Rihanna and Drake were recently spotted having fun across Manchester along with all 16 members of their entourage. Rihanna had joined Drake for his gig at the Phones’s 4 u Arena in the city last month.
The restaurant of choice for the celebs? Zouk Tea Bar & Grill in Chester Street, Manchester.
The Yorkshire-based restaurant, which has a branch in Manchester...
One of Leeds’ fastest rising children’s authors made sure her home city was not forgotten about last weekend as a ‘Ridiculous Witch’ was spotted in Headingley.
‘The odd-legged car crashing witch of Leeds’ is the latest book to be released by Yorkshire author, Sarah Shafi, in her ‘Ridiculous Witches’ series, and was read for the first time at Headingley LitFest...
For 32 years, Jawaid Akhtar was proud to call himself a member of the West Yorkshire Police Force yet at the start of 2014, he finally called time on his long-standing career and became ‘just Jawaid’ once again.
Involved in some of the biggest cases in West Yorkshire throughout the last four decades, he will perhaps be best remembered for...
For more than 30 years, a Rotherham resident has worked tirelessly with the local public all in hope of creating a cohesive community and her efforts have now been royally recognised.
Zanib Rasool received her MBE for services to the community earlier this week from the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, at Buckingham Palace after being named on the Queen’s...
A leading arts charity will be launching two innovative projects later this month to celebrate the importance of women in arts.
The South Asian Arts-uk (SAA-uk) will be launching the Women in Arts programme in Leeds on the 29th and 30th March with a pair of unique performances.
In the classical world of Indian music, dance and arts it is typically...
The family of a missing 21-year-old from Leeds, have expressed their disappointment with how the police have dealt with raising awareness of his disappearance, which was over a month ago.
The University of Bradford engineering student, Aamir Qudeer, mysteriously went missing without trace on Wednesday 26th February.
He had missed lectures shortly before he went missing, but there were no other...
They may be separated by more than 3,000 miles yet the University of Huddersfield has cemented its ‘close relationship’ with an institution that will play a key role in shaping a new future for Libya.
Senior figures from the Benghazi University came on a fact-finding visit earlier this week and signed a special ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ when they visited...
As the financial gap between the rich and the poor gets ever wider, a new food bank in Bradford is aiming to help out families at the lower end of the economic scale.
Operating out of Save the Mother’s Trust’s Great Horton site, food will be packed and handed over to distributors across the area who are then tasked with...
A Bradford resident has become the first Asian member in 50 years to join the city’s Royal British Legion after signing up in honour of his father.
60-year-old Raja Tariq Mehmood says he is ‘extremely proud’ to wear the 13 medals, obtained by Subh Ali Shan from both British and Pakistan governments, and hopes his new membership will only carry...
Experience a true taste of Italy on your doorstep as Gelato Passion brings classic flavours and indulgent tastes to West Yorkshire.
Set up earlier this year, Gelato Passion has already become a hot spot for local residents in both Bradford and Leeds with the Summerville Road site, and Dewsbury Road address, seeing customers flock to the door to see what...
The recent Court of Appeal case of Lloyd v Browning serves as a cautionary reminder to both buyers and sellers of land of the effect of non-reliance clauses. It is common practice in contracts for the sale of land to include a clause whereby the buyer is unable to rely on any pre-contractual statements made by the seller to...
To celebrate hitting 270.49mph (435.31 km/h) and unofficially breaking the Guinness World record for fastest production car, the Texan carmaker is building three very special cars, each with a $1.25 million price tag.
In February, a Venom GT took to the runway at the Kennedy Space Center and, with just a 3.2-mile track to play with, managed to break the...
The relatives of a missing 21-year-old from Leeds, have taken to the streets with a campaign calling for members of the public to step forward if they have any information of his whereabouts.
The family has recently expressed their disappointment to the Asian Express on how they feel the police has dealt with raising public awareness of Aamir Qudeers’s disappearance,...
When Amir ‘King’ Khan’s shot at a blockbuster bout against Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather was finally dismissed, the Bolton boxer was left in limbo, with no match, no million-pound contract, and no idea what was going on.
Khan had topped a fan’s poll to see who Mayweather should fight next yet it was the impressive Marcos Maidana who got the shot...
The world’s most fuel-efficient hybrid car, the Volkswagen XL1, will go on display in the Design Museum in London alongside other examples of design excellence and Designs of the Year award nominees from a range of disciplines from this week until 25 August.
Now in its seventh year, the Designs of the Year exhibition gathers together cutting-edge innovation and original...
Bradford’s kickboxing stars of the future took part in the third annual AFK tournament last weekend with more than 50 children turning up to showcase their talents.
Students aged from five through to 15, from the Azhar Farooq Kickboxing classes, competed in front of friends and family at Bradford’s Lapage Primary School.
Competing in five different categories, based on height, the...
The sudden death of Paul Walker had put a question mark on the future of ‘Fast & Furious 7’.
Divulging these plans, Bollywood actor Ali Fazal says happily: "Yes, I will be joining the Fast & Furious gang soon. We have to finish the filming."
Fazal, who has previously appeared in Hindi films including ‘3 Idiots’, ‘Always Kabhi Kabhi’ and ‘Fukrey’,...
Bradford pop sensation Zayn Malik is all set to become immortalised as a comic superhero by the creators behind X-Men, The Avengers and Spiderman.
With the comic-book-style ‘ZAP’ tattoo on his right arm, it transpires that the East Bowling lad is a huge comics fan, collecting them when he can, and is constantly on the doodle wherever he goes.
The One...
A secondary school in Leeds will become the first of its kind in the country to teach ‘English as a second language’ to all its pupils, even those born in England.
The City of Leeds School caters for students from more than 50 different nationalities, with many speaking broken English whilst others only know very basic words.
Despite GCSE results improving...
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK has just announced details of the forthcoming Lancer Evolution X FQ-440 MR special edition, which is making an historic return to help celebrate the company’s 40th Anniversary in the UK.
Available in just one colour – ‘Frost White’, the car will be priced £50,000.
The Lancer Evolution X has already achieved legendary status thanks to its...
