Signs that a Brexit slowdown may be taking a toll on the country
After a strong steady rise in employment in recent years, the number of people in work in Britain fell by the most in more than two years in the three months to September.
Experts have cautioned this may be a sign that a Brexit slowdown may be taking...
18-year-old Harleen Kaur balances Taekwondo as well as starting university with sports scholarship
Rising star Harleen Kaur has her eye on her Olympic dream but continues her selfless and admirable charity work to help others less fortunate than her.
The impressive Leeds-born martial arts star who’s set her focus on taekwondo after she tried her hand at a range of different...
“We have regressed as a nation”, says Deepika Padukone
Deepika Padukone, who plays the title role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's ‘Padmavati’, has said "nothing can stop the release of this film", following activists vandalising a cinema hall and a mall in Kota, India, on the screening the film's trailer.
The Shri Rajput Karni Sena called for a nationwide ban against...
"Forced marriage and FGM are not condoned by the Holy Quran. Pakistan gave women votes 24 years before Switzerland.”
Forced marriage, female genital mutilation and exclusion from the labour market were among the issues tackled at a high-level conference in Brussels addressing gender equality and Islam.
Held in the European Parliament, the event was organised by Amjad Bashir MEP and brought...
Demands are being made for an immediate investigation into how a cabinet minister – touted as a possible successor to May – failed to declare meetings with foreign politicians whilst on a private visit.
Priti Patel’s resignation as UK international development secretary on 8th November came following a row over unauthorised meetings with Israeli business and political figures during a...
Over 1,000 VIP guests attended a glittering gala dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Sunday 12th November, to honour the winners of the 7th Asian Curry Awards, organised by the Asian Catering Federation.
The awards were co presented by BBC Master Chef’s Greg Wallace and BBC and former Sky TV news anchor Samantha Simmons.
Michelin-starred Benares’ Atul Kochhar...
Tower Hamlets Councillor Mahbub Alam joined the local Muslim community in Long Melford, Suffolk to engage in a short discussion on Remembrance Day. The event was hosted by Razak Amin.
The group also went out with the local Imam and collected donations for the Poppy Appeal. This was the first such occasion in Sudbury, which has a very small population...
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...
