The founder of a Bradford charity, which feeds the homeless across West Yorkshire every week, flew his charitable arm around the world last month as he landed in Pakistan.
Osman Gondal, from Allerton, helped establish the InTouch Foundation in December 2012 with a mobile soup kitchen set up in Bradford.
Since then, the portable kitchens have also launched in Keighley and...
MP argues that there was antisemitism and Islamophobia "lurking" behind some arguments against religious slaughter without stunning the animal
“Religious minorities rightly feel picked on and scrutinised, as if to say their way of life was cruel. It’s an unfair characterisation” Labour MP Shabana Mahmood
"The government have no plans at all to ban religious slaughter. The Prime Minister has been...
Uncle and nephew jailed for huge drugs network
Two men who oversaw a cannabis farm network across the Midlands - netting them a multi-million pound fortune - are now behind bars after West Midlands Police brought their drugs empire to an immediate halt.
Nirmal and Darryl Saund posed as respected businessmen - operating out of a Birmingham company called The Cayman...
“We need to unite to make a clear and loud definition between Islam - a religion of peace and Islamist extremism” says Prime Minister
The now much-criticised letter that communities secretary Eric Pickles sent to mosques, telling Muslims they to face the “challenges of integration and radicalisation”, has been supported by the Prime Minister.
In a one-to-one interview at the Asian...
Penalty shoot-out remembers Valley Parade tragedy
Budding football stars from a Bradford school shot past the goal of raising £600 for a local charity last month, marking the 30-year anniversary of the city’s worst sporting disaster.
Boys and girls from St Matthews CE Primary laced up their football boots in February to take part in a sponsored penalty shoot-out in aid...
Bradford West prospective MP pulls out of race
The contest to hold the parliamentary seat in Bradford West took a bizarre twist last week as Labour’s newly selected candidate announced her decision to step down, four days after being chosen.
Amina Ali, a councillor currently in Tower Hamlets, London, made the announcement via Twitter on Wednesday 26th February tweeting: “I...
Fundraisers defeat the elements to conquer 10km challenge
A group of fundraisers, aged from six to seventy-six-years-old, battled wind, rain and snow last weekend to complete the 10km challenge from Halifax to Bradford.
Raising funds for the Islamic Relief charity, the group gathered in Halifax town centre on Sunday morning before running up the daunting ‘Queensbury Mountain’ and into the neighbouring...
Parking costs rise at local airport
The cost of parking at Yorkshire’s largest airport increased 50 per cent last week leaving drivers ‘disappointed’ with the new ‘kiss and fly’ charges.
Parking outside Leeds Bradford Airport’s main terminal building will now cost drivers £3 for up to thirty minutes instead of the previous price of £2.
One-hundred free parking spaces have been allocated...
Green-fingered youth sowing seeds of friendship
The relationship between Dewsbury’s young Muslim population and a residential home in the area is ‘blossoming’ following the latest successful gardening initiative.
Members of the Kumon Y’all group have been working in the areas of Saville Town and Thornhill for well over a year as they attempt to build up community cohesion in their local...
Akhtar behind bars after successful extradition
A Bradford man, who left the country part way through his trial, has returned to the UK and now begun his 17-year sentence behind bars.
21-year-old Wakar Akhtar, of Hudson Avenue, Bradford, was convicted and sentenced in his absence in November for the rape of a young woman.
He fled to Italy where he had been...
Volunteers complete selfless work in war-stricken region
A group of UK-funded NHS surgeons have returned from treating war-wounded patients in Gaza six months after the temporary ceasefire was agreed.
The volunteer doctors visited the region regularly for the past six months to carry out surgery on patients with severe injuries and train doctors in Gaza hospitals to improve their surgical capacities.
The...
Officer jailed on ‘BLACKMAIL’ charges
A former Police Community Support Officer (PSCO) who blackmailed women in Newham whilst on duty, was sentenced last week to six years in prison.
Kabeer Yousaf, 31, of Barley Lane, llford, blackmailed women at brothels on St Stephen’s Road in East Ham, and Corporation Street, in West Ham, when he was a PCSO for Green Street...
Army chief ‘looking into’ possibility of return
A minister in the House of Commons says Britain’s army chief should look into re-introducing a Sikh regiment in the forces.
Mark Francois, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, said the Chief of the General Staff is currently examining the possibility of a Sikh unit, which would inherit the ‘proud traditions’ of previous...
Londoner behind mask of IS killer
One of Islamic State’s most wanted men, dubbed ‘Jihadi John’, has been identified as Mohammed Emwazi, a Kuwaiti-born British computer programming graduate from London.
Known to security services prior to his notoriety with IS, Emwazi has been seen on videos published online where he decapitates hostages, often dressed in orange jumpsuits, including Americans, Britons and...
British Veterinary Association presents findings at Parliamentary debate which could effect the halal meat industry
The debate around the halal slaughter of animals was heard in the halls of Westminster earlier this week, with the topic of ‘stunning’ at the heart of conversation.
According to a 2012 Food Standards Agency report, 97 per cent of cattle, 96 per cent of poultry...
Land Rover has just revealed the first glimpse of the 2016 model year Range Rover Evoque, previewing a striking new headlamp signature for the most successful Land Rover ever produced.
The 2016 model year Range Rover Evoque will be the first Land Rover to feature full LED adaptive headlamps when it makes its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show...
‘It may be worthless to you, but it’s priceless to us’
A family from Bradford, whose young daughter sadly passed away from a genetic condition, have made an emotional appeal for the return of her ‘priceless’ passport following a home robbery.
On Thursday 22nd January, the family home on Killinghall Drive, Undercliffe, was targeted when thieves broke in and stole a...
St George’s Crypt visit proves a knockout success
Two-time world champion Amir Khan was fighting in the corner of society’s most vulnerable earlier this week as he helped feed the homeless in Leeds.
Showing his support for local charity, St George’s Crypt, he attended the event alongside his team from the Amir Khan Foundation, as well as councillors and members of...
Just ten weeks have passed since the construction of Leeds’ latest mosque began, and due to the dedicated work of Ontime Constructions and the Masjid-e-Quba board, the doors are almost ready to be opened – once they’re installed that is.
Located on the corner of Shepherds Lane in Roundhay, the building work is well ahead of schedule and expected to...
Work experience scheme launches at local college
Kirklees College have joined forces with employment experts, Stafflex, to provide students with a platform to gain valuable work experience and help employers create their future workforce.
‘KC Works’ gives employers the opportunity to ‘try before they buy’ by taking prospective employees on for work experience to see if it works out first.
Meanwhile, students...
