Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Four people needed hospital treatment and 60 others were injured when a crowd surged forward during the band's performance, breaching a metal security barrier. The rest of the free event in Birmingham, set to feature a host of chart-topping acts, including the Sugababes, Tinchy Stryder, Chipmunk, Little Boots and Alexandra Burke, was cancelled after the incident.MP Khalid Mahmood, who...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Four people needed hospital treatment and 60 others were injured when a crowd surged forward during the band's performance, breaching a metal security barrier. The rest of the free event in Birmingham, set to feature a host of chart-topping acts, including the Sugababes, Tinchy Stryder, Chipmunk, Little Boots and Alexandra Burke, was cancelled after the incident.MP Khalid Mahmood, who...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... on similar free events in the city. His comments came as the council came under fire from local MP Khalid Mahmood, who said bad planning had led to the near disaster. Children's Secretary Ed Balls told Sky News' Sunday Live that safety experts would be speaking to Government ministers about the incident to make sure there were no problems or breaches in the rules. But Mr Hollingworth...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... on similar free events in the city. His comments came as the council came under fire from local MP Khalid Mahmood, who said bad planning had led to the near disaster. Children's Secretary Ed Balls told Sky News' Sunday Live that safety experts would be speaking to Government ministers about the incident to make sure there were no problems or breaches in the rules. But Mr Hollingworth...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... fans surging forward.An investigation is under way by council chiefs into the incident.But MP Khalid Mahmood, who represents the Perry Barr area of the city, said they had been lucky the outcome was not worse.He said: "People sent their children, a lot of them trusting the fact that the local authority had arranged this and made it secure."This could have been far far worse than it...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... fans surging forward.An investigation is under way by council chiefs into the incident.But MP Khalid Mahmood, who represents the Perry Barr area of the city, said they had been lucky the outcome was not worse.He said: "People sent their children, a lot of them trusting the fact that the local authority had arranged this and made it secure."This could have been far far worse than it...
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... fans surging forward. An investigation is under way by council chiefs into the incident. But MP Khalid Mahmood, who represents the Perry Barr area of the city, said they had been lucky the outcome was not worse. He said: "People sent their children, a lot of them trusting the fact that the local authority had arranged this and made it secure. "This could have been far far worse than...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - UK & world news (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... fans surging forward.An investigation is under way by council chiefs into the incident.But MP Khalid Mahmood, who represents the Perry Barr area of the city, said they had been lucky the outcome was not worse.He said: "People sent their children, a lot of them trusting the fact that the local authority had arranged this and made it secure."This could have been far far worse than it...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
... authority had done everything it could to plan for the event. He was responding after the local MP Khalid Mahmood accused the council of bad planning. Ed Balls, the Children’s Secretary. told Sunday Live on Sky News that safety experts would be speaking to government ministers about the incident to make sure that there were no problems or breaches in the rules. Initial reports suggested...
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
... will follow an earlier protest scheduled for London at the end of the month. Birmingham Labour MP Khalid Mahmood said he is appalled by the plans and has called for West Midlands police to ban Choudary and his followers from entering the city. “Having the hooligans from the English Defence League fighting the extremists whipped up by the UAF in the city centre was bad enough....
New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
... will follow an earlier protest scheduled for London at the end of the month.Birmingham Labour MP Khalid Mahmood said he is appalled by the plans and has called for West Midlands police to ban Choudary and his followers from entering the city.“Having the hooligans from the English Defence League fighting the extremists whipped up by the UAF in the city centre was bad enough. Everyone...
Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Unofficial Islamic schools, many of which use teachers who have not had criminal record bureau checks should be better regulated, an MP has demanded. Madrasas are usually attached to a mosque, providing religious instruction in the evenings and at weekends. But many are run unofficially in homes by imams and teachers without any qualifications or background checks. Khalid Mahmood, MP...
