Two members of a Nigerian organised crime group who committed more than £1m worth of fraud and money laundering after staging a mass phishing con have been jailed after a National Crime Agency investigation.
Emmanuel Mmaduike and Olawale Kashimawo, both 31, spent the money on a lavish lifestyle – hiring a helicopter, driving flash cars – and regularly posed...
A second British amateur rugby player has died after complaining of breathing difficulties on returning from a nightclub in Sri Lanka
Whilst awareness and acceptance of mental conditions at the milder end of the spectrum is near commonplace, the same cannot be said for severe illnesses such as bipolar, addictions and schizophrenia. Stigma and misunderstanding still pervade and some conditions are more readily accepted than others, and in the Asian community even more so.
Societally we may think we’re ‘clued up’...
Palestinians gathered in Gaza city on Tuesday 15th May for the funerals of some 60 people, including an eight-month-old baby girl, killed by Israeli troops who fired tear gas into tented protest encampments set up a few hundred yards inside the border.
Violence on the border on Monday 14th May took place as the United States opened its new embassy in...
At her wedding ceremony, Sonam looked as if she’d just walked out of a fairytale.
Sonam and Anand, looking dapper and totally in love, as they made their first official appearance as a couple before the media.
But while it's usually Sonam who sets tongues wagging with her unusual fashion choices, at the newly wed's star-studded wedding reception it was her...
Friday, 11 May marks the 33rd anniversary of the Bradford City AFC fire disaster at Valley Parade.
The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Coun Abid Hussain, will attend the memorial service on Friday, 11 May to remember the 56 people who died in the disaster in 1985.
The Mayor and Mayoress of Lincoln will represent the city of Lincoln at the event....
A man who watched a four-year-old girl being sexually abused has been jailed following a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.
Adam Nowak, 41, of Lambeth, London, was a habitual user of an online chat room used to share indecent images of children and was logged in while the assault was streamed in real time from Denmark in 2015.
The girl has...
A man who attempted to kill four young children by beating them with a hammer before deliberately driving into a stone wall has had his sentence increased after the Solicitor General, Robert Buckland QC MP, referred it for being too low.
On 22 August 2017 Owen Scott, 29, was driving with the children, aged between 9 months and 8 years....
Detectives are appealing for witnesses after £20,000 of gold was stolen during a robbery in Birkby.
The incident happened on Thursday 26 April between 12:45 and 13:10 on Sufton Street.
Suspects forced their way into the jewellers after distracting the shop owner. Once inside the premises, there was an altercation between them and the shop owner who was thrown on the...
Police investigating an attempt robbery in Keighley are appealing for information when two males approached a woman in her forties and demanded she handed over the gold bangles she was wearing.
The incident is said to have occurred in Bar House Lane at about 4pm on Tuesday, 1 May,
When the victim refused hand over her gold, one of the males...
The courts are constantly refining the process under which claims are brought and managed, and one of the major motivations since the introduction of the Civil Procedure Rules in 1998 has been the idea of fair dealing between parties in the interest of justice.
This is partly enshrined within the rules themselves, starting with the “overriding objective” of allowing the...
An organisation that has been the only service of its kind for almost thirty years dedicated to South Asians with visual impairment has picked up an international accolade.
Leeds’s Association of Blind Asians (ABA) won the 'NGO Leadership Award' at the World CSR Conference in Mumbai, India.
ABA was recognised with this award for its committed service to the South Asian communities with visual impairment...
Bollywood's Dark Secret: Actress speaks about being sexually exploited in exchange for work in film industry
Well-known Marathi actress Usha Jadhav has created a stir with her confessions on BBC World News documentary "Bollywood's Dark Secret" where she has spoken about being sexually exploited in exchange for work.
"It wasn't planned as a big expose or anything. It was an experience...
So you might not think playing the xylophone is a big deal - after all - it’s a kindergarten instrument. It’s something you just tap a little aimlessly with your toddler for some sweet-sounding chimes and perhaps may even have a go at playing a couple of tunes hit and miss, right? Wrong.
Try succeeding playing (off by heart that...
Actress Mallika Sherawat has expressed her displeasure over increasing number of reports on rape cases in India. She has said that from the land of Mahatma Gandhi, the country had become a land of gang rapists.
Mallika said: "I think what's happening with women and children of this country is absolutely shameful.
"From the land of Gandhi, we have become a...
It has been a long time since we’ve had a good doner kebab without hesitating to think about what’s in it.
As consumers become ever-increasingly more vigilant about what they’re eating, doner has been in the spotlight on the matter of precarious quality control standards, with many questioning exactly what’s in them.
Eastern Delight, a brand already established in already a...
One of Bradford’s unrivalled eateries had a generous sprinkle of celebrity star dust grace them when iconic Pakistani vocalist Naseebo Lal popped in for a cocktail and a bite to eat.
Frangoz, on Legrams Lane, who play regular host to the city’s big wigs from British music artists to those in the sports arena, bring a world of fusion foods...
“This is a country where there is state-sponsored ethnic cleansing and genocide. It is not a place to play sport and it is not a place to invest your money with a clear conscience.” Amjad Bashir
Campaigning MEP Amjad Bashir is calling on Leeds United's owner, Andrea Radrizzani, to cut all financial ties he has with Myanmar - as well...
Sajid Javid was promoted to Home Secretary on Monday 30th April following Amber Rudd’s abrupt but much-called for resignation over the ‘Windrush Scandal’.
For much of Theresa May's premiership, Sajid Javid's been a Cabinet minister on the sidelines. Mr Javid, a former investment banker and MP for Bromsgrove since 2010, has been communities secretary for about 18 months.
The 48-year old,...
