Naz Shah MP hosted the first of a series of special celebration events highlighting the achievements and contributions of the Black and Minority Ethnic community in public life.
The packed event, held at Bradford College’s Advanced Technology Centre on Thursday 26th January, spotlighted the achievements of Bradford-born Chief Superintendent Mabs Hussain, the most senior ranking BME officer in Yorkshire and...
“The gun-training, the weapons, the knives – those were the things that I needed to work on.”
In xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Bollywood beauty Deepika Padukone stars as Serena Unger - the deadly rival turned xXx partner-in-crime in Vin Diesel’s merry band of lethal misfits.
Centred around retrieving a device called the ‘Pandora’s Box’, a nifty little gadget capable...
It's official! Veganism is on the rise in the UK and the new freely available guide to UK vegan events demonstrates this in abundance with around 80 UK vegan festivals already listed for 2017 and more still to be announced.
The UK Vegan Festivals guide features events from almost every city in the UK as veganism continues to grow at...
An Indian teenager killed his 9-year-old relative and carved him into six pieces before chomping on his leg, police in India have said.
Vikesh Kumar, 16, lured unsuspecting little Deepu Kumar, to his home in Ludhiana, north Delhi, and killed him after being inspired by TV crime shows, police believe. The two boys' families were distant relations, from the Uttah...
21st century social scientist reveals deeper secrets of relationships
Analysing the data from more than 30 rigorous, nationally representative, scientific sex surveys which carried out around the world, some interesting things have been revealed.
Social scientist Dr Catherine Hakim, author of ‘The New Rules’ - a book about the changing relationship between the sexes, argues that the male sex-surplus is set to grow...
Police have issued a warning across West Yorkshire after a pervert performed a sex act online to a group of primary school children in Leeds.
The stranger logged into a social media video chat group on Monday 23rd January, exposed his genitals and performed a sex act in front of the children. Specialist detectives are now investigating this matter.
Schools...
An enthusiastic group of 16 men have got their running shoes all tied up and have landed in Morocco, all set to take part in the Marrakech Half Marathon.
The team of runners from Whitechapel are raising funds on Sunday's 29th January, to support the Muslim Charity's grassroots work supporting vulnerable street children in Dhaka, the capital city of...
Ambassador Mohammed Bhana: “My 8 year-old son kept on nagging me, asking me to take him to a Town game. I said I’d take him if he learned his times tables, which he did – all the way to 12!”
Huddersfield Town Football Club (HTAFC) has appointed Bradford man Mohammed Bhana as an Ambassador of the Club, to help its...
A woman who sold her friend's family home in Greenford as part of a £200,000 fraud has been jailed for six years.
The long-term abuse of her position of trust was uncovered following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police's Fraud and Linked Crime Online (Falcon) Unit after the 72-year-old victim was locked out of her home and reported the matter...
Daughter of Lebanon civil war ex-hostage's forgives after meeting her dad’s captor
After a quarter century, the daughter of the longest-held American hostage during Lebanon's civil war says she's found her father's love. And it took coming face-to-face with one of his captors to do it.
"I was searching and searching and this search, the journey, brought me closer to my...
“Hina was my eldest child. I was in my mid-40s when Hina was born and I had waited so long to become a father so the day of her birth was the happiest day of my life,” says father.
Hina Shamim, a talented student, who was weeks short of her 22nd birthday, was crossing the road to go to...
A historic ceremony saw the nationally acclaimed journalist and former University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) student Ranvir Singh, appointed as the third Chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire.
At a special inauguration event held at Preston Guildhall on Friday 20th January, Ranvir was officially welcomed into the UCLan family in front of a 350 strong audience of staff,...
“#JeSuis explores the refugee crisis, the West’s xenophobic response and threats to freedom of speech.”
2017 is a year of change and expansion for choreographer Aakash Odedra as he takes on a number of diverse projects, both for his own company and with some notable collaborators.
First is a preview of the new ground-breaking production titled ‘#JeSuis’, which includes a group...
Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice have announced an exciting new partnership with the Muslim Women’s Council that will see them further expand their hospice services.
The Women-Led Mosque Centre of Excellence has substantial plans for women’s services which complement those provided by the Children’s Hospice.
The partnership will focus on making the hospice’s services much more accessible to families from Bradford...
RaOol and Jaz Dhami collaborate to drop phat track
#DGDIB - The Feminist Hip-Hop Anthem
More that just a song, ‘Desi Girls Do It Better’ is the first of its kind - by Australian-raised, London-based composer/rapper RaOol featuring Punjabi singing superstar Jaz Dhami.
Shunning the incessant obsession with international beauties, the phrase ‘Desi Girls Do It Better’, is not only meant...
“I feel there is no greater personal reward and satisfaction then seeing the smiles on people thorough the impact of your work.”
Where many teenagers may be out “having a doss”, one young man carries the beacon of inspiration for young people throughout West Yorkshire.
18-year-old Haris Rashid from Batley has been dedicating his evenings, weekends and school holidays to volunteering...
An all-time record number of people lost their lives through suicide in prisons in England and Wales last year, figures seen by the Howard League for Penal Reform confirmed.
Official data published by the Ministry of Justice on 26th January, show that 119 prisoners died by suicide during 2016 – the highest number in a calendar year since current recording...
In litigation a party’s conduct can sometimes have a significant bearing on the outcome of the case. So it proved in FlyMeNow Limited v Quick Air Jet Charter GmbH, which was heard by the High Court at the end of last year.
The case concerned a dispute between an aircraft charter company (FlyMeNow) and an aviation company which provided air...
GT delivers highest top speed, fastest lap times on the track of any production Ford ever
Delivering the highest output of any EcoBoost production engine to date, the all-new Ford GT couples its extraordinary power with impressive aerodynamic efficiency and advanced active dynamics to achieve a maximum speed of 216 mph – making it the fastest Ford production vehicle on...
Welcome to Yorkshire has announced four dates in the Bradford district for its popular Tour de Yorkshire roadshows, which give local residents and businesses everything they need to know to make the most of this year’s race.
Bradford Council is working with Welcome to Yorkshire to run roadshows in Bradford city centre, Saltaire, Ilkley and Keighley to share information on...
