Cast: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar, Michael Gambon
Director: Stephen Frears
Genre: Biographical Drama
Release Date: 15/09/2017
The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria’s (Academy Award winner Judi Dench) remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, he is...
In a surprising decision to some, the High Court has ruled that a Russian businessman living and working in Russia is domiciled in England and therefore subject to the jurisdiction of the English courts.
In the case of Bestolov v Povarenkin, Mr Bestolov brought proceedings against Mr Povarenkin in England seeking repayment of a debt which arose under a joint...
Rubbish has been piling up on the streets of Alum Rock in Birmingham during the dispute between the council and Birmingham bin workers. Now they are expected to resume strike action after the city's council said it was issuing redundancy notices.
Now, residents confronting weeks of serve strikes have taken matters into their own hands by getting hold of their own...
Dumped for speaking out
The sacking of a high-profiled councillor has triggered a row, with the Manchester Labour party hitting back furiously defending it’s position.
Ex-councillor for Hulme - Amina Lone claims she’s been ousted because she’s outspoken and insists she’s been treated unfairly.
Ms Lone has been from standing for the party in Manchester again, a decision she blamed on...
Seven-hour mutiny after inmates refused to go back to their cells
Prisoners took over a wing at HMP Birmingham in the latest riots to hit a UK prison.
Shocking footage showed armed officers sent in after a riot broke out one of the country's biggest prisons after mutinous inmates refuse to return to their cells.
The seven-hour stand-off began after a number...
Police have issued CCTV of two robbery suspects and are appealing for anyone with information to come forward after a couple with a baby were robbed at knifepoint.
At around 15:30hrs on Saturday, 2 September, the two victims, a 31-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man, were approached by two men on a moped in Sprimont Place, Chelsea, SW3.
The suspects threatened...
For the first time ever in Britain, fast food giant McDonald’s faced strike action as workers at two restaurants walked out in a dispute over pay and conditions.
Staff in Cambridge and Crayford in south-east London voted in favour of a walkout on Monday 4th September, amid concerns over working conditions and the use of zero-hour contracts.
The Bakers, Food and...
Cast: Bill Skarsgĺrd, Finn Wolfhard, Javier Botet
Director: Andrés Muschietti
Genre: Horror
Release date: 08/09/2017
New Line Cinema’s horror thriller IT, directed by Andrés Muschietti (Mama), is based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades. When children begin to disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids...
Cast: Olivie Cooke, Bill Nighy, Douglas Booth, Adam Brown, Daniel Mays, Eddie Marsan, Amelia Crouch, Adam Brown, Morgan Watkins, Clive Brunt
Director: Juan Carlos Medina
Genre: Thriller
Release date: 01/09/2017
Set on the unforgiving, squalid streets of Victorian London in 1880, our tale begins in the baroque, grandiose music hall where the capital's most renowned performer Dan Leno (Douglas Booth) takes to...
Hailing from the picturesque rolling hills of Yorkshire to the foothills of Penang in Malaysia, the World Curry Festival reaffirmed Bradford’s pole position on the global curry circuit.
For six year’s the bosses of the World Curry Festival have been putting on an annual sumptuously delightful week-long showcase for people who have a love of South Asian cuisine.
But now...
Over 2,600 houses burnt to the ground in one of the deadliest bouts of violence in Myanmar
More than 2,600 houses have been burnt down in Rohingya-majority areas of Myanmar's northwest region in the last week, in one of the deadliest bouts of violence involving the Muslim minority in decades.
About 58,600 Rohingya have fled into neighbouring Bangladesh from Myanmar (also...
“Nothing is ‘too much’for me in this job” explains award-winning Yorkshire Police Inspector Mohammed Rauf
Police Inspector Mohammed Rauf, who is not only regarded as an inspirational leader, but has also won an award for Outstanding Leadership at this year’s prestigious West Yorkshire Policing Awards.
Inspector Rauf, who is responsible for the Batley and Spen Ward in Kirklees, is a highly...
Asian families' reluctance to talk about organ donation is contributing to deaths amongst Asian people waiting for a transplant.
Although many black and Asian patients are able to receive a transplant from a white donor, for many the best match will come from a donor from the same ethnic background. Blood and tissue types need to match for a successful...
Saturday 16th September 2017 at 7:30pm
Kala Sangam Arts Centre
Bradford
Earlier this year Kala Sangam opened its doors to a group of exciting artists to create, play, rehearse and develop new work – they called it their ‘Artists Takeover’.
Askshay Sharma, Lucie Lee and Kamala Devam are to premiere their scratch performances at Kala Sangam Arts Centre, Bradford.
The evening features a range...
Actress Sonam Kapoor, who will start shooting for ‘Veere Di Wedding’, says she has had a creatively satisfying year so far.
"This year has been amazing for me creatively. Working on 'PadMan', Sanjay Dutt biopic and now ending it with 'Veere Di Wedding',” she said.
“Can't wait for you guys to see all these films! Lots of love to all...
A Met officer has been given a final written warning for forging a signature on an official police document following a Special Case Hearing held on Wednesday, 23 August.
PC Robyn Harwood-Lewis, based in Southwark, was alleged to have forged one of the signatures on a cannabis warning form and then lied to her supervisor to cover her mistake.
The chair...
Bobby Deol became an overnight star with his debut film "Barsaat" in 1995, but his stardom faded gradually with Bollywood placing its bets on a new crop of actors and experimenting with different stories. The actor says everyone goes through ups and downs, and that he doesn't want to spend his time thinking about the past.
At the moment, Bobby...
Mayweather makes it 50-0 but he’s not the only winner in record breaking bout
Last Saturday’s showpiece ‘money fight’ between Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather did not disappoint it in fact exceeded many expectations at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
It was inevitable in the end that the boxer won a boxing match against a non-boxer, especially when that boxer...
Detectives from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command are investigating after three officers were injured during a terrorist incident on the Mall.
Just after 20:30hrs on Friday, 25 August, a car deliberately drove at a police van and stopped in front of it in a restricted area on Constitution Hill near Buckingham Palace.
The officers, who were unarmed police constables and from...
Birmingham’s Pakistan Consulate student advisory wing axed after four years of not having a singe approach for help
Pakistan Consulate’s student advisory service in Birmingham, which was set up when Malala Yousufzai arrived in the city is closing down – because not a single student has approached it for help.
The news comes as Nobel Prize-winning education campaigner Malala announced she...
