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‘F-ck You Muslims’ spray painted on school wall

Canadian councillors praised and thanked for their expeditious efforts to promptly remove racist graffiti https://twitter.com/jimkarygiannis/status/998785486201282560 Racist graffiti has promptly been removed from the walls of a...

Mother becomes first woman in England to be convicted of forced marriage

The mother has been jailed for four-and-half years for the forced marriage and perjury charges. A mother has become the first person in England to...

£250kg cocaine and 9kg crystal meth worth over £22 million seized in drug haul

Drugs worth millions and a firearm seized as investigations target organised crime and violence along class A supply chain A man and a woman have...

Knowing the Boundary

Pursuing boundary disputes through the courts can be a very costly and stressful exercise. The parties usually end up incurring legal costs disproportionate to...

UK calls for independent investigation into Israel-Gaza killings

Following an outcry from human rights groups accusing the Israeli military of using excessive force on the Israel-Gaza border, which left 60 dead and...

College brings drama school training to Bradford

New drama courses are being launched in Bradford in a bid to stop budding actors feeling they must move leave Yorkshire to get drama-school...

Organised crime group altered business emails to rip-off more than £1m

Two members of a Nigerian organised crime group who committed more than £1m worth of fraud and money laundering after staging a mass...

Facebook

583 million fake accounts shut down after revelation of abusive content

RUGBY

A second British amateur rugby player has died after complaining of breathing difficulties on returning from a nightclub in Sri Lanka

Mental Health Awareness Week – big hugs all round

Whilst awareness and acceptance of mental conditions at the milder end of the spectrum is near commonplace, the same cannot be said for severe...

Gazans bury their 60 dead after bloodiest day of Israel border protest

Palestinians gathered in Gaza city on Tuesday 15th May for the funerals of some 60 people, including an eight-month-old baby girl, killed by Israeli...

and the groom wore trainers…

At her wedding ceremony, Sonam looked as if she’d just walked out of a fairytale. Sonam and Anand, looking dapper and totally in love, as...

Memorial service to mark 33rd anniversary of Bradford City fire

Friday, 11 May marks the 33rd anniversary of the Bradford City AFC fire disaster at Valley Parade. The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Coun Abid Hussain,...

He watched live sexual abuse of a four-year-old

A man who watched a four-year-old girl being sexually abused has been jailed following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. Adam Nowak, 41, of Lambeth,...

Man who attempted to murder four children has sentence increased

A man who attempted to kill four young children by beating them with a hammer before deliberately driving into a stone wall has had...

Appeal: £20,000 of Gold Stolen During Armed Robbery in Birkby

Detectives are appealing for witnesses after £20,000 of gold was stolen during a robbery in Birkby. The incident happened on Thursday 26 April between 12:45...

Men attempted to cut off gold bangles from woman

Police investigating an attempt robbery in Keighley are appealing for information when two males approached a woman in her forties and demanded she handed...

Best Foot Forwards – the new pre-action protocol for debt claims

The courts are constantly refining the process under which claims are brought and managed, and one of the major motivations since the introduction of...

Leeds blind charity wins international leadership award

An organisation that has been the only service of its kind for almost thirty years dedicated to South Asians with visual impairment  has picked up an...

“I was asked for sexual favours…”

Bollywood's Dark Secret: Actress speaks about being sexually exploited in exchange for work in film industry Well-known Marathi actress Usha Jadhav has created a stir...

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