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THE CHAMP: Tasif Khan now holds three world titles and an international master’s belt following his triumph of the WBC Bantamweight belt

Fantastic four: Khan’s title hunt brings more silverware glory

Bradford boxer Tasif Khan rounded off his ‘perfect 2016’ by clinching a second world title in Bradford last weekend, defeating Ghanaian Michael Barnor for...
KIDS FOR KIDS: The students hoped their gifts would put a smile on the faces of the children in hospital

Ho-ho-hospital charity: Students from Batley bring festive cheer to young patients on the ward

With Christmas just around the corner, a group of school students from Batley have been busy spreading the festive joy through an interfaith initiative...
FANTASTIC RESULT: Both young and old collected parcels which will help families living on the poverty line

Parcels of plenty: Sikh community raise over £300 for Bradford’s foodbanks

Sikh communities in Bradford have been filling local food banks to bursting point this week, after they collected over 48 food parcels for one...
VIEWPOINT: Muzdalfa Ahmed, speaking on the day, with her fellow panellists (Pic cred: Twitter)

#LeedsStrongerTogether: Islamophobia is tackled in groundbreaking initiative

As part of Islamophobia Awareness Month #IAM2016 , an audience gathered at Leeds Grand Mosque on Sunday 27th November for an afternoon of solidarity,...
REVEALING REPORT: The new UK Sikh Survey 2016 revealed statistics about Sikh identity, discrimination, education and employment, and political activism and representation

Sikh stats: 18% suffered discrimination in past 12 months

Almost one in five Sikhs living in the UK have suffered some sort of discrimination in a public place over the last 12 months,...
JAILED: Adnan Maqsood will serve 15 months in prison for stroking a young girl in Greggs bakery

Greggs groper jailed: Man who ‘stroked’ vulnerable child in bakery gets prison sentence

A Bradford man has been jailed for 15 months after inappropriately stroking an eight-year-old girl in a Leeds bakery earlier this year. Adnan Maqsood, who...
BEAUTY IS WITHIN: Halima Aden said that people should be ‘confident in their own skin’ (Pic cred: Halima Aden’s Instagram)

Modest Miss Minnesota: Beauty in a hijab reaches US semi-finals

A 19-year-old Minnesota woman made history in the state's Miss USA beauty pageant over the weekend, becoming the first contestant to compete in a...
Researcher Grace Frank completes bleaching survey at the Great Barrier Reef (Pic credit: ARC Centre of Excellence)

A reef encounter: Life and death after Great Barrier Reef bleaching

Scientists have confirmed the largest die-off of corals ever recorded on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The worst affected area, a 700 km swath of reefs...
TIPPING POINT: If kids skip breakfast, it can set them up for a fat future

A weighty issue: Skipping breakfast and not getting enough sleep can make children obese

According to new research led by University College London, it is predicted that mothers who smoke in pregnancy, children who skip breakfast and who...
ON THE HOUSE: Many Head Teachers believe that their students should be automatically enrolled to receive free school meals

Gratis grub: Headteachers push for free school dinners for kids with benefit parents

This week, MPs have debated the ins-and-outs of the Digital Economy Bill, which allows for greater data sharing between government departments and local authorities. Head...
PERFORMANCE: West Midlands Police held a flash mob at Birmingham’s New Street station to kick off their new forced marriage campaign

Yes to flash mob, no to forced marriage

New police campaign aims to tackle illegal wedlock West Midlands Police have launched their latest forced marriage campaign for the region with two flash mob...

BLACKS SOLICITORS: No duty on banks to advise on onerous loan terms

As readers of this publication will be aware, in the last few years there have been various articles covering the mis-selling of interest rate...
LEARN FROM THE PAST: Dr Royce Turner is calling on the government to take into account his previous research when allocating the £20 million language fund

Learning English is important

Huddersfield researcher outlines ‘must-follow’ advice for government language fund The creation of a £20 million fund, to teach English language skills to Muslim women so...
NEW LEADER: Paul Nuttall has replaced Nigel Farage as leader of the UK Independence Party

‘Give us a real Brexit!’: Paul Nuttall is elected as UKIP leader

Nigel Farage is no longer the leader of the UK Independence Party, after Paul Nuttall has been elected. The 39-year-old Member of the European Parliament,...

Bold vision for the Bush Theatre

Madani Younis prepares for inaugural season for the redeveloped West London venue announced In March 2017, following a landmark year taking plays into the...
TEAM CLEANING: Young members of the Kumon Y’all group are pictured with their cleaning equipment at Crossley House Residential Care Home

Kumon and clean up: Teens get tidying for the elderly

When tenants at a residential home in Mirfield discussed the need to clean the grounds of their homes, one youth group from nearby Savile...
WARNING: Bounty spent time in and out of prison throughout his teens and, following a report which states 47 per cent of young offenders are from BME communities, he is now working to deter children from of a life of crime

‘Don’t waste your life behind bars’: Former young offender warns kids to stay away...

As a newly published report this month suggests that almost 50 per cent of children in youth offender institutions are from Black and Minority...
WELCOME TO BRADFORD: Bollywood stars, Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor, were welcomed to Cafe de Akbar by owner, Shabir Hussain

Bollywood in Bradford: Cafe de Akbar welcomes Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor

Film fans in Bradford got a once in a lifetime chance to meet Bollywood icon, Ranveer Singh, last weekend ahead of the release of...
DREAM TEAM: Reece Cartwright celebrates his defence of the IBF Youth World Middleweight Championship alongside advisor, Rick Manners (left), and promoter, Dennis Hobson (right)

Cartwright retains IBF Crown

Leeds champ delivers ‘knockout’ performance in front of home crowd Leeds’ boxing champion, Reece Cartwright, proved his ‘world’-class abilities once again last weekend as he...

5 signs your oven is on its way out

Is your oven letting you down? Do you burn more than you bake? Don’t blame the baker, it may be a sign your oven...
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