pakistan when his family were held at gunpoint by robbers.

A Spanish newspaper said two Pakistanis and a Romanian woman were arrested in the town of Constanti, near the north-eastern city of Tarragona.

The man remains in custody after being arrested earlier today.

Sarfraz Khan from Birmingham died from serious head injuries on Tuesday 16 March 2010 in hospital where he had been since the incident on Friday 12 March in Long Street, Sparkbrook.

The event, sponsored by Pennine Lancashire’s No Limit’s programme, is a chance to showcase new products and inventions to financiers, businesses and the general public. And there are workshops and presentations to help inventors get ideas off the drawing board and into production.

Latics Kickz project will be represented by three different age groups - under 14’s, 16’s and 18’s.

The Woodley Off-Licence had also failed to comply with underage sales legislation and was associated with anti-social behaviour.

A Muslim Kosovan, her eventful life story recalls the hit English film Bend it like Beckham, in which a girl footballer strikes out against ethnic prejudices and her family's reservations.

This fatwa might actually have an impact. It is comprehensive, direct and does not dodge any of the issues.

In 2008, gunmen killed four staff members of another international aid agency. Charities and international aid organisations are under constant threat in Pakistan, particularly in the NWFP, yet a group of women continue their humanitarian efforts in the region, despite the risks.

Parveen Akhtar of Blackburn was just five years old when she last met her mum Yasmin Hussain in Bradford.

An Oldham boy kidnapped while on holiday in Pakistan nearly two weeks ago has been  found safe and well, the British High Commission said today.

Sahil Saeed, aged five, was snatched from a house in the  town of Jhelum in the Punjab region of the country on March 4 after robbers held his  family hostage at gunpoint.

Akila Naqqash, 31, said she was 'gobsmacked' after Sahil came on the phone after his 12-day kidnap ordeal to say: "I'm OK Mum".

Freed kidnap victim Sahil Saeed had his head shaved by his abductors and was discovered wandering barefoot through a field in Pakistan, it has emerged.

Five-year-old Sahil, from Oldham, was found on Tuesday morning after he was released by his kidnappers at the end of a harrowing 12-day ordeal.