Manchester City Council in partnership with the British Red Cross have launched an appeal for people affected by the devastating attack in Manchester.
The fund will support people who have been injured or bereaved by the attack. The donations will help alleviate suffering and ensure that victims and their families do not face short-term financial difficulties.
The Lord Mayor of Manchester,...
“I am confident, I am now fit and I am ready to score runs for Pakistan once again. I've lost two-years of my career due to injury and I want to make up for lost time."
Regarded as one of Pakistan’s brightest talents, the left-handed batsman Haris Sohail debuted for Pakistan in July 2013 on the tour of the...
“Abedi has a Muslim name but his vile attack neither represents Islam nor Muslims”
“As a British Muslim, I am absolutely repulsed at the carnage caused by the terrorist in the Manchester Arena.” Imam Qari Asim MBE
Twenty-two people, including children, have died in the bomb blast at Manchester Arena. Whilst I was relieved to hear that children of one of...
Meet Shiv (Sushant Singh Rajput) and Saira (Kriti Sanon), two seemingly ordinary individuals, going about their lives until their paths cross and they realise that they belong to one another.
Unaware of a connection that was forged over several hundred years ago, Shiv and Saira are inexplicably drawn to each other and have a beautiful and hilarious relationship in very...
The Liberal Democrats have challenged Theresa May to publish a report looking into foreign funding of extremism in the UK that she sat on as Home Secretary, and continues to do so as Prime Minister.
In December 2015, David Cameron announced there would be a comprehensive review of foreign funding of extremism due to be published the following spring. However, the review is yet...
The Sheffield Scanner appeal, which aims to bring the most advanced medical imaging to Yorkshire has reached the £500,000 milestone.
The University of Sheffield launched the £2 million fundraising campaign back in March 2017 to raise the vital funds needed to bring the first MRI-PET scanner to the region, which will transform research into a number of devastating diseases.
The MRI-PET...
The Duke of Edinburgh, Patron of the Pakistan Society, attended a dinner marking the 70th Anniversary of the founding of Pakistan and establishment of UK-Pakistan diplomatic relations, held at the Mansion House.
The Duke of Edinburgh also marked 63 years as Patron of the Pakistan Society, which was founded in 1951 and based in London. The Society aims to increase...
Children and young people admitted to hospital in England with injuries related to self-harming, drugs or alcohol faced an increased risk of killing themselves over the following 10 years, according to new research.
While previous studies have shown that children and adolescents who self-harm are at a higher risk of suicide, the paper by academics from UCL and the University...
A man, who left a homemade bomb on a tube train, has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment, following an investigation by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command.
Damon Joseph Smith, 20 a student of Abbeyfield Road in Rotherhithe was sentenced today, Friday, 26 May at the Old Bailey.
He was found guilty on Wednesday, 3 May at the same court...
Four men who were arrested on Wednesday, 17th May have now been charged as follows after detectives uncovered a UK-wide terror plot.
Umar Ahmed Haque, Muhammad Abid and Abuthaher Mamun, from east London, were arrested as part of a joint investigation by MI5 and the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command.
Haque, 24, from Newham was charged with an offence contrary to...
Police Constable Anil Kaul, attached to Hillingdon borough has been formally dismissed from the Metropolitan Police Service following a special case misconduct hearing.
On Thursday, 16th February at Westminster Magistrates' Court PC Kaul was found guilty of failing to provide a sample of blood for analysis. He was fined a total of £1,120, and disqualified from driving for 15 months.
Following...
The man who carried out a suicide attack at Manchester Arena on Monday 22nd May, was "likely" to have not acted alone, Home Secretary Amber Rudd says.
Former Salford University student, Salman Abedi, blew himself up at the Arena killing 22 and injuring 64 people up at the end of an Ariana Grande concert.
Witnesses at the arena described seeing metal...
Following the horrific terrorist attack in Manchester last night, in which 22 people were killed and tens of others injured, the Metropolitan Police Service has increased the number of officers on duty across the Capital.
Whilst all policing operations in London are currently planned to the backdrop of a severe threat level from terrorism, specialist officers from our event planning...
People are being urged to avoid Manchester city centre to allow emergency services to continue to work at the scene of last night’s incident at Manchester Arena.
Chief Constable Ian Hopkins in a statement said: “This has been the most horrific incident we have had to face in Greater Manchester and one that we all hoped we would never see.
“Families...
Manchester Arena Explosion
The suicide bomber has been named as 22-year-old Salman Abedi and a 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the horrifying bomb attack, which killed 22 people, including children, and injured 59 more at the Manchester Arena last night.
The arrest was announced this morning just moments after Prime Minister Theresa May denounced the “appalling sickening cowardice” of...
When one plans a motorcycle ride, it is rarely a journey across Australia, and almost never across eight countries spread over two continents.
But that is exactly what Iyron and Sasha D’Silva, a young couple based in Brisbane, had in mind, when they rode a 2008 Yamaha motorcycle from Australia to India, covering a staggering distance of 25,400 kilometres.
The couple...
Floyd Mayweather protégé Gervonta Davis says he wants to become boxing's next superstar but must first get past Cromer's Liam Walsh.
The 22-year-old from the mean streets of Baltimore will make the first defence of his IBF super-featherweight world title when he steps into a British ring for the first time to take on the undefeated Walsh, live this Saturday...
“I’m from a big Pakistani family and we use food as a way of bringing everyone together.”
To be the MasterChef champion is fantastic and wonderful. Adjectives are not sufficient. This is most definitely the coolest thing that I’ve ever done in my life!Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed
Twenty-nine-year-old doctor, Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed, has become the MasterChef 2017 Champion, it was announced today, becoming the...
Russell Group developing new resources in partnership with teachers in schools with low progression to university
93 per cent of teachers said initiative improved their ability to help students write their personal statements
More than a third of teachers said they are now more likely to encourage students to apply to a leading university
Boosting support for teachers working...
