India’s most prominent designer and couturier, Sabyasachi Mukherjee, will be taking part in a conversation with Berni Yates, Central St Martins at the UK’s leading, South Asian high fashion, bridal and beauty extravaganza, Aashni + Co Wedding Show in January 2019.
The talk will comprise a discussion of Sabyasachi’s India Revival project, that pays homage to the traditional craftsmanship, embroidery...
An easement is a specific legal right held over someone else’s land. Most commonly easements are encountered in the form of rights of way, rights to use utilities leading over neighbouring land, rights to light or perhaps rights to use a communal space such as a garden.
In the recent case of Regency v Diamond the Supreme Court was asked...
A much-admired Bradford businessman has spoken of his nightmare ordeal of trying to battle off gunned robbers, who made away with a bag carrying over £7000 cash.
Jas Maharaja, a clothing industry icon in the city for over 40-years and supporter of numerous multi-faith causes and charities, became the victim of the terrifying robbery as he was leaving his business...
Remember your ambulance service is for life-threatening emergencies – Please use it appropriately!
Would you call 999 for a sick animal, sore knee or if you are a bit drunk and mistakenly think you can get a lift home in an ambulance?
Unfortunately some people do. But while Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) is dealing with inappropriate 999 calls, it...
Manjaros, fast-becoming the favourite place to catch a glimpse of celebrities, recently had none other than former WBO middleweight world champ Chris Eubank visit the Middlesborough branch for a meal.
Manjaros is renowned for its sensational food and famous blend of African and Caribbean flavours. Branches are in Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Manchester, Preston, Birmingham, London, Newcastle, Glasgow and Middlesborough.
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Detectives from the Met’s West Area Command Unit investigating a series of frauds are releasing an e-fit of a man they want to trace.
The suspect has operated under the guise of ‘Sam’ and ‘Hussein’ or ‘Husseyin’ and has preyed on vulnerable people who have been taken in by his charm, professional demeanour and smart clothing and have subsequently been...
The marketing team at Bradford College has scooped a top industry award.
The team was named Marketing Team of the Year at the FE First Awards 2018.
Organised by the College Marketing Network, The awards celebrate the best in college marketing from all over the country and the Bradford College team won gold in its category.
The judges were impressed with the...
A man has been convicted of fraud offences after claiming more than £30,000 in accommodation and financial assistance intended for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.
Abolaji Onafuye, 54 of Gorleston Street, W14 was found guilty on Tuesday, 11 December of two counts of fraud by false representation at Isleworth Crown Court.
During the seven-day trial, the court heard that...
The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Zafar Ali is inviting everyone to join him for this year's Annual Carol Service for the City.
The special carol service will take place at Bradford Cathedral on Monday 17 December at 6pm.
The Very Reverend Jerry Lepine, The Dean of Bradford, will be leading the service.
Carols and hymns will be sung by the Bradford...
A remarkable young 12-year-old who’s been playing cricket for five years, winning numerous trophies, says her biggest dream is to represent England in the national Women’s Cricket Team.
Rhia Sedha from Leeds, first fell in love with playing cricket in the back garden with her dad, Deepak, at the tender age of five-years-old. By the time she was seven and...
“Force Majeure” is a clause commonly found in commercial agreements which states that one or both parties will not be liable for any delay in performance or non-performance of its obligations under the contract upon the occurrence of certain events, such as accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, natural catastrophes or acts of God.
The type...
By: Aliena Mahmood
Recently my attention was drawn to how we deal with depression. Being British Pakistani myself, I have grown up to understand both cultures, Western and Eastern, and the distinct differences between them.
Experts say symptoms of depression can be characterised by feeling down, loss of interest in activities, significant change in sleeping and/or eating patterns, increased agitation, and...
She’s led parades the city, inaugurated the Broadway shopping centre as well as attended a VIP garden tea party at Buckingham Palace where she met HM The Queen.
One of Yorkshire’s oldest residents, Katari Kaur, who holds something of a celebrity status, has just celebrated her whopping 106th birthday.
Asked what her secret to her health and long-life are, Katari says:...
By: Khalil Alam
Awad was nicknamed Kid Galahad by the legendary trainer Brendan Ingle after the famous 1962 Elvis Priestley character by the same name.
A lot like the Priestley character, Awad possesses dynamite punch power in either hand that can result in a devastating knockout against his boxing opponents.
Born in Doha, Qatar, Awad at the age of 4-years-old, immigrated to...
This year events across Britain and around Europe commemorated the 100th anniversary of the armistice and remember all those who died in the first world war.
Shockingly however, only 2% of people know that around 885,000 Muslim soldiers supported the Allied forces.
Now, a century after Muslim soldiers from South Asia, North Africa and elsewhere went to war for their colonial...
The peak season for flu in the UK begins in November and between 2009 and 2012 it was the leading cause of death for women in the UK who died during pregnancy or shortly afterwards.
It is estimated that that the flu vaccine (which helps to protect both mother and baby), could have prevented half of these deaths.
In a bid...
Sporting Equals, the UK's leading race equality charity across sport have conducted research that shows there were only 7 British Asians out of 630 (1%) ‘Team GB’ athletes at the Rio Olympics or Paralympics in 2016.
In 2022, Birmingham, with one of the most highly populated cities of South Asian communities (ver 22%), will host the Commonwealth Games. With only...
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, easily considered to be India’s greatest actor of all time, has just carried out an act that has simply wowed the globe.
76-year-old bollywood legend has cleared more than 40 million rupees, that’s $560,000, worth of debt owed by farmers, amid a wider agricultural crisis that has forced many rural workers into extreme poverty.
He wrote in...
Over 30 representatives from the Hindu and Jain communities came together in London with NHS Blood and Transplant to discuss the best approaches to ensure Hindus and Jains have the information they need about organ donation.
The interactive workshop followed a Parliamentary event in September about organ donation and the Government’s plans to change the system in England hosted by...
A Tommy Robinson supporter spat in the face of a 4-year-old Muslim child as she queued with her mother at a branch of the high street bakery chain in the West Midlands.
The man approached the mother and daughter as they queued and spat in the child’s face before chanting the name of the infamous far-right activist ‘Tommy Robinson’ at...
