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89 Years of marriage!

Chands celebrate latest milestone. Whilst many married couples may find it hard to keep track of how long they have been wed, one husband-and-wife team...

Police ‘stop plane on runway’ to detain Syria-bound teenager

British counter-terrorism officers stopped a plane as it taxied towards the runway at Heathrow to prevent a 15-year old girl from travelling to Syria...

Galloway ‘fears going out alone’ after attack

Bruised politician praises sentencing but questions why ‘religiously aggravated assault charge’ was dropped. A drug addict, who assaulted Bradford MP George Galloway in a politically-aggravated...

Pensioner guilty of acid attack on 19-year-old ex-lover

A Wolverhampton Crown Court has convicted an 80-year-old man guilty of masterminding an acid revenge attack on his teenage ex-lover. Mohammed Rafiq had denied inflicting...

Three dead after 16-hour Cafe siege

Police storm Sydney shop after gunman standoff A gunman, who burst into an Australian chocolate shop taking more than 15 customers hostage, was shot dead...

Spreading Christmas Cheer

Children bring gifts and smiles to the elderly A team of generous pupils from Bradford’s Iqra Academy were spreading the festive cheer earlier this week...

‘Welcome Home’

Residents return to carnival atmosphere after shock fire Bollywood dancers and the sound of African drums greeted residents at an extra care housing development in...

“Hamas should be removed from terror list”

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas should be removed from the European Union's terrorist list, an EU court has ruled, saying the decision to include...

“I would drink ten bottles at a time.”

Singer Imran Khan said "I'm a changed man..."  On his first visit to India, Imran Khan, who took the UK by storm in 2009 with...

Salman gifts his famed bracelet to Paris Hilton!

Trust Salman Khan to do whatever he wants to do. Paris Hilton performed at a private party in Pune during her hush-hush visit to India....

Punjabi birthday party for Dharmendra

Veteran Bollywood actor Dharmendra recently celebrated his 79th birthday while shooting for the Punjabi film ‘Second Hand Husband’ in Jalandhar. On Monday 8th December, the...

Dilip Kumar now feeling better on his 92nd birthday

Legend Dilip Kumar who was admitted to a hospital in Bandara after he became ill, has finally been discharged. The thespian walked out of the...

Aamir Khan saddened by Uber rape case

Superstar Aamir Khan, who does his bit to bring social change in the country via his show "Satyamev Jayate", is disturbed over the sexual...

Freida Pinto and Dev Patel relationship trouble?

Actress Freida Pinto and her long-time boyfriend Dev Patel are reportedly no longer together. The pair, who played on-screen couple in Danny Boyle’s 'Slumdog Millionaire'...

Gulshan Grover bereaved

Bollywood's bad man Gulshan Grover lost his mother Ramrakhi Grover on 9th December. Though the actor has two brothers and two sisters, it was well...

Captivating

National Theatre opens gripping tale of Mumbai poverty and ambition This month saw the cast and crew of ‘Behind the Beautiful Forevers’ deliver a captivating...

£15Million for places of worship roof repair scheme

George Osbourne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced in a statement on 3rd December that a £15million government-funded listed ‘Places of Worship: Roof Repair Fund’...

Father’s courage after son’s death

Dad ‘determind’ to create road safety awareness after Three months ago, a family from Bradford were left heartbroken as their teenage son was tragically...

Building for the future

Leeds Masjid appeals for donations The foundations are in place and the construction has begun on Leeds’ newest mosque as the Masjid-e-Quba is being developed...

Cruel hoax callers jailed

Brothers sentenced after ‘cruel prank’ Two brothers from Leeds, who made a hoax call to the police in October 2013 sparking a major security...

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