Monthly Archives: June 2016
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‘Pending claims should be closed in six months’
A taxi driver from Leeds is warning his fellow cabbies to ensure any insurance claims are closed...
Students of style: High school’s high fashion moment
Students from a Dewsbury high school ‘dressed to impress’ last month as they hosted an evening full of fashion, music, dance and food in...
Moonlight munching: Celebrate Ramadan with your neighbours and a Big Lunar Lunch
Do you know your neighbours? According to a recent survey, 70 per cent of people could not recall their neighbours’ full names and 36...
Figuring it out: Anxieties vanish after bodybuilding champ scoops top toning trophy
A woman from Huddersfield has ‘toned her life around’ thanks to a sport that she never thought she would be interested in... bodybuilding.
33-year old...
Save Our Surgery! Hundreds turn out in protest of clinic’s possible closure
A much-loved and ‘crucial hub of the community’ – Manningham Medical Practice on Lumb Lane in Bradford - has an uncertain future after its...
Pakistan’s former cricket coach launches Bradford’s baronial Biryani Festival
Rice rice baby…
As every rice-lover will know, a good biryani is the hallmark of delectable culinary perfection, affiliated with the Mughal-era in the South...
Bowled Over!
Bradford welcomes cricket legend Waqar Younis as he supports Syrian relief efforts and inaugurates city’s Biriyani Festival
Last week Bradford played host to one of...
Dodgy Daesh dialler detained: 7 year sentence for police hoaxer
A police constable, who made a hoax 999 call to his own force claiming a Muslim officer was going to be kidnapped by Islamic State terrorists,...
Drummond Mill fire will not extinguish hopes of seventh annual event
Curry Festival to rise from the ashes
Over the past six years, the World Curry Festival has brought thousands of visitors to Bradford, all looking...
The big fight review: A closer look at the Khan Vs Alvarez contest
You have to agree that Amir 'King' Khan in his 35 fight-career has never been in a dull contest.
He continues to excite, amaze...
Aqsa’s American dream
Stateside soccer scholarship for Bradford teen
A teen footballer from Bradford is preparing to swap the water-logged pitches of West Yorkshire for the sun-kissed fields...
Bollywood babes reveal their perhaps not so pricey but definitely most priceless possessions
“My great grandmother (Amma) had these really wonderful, heavy, handmade silver payals which women from the mountains used to wear. She'd put them on...
HIJAB BAN: First time anyone’s talked sense about banning headscarf
An EU court adviser has said that companies should be allowed to ban Islamic headscarves from the workplace, but only if all other religious...
Enjoy a sweet treat this Ramadan: Final countdown until month of fasting begins
Are you ready for Ramadan? That is the question facing over 1 billion Muslims around the world this June as the countdown to the...
IT’S A KNOCKOUT!
Kickboxer-turned-singer releases Father’s Day track loaded with emotion
“I wanted to create an emotional father daughter story. I star opposite my two actual daughters in...
“I’ve had things thrown at me”: Nadiya reveals she’s been the victim of Islamophobic...
TV star Nadiya Hussain has had an amazing year. The ‘Great British Bake Off’ winner has written her own cookbook and even baked for...
RAMADAN “A Time For Giving”
Charity’s aim is for a world where compassion reaches everyone
One Nation is a UK-registered charity based in Batley, West Yorkshire, who have been operating for four...
Beggar on board: Teen manages to stowaway on long-haul flight
A teenager from China - who stowed away on an Airbus passenger jet flying from his home country to Dubai – decided on the daring feat...
Transgender trendsetters
A fashion designer in India says she is aiming to break down barriers and stereotypes with the launch of her latest collection by using...
Displaced and deserted: Afghan refugees ‘at risk of being forgotten’ in own country
Afghanistan is facing a ‘displacement crisis’ as the number of civilians trapped inside their own country dramatically doubled over the past three years, a...
