Asian Network Reports
Summary: A weekly round-up of news, sport and entertainment from a British Asian perspective. The ten best stories taken from Asian Network Reports presented by Rozina Sini, every weekday at 12.30 and 6pm. Please note, this podcast is only available in the UK. Asian Network Reports was formerly known as British Asian News.
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Black and white Muslim converts are facing discrimination from those born into the religion, a Conservative MP's claimed gangs of Muslim men are "going round raping white kids, and we're 'In Conversation With' the Deol family and also Queens of Melody Shazia Manzoor and Quratulain Baloch.
An Ahmadi Muslim shot in Pakistan seeks asylum in the UK, poppy holders to remembers Sikhs who died in the world wars and a British Muslim spy gets a memorial in London
A Sikh dad's home was attacked over the weekend because his daughter was to marry a hindu man in a gurdwara, Asian Network is 'In Conversation With' the Deols, and a group of Muslims have launched their own poppy appeal.
After his death we look back at the life of the great Indian filmmaker Yash Chopra. We've been mixing with the stars at the AMAs and a new project is matching migrants up with British mentors to help them get to grips with life here.
Asian couples getting into debt after their 'extravagant' wedding ceremonies and people in Birmingham express their support for the schoolgirl who was shot in the head in Pakistan
As a new report finds Asians spend more on luxuries like fancy cars and new phones we examine the strength of 'The Brown Pound'. More British Pakistani babies are dying than any other group in the UK - we've been trying to find out why, and as Amitabh Bachchan turns 70 we look back at his four decades in Bollywood.
Tariq Jahan, the father of one of the men killed during the Birmingham riots has been speaking to Asian Network. We've been on set for the shooting of Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 and a group of Muslims have been going door to door to try and counteract the negative image created by the American anti-Islam film
Britain's 'Curry Colleges' are failing to attract recruits, a new report suggests Asian police are treated unfairly by colleages and Citizen Khan will be back for a second series.
A new report from MPs says racism is still a problem in football, Sikh groups who try to stop meat and alcohol being served in venues linked to Gurdwaras have been labelled extremist and Kareena Kapoor speaks to Asain Network about her new film 'Heroine'.
A survey says half of all Asians will get type 2 diabetes by the age of 80 and the latest search for talented Asian footballers
A teacher who admits beating children at a mosque, an exclusive report from behind the scenes at the shoot for Jaz Dhami's new video and worries over India's baby tourists.
A group of Muslim women have been speaking to kids in schools in an attempt to change perceptions. We've got the stories behind some of the Asian Paralympians and we speak to some of the students who could be sent home because a University has had its license revoked.
Police are searching for the driver of a hit and run in Leeds thats left two young children fighting for their lives. We have Yo Yo Honey Singh's first ever UK interview and there have been protests all over the world about India's dowry laws
A call for justice for a woman who lost her daughter and her mum in an arson attack. Salman Khan's new film Ek Tha Tiger is out, we have the low-down and a judge has ruled the arranged marriage of a disabled woman should be annulled
Presenter Rupal Rajani has returned to Uganda, where she was born, to find her roots and to speak to some of the Asians who returned, and even one of only 50 who stayed put during the expulsion....