Monthly Archives: July 2016
Theresa May welcomes new role as Prime Minister with rousing acceptance speech
“We will not think of the powerful, but you”
Earlier this week, 59-year-old former home secretary Theresa May, became the UK's second female prime minister...
Eid Gala builds bridges in Leeds
Finishing off Ramadan in style with community fundraiser
A number of Leeds mosques came together last weekend to organise one of the city’s largest ever...
Killer ‘laughed and laughed’ as shopkeeper lay dying
Update on ‘despicable crime’ of murdered Glaswegian shopkeeper
As murdered Glaswegian shopkeeper Asad Shah took his last dying breaths on 24th March, his brother has...
Selling like hot cakes: Nadeem’s dream team raise over £50,000 for charity
Forty-year-old Nadeem Malik from Bradford has had an insanely successful month of fundraising this Ramadan, after selling over 5,000 chocolate fudge cakes in order...
A springboarding success: Leeds elite athlete is Rio bound
A Leeds-based diver who is set to create history, becoming Jamaica’s first ever male Olympic diver at this year’s Games in Rio de Janeiro,...
New direction: Zayn designs Urdu inspired fashion line
Zayn Malik has released a trendy new fashion line which features Urdu artwork.
The former One Direction singer has launched his 23-piece collection on Zaynmalikstore.com and consists of raglan...
Recognising lost lives: Candlelit vigil for the victims of a terrorist attack in Iraq
Hundreds of people, young and old, gathered outside Leeds Art Gallery this past week in memory of hundreds of Iraqi people that were killed...
Legendary leader recognised
Bradford community hero receives medal from the House of Lords
A charitable community leader has been recognised at the House of Lords after dedicating 25...
Remembering Srebrenica: Bradford unites against hatred
July 11th marks the 21st anniversary of the genocide of 8,372 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica - murdered on account of their...
Young donors needed: Muslim initiative to give blood sees successful turnout
British Muslims across London joined others on 11th July to give blood under the Imam Hussain Blood Donation Campaign (IHBDC) - the largest Muslim...
Nailbiting news!
Kids who chew their fingers and suck thumbs may be less likely to get allergies
A shock study from scientists in New Zealand has found...
It’s an eggs-traordinary world
There’s a lot going on under those shells
For thousands of years, generations of people around the world have consumed eggs in one of their...
Ruth’s refugee recital: BBC voiceover call for local student
A Bradford student, who arrived in the UK as a refugee from Africa during her teenage years, has been selected to voice a BBC...
A rocking result: Dixon Music Academy receives ‘outstanding’ Ofsted report
Principal of Dixon Music Academy, 33-year-old Michelle Long, has been on a musical crescendo of a journey with her school since she joined in...
To surrender or not surrender
When is a commercial lease surrendered? The question may appear straightforward but as the tenant found out in the recent case of Padwick Properties...
‘Time to get ahead of the game’
Bradford’s Lord Patel reflects on 12 months with the ECB
There are few more powerful advocates for the transforming effect cricket can have on people’s...
Rocking in the ring and on the road
Amir Khan trusts in Enkahnz for motor makeover
When a world champion boxer needs a world class customisation on his £100,000 Range Rover Vogue,...
Optimism following disappointment
Force India leave empty handed from Austria
Force India’s run of back-to-back podium finishes came to an abrupt end in the Austrian Grand Prix last...
“I remember the fear in the eyes of good people”
Six years on: Gaza flotilla raid survivor recalls her memories
It has been six years since Paveen Yaqub, a community services manager from Holmfirth,...
Offensive MP has been cautioned by police
Tory councillor suspended over 'steam off p***' comments
Police have cautioned a former Tory councillor over an offensive Facebook post about the fund set up...
