Bake Off’s Nadiya rises to the top once more
On Tuesday, in the heart of the capital at London’s City Hall, Great British Bake Off champion, Nadiya Hussain was crowned the most influential British Bangladeshi.
Celebrating its fifth year of success, the British Bangaldeshi Power and Inspiration (BBPI) list held a prestigious awards ceremony for a wide spectrum of the British...
“If you move, I’ll stab you!”
Police are appealing for any information regarding a horrific robbery last month at the , in Newell Carr Road, Otley.
On Sunday 17th January, at around 8.45pm, three robbers struck the family-owned business, kicking a 33-year-old member of staff to the ground and stealing over £1,500 in cash from the till.
Tandeep Singh Saggu, who was the...
Pharmacists ‘devastated’ at proposed cuts
With junior doctors preparing to stage their second walk out in as many months next week, a separate group of healthcare professionals are worrying for their futures as further government cuts threaten thousands of jobs.
Independent pharmacies across the UK could be hit by a six per cent funding cut as soon as October, equating to...
Langar tackles hunger in Leeds
As homeless figures continue to rise in the UK, and the need for foodbanks grows every year, one West Yorkshire community ventured out last weekend to offer up free food and drink to our county’s most vulnerable people.
Sikhs from gurdwaras in Leeds and Bradford gathered at Dortmund Square, on The Headrow, on Sunday to dish...
Amir Khan returns to middleweight action in May
In the city of angels - Los Angeles - two of boxing’s most popular and powerful forces will come to loggerheads in what is deemed to be a sell-out match of high intensity action.
During the ‘Cinco De Mayo’ weekend, Amir ‘King’ Khan (31-3, 19 KOs) will make his first in-ring appearance...
If you’re looking for a fresh, locally sourced, tasty and reasonably priced lunch then why not consider trying Bradford College’s Grove Restaurant.
This restaurant is tucked neatly inside the award winning David Hockney Building with views over the urban plaza and impressive menus that change with the seasons to utilise the best local produce available.
We cater for all tastes, whether...
‘Not producing champions in the ring, producing champions in life’
A new boxing gym, aiming to educate young members of society both inside and out of the ring, opened its doors for the first time in Bradford last month.
The Lion Gym, in Greengates, is the result of years of hard work by police community support officer and boxing coach, Khalil...
‘Own direction’ was always on the cards for Zayn
Bradford-born singer Zayn Malik - a former member of pop superstars ‘One Direction’ - has revealed he did not want to be in the band from the outset.
The band, which was put together on ITV’s The X Factor – and initially finished in third place back in 2010 - has become...
Drummond Mill fire AFTERMATH
Bradford’s landscape may never be the same after a massive blaze fire ripped through of one of the city’s most iconic mills last week.
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue crews worked through the night to contain a fire at Drummond Mill, on Lumb Lane, Manningham, on Thursday 28th January after a fire began at around 11am.
Around 100...
£££Kerr-ching: HEROES!!!
The much-coveted Forbes lists grab international attention every year, and this year is no different. Its list of the highest paid actors from around the world, and has just released its rankings for 2015.
This year’s top dog has not yet been dethroned - for the third year in a row, veteran actor Robert Downey Jr. has held onto...
Cambridge kids
Two bright sparks from the Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL), 17-year-old Shahzaib Ahmed and 18-year-old Manjari Dhar, have got their eyes set on the cloisters of Cambridge University after receiving conditional offers from the prestigious academic institution.
The pair are just two of ten students from GSAL hoping to attend one of the Oxbridge establishments when they begin...
Search engine is still not paying enough into the pot
Tax settlements between Google and the UK government have been far from ‘glorious’, according to a senior government minister.
The admission by the Tory business secretary, Sajid Javid, came as a senior executive from Google expressed that he could not say how much UK profit has been generated by the technology firm...
The world record for the longest direct flight could soon be smashed after Qatar Airways announced plans to provide a non-top route from the capital of Qatar – Doha - to Auckland in Australia.
The 9,034 mile journey would be just under 500 miles further than the current record – held by Qantas’ Dallas to Sydney route (8,578 miles) and...
Daesh sympathiser sentenced at Birmingham court
A 26 year-old British mother, described previously as a bright former college student, took her toddler son to Syria and has now been jailed for six years for joining Daesh.
Tareena Shakil - who lived in Birmingham and was originally from Burton on Trent - secretly left Britain in October 2014 to join the self-declared...
End of the road for the classic off-roader
On Friday, the last classic Land Rover Defender rolled off the production line - 68 years after the first model was built.
The Defender was designed by Maurice Wilks, Rover’s chief engineer, who famously sketched his original design in the sand on an Anglesey beach for his brother Spencer, who was managing director...
Countries in the Americas have already declared a state of emergency
Thousands of babies are being born with underdeveloped brains in Brazil and South America after the Zika virus spread at an alarming rate through the Americas.
The virus, which has spread to 23 countries, is a disturbing infection. It is spread by the female mosquito ‘Aedes aegypti’, and has a...
Death toll reaches 70 after suicide bombing
The Sayeda Zeinab district in Damascus, home to Syria's holiest Shi'ite shrine, was targeted by Daesh on Sunday.
Two suicide bombers and a car bomb detonated as representatives of Syria's government and its divided opposition began conversations in Geneva in an attempt to start the first peace talks in two years.
The UN secretary...
Accident and Emergency units ‘on the edge’
NHS bosses are warning that hospitals are being pushed to the limits after a ‘sharp rise’ in demand for A&E units is causing real problems.
Research from the BBC showed that some NHS trusts have even had to take extreme measures to cope with the ‘exceptional’ pressures.
All routine operations were cancelled at one hospital,...
Extremism is now Bradford’s ‘Big Conversation’
A roundtable discussion - involving MPs, local people from Bradford, young people aged 16-25, social workers, police and youth workers – took place at the Bradford Hotel on Thursday, as part of Bradford’s ‘Big Conversation’.
The Home Affairs Select Committee’s aim was to gather direct evidence from young people about ‘extremism’ so that further research...
Fantastic work by Hamara Centre is recognised by the National Centre for Diversity
The chief executive of Leeds’ largest ethnic minority organisation in the voluntary and community sector has been named as the ‘Community Champion of the Year’ at a national awards ceremony.
Hanif Malik, of the Hamara Healthy Living Centre, was commended for his work in helping to develop the...
