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Students in the Islamic Society at The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) have teamed up in a fundraising effort to support Rohingyan people displaced from their homes in Myanmar. An evening of family fun held at the school raised £3,085 for the charity Penny Appeal, which will use these vital funds to provide food, clothes, blankets, hygiene items, water and...
United Food Cash and Carry is set to launch a new 120,000 sq. ft. store after an unprecedented £3 million expansion and lucrative investment which has seen the business grow exponentially. The grand opening is set to be held on 30th April 2018 at 10:00 am and will enable suppliers to sample food on the day, in addition to welcoming...
FAKE: The article included a photograph of the girl with a woman, said to be her foster carer, wearing Islamic dress. They digitally altered the image to cover the woman’s face with a veil. The Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) has ruled the Times "distorted" its coverage of a five-year-old who was placed with Muslim foster carers. The front-page article...
The Football Association has confirmed it has received an offer, thought to be worth £800m, to sell Wembley. It has been reported that Shahid Khan, US billionaire and current owner of Fulham FC and NFL team Jacksonville Jaguars, is a prospective buyer. Car parts tycoon Shahid Khan, who is estimated to be worth around $8.7 billion (£6.25 billion), is understood to...
A £5.3 billion sale of Bradford & Bingley (B&B) mortgages acquired by the taxpayer during the financial crisis has been authorised by the Chancellor, Philip Hammond. The sale will enable the full repayment of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) loan to B&B, marking a major milestone in the plan to recover taxpayers’ money. Following a highly competitive auction, two...
Women from all around the UK came together to fight hatred in an increasingly ‘difficult and dangerous world’ at Europe’s largest Jewish-Muslim conference. Hosted by Nisa-Nashim – Britain’s Jewish Muslim women's network, the conference took place at the LSE on Sunday 22nd April. With a diverse range of speakers, sessions covered topics from the loss of life in the Israel/Palestine conflict...
Around 4,000 yellow rubber ducks will take to the water in the Mirror Pool in Bradford’s multi-award winning City Park on Friday 27th April, as part of Yorkshire Air Ambulance’s Yellow Yorkshire Day. The "quackers" idea came from Bradford Council's Landscape Architect Saira Ali, who felt a fun activity would encourage people to have a go and "hook-a-duck" for Yorkshire...
The Conservative Party has suspended a councillor who shared a blog that called Muslims “parasites”. Mike Payne, a councillor in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, shared a 2013 blog from headlined ‘France Slashes Benefits to Muslim Parasites by 83%’ on Facebook and Twitter. The Board of Deputies of British Jews tweeted that “This kind of hateful, dangerous language has no place in society,...
As thousands take to the streets to denounce sexual violence others demand justice for the men accused of the brutal gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Indian-administered Kashmir. The case has put the state on edge. A gang of eight Hindu men, including a retired govt official and four police officers have been arrested over the brutal gang...
  The House of Lords Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement has called on the Government to reverse its lack of commitment to citizenship policies in the UK, and commit to making changes for a more cohesive and vibrant society. While the Committee welcomed the publication of the Government’s Integrated Communities Strategy green paper, published on 14th March 2018, it...
After making her debut in the Malayalam movie ‘Pattam Pole’ (2013), actress Malavika Mohanan is all set to wow the audiences with her Hindi film debut. Under the guidance of the director par excellence Majid Majidi in his first India focused film ‘Beyond the Clouds’, Malavika prepared for her role playing ‘Tara’ with great intensity. The actress adopted method acting, especially...
The case of Noel Conway v The Secretary of State for Justice has been in the headlines recently. In that case, Mr Conway, who suffers from terminal motor neurone disease was challenging the law on assisted dying, arguing that the Suicide Act 1961 was incompatible with the Human Rights Act 1998. Mr Conway was seeking a judicial review (“JR”)...
A criminal network that used corrupt baggage handlers to smuggle at least £16 million worth of drugs through London’s Heathrow Airport have been sentenced to a total of over 139 years in prison. The conspiracy was brought to an end in December 2016 following an 18-month investigation led by the National Crime Agency, with support from Border Force and Heathrow...
35 tonnes of walling stone and 15 tonnes of glacial boulders are being collected in the Dales for the Welcome to Yorkshire show garden at RHS Chelsea. It is all on loan from the Bolton Estate to make sure this year’s garden at the prestigious flower show in London next month is authentically Yorkshire. The 2018 design showcases Yorkshire’s iconic countryside...
Friday the 13th certainly proved unlucky for Pakistan’s deposed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. The Supreme Court disqualified from holding office for life amid an ongoing corruption trial and ahead of general elections due this year. The Supreme Court barred Sharif, 67, from politics earlier in July over an undeclared source of income, but the veteran leader maintains his grip...
A well-renowned luxury perfumery which boasts the largest collection of Oud products in the world, has brought its elite range of premium fragrances to Roundhay Road in Leeds. Ilyas Salim, founder of Scent Salim, stands by his statement that the store has a scent for everyone - be it the exotic, the romantic, the introvert or the contemporary. Salim who’s...
On the occasion of Vaisakhi on 13th April 1919, soldiers of the British Indian army fired at more than 10,000 unarmed men, women and children who had gathered at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar,  India. Following lobbying of a number of Commonwealth leaders Prime Minister Theresa May is expected to come under pressure at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM)....
12 men from two organised crime gangs involved in long-running feuds, inciting fear across Kirklees have been handed Huddersfield’s first ‘gangbo’ injunctions. These individuals have been involved in a catalogue of significant and violent crimes in the Huddersfield area including firearms discharges, possession of offensive weapons, drug dealing, violent assaults, robberies and attempted murder. Steps were taken by the police to build a...
Women are often considered the weaker sex, but a female bodybuilder is bending norms, changing perceptions and challenging stereotypes. This woman of steel is Yashmeen Manak and she’s redefining standards of female beauty and strength, one bench-press at a time. Winning Miss India Bodybuilding Championship twice and even earning India a Bronze medal at the Miss Asia contest, Yashmeen has sculpted...
Ibrahim Hussain, 35, of Woodcross Court, Bradford, abducted a 12-year-old girl in July 2017 whilst on bail for assaulting a 16-year-old. He has been jailed for 23-years. The 12-year-old was raped three times by Hussain and also assaulted by five other unknown men. The victim was held at a house in Leeds for three days. Ibrahim Hussain, 35, was sentenced at...

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