A study has revealed that food bank volunteers put in a “staggering” 4.1 million hours of unpaid work every year distributing food, fundraising and other duties. The value of the volunteers’ work is a staggering £30 million had they been paid the national living wage.
Over 700 independent food banks are currently in service throughout Britain but organisations are calling...
Kiplings in Halifax have been awarded for their culinary Indian delights which have satisfied the taste buds of locals and those from further afield, staving off relentless competition particularly from rivals in curry capital of the UK Bradford.
Halifax wouldn’t be the first name on the lips of Indian food experts when it comes to where to go in Yorkshire...
Businesses in Leeds are once again being offered the opportunity to sponsor one of the city’s fantastic public bonfires, as part of festivities to mark Bonfire Night.
In what is always one of the stand out nights in the city’s cultural calendar, six free community bonfires will be held by Leeds City Council on Friday 3rd November at; Roundhay Park;...
Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones really got into the spirit of Diwali celebrations in Cardiff and even joined in with the dancers at the event.
The 50-year-old Labour politician took to the stage to join in with the Dandiya Raas Dance Group that had performed at the event on Monday 16th October to celebrate the high point of the...
No job too big for AB Investigators
Based in Leeds. AB Private Investigators began in 2007 and are a company who provide a variety of different investigation services offer a wide range of investigation services. Aiming to exceed their client’s objectives professionally in a thorough cost-effective manner.
They offer a range of services for both workplace issues and marital issues,...
Who you gonna call this Halloween? This year forget the tricks and choose a treat from Playmobil’s new and exclusive Ghostbusters™ range. Get your spook on this Halloween with the highly anticipated and exciting new range released earlier this year by the toy manufacturer, marking its first venture into entertainment brand licensing.
The range, which includes six iconic sets from...
Enaam Ahmed’s dominance in British F3 follows his previous success in karting where he was the youngest driver to win both World and European KF3 Junior Championships in the same year, at the age of 14. This surpassed triple F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton, who won it age 15.
2017 BRDC British Formula 3 champion Enaam Ahmed claimed his 13th...
Virat Kohli, the world's best batsman and captain of the world's top Test and ODI teams, wants to learn the Rubic's Cube from Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan.
The two had recently appeared in a show for a private television network. Kohli, the India captain, later tweeted to say he needed to learn the techniques of solving the complicated Rubic's Cube...
“In the Middle East everyone wears fragrance, more so than in the UK and Europe. These types of Ouds only really have flagship stores in Europe and we stock a lot of special editions and limited items,” Ilyas Salim
It’s not a regular high-street fragrance shop, like Boots, House of Fraser or the Perfume Shop stocking the every day Gucci,...
A hate crime is defined as a crime which is committed against someone due to their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability.
Leeds City Council, Safer Leeds, West Yorkshire Police, and West Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner are standing together to reassure members of the public that hate crime in any form will not be tolerated.
As part of...
From Amitabh Bachchan to Arjun Kapoor, Vyjayanthimala to Kriti Sanon, Lata Mangeshkar to Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Neeta Lulla to Shiamak Davar, Ramesh Sippy to Madhur Bhandarkar - as many as 50 celebrities are a part of a special video to be played at the launch of actress-politician Hema Malini's biography here on her 69th birthday on Monday 16th...
The Mayor of Leeds Councilor Jane Dowson was in attendance at a memorial celebration event in Yeadon where she unveiled a new military memorial plaque.
The plaque which is to commemorate all those who gave their lives in service to their country from Aireborough in the first world war.
The event in Yeadon was celebrated by both young and old as...
Highways England is advising drivers to take care and be prepared for strong gales throughout the day as the tail end of Hurricane Ophelia moves north and eastwards across the country.
Motorists, particularly those driving high-sided HGVS, caravans and motorcycles, are advised to check the weather and driving conditions before setting out on journeys and pay particular attention to exposed...
Gifted Laasya becomes youngest to play most number of tunes by memory on her Xylophone
“We needed a reference letter to send off to the World Record organisation and had asked a lot of the media outlets but Andleeb Hanif, Editor of Asian Express, was the first to get back with one, so we sent off Laasya’s application to enter...
Bradford College and City of Film teams assisted with a “not-to-be-missed” drama about the notorious gunpowder plot which will hit TV screens later this month.
Largely filmed in the Bradford district, Game of Thrones star Kit Harington (who plays Jon Snow in epic the fantasy series) takes the lead in a BBC One series ‘Gunpowder’. It unfolds the infamous attempt...
If someone makes a false statement about an individual or company then that statement could either be defamatory or a malicious falsehood either of which could lead to a claim for damages and/or an injunction against the wrongdoer. But what is the difference between defamation and malicious falsehood?
Defamation
A statement is defamatory if it tends to lower a person in...
Over 250 women from across the UK including Glasgow, Wales, Leicester, Doncaster, Halifax, Rotherham, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Blackburn, Manchester and London attended the conference alongside a delegation from Germany.
The conference, held at Mercure Hotel over three days, annually provides an opportunity for women of all faiths to come together from across the UK and beyond, in order to debate and...
Two men who threw ammonia in the faces of two female victims during violent robberies have been convicted.
Sadik Kamara, 24 (19.07.93) of Booth Road, Newham - a rapper who goes by the name Trizzy Trapz - and Joshua Jordan, 20 (22.01.97) of Ruscoe Road, Newham, were found guilty of robbery and "applying a corrosive fluid with intent to burn,...
A man who violently attacked a lone woman on her way home from a night out after following her off the bus has been convicted.
Sabire Sharife, 31 (05.12.85) of no fixed abode but from the Hackney area of was found guilty at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, 11 October of the following offences:
- attempted murder;
- sexual assault;
- possession of...
The social media posts of some Rohingya activists reporting on conflicts in Myanmar were blocked, raising questions if they had been targeted by a co-ordinated campaign.
One such prominent activist, Shah Hossain has been running a Facebook page for the last seven years. He became alarmed when he realised that a number of his posts detailing the recent events in...
