UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has appointment Pakistani actress Mahira Khan as its National Goodwill Ambassador.
Prior to this appointment, Ms. Khan had been supporting UNHCR’s activities for the last few years and has remained a strong voice for Afghan refugees in...
Singer and actress Preeya Kalidas is soon to be starring in hit West End musical Everybody’s Talking about Jamie, which just celebrated its two year anniversary at the Apollo Theatre London.
Based on a true story, Preeya will play one of the...
Continuing Welcome to Yorkshire’s 10th birthday celebrations, the team will be turning heads in the capital on Saturday for the Lord Mayor’s Show. It will be the tenth year that Welcome to Yorkshire has taken part in the unique procession.
Two fully Yorkshire-branded...
"Police were targeted with fireworks and other missiles"
Police have launched a comprehensive investigation following incidents of disorder involving groups of youths in the Harehills area of Leeds on Bonfire Night.
A total of 15 local males, aged 11 to 23, have been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder following...
The University of Sheffield is one of the world’s leading universities for teaching and research in social sciences, according to a subject ranking published this week.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2020 has ranked Sheffield 59th out of more than 500 universities across the world for social science subjects.
The first group of Sikh pilgrims arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday to take part in the 550th birth anniversary ceremonies of Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji.
The pilgrims arrived through the international border crossing at Wagah.
Signing of Pakistan, India historic Kartarpur Corridor agreement last month
Chairman...
A campaign listing unacceptable, prejudiced and dangerous words being used against women and minority groups has just taken to the fore.
The call came at the first ever retreat held by Nisa-Nashim, the Jewish/Muslim national women’s network, which took place at the Woolf Institute in Cambridge.
Jewish and Muslim women from...
Three men who carried out a violent attack outside of a nightclub on Oxford Street have been jailed for a total of more than 15 years.
On Monday, 4 November, at the Old Bailey, Fazal Khan, 24, was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of S18 assault and...
Last night, two men, aged 27 and 22, suffering from gunshot wounds were taken to hospital for treatment for serious injuries.
The 27-year-old man has since been discharged from hospital and has been arrested for an unrelated offence. The 22-year-old man remains in hospital.
Legendary musical maestro Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan returned to Yorkshire's First Direct Arena to indulge fans yet again to another enthralling performance.
Titled ‘Me, Myself & I’, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan immersed audiences to a new three-tier presentation.
Track after track, fans were delighted...
Heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury didn’t have to work too hard on his WWE finishing move. When you punch as hard as Fury does, there’s no need to overthink things.
With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that Fury won his WWE debut with a right-handed cross. That’s all it took for...
Labour MP Keith Vaz has been suspended for six months after MPs endorsed a report him condemning him for "expressing willingness" to buy cocaine during an encounter with male sex workers.
In a damning report, the Standards Committee said his explanation that he may have been given a "spiked" drink and that he was...
Twitter has announced plans to ban all political advertising to stop the spread of misleading news on its social media platform.
Jack Dorsey, CEO for Twitter, said that the social media site will ban all political ads globally starting next month.
A Dewsbury councillor whose family were targeted in an arson attack says his family is "Alhamdolillah, lucky to be alive".
Thugs threw petrol bombs outside the home of Dewsbury South Labour councillor Masood Ahmed at 1.30am on Wednesday 23rd October.
Reddit users have shared the eye-opening antics of their awful flatmates in stomach-churning galleryFur and mould grows on left over pasta and sinks so grimy that you'd gip whilst cleaningOthers show rooms so cluttered, it'd be a mission to find anything
When it comes to bad housemates, most of us can share a story...
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after trying to stab a female police officer at least twice in the stomach.
Police had been called to reports of a man causing a disturbance at an address in Clapham, South West London shortly after 9pm last night.
Uniti, Sweden’s ground-breaking mobility pioneer, has just revealed the pricing and specification for its eagerly-awaited debut vehicle, the fully-electric Uniti One.
Setting new standards in sustainability and offering a fresh interpretation of urban mobility, the Uniti One has been designed in response to today’s changing transportation needs, and to provide flexibility for the future.
