Students from the Bradford-Renduchintala Centre for Space AI celebrate winning joint first prize (Picture: University of Bradford)
Students at the University of Bradford have been named among the global winners of a major international satellite engineering competition - becoming the only UK team ever selected in the challenge’s history.
The...
Bradford humanitarian Nazim Ali BEM is preparing for his 20th overseas deployment, travelling to poverty-stricken Sindh, Pakistan this month to deliver hundreds of Ramadan food parcels to families facing extreme hardship.
Nazim will visit Sindh from 14th to 17th February 2026, on the eve of Ramadan, working in partnership...
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Based on harrowing everyday news, Anubhav Sinha’s ASSI is a film that makes us confront the uncomfortable truth we often run away from. The film is set to hit the big screen on 20th February 2026.
After creating intrigue with its compelling motion poster, the makers of ASSI,...
The partial opening of the Rafah border has created a sense of disappointment across Gaza with families and children in urgent need of medical evacuation being left in limbo waiting for news, Save the Children said.
The crossing will allow only 150 people to leave and 50 to...
Nominations are now open for the BPA Empowering Women Awards 2026, with organisers urging entries from across all sectors and backgrounds. Nominees do not need formal titles or senior roles. Impact, influence and commitment remain the core criteria.
The awards gala dinner event, which takes place on 25...
Three men have been charged over a violent assault on two elderly Sikh taxi drivers outside Wolverhampton railway station, an incident that sent shockwaves through the Sikh community and reignited fears over racially motivated attacks.
The attack, which took place in broad daylight, was captured on video and widely...
Bradford is set to turn up the volume once again as one of its most influential musical exports prepares a landmark celebration - and the city is invited.
Fresh from being awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the UK Bhangra Awards in December, legendary group Anjaana will host a...
Nasreen with her son Dhanyal, who passed away at 32
In the quiet moments, Nasreen Karim still wakes believing everything is normal. For a split second, the world feels intact. Then reality rushes back in.
“The first few months were like Groundhog Day,” she says.
“I would...
One in three children is arriving at school without the basic skills needed to learn, socialise and thrive - and nowhere is the scale of the failure more starkly exposed than in Bradford, where deep inequalities mean a child’s chances are still shaped long before their first day in the classroom.
For decades, owning a home in Islam’s two holiest cities has felt like a distant dream for many British Muslims - a spiritual aspiration edged with legal and financial uncertainty.
This month, Saudi experts open the door to Makkah and Madinah home ownership, making that dream closer to reality.
Moonsighters Academy seminar at The University of Leeds.
From the left, Dr Emma Alexander, Sofia Dawoodji, Shemanara Haq and Uzma Asghar.
Every year in Britain, a quiet fracture runs through Muslim life. In one home, a mother begins fasting. In another, a city away, her sister does not. Cousins celebrate Eid on different days....
(l-r) Andleeb Hanif, Farkhanda Hussain-Butt, Nasreen Karim, MP Naz Shah and Raheela Khan
The room fell quiet as Naz Shah began to speak.
What followed was not a polished political address, nor a rehearsed speech. It was a life laid bare. An account of survival, faith and fierce resilience that...
Childhood abuse does not end when the bruises fade or the doors close. It follows people into adulthood, shaping how they think, feel, love, work and survive. For many, it becomes an unseen companion - one that quietly drives depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, addiction, self-harm and fractured relationships.
Decades...
“If you’re of Asian ethnicity then you’re half as likely to say yes to donation, but around twice as likely to need a transplant – and that’s the health inequality we are facing.”
Mahmud Nawaz, chair of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, speaks with the force of...
At the Barbican, Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion confronts every assumption about beauty we bring into a gallery space. This ambitious exhibition reframes the so-called “dirty” side of fashion — from genuine mud-stained garments to pieces intentionally distressed or buried — as a radical vocabulary of resistance and reclamation.
After conquering screens and soundtracks alike, Farhan Saeed is back where his heart has always lived - in melody, storytelling, and song.
His new album Khat is a deeply personal body of work, shaped by reflection, distance, love, and the unspoken emotions that linger between people. It marks a...
When Bradford Hospitals Charity announced its first-ever official ambassador this week, the choice felt less like a new appointment and more like the formal recognition of a relationship years in the making.
Ishfaq Farooq, a Bradford-born entrepreneur and director of MyLahore and dessert brand Wunder Crumble, has been quietly...
Nazim Ali, Creating Smiles gifts initiative co-ordinator
By the time Nazim Ali reached Ward 17 at Airedale Hospital, he had already made history of a quiet, human kind.
The bags in his hands - filled with cuddly toys, play sets and baby gifts - marked the 50th time he has...
In a move being hailed as a national benchmark, Manchester City Council has become the first authority in the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to be formally accredited as a Menopause Friendly Employer – signalling a cultural shift in how large public bodies support women at work.
The accreditation, awarded...
If laughter is the best teaser, Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos has just delivered a knockout punch. In a newly dropped promotional video, Aamir Khan Productions brings together Aamir Khan, Vir Das, and a scene-stealing surprise appearance by Sunil Grover - with results that are nothing short of hilarious.
Grover...
