Official statistics suggest that around 400,000 pensioners across the UK suffer from loneliness at Christmas.
With that sobering thought in mind, religious groups from across Bradford joined forces on 25th December to serve up a Christmas dinner with all the trimmings to the city’s isolated elderly residents.
From sprouts and carrots to a specially ordered halal turkey, the festive feast was...
We need your help in tracing the whereabouts of 24-year-old Zohaib Latif. Zohaib was last seen on Saturday 31st December 2016 at his home in Sheffield.
He is known to have links to Birmingham and London but could be elsewhere in the country.
Zohaib is described as Asian, approximately 5ft6, of slim build. He has receding dark hair and wears...
A gunman is still at large after shooting 39 people dead on New Year’s Day in Turkey.
Turkish police carried out a dawn raid in a town on the edge of Istanbul this Thursday and detained suspects thought to be linked to the nightclub attack, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.
After receiving intelligence that individuals who may have helped the...
In the case of Fehily v Atkinson which was heard by the High Court at the end of last year, the Court had to consider the issue of whether a person had sufficient mental capacity to enter into a transaction.
In that case, Mrs Fehily was seeking to annul a bankruptcy order which had been made against her following...
Brits across the country welcomed in the New Year in traditional style this past week with fireworks galore lighting up the night sky as Big Ben chimed 12.
It was of course in the capital where the most highly-anticipated display was seen as London, once again, stole the show.
Consisting of some 12,000 individual fireworks, over 110,000 people, from almost...
The current £1 coin is being replaced for the first time in over 30 years because of its vulnerability to sophisticated counterfeiters.
Approximately one in thirty £1 coins in circulation is a fake and that is why the Royal Mint are introducing a new, highly secure coin on 28th March this year, to reduce the costs of counterfeits to businesses...
Calls for calm have been made by Bradford’s community leaders this week following the fatal shooting of Mohammed Yassar Yaqub by West Yorkshire Police.
Mr Yaqub was shot dead after officers cornered his white Audi sports car near the M62 in Huddersfield on Monday 2nd January, at around 6pm.
It has since been confirmed that it was a pre-planned policing...
A documentary made by a Bradford College graduate is providing food for thought on a global scale.
‘Plates’, a film about food waste and food poverty, was shot in West Yorkshire and has recently been shown in South Korea.
Directed and produced by Suman Hanif, who graduated with a first class degree in Film from Bradford College last month, the thought-provoking...
A charity champion has recently returned from his fourth humanitarian aid visit in three years to the Turkish and Syrian border region with the Dewsbury-based SKT Welfare
Nazim Ali raised over £15,000 with which vital humanitarian food packs, blankets and winter kits were purchased and distributed during the Christmas period.
The Bradford-born philanthropist, who visited the war-torn country, said: “I...
New research highlights a ‘broken social mobility promise’ for BME communities
Young people from black and Asian Muslim communities are more likely to be unemployed and face social immobility later in life than working class white boys despite doing better at school, according to new research by the Social Mobility Commission.
The report, which uncovers stark differences in the educational and...
On Tuesday 3rd January, three men, including one from Coventry, have been jailed for terrorism offences.
Two of the men were planning to travel to Iraq to engage in terrorism. One of them was arrested by counter terrorism officers hiding in the back of a lorry in Dover, as he attempted to leave the country undetected.
Aras Mohammed Hamid,...
It may have been a wet and windy start to the New Year yet that did not deter a host of young volunteers hitting the streets on 1st January for a huge community clean-up.
Youth from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) pounded the pavements across Yorkshire as part of the ‘Big Street Clean’ project.
Armed with brooms, bin bags and...
One of Bradford’s most well-loved soup kitchens celebrated the festive period last month by serving up their 20,000th meal at their annual Christmas party.
The Curry Circle – run by the Muslim Women’s Council - hosted the celebratory event for service users on 22nd December at the Carlisle Business Centre where over 200 people bonded over delicious meals.
As well as...
January – February: 2016 didn’t start the way many Yorkshire residents would have hoped for as the Boxing Day floods continued to take their toll on communities throughout the county.
Thankfully, we also saw the amazing efforts of ordinary people who went the extra mile to help others in their time of need. Kirkstall Road was one of the hardest...
Testimonial tournament celebrates 10 years of Manningham
Ten years ago, Manningham Football Academy held its first training session, with 20 children turning out at the local sports centre for ‘a bit of a kick around’.
This past week, over 100 youngsters from across the local area gathered at the same spot for a special testimonial tournament, where slices of cake were...
Snarling 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R designed to head-to-head with Porsche 911 GT3 RS
We’ve got to admit - it's a helluva green. Actually, it's called Green Hell Magno, and it's the signature colour of the 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R: the hottest, fastest, loudest machine in Daimler's rapidly growing line-up of Porsche 911-fighting sports cars.
The people at AMG have a...
The words “indirect loss” or “consequential loss” often appear in contracts. But what do they actually mean and what is the difference between these types of losses and “direct loss”?
Under English law the distinction between “direct” and “indirect” or “consequential” loss is based on what was foreseeable i.e. what was in the contemplation of the parties at the time...
Over three decades of success for MB Motor Group
For over 30 years, MB Motor Group have been ‘driving’ the used car industry forward, providing only the highest quality vehicles to customers across Yorkshire.
Today, with two stunning showrooms running in Leeds and Bradford, the Mitsubishi-affiliated business continues to live up to its title as the county’s top dealership.
Initially set up...
Call in for a frozen treat at Queens Qulfi on Thornton Road and you won’t see a scoop in sight.
Smiling behind two large ice pans (smoking away at a cool minus 35 degrees) are the friendly faces of Jimmy, Saffy, Shaba and Was: four brothers who are putting kooky curls into your ice cream.
Here, ice cream is melted...
Are you tired of having a smile with no sparkle or teeth which simply don’t shine?
Well now, thanks to Bradford’s newest private dental practice, support is just around the corner.
Southgate Dentists, on Thornton Road, is a state-of-the-art practice which boasts all the latest equipment in a relaxed setting in the heart of the city.
Highly qualified clinicians are on hand...
