The former editor of west-Yorkshire based newspaper Asian Leader has launched a new freesheet starting this month. Anasudhin Azeez edited the Johnston Press owned paper before resigning from the newspaper when it lost a court battle.

His new venture, Asian Lite, will be a monthly title launching in June. Though it will have a cover price of 70p, it will be distributed free for the first six months.The editorial office is situated in Manchester, with production being run out of Rochdale and printing across in Leeds. He said the paper would differentiate itself by running positive stories on Asian achievement in Britain.