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Royal fans get your dhols and shaadi clothes ready - Shahzada William and Shahzadi Kate have just announced Bradford as one of their first engagements of 2020! The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will travel to Bradford on Wednesday, 15th January to visit a number of community projects in one of Britain's most...
The grim discovery of a body found in a former bank in Batley has been identified as a missing man - Asghar Badshah, 39, from Bradford. Police officers were forced to break into the disused Yorkshire Bank building on Commercial Street after being called to the scene.
PHD student Reynhard Sinaga, 36, who filmed himself attacking his victims after drugging them at his Manchester home, has been sentenced to life imprisonment. He was found guilty of 159 counts of sexual offences against 48 different men. Sinaga has been linked to more than 190 potential victims – 70 of whom police...
York is on track to have the UK's first car-free city centre after the council backed plans to ban private vehicles. This mean an end to all "non-essential" vehicle journeys inside the ancient city walls within three years. In a drive to cut harmful pollutants, the authority is seeking to...
Asia's richest man - Mukesh Ambani and his sprawling $130 billion conglomerate has started a service that aims to compete with Amazon in India. Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries said it had been inviting people to sign up to its grocery delivery service JioMart. Calling...
Compassion and helping the needy is the common thread running through all faiths. And this couldn’t ring more true for volunteers who lovingly put on a delicious Christmas dinner for the elderly, and donated hampers to Christian refugees in the city. For the...
A London man has admitted trying to blackmail Apple by claiming he had access to millions of iCloud accounts. 22-year-old Kerem Albayrak from north London threatened to wipe 319 million accounts unless Apple gave him iTunes gift cards worth $100,000 (£76,000). However, an investigation...
Police forces across the country have spent almost £1.5M on around 450 green vehicles in a bid to meet emission targets. But there’s just one slight problem – they aren’t much good at chasing crooks or rushing to save people in crisis. Practically all...
The third instalment in the 'Dabangg' franchise is out in cinemas. The film sees Bollywood stars Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha reprise their roles of Chulbul Pandey and Rajjo Pandey. The film also sees newcomer Saiee Manjrekar make her big Bollywood debut as Khushi. Saiee plays the love interest...
A talented teenage boxer who was battling depression took his own life ­- just three weeks after police talked him down from the top of a multi-storey car park. 17-year-old Mohammad Reza Ebadi-Farkoosh, known to friends as Ash, was studying sports science at Bolton College.
Detectives have found the remains of a missing man who vanished in a suspected drugs murder eight months ago. Mohammed Shah Subhani, 27, was thought to have had several thousand pounds on him when he failed to return to his home in Hounslow, west London.
Sixteen men, including police constable Amjad Ditta have been charged with a variety of offences following an investigation into non-recent child sexual exploitation in Halifax. The allegations against the defendants are from 2006 to 2009 against three female victims, who were aged between 13 and 16 years old at the time of the alleged...
The UK government is matching all donations made to health charity Sightsavers this winter as part of an ambitious fundraising appeal. Donations made before 9th January 2020 will be matched by the UK government up to £2 million, making gifts go twice as far.
A statue of a Sikh soldier was unveiled in a West Yorkshire park to commemorate the thousands of Sikhs who fought and died in WWI and WWII. The stunning six-foot-high bronze solider was revealed at Greenhead Park in Huddersfield last month. The Sikh Soldier...
When 45-year-old Shamilla Mirza found a pea-shaped lump in her breast, she was shocked to be diagnosed with breast cancer. It was a particularly difficult time for her family as Shamilla’s dad had only died three months earlier from a brain haemorrhage. Shamilla...
'Winter is coming'... well actually it's already here (we just wanted to sound like Jon Snow), but anyway... it's set to be one of the chilliest in decades. While the frosty mornings might look Insta-pretty, your frozen windscreen is not so ideal, particularly as you can guarantee you’ll have to deal with it on...
A 61-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured in crash with police car in Bradford last night. The incident occurred in Lilycroft Road, Girlington, at approximately 4:50 pm. The lady was taken via air ambulance to Leeds General Infirmary. It’s understood she has suffered serious injuries. Police officers were in a marked...
Pakistan’s former military leader General Pervez Musharraf has been sentenced to death at a special court hearing in Islamabad. Musharraf was found guilty of high treason and subverting the constitution by a special court, Pakistani officials said. The special three-member court sentenced him...
A team of professional consultants with an ambition to help shape the future, say they can train anyone with a drive and ambition to launch a business - be it product or a service. Author and business consultant Rashid Ullah, has spend 15-years working predominantly with corporate clients as well as running his own...

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