Leaders of faith-based international development agencies have united to call on churches and mosques to pray for the desperate humanitarian situation in Yemen.
After nearly four years of war, more than 14 million people are facing starvation and 85,000 children may have already died from extreme hunger since 2015.
Now, the CEOs of Christian Aid, Islamic Relief UK, CAFOD, Tearfund and...
Is watching badminton not doing it for you? Tiddlywinks a bit too tiddly? Does curling just not get your engine revved? Get your pads on, buckle up, and make sure you’ve got a parachute as we present you 15 of the world’s riskiest sports.
We’ve looked into some of the craziest, most death-defying sports in the world, from base-jumping off...
Microbiologists find faecal matter, bugs, germs and bacteria lurking on handbrakes and steering wheels
A study has revealed just how dirty the nation’s cars really are. With the help of the The University of Nottingham’s Microbiology Investigation Centre, car interiors were swabbed and sent for analysis with some shocking results.
Amid the shards of fingernails, pet hairs and crisp packets, the...
A Brick Lane Manager picked up the coveted ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Male)’ Award at the British Bangladeshi Business Awards.
City Spice manager Abdul ‘Niaz’ Muhaimen was the brains behind their vegan curry menu last year.
Subsequently, 19-year-old Niaz's input,...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid MP has retained the top spot on the GG2 Power List, the definitive ranking of the UK’s most powerful Asians.
The annual publication, which was revealed last night at the GG2 Leadership Awards, has been published...
TV celebrity Nadiya Hussain has revealed she was sexually assaulted by a relative at the age of five while living in Bangladesh.
Nadiya, the winner of 2015’s Great British Bake Off, said her childhood trauma left her suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), panic attacks and suicidal thoughts.
“No doubt...
The self-exiled founder of one of Pakistan's biggest political parties, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), has been charged with a terrorism offence in the UK.
Metropolitan Police confirmed that 66-year-old Altaf Hussain, has been charged in connection with a speech he made to supporters in Pakistan in back in August 2016.
A 15-year-old from Sheffield, who was left with a fractured hanging jaw following a freak horse-riding accident, has called for her surgeon to receive a knighthood.
Emily Eccles was taken by ambulance services to Sheffield Children’s Emergency Department with her jaw split into two in August. She had...
Two people have been confirmed killed and two others injured in gun attacks as a neo-Nazi gunman tried to break into a synagogue in the east German city of Halle.
One suspect who has been arrested, Stephan Balliet is a 27-year-old man from the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
It's believed he...
Britain's biggest ever drug smuggling gang has been smashed after billions of pounds worth of narcotics was brought into the UK, the National Crime Agency believes.
"It was hidden in lorries carrying vegetables and juice"
Officers arrested 13 men aged between 24 and 59 on Tuesday 8th October across the...
Detectives are investigating two suspected linked aggravated burglaries targeting Asian gold, including one in which an elderly female was threatened.
On Friday, 20 September 2019 at approximately 21:30hrs an 81-year-old woman was in bed at her home in Winsford Terrace, Great Cambridge Road N18.
Two primary school sisters made their television debut showcasing the culinary delights from their home city Bradford.
Fatimah, 8, and Tayyibah, 6, appeared on a children’s CBBC show ‘All Over The World’, where presenters and guest hosts travel across the UK and world to highlight unique attractions and events.
The girls...
A Leeds-based community hub, considered a beacon within voluntary sector, is renowned for the outreach work that they do both within the south Asian and wider communities.
More recently the Hamara Centre has had huge success in the delivery of their ‘Step up Speak up’ programme, funded by Comic Relief, aimed to raise awareness around...
Extended monsoons in Asia's largest onion supplier have shrunk supplies and sent prices surging across continent.
That's because India, the world's biggest seller of the Asian diet staple, has banned exports after extended monsoon downpours delayed harvests and supplies shrivelled and prices doubled.
Whether...
Facebook has removed several pages, groups and accounts on its platforms from the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia, citing "coordinated inauthentic behaviour" aimed at misleading social media users.
A total of 443 Facebook accounts, 200 pages and 76 groups, as well as 125 Instagram accounts, were removed, the social media platform announced.
A First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged against 49 celebrities who signed an open letter to PM Modi against the increasing cases of mob lynching in the country.
The case was lodged after an order was passed by chief judicial magistrate Surya Kant Tiwari on a petition filed by local advocate Sudhir Kumar...
A new scholarship has been launched by the University of Wolverhampton to support Indian nationals wishing to study in the UK.
The Vice-Chancellor’s India Scholarship is available for new applicants applying to all undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes of study at the University.
Indian nationals who wish to begin their studies...
It’s the biggest and most spectacular ‘spooktacular’ yet! Gandeys Circus is coming to its new venue at Flood Street in Dudley this October half-term with a new action-packed Big Top show full of giggles and ghouls for all the family, following its previous successful annual shows at Merry Hill.
WHERE?Flood Street Car Park,...
