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...
New fund aims to break down barriers of organ donation in these communities
Almost a third of black and Asian people in England are unsure about donating their organs for lifesaving transplants after their death, according to new research by NHS Blood and Transplant.
A higher proportion - 37% - said they did not want to be an organ donor. Just...
Rock and roll legend Mick Jagger has given his backing to national cricket charity Chance to Shine, helping the organisation to provide more young people with the opportunity to play and learn through cricket.
Jagger, whose father was a cricket fan and PE teacher, is a long-time supporter of the game and of Chance to Shine’s work.
During the final Specsavers...
A thousand pounds has been jointly contributed to Islamic Relief UK by both West Yorkshire Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner.
The Force is supporting the charity's 'Honour Her' campaign, which was launched in April 2018.
Backed by the Muslim Council of Britain, it is a major faith-inspired advocacy initiative to tackle all forms of violence against...
Anushka Sharma has completely de-glamed for her role as a rural housewife in the next Yash Raj film.
Anushka plays a simple, down to earth, sincere yet ambitious embroiderer from heartland India in Yash Raj Film's upcoming entertainer Sui Dhaaga – Made in India.
Anushka’s character in the film becomes self-reliant by using her talent of embroidering and she makes a name for...
The outstanding achievements of the Asian community in Britain will be showcased and celebrated at this year’s Asian Achievers Awards at the Grosvenor House hotel, Park Lane, London on Friday, 14 September.
Now in its 18th year, the Asian Achievers Awards pays tribute to the best of British Asian talent across the arts, community service, the professions, uniformed services, sports...
Duke-Cohan sent bogus bomb threats that saw over 400 schools in the UK being evacuated
A teenager has admitted making bogus bomb threats that triggered the evacuation of more than 400 UK schools and an airport security scare.
George Duke-Cohan, 19, from Hertfordshire, pleaded guilty at Luton Magistrates Court, to three counts of making hoax bomb threats following an investigation by the National...
“He was a true humanitarian”
An entire community is mourning the death of an avid young charity worker who was making his way home after a fundraiser.
Owess Munir, from Cardiff, had been in attending a charity event in Manchester on Sunday 2nd September. The grey Lexus IS 220 he was driving left the carriageway and ploughed into a tree, at...
Trump accuses Islamabad of rewarding past U.S. aid with “nothing but lies and deceit"
A final decision to cancel a further $300 million in aid to Pakistan has been made by the U.S. military, sources say. It has accused Islamabad of not doing enough to root out militants from its border region with Afghanistan.
The proposed cuts mark a new low...
Suman Hanif explores the British Pakistani community and it’s complexities warts and all…
Suman Hanif: “In mainstream media, it’s rare to find a British Pakistani writer, director, producer, actor or a crew member attached to films that represents the British Pakistani community.”
A Bradford film graduate looks set for a big screen future having already had her debut documentary successfully screened at...
Is ANY child safe online?
Sajid Javid in flagship speech declares it his "personal mission" to tackle all forms of child abuse
An internet watchdog has found that for images and video captured of live-streamed child sex abused, a staggering 98% of victims were aged 13 or younger.
The noise being made form charities, such as Barnado’s, is now louder than ever with...
