Peace Party brings communities together
Activists and volunteers rallied together in Dewsbury last month to promote peace across the district.
Local Muslim community organisation - ‘Kumon Y’all’ - set up pop-up stalls outside Dewsbury Town Hall on Saturday 23rd January.
Around 35 volunteers gave away free cupcakes, samosas and sweets, while encouraging people to unite as a community.
They created placards which read:...
Opening doors for dementia
A BME Dementia service at Touchstone is breaking down the barriers of dementia awareness in the city with a host of initiatives and projects aimed at tackling the cultural taboo.
The Alzheimer’s Society estimates that there are currently 800,000 people with dementia in the UK with over 11,500 of those from BME (Black and minority ethnic) backgrounds.
Ripaljeet...
Possibly the most powerful Jaguar production car ever
Well, the lid has been lifted The new Jaguar F-Type SVR will make its global debut at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show and will go on sale in March.
With indications that it will feature the same 567bhp 5.0-litre V8 engine as the limited-edition Project 7, the SVR has powerful V8 with...
Martial arts star is top of the class
A taekwondo ace from Bradford, who only took up the sport two years ago, has been named best fighter at his club after their annual regional competition.
Eleven-year-old Mohammed Ali Feroze currently trains with the United Martial Arts Academy, and has quickly established himself as one of the top prospects at the club...
Stars gather to celebrate Hamara’s success
Leeds City Varieties was packed to the rafters last week as the Child Friendly Leeds (CFL) Awards made a triumphant return to the city.
Organised by young people, the awards celebrate some of the people, places and organisations helping to make Leeds a child-friendly city.
Amongst this year’s winners was the Hamara Centre.
Based in south...
Keeping ‘in touch’ with the world’s neediest
Osman Gondal, founder and CEO of Bradford’s InTouch Foundation, has visited the migrant camps in Dunkirk and Calais, feeding and clothing thousands of refugees who have fled their war-torn countries. He now has plans in place to go every month as the need is so great.
He said: “I went to the Grand Synthe...
Discover Bhangra in Huddersfield
A postmaster from Huddersfield has delivered his latest gift to the town of Huddersfield this past month with an exciting exhibition looking into the past, present and future of Bhangra dancing.
When not stamping parcels, Hardeep Singh Sahota is out promoting the dance he loves, with his latest art exhibition - ‘Bhangra Renaissance’ – now on show...
Local artists lose everything as giant puppets burn
Five years’ worth of community artwork - including fantastical giant puppets and illuminating lanterns – have been destroyed following the disastrous Drummond Mill blaze last month.
For the past three years the mill had been the creative home of Cecil Green Arts, a Bradford based Arts collective that specialises in grand works of art for...
There are so many things that need to be perfect for a bride’s big day. The iconic wedding dress always tops the list for most women.
Thankfully, for brides-to-be in Bradford, there is one dressmaker which you can rely on every time.
Rehman has been raising the bar for bridalwear providers in the city since it opened its doors nearly a...
Legal disputes between neighbours frequently arise out of long-standing rivalries, moved boundaries, overhanging trees or loud music at antisocial hours, and are notorious for being fought with a bitter passion over matters that seem to be profoundly trivial to the impartial observer. Sometimes, though, such disputes can come out of a neighbour being too neighbourly. Going that extra mile...
Afghan child who made a homemade football t-shirt to meet hero
Five-year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, who lives in the Afghan province of Ghazni, has had his image shared across the world, and is now set to meet his footballing hero, Lionel Messi.
Fans across the globe were moved by the image of the young boy wearing a homemade ‘Messi 10’ shirt made...
Table tennis teen is top sportsmen for 2016
A sporty teenager from Leeds has added another trophy to his growing collection this past week, this time without even having to lift a bat.
At the British Muslim Awards 2016, Shayan Siraj, from Bramhope, was named the recipient of the ‘Best at Sport’ award, commending his growing reputation in the sporting world.
The...
WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, 44, should be allowed to go free from his three-and-half year arbitrary detention at the Ecuadorian embassy in London and be awarded compensation, a UN panel ruled on Friday.
Assange, a computer hacker who angered the United States by publishing hundreds of thousands of classified US diplomatic cables, has been hiding away in the embassy since...
Boxer doesn’t want sport to become ‘about money’
World heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is struggling to motivate himself and could quit boxing, the controversial fighter told BBC Radio 5 Live on Thursday.
He said: “I could walk away. I could just sail into the sunset unbeaten with all the belts and live a normal life. All that I would be boxing...
‘Intended use’ policy welcomed by Bradford’s cabbies
Bradford Council has welcomed moves by a Lancashire local authority to put an end to the problem of taxis operating across the border in Bradford.
A survey found recently that around 200 private hire vehicles operating in Bradford were licensed as Hackney Carriages in the town of Rossendale.
Council taxi officers were concerned that safety...
India’s Foreign Minister ‘deeply pained over shocking incident’
Five people have been arrested by police in the southern Indian city of Bangalore in connection with an attack on a Tanzanian student.
A mob beat up and partially stripped the 21-year-old woman after a Sudanese student's car ran over and killed a local woman on Sunday night.
The woman and her three Tanzanian...
Thousands of Syrians flee city after Russian airstrikes
Tens of thousands of Syrians are being forced out of the city of Aleppo towards the Turkish border, after intense Russian airstrikes on Friday.
Aid workers have said they fear the city, which once was home to two million people, could soon fall under a full government siege.
For the people of Aleppo,...
Huddersfield’s new scheme sees motorists flouting the rules
Huddersfield town centre has activated new ‘bus gates’, much to the dismay of motorists.
Many drivers have already been fined and taxis have arrived late in the town centre.
The controversial scheme which aims to prevent vehicles from driving around key routes in town launched this week, causing ‘chaos’ on the roads.
Only buses and...
Bradford to lose big bounty of arty artefacts
A recently signed agreement, which will see more than 400,000 objects from Bradford’s National Media Museum transferred to London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), has been met by strong opposition from local art fans.
The move, which would create the world’s foremost collection on the art of photography, was approved last month...
Wibsey warbler wows Will.i.am
Twenty-one-year-old Bradford-born singer, Faheem Ashraf, had the judges' chairs spinning around faster than a vinyl record player set to the rotational speed of 78 RPM on Saturday night.
Dressed in double denim, a straw trilby and sparkling ear-rings that matched the twinkle in his eye, Faheem looked the part as he took to the stage on BBC1's 'The Voice'. But did...
