Monthly Archives: July 2016
DVLA’s £93 million tax disc loss
The DVLA’s annual accounts have shown a £93 million loss in revenue after the paper tax disc was abolished.
The Government had initially estimated that...
One year of Listers Health
Bradford’s favourite ladies are smashing goals and hitting targets at gym
When women’s only gym - Listers Health - opened its doors for the first...
Motorists to have say on laws surrounding driverless cars
British drivers can have their say on rules surrounding driverless vehicles as part of a consultation process launched by the Department for Transport.
Under proposed...
A Taste of Vietnam: Tasty tea is a ‘miracle in a box’
The 2nd September marks National Independence Day in Vietnam, celebrating the date when the country claimed its independence and sovereignty from France and Japan.
Marked...
Block busters: Learning about crime through technology
Children at a Wakefield primary school have been letting their imaginations run wild through a police-school’s project, after receiving a ‘block by block’ guide...
Handlebar heroes! Spoke-tacular achievement as 20 charity cyclists ride 92 miles in two days
A team of 20 brave cyclists completed a two day sponsored bike ride from Bradford to Scarborough last weekend in an effort to raise...
Chief Inspector Umer Khan is making Greater Manchester even greater
Taking the force forward
We meet Chief Inspector Umer Khan of Greater Manchester Police (GMP) outside Manchester Cathedral on one of the hottest days of...
Tackling hate crime: New report suggests ‘more must be done’ in fight against Islamophobia
Police, local authorities and third party reporting centres across West Yorkshire must ‘do more’ to address the rising tide of anti-Muslim hate crime’, a...
Awaken your ‘co-creator’: A refreshing book in the field of self-help
Mohammed Haroon - who was born in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir and moved to the UK in 1969- has written an optimistic new life guide...
Banking in Bradford: Money talks as BoE visits Yorkshire
Bradford’s business leaders got the chance to quiz one of the Bank of England’s leading officials this past week at a networking event in...
Sheikhs choose the Tube
Billionaire Royals catch the train in the capital
At a glance, the picture above seems to be an average ‘tube selfie’ with a passenger documenting...
Supercar smash driver jailed
Teenager high on cannabis killed three of his friends in high-speed crash
A teenager ‘high on cannabis’ who killed three of his friends in a...
Read with Roald: The Big Friendly Read launches this summer
A Giant range of Big Friendly events are being held at libraries across Manchester, to encourage children to take part in the Summer Reading...
Turkey’s failed military coup
232 dead as rebel troops attempt takeover
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed that he is ready to reinstate the death penalty following the...
Bastille terror attack: Update
On 14th July, a 19-tonne truck ploughed into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice.
84 people lost their lives in...
PAKISTAN’S HONOUR KILLING: Social media star Qandeel Baloch’s brother says: “I’m proud of killing...
The videos and selfies of Pakistan’s biggest social media star Qandeel Baloch were not very different from the millions of others shared globally by...
‘Generation being failed’: Boys are falling behind in early language skills
A powerful new report has laid bare the potentially devastating and lifelong consequences for boys in England who start school significantly trailing girls in...
Fighting against racism
“Being an Arab ‘bad guy’ in the ring has nothing to do with religion or politics”
An Asian wrestler, who found himself at the centre...
Welcome Chancellor Ranvir: Preston ‘born and bred’ presenter named university’s chancellor
After being named Chancellor at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), one of Preston’s most esteemed broadcasters gets to combine her position as news...
Win a day at Diggerland: The Ultimate Adventure Park Experience!
As a big thanks to our readers and to take some of the stress out of keeping kids happy during the long Summer holidays,...
