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Punching his way to the podium
Beeston boxer has eyes on national stage
A boxer’s first year as a senior is so often the defining year for their sporting career. Will...
Handle your pregnancy discrimination cases at Ison Harrison
Ison Harrison achieved notable outcomes in two recent pregnancy discrimination cases against a national employer. The cases in question concerned a redundancy situation which...
Well done mums!
Pupils at St Matthew’s CE Primary in Bradford took part in a ‘role reversal’ this past week by applauding their mums for doing well...
A cause close to the ‘heart’
Friends turn fundraisers for national charity
They say fundraising comes from the ‘heart’ and for two friends from Leeds, this sentiment could not be truer.
Parmjit...
Yorkshire Powerhouse dinner: First Direct Arena set to welcome 34th annual Aagrah business dinner
Two of Yorkshire’s leading companies, the First Direct Arena and Aagrah Restaurant Group are proud to announce an exclusive working partnership, leveraging their respective...
‘I am the product of Harehills’
Young Leeds councillor aims to find strength in diversity
As the votes were counted earlier this month and the political embodiment of Leeds City Council...
Laisterdyke’s dream team
U-19 Football team ‘kept going when it got tough’
Laisterdyke Leadership Academy has had a ‘pitch perfect’ sporting season this year, after their Under 19...
Brains and beauty: Medic-in-the making reaches finals of Miss Manchester
A sixth form student from Manchester, who says she suffered from low-esteem just a few years ago, has finished in the top 10 of...
Royal welcome for maternity unit: Princess Anne visits Bradford Royal Infirmary
Mothers, babies, midwives and doctors at Bradford Royal Infirmary welcomed a royal visitor into their midst on Tuesday 10th May as HRH The Princess...
Safa’s ‘belting’ performance
Title winning kickboxer has the world at her feet
A nine-year-old Muay Thai kickboxing prodigy from Leeds says she already has ambitions of becoming world...
‘What do you do when the world changes?’
Leeds academic discusses Muslims in the 21st century
As stories of racism, extremism and fundamentalism continue to consume media outlets throughout the country,...
£3000 prize, visit to Harrods and helicopter ride for winning girl’s school
A team of young entrepreneurs from Eden Girls School in Waltham Forest in London has won the Grand Final of the prestigious Enterprise Challenge...
BEEFY: Showcase of limited edition Kahn Land Rover Defender at London Motor show
Visitors to The London Motor Show at Battersea Evolution, will experience something rather special this year… on display for the very first time is...
Tour de Yorkshire brings the business
Cycling race wheels in £50 million for the county
Two years on from the ‘grandest’ Grand Depart in Tour de France history and cyclists were...
SINGING SENSATION AT NINE! Age is no issue for young Yorkshire celeb
Whilst most nine-year-olds are busy learning their fractions and the correct way to use a comma, one talented youngster from Otley is busy brushing...
BLACKS SOLICITORS: The riot act now read
Many will still remember the riots that erupted in London in August 2011 which resulted in extensive damage to property. The question as to...
Curry Capital sets sights on super six!
Bradford bidding to find the ‘magic curry formula’ once again
For the past half a decade, Bradford has been the unprecedented Curry Capital of Britain,...
NAZ SHAH SUSPENDED: Bradford MP investigated over ‘anti-Semitism’
MP Naz Shah suspended by Labour
Less than one month after a former Bradford Lord Mayor was suspended by the Labour Party over alleged anti-Semitic...
ISON HARRISON SOLICITORS: Leeds’ licensing specialists
Ison Harrison Solicitors have been a stalwart of the West Yorkshire legal scene for almost 40 years and in the last 10 years have...
Yorkshire’s Flying Sikh completes exhausting 26-mile challenge
London Marathon Conquered
A Huddersfield solicitor swapped the board room for the open road last weekend as he joined 39,000 fellow runners for the one...