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Saima Mir’s saga of crime begins as few would, with an invocation of love. “It was simply a matter of a broken heart.” Ambitious and successful lawyer Jia Khan must deal with the murder of her father, Akbar Khan. Unlike most immigrant fathers, The Khan was the head of a mighty criminal cartel; a force of nature that maintained order and peace on the streets of London. Without him racial tensions between the Pakistani and white populations are peaking, internally warring factions are vying to take his place. The vacuum…

Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle have announced they will be co-headlining an “iconic” comedy show in London. Tickets for their 3 September show, produced by Live Nation at the O2 Arena, will go on sale on 10 June. The news follows weeks after both stars were attacked on stage in separate incidents, both of which prompted fellow comedians to share concerns about performance safety. In early May, a man ran and “lunged” at Chappelle during his set for the Netflix Is A Joke festival at The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Rock…

From Bullet Boy to Blue Story, the inescapable whirlpool of life in London’s youth gangs has been a cinematic theme for some time now – one that invariably comes with the standard-issue banging grime soundtrack. Daniel Glenn-Barbour’s low-budget debut doesn’t deviate from the norm, but it has a heightened introspection that marks it out, a kind of dull roiling despair behind the eyes, thanks to its unusually passive protagonist: Darrell who, as the title suggests, is forever acquiescing to the requests of others – and is…

Prince William delivers a speech in London on June 4, 2022. In his speech, the Duke of Cambridge said "decades of making the case for taking better care of our world" meant environmental issues were "now at the top of the global agenda."Daniel Leal | AFP | Getty ImagesPrince William issued a rallying cry for the environment over the weekend, with the second in line to the British throne saying there was a "pressing need to protect and restore our planet."In a speech in London on Saturday during celebrations to mark Queen…

Virgin Atlantic has launched its second daily service from Delhi to London Heathrow that will also offer customers seamless connectivity to a few destinations in the US, such as New York, Boston, Austin, Los Angeles, and Atlanta, the airline said. The airline, in a statement, said it will be offering 1,00,000 additional seats this year with the launch of its second daily Delhi to London Heathrow service. Virgin Atlantic has deployed its 258-seater Boeing B787-9, comprising 31 upper-class seats, 35 premium, and the…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new report explores how East and South-East London neighborhoods have changed since the millennium, and how these parts of the capital may look by 2040. Queen Mary and Center for London conducted stakeholder interviews and local data analysis in three distinct areas—Stratford, Poplar and Thamesmead—to understand how people's lives have changed since 2000 and what they hope to see in the…

Flying from New York to Delhi can take a long time because of the distance and in order to avoid long travel times, passengers opt for direct flights. For the passengers of American Airlines flight 292, scheduled to fly from New York to Delhi, the story turned out to be quite different as the flight had to be diverted to Heathrow. This was done as a passenger on board fell sick and the flight had to make an emergency landing. While such situations are not uncommon as they usually end up causing some delay. But in this…

Johnny Depp performed with Jeff Beck for the second time in London, as he awaits the verdict for his $50m defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard.The 58-year-old actor previously performed with Beck at the Royal Albert Hall on Monday 30 May, and in Sheffield on Sunday 29 May. Tuesday’s performance was, according to multiple reports, attended by Depp’s ex-partner Kate Moss, six days after she testified to refute a rumour that he pushed her down a set of stairs while they were dating in the early Nineties. Jurors began…

Johnny Depp joined Jeff Beck on stage at the Royal Albert Hall in London days after the closing arguments in his defamation trial with ex-wife Amber Heard in Fairfax, Virginia. The London show came after a surprise appearance by Depp at Beck's Sheffield stop on his UK tour Johnny Depp joined Jeff Beck on stage at the Royal Albert Hall in London days after the…

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