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...
First Odeon Luxe Cinema in England will open on Thursday 9th November offering a unique big screen experience
Odeon Leeds Bradford will be officially launching as Odeon Luxe cinema on Thursday 9th November, the first of its kind in England in what is set to be the biggest in the UK with 1,117 luxury reclining seats across 13 screens.
Film fans...
Two teens 14 and 16-year-old arrested following two acid attacks in London
A takeaway delivery driver from London is in a critical condition fighting for his life in hospital following a cowardly attack which saw him sprayed in the face by a highly corrosive liquid by thieves who were riding mopeds.
Muhammed Nawshad Kamal, 32, is likely to lose sight in...
A fake version of the WhatsApp messenger app was downloaded more than a million times from the Google Play Store before it was removed.
The app, "Update WhatsApp Messenger", appeared to have been developed by the firm behind the real program - WhatsApp Inc.
According to users on web forum Reddit, the fake contained ads and could download software to users'...
Disproportionately high number of people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds in low-paid work
The ethnic pay gap in Britain remains unacceptably high, with the median wage for white groups £16.23 per hour, compared to £13.46 per hour for all black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) groups.
Moreover, 46 per cent of Bangladeshi and Pakistani workers and 35 per cent of...
A new Yorkshire centre which will improve the health and wellbeing of children, the elderly – and the safety of patients in hospitals and clinics, has taken another step forward with the submission of building plans for approval.
The Wolfson Centre for Applied Healthcare Research, to be established at Bradford Royal Infirmary, brings together researchers from the Universities of Leeds...
More than 80 voluntary and community sector (VCS) representatives from West Yorkshire and Harrogate, including MacMillan, Age UK, Action on Hearing Loss, Carers Leeds, Yorkshire Sports Foundation, Alzheimer’s Society and Dementia UK, attended the first of a series of partnership events in Bradford on Monday (November 6).
The purpose of the event was to help them find out more about...
The evening is an opportunity for current Year 11 school pupils and their parents or carers to gain useful advice on choosing the right A Levels and GCSEs for the next academic year, talk to tutors and current students, discover how college differs from secondary school and participate in hands-in activities.
The Sixth Form Centre, based in the state-of-the-art £50m...
Around 9,000 women continue to smoke while pregnant, with rates for smoking in pregnancy varying from 11% to 23.5%
Every year 62,000 people in the Yorkshire and Humber end up in hospital due to smoking attributable conditions
One in every four patients in hospital are smokers
Through the CQUIN scheme, from 2018 additional funding will be available to...
Emirates Airlines are offering special reduced rates to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Having launched on Thursday 26th and running until Monday 6th November 2017, Emirates sale is offering incredible prices on fares to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, making it easier to meet family and friends in time for winter.
The sale includes Economy Class fares from London Gatwick to Mumbai (from...
British Legion stall in Kirkstall Market continues to do good work in remembering all religions who sacrificed in the World Wars
Every November we remember those who lost their lives for us in war, so we could be where we are today, people wear poppies a symbolic gesture of gratitude to those who fought for us.
Poppies are used in many...
Bradford Council has launched a major new initiative which supports children and young people in care or on the edge of care.
Launching the initiative on Thursday 2nd November at a special event involving young people, social care professionals, was opened by Robert Goodwill MP, Minister of State for Children and Families.
The initiative, called B Positive Pathways, will work to...
Cast: Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley and Josh Gad
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cert: 12A
Release Date: 03/11/2017
Paediatric intensive care units in the UK and Ireland were operating under increased pressure as they coped with rising numbers of patients and a lack of specialist nurses, according to the latest audit of services.
Many units failed to meet the minimum nursing levels recommended by the UK Paediatric Intensive Care Society.
Despite the pressures, only a small number of children...
