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Is Sajid Javid back in the frame to replace Theresa May?

Sajid Javid was promoted to Home Secretary on Monday 30th April following Amber Rudd’s abrupt but much-called for resignation over the ‘Windrush Scandal’. For much...

GSAL students raise over £3000 for Rohingya Muslims

Students in the Islamic Society at The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) have teamed up in a fundraising effort to support Rohingyan people displaced...

£3 million overhaul for Bradford food giant

United Food Cash and Carry is set to launch a new 120,000 sq. ft. store after an unprecedented £3 million expansion and lucrative investment...

Press regulator finds Times newspaper distorted Muslim foster case story

FAKE: The article included a photograph of the girl with a woman, said to be her foster carer, wearing Islamic dress. They digitally altered...

WEMBLEY SHOCKER! £800m offer from US billionaire Shahid Khan to buy national stadium

The Football Association has confirmed it has received an offer, thought to be worth £800m, to sell Wembley. It has been reported that Shahid Khan,...

Bradford & Bingley mortgages sale to return £5.3 billion to UK taxpayers

A £5.3 billion sale of Bradford & Bingley (B&B) mortgages acquired by the taxpayer during the financial crisis has been authorised by the Chancellor,...

Over 200 Jewish and Muslim women unite to fight hatred and bigotry

Women from all around the UK came together to fight hatred in an increasingly ‘difficult and dangerous world’ at Europe’s largest Jewish-Muslim conference. Hosted by...

Going “quackers” – Bradford to “hook-a-duck” for Yorkshire Air Ambulance

Around 4,000 yellow rubber ducks will take to the water in the Mirror Pool in Bradford’s multi-award winning City Park on Friday 27th April,...

 Tory councillor shared blog which called Muslims “parasites”

The Conservative Party has suspended a councillor who shared a blog that called Muslims “parasites”. Mike Payne, a councillor in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, shared a...

Asifa Bano: Rape & murder of an 8-year-old highlights Kashmir’s tensions

As thousands take to the streets to denounce sexual violence others demand justice for the men accused of the brutal gang rape and murder of...

Lords slam Government’s green paper on integration

  The House of Lords Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement has called on the Government to reverse its lack of commitment to citizenship...

She didn’t wash her hair for 10 days & lost 8 kilos in two...

After making her debut in the Malayalam movie ‘Pattam Pole’ (2013), actress Malavika Mohanan is all set to wow the audiences with her Hindi...

WHO SHOT JR?

The case of Noel Conway v The Secretary of State for Justice has been in the headlines recently. In that case, Mr Conway, who...

139 years for Heathrow ‘airport insider’ cocaine smuggling

A criminal network that used corrupt baggage handlers to smuggle at least £16 million worth of drugs through London’s Heathrow Airport have been sentenced...

50 tonnes of Dales stone heads to London to showcase Yorkshire

35 tonnes of walling stone and 15 tonnes of glacial boulders are being collected in the Dales for the Welcome to Yorkshire show garden...

Barred for life: Nawaz Sharif disqualified from ever holding office again

Friday the 13th certainly proved unlucky for Pakistan’s deposed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. The Supreme Court disqualified from holding office for life amid...

Premium Oud retailer opens new site on Roundhay Road in Leeds

A well-renowned luxury perfumery which boasts the largest collection of Oud products in the world, has brought its elite range of premium fragrances to...

British PM under pressure to apologise for Sikh massacre

On the occasion of Vaisakhi on 13th April 1919, soldiers of the British Indian army fired at more than 10,000 unarmed men, women and...

12 handed Huddersfield’s first gang injunctions

12 men from two organised crime gangs involved in long-running feuds, inciting fear across Kirklees have been handed Huddersfield’s first ‘gangbo’ injunctions. These individuals have been...

IRON LADY: Female bodybuilding champion defies stereotypes

Women are often considered the weaker sex, but a female bodybuilder is bending norms, changing perceptions and challenging stereotypes. This woman of steel is Yashmeen...

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