If clutching the edge of your seat in excitement is your thing, then the stunt riders, acrobats and aerial performers should do it for you.
Taking place at Odsal Stadium, the 250-year-old Circus Sallai returns to Bradford from Tuesday 9th until Sunday 14th October, with spectacular modern twists on the traditional circus act.
Ringmistress Angel Sallai will present a two-hour show...
Campaigning MEP Amjad Bashir has issued an impassioned plea to the United Arab Emirates to respect human rights and the rule of law.
The Conservative MEP for Yorkshire and The Humber spoke out at the European Parliament in Strasbourg during an urgency debate on UEA and
the jailing of human rights campaigner Ahmed Mansoor.
Mr Bashir, a member of the parliament's Human Rights Sub-Committee, said...
Young spinners in England will always make headlines if they take wickets. When it is a young legspinner the hype is magnified. When it is a young spinner of Pakistani extraction, brought up in Bradford, the sense of excitement becomes palpable.
Adil Rashid, the player who above all symbolised Yorkshire's growing success in fostering strong relationships in its minority ethnic...
A shopping affair with an evening of discounts, drinks and circus dazzle is set for Victoria Leeds, the city’s premier shopping destination, is set to host the much-anticipated return of its exclusive style event for anyone looking to update their wardrobe.
A Shopping Affair is designed to offer shoppers the opportunity to refresh their wardrobe for Autumn while also inviting them...
A free PopUp Business School is coming to Huddersfield in October to help local people who are not in employment start their own business.
The PopUp Business School approach is the opposite of traditional approaches to starting a business. They don't believe in business plans, loans or grants because it puts more people off than it helps.
From Monday 15th October, the PopUp Business...
A University of Bradford graduate who has demonstrated ‘remarkable entrepreneurship’ has been honoured by the Duke of York.
Noor Uddin, who graduated with a BA Hons in marketing in 2012, has received a Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Award after founding his company Atrium Financial last year.
The awards are open to student or graduate entrepreneurs in the north who, through...
A 21-year-old man whose single punch outside a block of flats led to the death of a father has been sentenced to four years.
Hamaad Sultan of Sunbridge Road, Bradford, was jailed at Bradford Crown Court for causing the death of 35-year-old Joseph Mate.
The court heard how while leaving Summer Berry Residences in Sunbridge Road on 31st January, Mr Mate...
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled a newly commissioned portrait of Malala Yousafzai, the girls’ education activist and the youngest Nobel prize winner.
The portrait, which has gone on public display is the first in a series of three commissions granted to Iranian-born artist and filmmaker, Shirin Neshat and supported by the Outset Contemporary Art Fund.
Shirin Neshat is known for...
A well-renowned Asian luxury perfumery from Leeds, which boasts the largest global collection of elite Oud perfume products, has been awarded the title of Retail Business of the Year.
Scent Salim on Roundhay Road, was one of 30 short-listed names in the run up to the English Asian Business Awards, which held a glamorous award ceremony in the International Suite...
"Don’t let Tommy Robinson divide us" - anti-racists call protest outside Robinson trial this Thursday.
On Thursday 27 September the ex English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson is at the Old Bailey for a re-trial following his release on bail after imprisonment for contempt of court during a grooming trial.
Robinson’s far right supporters are expected to be outside the court. Stand...
With the The South Asian wedding industry said to be worth around £12 billion globally and around £3 billion in the UK alone, a premier bridal show has just announced that iconic Pakistani designer Ali Xeeshan will join the catwalk for its inaugural Asian Atelier.
Xeeshan joins legendary British designer Vivienne Westwood and award-winning Indian designer Rohit Bal for...
In the recent anonymised case of NPV v QEL & ZED the High Court made the unusual decision to allow an Injunction Order to be served by text message.
The case concerned a claim for misuse of private information and harassment against two Defendants alleged to be blackmailing the Claimant (NPV). NPV was a successful married businessman who embarked on...
If designer shopping is your "thing", then you're going to love this...
Hammerson has announced that it has secured leading global retailer Ralph Lauren to join the line-up of international brands at Victoria Leeds, with the designer’s first store in the city.
Ralph Lauren is one of the world’s most widely recognised designer brands, with products including apparel, accessories, and fragrance...
UK tax risks and penalties warning international bank accounts and investments
By Amit Puri
Ground breaking legislative provisions are already in place, which require UK resident individuals to voluntarily disclose historic UK tax non-compliance to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), in relation to income/gains arising offshore and assets held outside of the UK too.
HMRC has already started receiving these rich banking records...
Facing patients with problems such as as gambling addiction, chicken pox, sore feet and self harm, one of Bradford’s largest GP surgeries stars in a fascinating and observational 43-episode-long television documentary.
As Channel 5’s landmark TV series ‘GPs: Behind Closed Doors’, has moved to the North of England for the first time to The Ridge Medical Practice in Great Horton...
Leeds will host its first ever city-wide cosmetics festival that aims to look beyond beauty, and it seems some of the city’s biggest retailers have signed up!
Made Up Leeds will be an inclusive, city-wide festival that goes beyond beauty with a jam-packed two days of free events, demonstrations, tutorials, speakers and special offers.
During September 29th and 30th, the festival...
A new scheme will see local authorities working together to make it more difficult for taxi and private hire drivers to break the law.
Five West Yorkshire local authorities and York have agreed to a joint enforcement partnership scheme which will allow action to be taken against any illegal activity from a driver licensed by any of the six councils...
Police investigating the fatal shooting of a man in a cemetery have named the victim as they continue to appeal for information.
Alhough formal identification has not yet taken place, the victim can now be named as 22-year-old Ismail Tanrikulu from Tottenham.
Armed officers, the National Police Air Service (NPAS) and London Ambulance Service (LAS) attended the cemetery at 07:53hrs on...
The posters deliberately mock one of the examples of contemporary anti-Semitism newly adopted by the Labour party (PICTURE CREDIT: Aine Lagan)Police are investigating after posters describing Israel as a “racist endeavour” sprung up at bus stops across the capital.
The posters are believed to have been installed in response to the Labour party’s decision to finally accept the International Holocaust...
India’s top court has ruled that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is a fundamental violation of rights. This means that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence in the country.
The ruling at India's Supreme Court today overturns a 2013 judgement that upheld a colonial-era law, known as section 377, under which gay sex is categorised as...
