The Great American Eclipse will see the sun, moon and earth become perfectly aligned
Eclipses have both fascinated and terrified civilisations for centuries, prior to scientific progression and explanatory theories, people believed it was a sign that the world was ending.
On Monday, August 21, 2017, all of North America will witness an eclipse of the sun for the first time...
Cast: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Til Schweiger, Eddie Marsan, Sofia Boutella, Toby Jones
Director: David Leitch
Release date: 11/08/2017
Oscar® winner Charlize Theron stars in a breakneck action-thriller that follows MI6’s most lethal assassin through a ticking time bomb of a city simmering with revolution and double-crossing hives of traitors. The crown jewel of Her Majesty’s Secret Intelligence Service, Agent...
They say actions speak louder than words, but words can be extremely important too, which can sometimes makes silent CCTV footage a bit useless.
Lip-reading camera technology, which has been in development for some time now, opens up possibilities for revolutionary market research - and there’s no escaping it.
Becoming the next generation of CCTV systems, experts predict an imminent rise...
UK at the forefront of fighting polio aiming to eliminate it globally by 2020 saving 45 million children
The UK is leading the final global push to eliminate polio around the world for good, International Development Secretary Priti Patel has announced.
Ms Patel has set out an additional £100 million ($130 million) to help end polio in Pakistan, Afghanistan...
A Rochdale businessman, who pocketed nearly £1.25 million in two VAT repayment frauds, has been jailed for five years after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Mubbashir Alam, 39, of Maldon St, set up eight fake clothing companies in a deliberate attempt to claim false VAT repayments. Gemma Caffrey, 33, and Shabana Asim, 45, both also from Rochdale,...
Public-spirited Bradford pupils have recorded a single and sold the resulting CD, raising hundreds of pounds for victims of the Manchester bombing.
The Year 6 class at Thornbury Academy (6 Palmaz) were inspired by the star-studded spectacle organised by Arianda Grande following the attack at her Manchester Arena concert.
The pupils decided to do something for the ‘We Love Manchester Emergency...
Mosque suffers Islamophobic hatred once again
A Manchester mosque has suffered a third arson attack in three years earlier in July, which Greater Manchester Police have confirmed they are now investigating as a hate crime.
Nasfat Mosque, an affiliate of the Muslim Council of Britain, had 30 firefighters and five fire engines tackle the blaze last month, which left the building...
A former Royal Marine has been jailed for stockpiling and manufacturing large amounts of explosives, weapons and ammunition in hides across Northern Ireland and Devon which he admitted would have been used to assist others to commit terrorist acts had they not been discovered.
The case was brought to the attention of police thanks to members of the public who...
Yorkshire signs up Pakistan captain for T20 campaign
SARFARAZ AHMED: "Yorkshire are a big club with a rich history and huge reputation and I'm proud to be following in the footsteps of other Pakistanis who have played at Headingley like Younus Khan and Inzamam-ul Haq.”
Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has been signed to Yorkshire from the start of August...
The Sikh Federation (UK) has written to press Theresa May to put the record straight on UK complicity in the 1984 Sikh Genocide by ordering an independent public inquiry following further disclosures in Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) files under the 30-year rule.
The internal review by leading civil servant Sir Jeremy Heywood commissioned by David Cameron in January...
Three fraudsters have been sentenced for conspiracy to defraud after stealing more than £1.1 million of public money from the Home Office in an EU immigration funding fraud.
Mohammed Muj Meah Chaudhari, aged 38 of Bowyer Road, Birmingham was sentenced to seven years imprisonment and banned from being a director of a company for ten years. His sister Suraiya...
“How a Microsoft typeset brought down a Prime Minister”
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, 67, has resigned following the country’s Supreme Court ruling to disqualify him from office over undeclared assets.
He becomes the 18th prime minister of Pakistan to keep to the country’s impuissant tradition of not completing the full term in office.
The decision came after a 15-month probe by...
Under English law property can be held in one of two ways, either under a freehold or a leasehold. When you buy a freehold property you own not only the property but also the land on which it is built. The freehold estate will be the property of the owner permanently until it is disposed of. When you buy...
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) said the terms of some leases "were becoming increasingly onerous".
"Unfair charges" levied on buyers of new-build houses could be banned in England under a proposed crackdown.
Leaseholds on new-build houses would be outlawed, while ground rents could be dramatically reduced, under government plans subject to public consultation.
Ground rents can double every decade,...
Cast: Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, Lily James
Director: Edgar Wright
Genre: Action
Cert: 15
Release date: 28/07/2017
A talented, young getaway driver (Ansel Elgort) relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game. When he meets the girl of his dreams (Lily James), Baby sees a chance to ditch his criminal life and...
Shahid Afridi makes good use of his worldwide name to host fundraiser at Mumtaz Leeds for the deprived
The Shahid Afridi Foundation was a step towards a better Pakistan by the famous cricketer Shahid Afridi, also fondly known worldwide as ‘Boom Boom’.
The organisation, founded in March 2014, has had one clear directive - to improving the living conditions...
The International Biopic on the Last King of Punjab, Maharajah Duleep Singh, claims the 9th spot in the UK Box Office Charts
The international film biopic on the poignant life story of the last King of Punjab – Maharajah Duleep Singh – also known as THE BLACK PRINCE, which released theatrically worldwide on the 21st of July 2017, has raked...
Bollywood celebrities, including Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar say they are "proud" of the Indian women's cricket team for their good game at the ICC Women's World Cup final at Lord's in London.
Though India lost by nine runs after looking good for major part of their 229-run chase, celebrities have shown their love, support and admiration...
Victims of crime have another way of accessing support after Victim Support received a cash boost to fund a live web chat service.
West Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Mark Burns-Williamson who commissions and oversees victims services in West Yorkshire agreed to give £13,000 funding to the charity to fund a pilot of their West Yorkshire Live Chat service...
A man who beat his girlfriend's five-year-old son to death simply because he lost one of his trainers has been found guilty of murder.
Marvyn Iheanacho, 39 (01.06.78), of Wesley Avenue, Hounslow, was convicted at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday, 21 July of killing Alex Malcolm.
Detective Chief Inspector Tony Lynes, of the Homicide and Major Crime Command, said:"Iheanacho subjected that...
