Monthly Archives: January 2016
Concerns over FIFA candidate
Campaigners call for investigation over potential Blatter succesor
A rights group in Bahrain have written to a host of FIFA’s leading sponsors, asking them to...
Brilliant Bilal’s Black Belt
Kickboxing champ sets sights on second Dan
A martial arts ace from Bradford is celebrating this week after clinching his black belt following a gruelling...
Prostitution scheme to continue despite murder of sex worker
Green light for Leeds’ red light district
Leeds has become the first city in the UK to have its own full-time ‘red light district’...
Highest Islamic cleric says game spreads ‘enmity and hatred’
Saudi Arabia calls ‘checkmate on chess’
Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz Al Sheikh has declared chess to be forbidden in Islam when he was asked...
The fight that never was
Khan points finger at Pacquiao camp for missed opportunity
Former world champion, Amir Khan, has hit out at claims made by Manny Pacquiao which suggested...
Terriers snap up Matmour
Huddersfield bolster attack with Algerian international
Life at Huddersfield Town has certainly picked up since David Wagner took over the reins at the John Smith’s...
Deepika Padukone: “My Hollywood debut makes me nervous”
Deepika Padukone is the latest Bollywood star to go international and the actress says although she is proud to have bagged 'XXX: The Return...
Killers on campus: Terrorist attack on Pakistan university kills 21
A gun and bomb attack on a university in north-west Pakistan, where 21 people were killed and 17 people were left injured, was ended...
Aamir Khan says he’d be happy to work with Sunny Leone
It’s widely known that many of the A-listers in Bollywood don’t want to share screen with Canadian-born former porn star Sunny Leone (real name...
Cabbies tell police ‘protect us’: Taxis protest about stone-throwing youths
Dozens of Leeds’ taxi drivers gathered outside Elland Road Police Station on Thursday 21st January, protesting against a lack of police action after a...
Poonam Pandey files £10.3 million defamation case
Poonam Pandey, who known mostly for her bold and sensual pictures on Twitter rather than acting, has never shied away from taking controversies by...
Hauntingly beautiful
Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II is the ultimate symbol of success
Rolls-Royce’s Ghost Series II has become the ultimate symbol of success for leading entrepreneurs across...
From Syria to Salford
Refugee has sights set on accountancy career in UK
A Syrian student, who was forced to flee his home country due to the outbreak of...
“Tabu is a director’s dream”
Filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor, who roped in Tabu to play a prominent role in 'Fitoor', says she is a director's dream.
Veteran actress Rekha was initially...
Farhan Akhtar ends 15-year-old marriage
Bollywood has seen umpteen numbers of divorces and break-ups over the decades, but there are only few that take one completely by surprise.
Director-actor-singer Farhan...
“I live in a terrorist house”
Kid’s spelling mistake leads to police investigation
A 10-year-old Muslim boy, from Lancashire, was subjected to a police inquiry earlier this week after he wrote...
Muslims demonised by Murdoch
Labour MP to lock horns with editor of The Sun
The Sun newspaper editor, Tony Gallagher, has agreed to meet MP Shabana Mahmood following the publication...
Sniffing out crime: Scratch and sniff cards aim to stop drug use
A new project is being launched in the Keighley area to enlist parents and other people who work with youngsters to help combat the...
How clued up is Bradford when asked about Syria stats?
Just how many Brits do people on the street think have left for Daesh?
Over the last five years, it is believed that around 800...
Rakkaposhi: Charity has never tasted so sweet
Dessert lovers across West Yorkshire have been rushing to the city’s latest dining hotspot this year, with Rakkaposhi serving up a sweet treat with...
