The first of 155,000 British tourists are being flown back home after tour operator Thomas Cook's collapse yesterday. UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is co-ordinating the biggest repatriation in peacetime as the company "ceased trading with immediate effect".
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In an applaudable move, Brunel University has become the first to roll out a sports hijab for its Muslim sportswomen.
Brunel University, which is only one of four in the UK to offer a free sports programme, spotted a gap in the number of women taking part – and in particular those wearing hijabs.
It’s hoped the move will help bolster...
Hamed Ghaz, a 23-year-old undefeated boxer from Undercliife in Bradford, held onto his impeccable record after he secured a points victory over Blackburn’s Naheem Choudhry.
The professional lightweight never ceases to impress, and this time he proved too good for his Blackburn opponent in the six-round contest at Elland Road in Leeds. Ghaz’s...
A man who assaulted and threatened to kill his partner has been jailed.
Mohammed Ahmed, 21, was jailed at Wood Green Crown Court for two-and-a-half years on Wednesday, 18 September.
He was found guilty at the same court on:...
Students of the Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) presented a cheque to help those at the brink of starvation in Yemen.
Yemen has suffered deaths of over 68,000 civilians in what has been termed ‘the largest man-made disaster which has left millions malnourished.
Khalil Ben Khalid from the Penny Appeal received the cheque presented by the school’s Islamic Society. The money...
She said: "Just look at the case of Asrar Ahmad Khan. Despite the denials of the Indian Government, medical records and scans released by the hospital present irrefutable evidence that he died as the result of a shotgun pellet to the head.
Raising an astounding figure of £37,887.90 this year, six volunteers from Hope 4 Humanity travelled out on 14th September to the Sindh province in Pakistan to implement various projects such as water aid, food distribution, eye camps, medical aid, assistance with schools and various educational projects to the most vulnerable.
A former accountant at a small family-owned firm who fraudulently transferred more than £140,000 worth of payments to her personal account has been jailed.
Alison Thomas, 52 of Tadworth in Surrey, was sentenced yesterday, Monday 16 September at Croydon Crown Court, having pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position at Croydon Magistrates'...
The spectacular cavalry sport of tent-pegging saw Pakistani horsemen and their handsome horses displayed a heart-stopping showcase at Haworth Road Playing Fields in Bradford.
Tent-pegging is just one of ten disciplines recognised by the International Equestrian Federation. The objective is for a rider to pierce, pick-up and carry a target, with a lance...
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Mally MacIver, a Bradford College Boxing coach, has been selected to join the GB Boxing team at the ‘World Boxing Championships’ in Russia.
Mally has been working at Bradford College for many years. He supports the Bradford Police Boxing Academy, the College's Boxing Club and runs a junior boxing club, and now he...
A former care assistant has been jailed for 20 months after she punched a Muslim woman and pulled off her hijab in a racist attack in Bradford.
Ellie Burns, 21, from Bradford, West Yorkshire, attacked two female shoppers on April 29 after they complained she was singing a racist song.
Having brought back the World Boxing Union (WBU) world championship title back home earlier this year from Lagos, Super-flyweight World Champion Tasif Khan, 36, was ready for his next big fight night.
Defending his Super-flyweight World Champion belt, Khan was originally set to fight Alberto Rios, but last minute changes meant Khan would...
A much-contended legal awards ceremony set to take place next month, has shortlisted a young ambitious lawyer from West Yorkshire.
Akef Akbar, a 28-year-old solicitor advocate and principal solicitor of Tyler Hoffman, has been announced as a worthy adversary for the Yorkshire Legal Awards; and their categories of awards cover everyone from the...
A Met Police officer who downloaded porn on a grieving family's TV while he waited for an undertaker to collect the body of a teenage boy has been jailed.
Avi Maharaj, 44, was called to Graham and Allison Miller's house in Earlsfield, south west London, on 11th February last year after their 14-year-old son...
Two men who helped more than 1,000 UK visa applicants to fraudulently pass English language tests will be jailed for longer after Solicitor General Michael Ellis QC MP referred their sentences to the Court of Appeal.
Muhammad Bilal, 36, Mehboob Jilani, 33, and 3 other men ran three colleges in Manchester where non-EEA...
