Asian Network Reports

The ten best stories from a week of Asian Network Reports. This week we step back from the sport and look at the other issues at the olympics. A Sikh family was refused entry to a football match for carrying a Kirpan, and the mystery woman who walked with India's team at the Olympic opening ceremony speaks....

In the week before the Olympics Amitabh Bachchan and Fauja Singh have both ran with the torch, Asians in London have been told to expect more police searches and we've spoken to people living in Stratford at the heart of the games.

We look back at the life of Bollywood Legend Rajesh Khanna and speak to those who knew him best, plus we look at the dilemma facing muslim olympic athletes as the games clash with Ramadan - should they fast?

Pakistan's fashion industry is booming, but some women are being held back because of cultural and religious beliefs. Tributes are pouring in for Dara Singh, who has died and cricket legend Muttiah Muralitharan is helping re-build Sri Lanka

The row over a wedding at a Sikh temple, a Bradford cricket club names itself after Indian superstar VVS Laxman and a man banged up in Dubai for writing a dud cheque may get a reprieve

A mum has been turned away from a parents' evening for wearing a veil, we speak to RDB for the first time since Kuly's death, and the new play about Asian gangs grooming girls for sex

Channi Singh - known as the godfather of Bhangra - has been given an OBE, Highlights from Shah Rukh Khan's live radio show and an Asian family business has become the official supplier of London 2012 merchandise

A tribute to the great Mehdi Hassan who died in Pakistan earlier this week, and a look at a new form of cricket played without the need of expensive kit