Daily Archives: 18/03/2016
Sugar tax, disability cuts and academies top the Chancellor’s budget
Budget 2016 Announced
The highly anticipated budget for 2016 was announced this week with shake ups to all sectors receiving both praise and criticism from...
Zayn gears up for album launch: Another smash hit for Malik
Yorkshire’s favourite popstar, Bradford born Zayn Malik, has caused ripples of excitement to explode in all ‘directions’ this week as fans lapped up his...
Young opera star from Leeds makes her television debut
Opera’s pre-teen powerhouse
A twelve-year-old opera star in the making from Leeds, who has performed in front of hundreds at Leeds Grand Theatre, and thousands...
Prime Minister announces increases in the national minimum wage
Raising the wage
Continuing the government’s commitment to help working people, the Prime Minister announced that almost half a million young people will benefit from...
A doctor in emergency medicine gives his views on the junior doctor strike
Listen and do no harm
Dr Faraaz Bhatti, from Telford, is a medical doctor in Emergency Medicine. He works in a busy city Emergency Department.
Dr Bhatti...
Leeds Beckett student designs award winning mental health
Psychological package bags top prize
A student from Leeds Beckett University has won a prestigious Business Advantage Award (BAA) after designing a ‘Corporate Mental Strength...
North Korea fires missile
Kim Jong-un ignores UN ban
South Korea's military said on Friday that neighbouring North Korea - in defiance of tough new UN and US sanctions...
Playground gurus: Boys found first sikh society in school’s 500 year history
Cousins from Altrincham have set up the first Sikh Society in the 500-year history of The Manchester Grammar School.
Marvy Nerwan, 16, and his cousin...
Paradise Primary receives heavenly report
Excellence achieved for Dewsbury school
When a school is named ‘Paradise’ there are certain expectations people will have when it comes to the level of...
Two pillars of the community travel from Leeds to the Vatican
Spreading hope with the Pope
A pair of community activists from Leeds ventured over the sea to Rome to meet one of the world's most powerful...