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INDIA: Very high rate of elder abuse

Minoti (name changed), is a widow who lives on her own in Birubari, India. She found herself alone when she refused to hand over...

Listers Health: Early sign up offer from just £19.99 per month

Time is running out for ladies across Bradford to take advantage of the early sign up offer at the city’s newest gym, set to...

Charles Correa, India’s ‘Greatest Architect’, dies at 84

Charles Correa, 84, arguably the face of modern architecture in India, passed away after a brief illness. Correa played a defining role in developing architecture...

Diabetes at all-time high in Yorkshire

The number of people living with diabetes has reached an all-time high - with tens of thousands of people in our region diagnosed with...

Bradford College – Transforming Futures

Bradford College offers one of the widest choices of career-focussed courses for school leavers and young people in West Yorkshire. We think we are...

SA Sewing Machines & Pfaff Service Centre

A specialist service every time With over 65 years of combined experience, and with showrooms in Rochdale, Oldham and Leeds, SA Sewing Machines and the...
IMPRESSED: Students show off their designs with Sarah, Duchess of York, which will be developed by women in West Bengal as part of the Women’s Interlink Foundation

A right royal design

Indian culture at heart of award winning fashion Ten talented fashion students presented Sarah, Duchess of York, with a difficult dilemma last week as she...
LEADING: Karam and Katari Chand have been married for 89 years and were invited to lead the Girlington Parade earlier this month

Great day in Girlington

Annual parade showcases the ‘Joy of Reading’ School children overtook the streets of Bradford earlier this month as the annual Girlington parade proved to be...
TRAGIC: Nadia Khan was stabbed to death by her husband, Tariq, last weekend

Manningham stabbing arrest

Suspect charged with murder and child destruction The husband of a pregnant Bradford woman has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing his wife to death...
APPEAL: Pradeep Thakkar survived his battle with cancer after successfully finding a stem cell donor and is now appealing for more people to give blood

Give blood, save a life

Calls made for more BME donors A cancer survivor is calling on more members of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BME) communities to come forward...

Raising Explorers

With the summer holidays just around the corner, school pupils across the country are preparing to enjoy six weeks of hopeful sunshine as they...
GUILTY: (Clockwise from top left) Zafar Iqbal, Tariq Islam, Amir Zaman and Nasir Sultan

Grooming gang jailed

Leeds men convicted for targeting vulnerable teen Four men from Leeds have been jailed for a total of 51 years after a ‘shocking catalogue of...
SONG: Miss Pickering was treated to a special tune from Rose Court’s choir earlier this month

Goodbye Miss Pickering

Pupils bid farewell to outgoing head with unique CD The retiring head of a nursery and pre-prep school in Leeds will always have the music...
MEMORY: Editor-in-chief of ImamsOnline, Shaukat Warraich, shares his memories of his past Ramadan experiences

Connecting this Ramadan

What’s your Ramadan Memory? It’s interesting to see the reactions from various people when the holy month of Ramadan comes around. There’s the enthusiastic/excited group, the...
KILLED: Talha Asmal fled to Iraq with fellow Dewsbury teen, Hasan Munshi in March

‘Caring’ teen is UK’s youngest suicide bomber

West Yorkshire town in shock after death of local boy A Dewsbury family say they are ‘devastated’ and ‘heartbroken’ after news broke on Monday morning...
GIFTS: As part of Tauseef Malik’s mission to take ‘Ramadan food parcels’ to those less fortunate in Pakistan, he also purchased special Eid outfits for all the children at a local orphanage

A generous ‘gift’ this Ramadan

Restaurant manager takes food to those most in need Serving up meals to customers in Leeds is what Tauseef Malik has loved doing all his...
OPEN: Children at Wibsey Primary School got to see their new library facilities for the first time earlier this week (pictured, l-r) Suleiman Faisal, Laura Heaton and Afraha Ahmed

READ-Y to learn

New library brings thousands of new books to primary school A new chapter in the history of a Bradford Primary School has begun this week...
DEBUT: The new Lexus GS F will be driven in public for the first time at the Goodwood Festival of Speed (26 to 28 June)

GS F!!! Dynamic European debut for new V8-powered Lexus

The latest Lexus to carry the marque’s F performance designation will give a first European demonstration of its speed and handling on Goodwood’s famous...
MEDAL: One year on from his third placed finish, Mohsin clinched Gold in the Ju Jitsu Internationals

World Champion

Local martial artist takes top prize at international tournament A Ju Jitsu ace from Bradford clinched Gold at the International Championships last week, completing a...
FIGHT: Children as young as five-years-old took part in the Azar Farooq Kickboxing Tournament last month in Bradford

Getting a ‘kick’ out of sport

Trophies all around after biggest interclub tournament to date Martial artists of the future donned their pads and headed to the mats at the end...

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