As the holy month of Ramadan comes to an end, Barnardo’s, the UK’s largest children’s charity, is sharing ten top tips on how children and families can still enjoy Eid-ul-Fitr despite the pandemic.
Putting up decorations together
Whether you decide to make them...
The NHS and Royal Voluntary Service are calling for more NHS Volunteer Responders to support their community with essential tasks.
These volunteers help people who are continuing to keep contact with others to a minimum because they have other health conditions which make them particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. NHS Volunteer Responders provide support with...
UCLan creative Hinna Kazi joins online team of national student talent to deliver ad campaign for major retailer
A talented fashion promotion student from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has defied lockdown to join a virtual team of student creatives from across the UK to devise and deliver a promotional campaign for...
Colleagues of Bradford based world food manufactures Regal Foods, have embraced the month of Ramadan by experiencing their own personal journeys through fasting in support of other colleagues, friends, and customers of Regal Foods.
The fasting period gave the team not only a challenge but a time to reflect and an understand more...
We just days away from the release of Azaan Sami Khan’s new music video, titled Tu.
And just in time for the big reveal, the singer took to his Instagram to release the teaser for it, which features none other than .
In the teaser, one can see a montage...
Bradford’s famous ‘Ramadan Runner’ took on the physically daunting challenge of a 10K run for the eighth consecutive year, all whilst fasting 18-hours, and despite suffering a calf injury!
With no access to food or water, careers advisor, Nazim Ali ran locally as part of the Virtual Hamburg (Germany) 10K Run. His route took...
On national Mental Health Awareness Week (10 – 16 May), Leeds City Council is launching a range of new resources created by young people for young people to support positive mental health and wellbeing.
These include peer support opportunities, a guide to creating a youth ‘wellbeing club’ from the Leeds Youth Council, and a...
The Give a Gift Ramadan Food Campaign supports over 1,000 people weekly during Pandemic
A Leeds-based charity is ensuring hundreds of vulnerable families on the poverty line are being fed via their Ramadan food distribution campaign.
Give a Gift has been distributing food parcels and other essential items across Leeds...
At just five-years-old, Tayyub Warris has become the youngest in his online classes to achieve his first belt in kickboxing.
The determined little Reception student from Bradford, only just began online kickboxing classes in February during the last lockdown, and has made fantastically promising progress at such a young age.
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Owais Mohammad joins Bradford’s School of Management’s International Advisory Board
The latest ‘dragon’ from the business world to join the ranks of the School of Management’s International Advisory Board is Owais Mohammad, who graduated from the University of Bradford in 2007 with a Bsc in accounting and finance.
After graduating,...
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) will resume on 1st June with the final on 20th June after it was postponed because of a coronavirus outbreak.
The Twenty20 tournament was halted on 4th March after seven cases of Covid-19 were reported.
A June restart was initially proposed subject to a Pakistan Cricket...
Music maestro, AR Rahman, will be making his writer-producer debut with 99 Songs, set to release on 16th April.
To mark this new achievement, he recently hosted an international press conference to talk about the film and its soundtrack. The much-awaited album is released by Sony Music India and has already won the hearts...
• A comprehensive model history of the BMW M3 and M4• Covers the early development of the M3 as a racing and road car• Details the racing career and successes of the model• Featuring a lavish array of colour photographs and cutaway drawings• New edition featuring up to date material of new models produced between 2013 to...
Kala Sangam, Bradford’s Arts Centre, has been awarded £61,500 as part of the second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund (CRF).
This money will cover core costs and protect the future of the city centre arts venue, which has been closed to the public for over a year as a result of the...
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Hilarious, moving and enlightening reflections on what it was like to come of age as a Muslim in 90s Britain, from the brilliant comedian Tez Ilyas.
The uproarous and pubescent debut book from your favourite British Muslim comedian (that's Tez...
Local people found it easier to get their Covid-19 vaccine during Ramadan, thanks to an evening pop-up clinic held at a Huddersfield mosque.
Masjid Riza in Birkby was transformed into a vaccination clinic. Medical leaders and Islamic scholars have stressed that getting the vaccine does not break the fast observed by Muslims during daylight...
For a country that is the largest vaccine manufacturer in the world, India's vaccination drive has only been delivered to a small 4.8% of its 1.3 billion population.
India reported a skyrocketing record number of daily Covid-19 cases for the fifth day in a row.
On Monday, India saw...
BYLINE: Kam Akram
"I saw that my wife put a short sweet post up about Ramadan, so I thought what the heck? I’ll put one up too… except mine aren't always short.
I've read that fasting has been used therapeutically since at least the 5th century BC, when Greek physician...
A police officer decided it was time to roll up his sleeves, rope in family and friends, and get cooking to feed hundreds of officers who've been missing out on meals during gruelling night shifts.
PC Dharmesh Mistry, who works in Bradford's Central Assessment Unit, has been in the force for over 16-years....
We all could do with some light relief from reality…
Last year, the estimated social media reach of #WorldBookNight and #ReadingHour was 14.3 million.
This year’s theme, “Books To Make You Smile” is a response to the impact of Covid-19 on mental health, highlighting the proven power of reading...
