Charities along with fellow members of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) have launched a Coronavirus Appeal to raise funds to help the most vulnerable communities in the world fleeing from conflict and instability who now face the new deadly threat of Covid-19.
The DEC Appeal aims to protect people from the virus in the...
Rock On Music, TCO and White Rock Entertainment have jointly announced the postponement of its upcoming Neha Kakkar UK tour, which was scheduled for September 2020.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, its been confirmed that the three UK dates in Leicester, Leeds and London, will be postponed until March 2021.
The...
Two major pharmacy chains, Lloyds Pharmacy and Well Pharmacy, are working with Professor Mahendra Patel of the University of Bradford to mitigate the Covid-19 risk to their black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) staff.
Professor Patel, who is Honorary Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Life Sciences and also a member of the Royal...
Netflix has just unveiled an exciting lineup of 17 original stories, including six new films and two new series. From thrillers to romantic comedies to lighthearted dramas, this unparalleled and diverse collection of entertaining stories will launch on Netflix in the coming months.
The six new additions to Netflix films include multi-starrer ‘Ludo’, a...
There is a critical need for more people who have recovered from the coronavirus to donate plasma in Leeds.
NHS Blood and Transplant has issued the public appeal to help make sure there is enough plasma to enable a trial and treat patients.
The blood plasma from people who have recovered...
It's been reported that a ten-year-old girl named Hadith Orujlu was killed by her father, after forensic reports found that the young girl had died from asphyxiation after being strangled.
The young girl’s father, Hussein Alef, confessed to strangling Hadith with a belt and her manteau, an Iranian jacket which falls down to the...
Follow the strenuous seventeen-hour bike ride LIVE on their Instagram ‘akhirah.team’
A group of local cyclists have set themselves a mission of cycling 127-miles from Liverpool to Leeds in a bid to raise funds for the Akhirah Team Yemen projects.
After almost five years of war, around 14 million...
Sunak warns of "profound economic challenges" as he unveils a £30bn package of measures to tackle the crisis
Diners eating out will get a 50% discount off their restaurant bill during August under government plans to bolster the embattled hospitality sector.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the "eat out to help...
Irrfan Khan's son Babil Khan points out how little respect Bollywood has in world cinema
Late actor Irrfan Khan's son Babil recently penned a heartfelt note, in which he slams Bollywood's ruthless sexism and same-old conventional representations of patriarchy.
Babil spoke about how his father was defeated for almost all...
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Great Inspirations: How individuals, organisations & businesses stepped up to inspire an entire nation
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During lockdown, stories unfolded of gems within communities that had risen to the challenge of playing a vital supportive role.
One such story is that of a maths teacher who decided to thread up her sewing machine and called out for people to...
Makes 20Prep time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
190g milk powder150ml double cream1 tbsp butter or ghee1 tsp ground nutmeg50g pistachio nuts, chopped397g can Carnation condensed milk
To finish 100g dark chocolate (melted), gold or silver leaf
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Boris Johnson recently announced that from 24th July, face coverings will be mandatory in all shops and supermarkets in England.
People who don't wear one will face a fine of up to £100, apart from people with medical conditions and children under 11.
It comes as figures released show the...
England have confirmed Emirates Old Trafford and the Ageas Bowl as the venues for fixtures against Ireland and Pakistan this summer. Ireland will visit later this month for three ODIs, while Pakistan have already arrived in the country ahead of Test and T20I series.
The ECB has been working to salvage as much of...
Parents are faced with 1,750 difficult decisions in their baby’s first year, according to new research.
Between planning childcare, learning about formula ingredients and decorating the nursery, these decisions add up fast — a survey of 2,000 parents with an infant found respondents are faced with about 34 tough decisions per week.
Emerging accusations of endemic sexual harassment and a 'culture of abuse' within Britain's comedy circuit is under the spotlight.
Amid accusations from several women are stories of unwanted advances, inappropriate touching, and even degrading rape jokes.
Funnyman, chef, and presenter Hardeep Singh Kohli, 51, is in the accusations pool along with...
Just over four years since Aston Martin announced its investment in a brand new manufacturing facility at St Athan in Wales, the first Aston Martin to be “Made in Wales” has been driven off the production line.
It’s been a culmination of an extensive development programme that began with virtual...
Britain's prime minister is being urged to provide proper guidance on face coverings.
The move comes after Boris Johnson said that people in England should be wearing face masks inside shops to help prevent the spread of coronavirus; but Cabinet Minister Michael Gove said that face coverings should not be mandatory in England.
Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek have been admitted to hospital in Mumbai with coronavirus.
The 77-year-old actor, understood to be in an isolation unit, Tweeted: "Family and staff undergone tests, results awaited."
Nanavati Hospital health officials have confirmed that both father and son are in a stable condition.
The full list of countries to be exempted from the need for passengers to self-isolate for 14 days does not include travellers arriving from the US or from Greece.
Transport secretary Grant Shapps confirmed that people returning to England after trips to Spain, France, Italy and Germany will no longer have to self-isolate from...
Fifty years after the world said “Never Again” to the horrors of the Holocaust, genocide took place on European soil.
The name Srebrenica has become synonymous with those dark days in July 1995 when, in the first ever United Nations declared safe area, thousands of men and boys were systematically murdered and buried in...

























