A woman has been sentenced for encouraging terrorism and disseminating terrorist material on social media, following an investigation by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command.
Farhana Begum Ahmed, 40, of Wembley pleaded guilty to one count of encouragement of terrorism and three counts of dissemination of terrorist publications. She was sentenced on 7 November at the Old Bailey to a total...
An estimated 5.43 million young people in the UK have experienced cyber bullying, with 1.26 million subjected to extreme cyber bullying on a daily basis.
According to the NSPCC, there were over 12,000 counselling sessions with young people who talked to Childline about online issues last year, with an 87% increase in sessions over the past three years.
Enigma Digital...
Health experts have predicted that artificial intelligence will replace doctors within the next TEN years.
With the rise of apps and websites ready to diagnose illness and give treatment recommendations within seconds, StemProtect.co.uk the UKs stem cell bank, says that GPs will soon be a thing of the past, and instead we’ll turn to AI to give us all the...
A police constable has been handed a suspended prison sentence for fraud.
PC Reshat Kemal, aged 35, attached to Hammersmith and Fulham borough, pleaded guilty to two counts fraud by false representation on Monday, 7 August at Southwark Crown Court.
On Tuesday, 7 November he was sentenced to a total of 30 months' imprisonment suspended for 18 months, 200 hours unpaid...
Diabetes UK releases results of survey of 8,500 people affected by diabetes
Charity urges Government to sustain funding of £44 million until 2021
New research from Diabetes UK has found that three in five people living with diabetes experience emotional or mental health problems as a result of their condition.
In one of the largest surveys ever carried out by...
A shop worker who held a woman captive and raped her when she came in to charge her phone has been jailed.
Swapnil Kulat, 30, of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court today, Friday 10 November 2017, to seven years and eight months in prison after pleading guilty to rape, false imprisonment and causing actual bodily harm.
The...
Schools from across West Yorkshire have registered to take part in West Yorkshire Police and the Police and Crime Commissioner’s first ever cyber contest.
The contest challenges pupils from years 7,8 and 9 from across the county to design a resource to help keep people safe online.
The resource can take any form - for example an engaging website, impactive leaflet,...
The Asian Catering Federation has announced that BBC MasterChef presenter Greg Wallace and TV news anchor Samantha Simmonds will co host its Asian Curry Curry Awards 2017, at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair on Sunday 12th November.
Samantha has been a popular guest at the awards over the years. This will be Greg's first appearance.
A former greengrocer, Wallace built...
Leeds traditional pantomime is back once again with the family favourite spectacular, Jack and the Beanstalk. Fresh from the highest selling and most attended pantomime in the history of the theatre, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk is already topping the charts in ticket sales and is set to be our most popular show yet.
Kids' TV star and all round...
At least 885,000 Muslims fought with the Allies in World War I, an estimated 400,000 of them with the 1.5 million-strong British Indian Army that served both on the Western Front and in the Middle East.
More than 47,000 died and 65,000 were wounded, but very few Britons know of the sacrifices made by Muslims for Britain.
For many of these...
November means Movember, and Movember means there has never been a better time to learn how to master the perfect facial hair. Below, hair stylist to the A-list stars; Asgar Saboo, gives his take on the perfect male grooming techniques to ensure that when doing your part for an amazing cause, you're doing it with exquisite style.
The best results...
Exclusive 1-2-1 interview with Adrian Wright CEO of Sporting Group International ahead of the Indian Super League which kicks off on Friday 17 November 2017
What is your main motivation with your work that you do for the ISL?
My love affair started with India is 2013, when I visited the country on a trade mission with the Black Country Chamber...
Four memorials, built by communities to honour the sacrifice of their war dead, have been listed on the advice of Historic England.
· Holmer War Memorial, Widemarsh Park, Holmer, Hereford – listed at grade II https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1441039
· Orcop War Memorial, Pontrilas Road, Orcop – listed at grade II https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1441720
· Bishopswood War Memorial, B4234, Kerne Bridge, Bishopswood – listed at grade II...
I'm getting in touch on behalf of Team Margot – a charity that campaigns for more people to join the worldwide registers as bone marrow/stem cell donors, particularly those from Black, Asian, minority ethnic backgrounds and those with mixed heritage.
Last week, 'The Power of One' opened to the public at London's City Hall until 24th November. It's a portrait...
In English law there is a maxim that “fraud unravels all”. The presence of fraud could invalidate a contractual agreement or undermine a claim or a defence in any court proceedings. Equally, for public policy reasons, the courts believe that there should be finality in litigation. So what happens when these two principles collide?
In the case of Takhar...
His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales – Royal Founding Patron of the British Asian Trust - met children from the SDMC Lajpat Nagar-III school - a partner supported school - and participated in a Development Impact Bond (DIB) round table at the British Council in New Delhi today.
Quality of education has always been important to the British Asian...
A Bradford College student has been so moved by the plight of refugees in northern France she is filling a van of goods and delivering them in person later this month.
Helen Routledge, who is in the second year of a social work degree at the University Centre Bradford College, is collecting clothes, toiletries, tents and toys to distribute to...
Breakthrough study involving University of Sheffield academics demonstrates a new approach to the global health crisis of antibiotic resistance
Experts discover a new combination of antimicrobial compounds that can kill multi-drug resistant bacteria
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have demonstrated how a novel combination of drugs could be used to treat infections caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria.
The new...
Bradford-based Barnardo's ETS Yorkshire has won the Charity, Voluntary and Public Sector Employer of Year, and Barnardo's apprentice Janade Iftikhar from was shortlisted for Asian Apprentice of the Year at the Asian Apprenticeship Awards 2017.
The awards were held at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 2nd November 2017.
Barnardo's ETS Yorkshire manager, James Robinson, says: "I am delighted we've won this award....
In a country which encompasses approximately nine times more livestock than people, New Zealand recruitment company, Canstaff, are turning to England in search of skilled meat workers.
Meat processing is New Zealand’s largest manufacturing industry with 90% of New Zealand’s sheepmeat production, and 83% of beef production being exported each year. These exports alone are worth $5 billion and processing...
