In a much contended bid, the city was selected ahead of three finalists, including County Durham, Southampton, and Wrexham Country Borough
The winner is picked every four years and attracts millions of pounds of investment (Credit Karol Wyszynski)
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries announced Bradford as the winner on BBC's...
Directed By:
Baz Luhrmann
Starring:
Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh, Luke Bracey, Natasha Bassett, David Wenham, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Xavier Samuel, Kodi Smit-McPhee
ELVIS is an epic, big-screen spectacle from Warner Bros. Pictures and visionary, Oscar-nominated...
Regal Food Products Group are delighted to announce that they will become Bradford City Football Club’s official shorts sponsor next season.
In October 2021 Regal Foods announced their partnership with their home-town football club, Bradford City AFC.
This announcement is the start of what promises to be a successful partnership...
A Bradford man is celebrating his centenary, and was overjoyed at receiving a personal congratulations on his 100th birthday from HM The Queen.
Born in 1922, in the then British ruled India, Mr Mirza Khan belonged to a humble Kashmiri family who migrated from Barmoola (now occupied Kashmir)...
A gun supplier from Birmingham who used a 3D printer and ammunition press to make viable weapons from parts ordered on the dark web has been jailed for 27 months.
Haroon Iqbal, 32, from Bramble Dell in Birmingham, made two orders for parts to be sent from the US.
Iqbal first...
Nazim Ali with childhood friend Wajid Khan at the Queen's Garden Party
Bradford's award-winning Nazim Ali, fondly known as the ‘Ramadan Runner’ for his fundraising challenges while fasting, attended the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in recognition of his two-decades of unstinting public service.
The garden parties are a...
A Heckmondwike businessman is celebrating after being honoured for his outstanding charity work.
Mohammed Shakeel Faraz, from Heckmondwike, has become one of only a handful of people from West Yorkshire to be presented with the prestigious British Citizen Award which recognises exceptional individuals who positively impact their communities throughout...
Organisers of a pioneering exhibition marking 50 years of Ugandan Asians in Leicestershire are on the hunt to identify and locate a local family whose photo will feature as part of the celebrations.
The iconic image, which was found online, shows a Ugandan Asian family at Loughborough Train Station on their way...
Mohamed Salah has confirmed that he will be at Liverpool next season but Sadio Mane says he will reveal his future after the Champions League final.
Both players are out of contract next summer and have been linked with moves away from Liverpool, although Premier League Golden Boot joint-winner Salah has repeatedly said publicly...
Timings for the Platinum Jubilee weekend have been unveiled for the Queen who, as well as being the nation's longest reigning monarch, is also the longest still-serving sovereign in the world.
Here is the rundown of what will happen at events and celebrations as the nation pays tribute to the Queen's 70 years...
Yorkshire Sikh Forum put on a glittering event for partners from across the district for a special celebration marking Vaisakhi and The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Guests attending the commemorative event in the Banqueting Suite at Leeds City Hall included the Chief Guest Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire Ed Anderson, Rt His Stuart Andrew MP,...
Unmask the truth behind Gotham City’s vigilante detective and his alter ego, reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne, when The Batman arrives for Digital Download from 23rd May and 4K, Blu-ray and DVD on 13th June. The film is directed by Matt Reeves from a screenplay by Reeves and Peter Craig, based on characters created by DC, and stars Robert Pattinson (“Tenet,” “The Lighthouse”).
The film...
Catastrophic famine conditions leading to one death every 48 seconds in Somalia and Kenya
Human Appeal, has launched an emergency appeal for aid to fight famine conditions currently affecting the Horn of Africa.
In Somalia and Kenya, a long-term and severe drought combined with a lack of grain aid due...
A former Conservative MP has been sentenced to 18-months in prison for sexually assaulting a teenager.
Imran Ahmad Khan, 48, who served as MP for Wakefield from 2019 until this year, was found guilty in April of groping the 15-year-old at a house party in 2008.
Khan was expelled by the...
Few days back we saw a heated Twitter debate between Ajay Devgn and Kiccha Sudeep over Hindi no longer being a national language and today Ayushmann Khurrana launched the trailer of his next political action thriller Anek that somehow have jumped into the ongoing debate..
A particular scene in the trailer shows Ayushmann Khurrana conversing with a man who...
Since the trailer of the most awaited political action thriller, Anek has been released, the audience is eagerly waiting for yet another cinematic wonder from the most talked-about actor-director duo - Ayushmann Khurrana and Anubhav Sinha who is back after Article 15 with their highly anticipated film. The film has become the talk of the town amongst movie lovers.
welve panels comprised of local community members will review and feed back on police officers’ use of force in every London borough on a regular basis, starting this month.
New Police Encounter Panels (PEPs) – co-chaired by community leads and area police commanders – will meet to discuss encounters with the public that have...
China Plate Theatre artist Nilupa Yasmin has spent months working with seven local groups to create the dazzling displays for the bus stops along the National Express West Midlands number 74 route between Dudley and Birmingham.
Seven new bus stops lining Birmingham’s busy Soho Road have been converted into art galleries to celebrate...
As a special gesture, leading actresses from the bollywood industry welcomed Andrea Kevichusa who's playing the lead against Ayushmann in Anubhav Sinha's ANEK.
Real talent can come from from any part of the country and here's welcoming actress and supermodel Andrea Kevichusa from Nagaland as the next-generation debut. Welcoming the debutant, leading actress like Tapsee Pannu,...
At Closing Gala
The 22nd, annual UK Asian Film Festival presented the Tongues on Fire Flame Awards at the Closing Gala ceremony on Sunday 15th May at BFI Southbank. The presentation, hosted by actors, Nisha Aaliya and Yanick Ghanty, followed the UK Premiere of Gangnam Girls. Representing the film at the Closing Gala were director, Charmi Nemchand Chheda, and producer, Nyema Zam. Additional guests in attendance included actors, Hina Khan,...
