Asmita Sarkar | BirminghamWorld

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Asmita Sarkar moved to Birmingham from India in 2021 and completed her NCTJ qualification at News Associates, Manchester in 2022. She started her career in India at IBTimes in 2015 and since then has worked at The Pioneer newspaper group and its magazines, before moving to content writing for The Daily Net.

Birmingham concerts for 2023 - the big gigs coming to the big venues

Raven’s Rescue: six dogs available for adoption in the West Midlands

National Express bus in Birmingham city centre

How long will the bus strike last in Birmingham?

Eid 2023: six clothes shops in Birmingham for Eid outfits

English Tourism Week 2023: seven historic spa villages near Birmingham

Birmingham's Digbeth area(Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Why Digbeth & Stirchley have been named among the best places to live

Bodie is an 8 year old Ragdoll who arrived in our care with Doyle after their owner sadly passed away. They have been very much loved and are super friendly. Both Bodie and Doyle are large cats and must be rehomed together and have access to a Catio.

Raven’s Rescue: five adorable kitties looking for a forever home

Touchwood shopping centre

Man dies after falling from Touchwood Solihull car park

National Express West Midlands offering discount to care workers (Credit: National Express West Midlands)

All the National Express bus services running in the West Mids today

Birmingham city centre

The Sunday Times’ eight best places to live in the Midlands

Lickey Hills

National Puppy Day: Eight parks in Birmingham for walking your dog

Birmingham bus

Do bus passengers support the indefinite National Express bus strike?

BBC’ Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games coverage nominated for BAFTA TV Awards (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games included in TV award nominations

National Express West Midlands bus

Mayor’s urgent plea over bus strikes to drivers & National Express

Steven Knight is working on the screenplay of a new film for Disney and LucasFilm (Photo - Getty Images)

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight to write new film for Disney

Eight historic market towns to explore near Birmingham

The Halal Food Festival

Family-friendly Halal Food Festival coming to the NEC

All Bar One

We visited a city centre bar for a wind down and it had an ideal vibe

Hagley village in Stourbridge is on the edge of Birmingham but is a beautiful place to live in. It has the Grade I listed 18th-century house - Hagley Hall, the home of the Lyttelton family. The iconic home is open to the public for tours and teas, and has a lush park great for spending summers in. (Photo - Wikimedia Commons)

10 beautiful hidden gem villages in and around Birmingham in 2023

Lenny Henry & Dawn French (Photo - Getty Images)

Lenny Henry, Dawn French divorced 13 years star in Comic Relief 2023

Sheaf Lane in Sheldon (Photo - Google Maps)

Traffic delays in Sheldon after collision

National Express buses in action in Colmore Row, Birmingham

National Express West Midlands strike gets confirmed start date

Nine adorable dogs looking for a forever home

Darren Smith

Shard End murder: three men charged for Darren Smith’s death

(L-R) Roger Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon, and John Taylor of Duran Duran (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

The real reason behind Duran Duran’s split in the 1980s

(Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)

7 high profile pupils from Moseley School of Art which closed in 1976

Cats Protection Birmingham: 8 furry kitties looking for forever home

Diamond bus (Photo - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International/Hlliwmai)

Diamond bus announces service changes to five bus routes

Emotions on show as owners watch their horse on the big screen from the parade ring during day three of the Cheltenham Festival 2023 at Cheltenham Racecourse on March 16, 2023 in Cheltenham, England. (Photo by Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

Cheltenham Festival 2023: eight photos from day three - St Patrick’s

Kurtis Gordon (Photo - West Midlands Police)

Armed robber jailed for targetting multiple shops in Birmingham

Snobs nightclub

Police officer who struck clubber in Birmingham sacked without notice

The Shire Country Park

Eight charming spring walks in and around Birmingham