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Drivers who need to travel are being urged to be prepared before setting out on journeys this afternoon (Wednesday 13th January) due to snowy and icy conditions in Yorkshire and the North East. Highways England’s gritting teams are working around the clock to treat roads and keep them free from disruption, however significant snowfall...
All I have for you is one word. Tenet. It will open the right doors; some of the wrong ones, too. Use it carefully. Veteran actress Dimple Kapadia admits that she was nervous about giving her screen test for fear of rejection for Christopher Nolan’s original sci-fi action spectacle ‘Tenet’.
After the smashing success of Gal Gadot’s first outing as the ground-breaking heroine, Wonder Woman returns in a timely blockbuster that doesn’t pull its political punches. From director Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot in the title role, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ fast forwards to the 1980s as Wonder Woman’s next big screen adventure finds...
Virat Kohli calls for strict action against offenders after India's Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumra and Ravichandran Ashwin complained about receiving racial abuse An investigation has been launched after six spectators were thrown out on day four of the match at the Sydney Cricket Ground SCG. Australian cricket chiefs have...
• Follow in the footsteps of Grand Prix legends and drive a Jordan F1 race car once driven by motor sport legend Takuma Sato• TrackDays.co.uk is offering race fans the chance to fully experience a genuine F1 race car that cost £4.5 million to build• It is the only genuine Jordan F1 driving experience of its...
Olympic athletes should be given priority access to coronavirus vaccines to save the Tokyo Games from cancellation, according to a prominent International Olympic Committee (IOC) member. The Tokyo Olympiad was due to be held in July last year but is now pencilled in for this summer. It’s understood conversations are underway...
Diverse but not divided: "This is a village in which Christians and Muslims live together in harmony and love. We help and support each other. In other places, there’s conflict but not here. We live together in peace." Over the past year, we have seen people come together to show unprecedented acts of...
England all-rounder Moeen Ali has tested positive for coronavirus after landing at Hambantota airport in Sri Lanka, despite having tested negative before departure. The entire touring party were tested on arrival in Sri Lanka on Sunday 3rd January and following his positive test result, Ali will now self-isolate for 10 days.
Chancellor announces one-off top up grants for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses worth up to £9,000 per property to help businesses through to the Spring£594 million discretionary fund also made available to support other impacted businessesComes in addition to £1.1 billion further discretionary grant funding for Local Authorities, Local Restriction Support Grants worth up to £3,000 a...
During a parliamentary session, the Dutch government has clarified that it is legal for driving instructors to offer lessons in return for sex, as long as the students are over the age of 18. However, it is illegal to offer sex in return for lessons. Transport minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen...
The Covid-19 crisis has turned many lives upside down for many including for students at the University of Bradford. Students are increasingly unable to cover the costs of basic living needs such as rent, food, and heating for their homes. In a response to deal with these crises, The University of Bradford has launched...
The Prime Minister announced a third national lockdown for England amid spiralling Covid-19 infections, once again telling the nation to stay at home. Boris Johnson said the new measures have been introduced in a bid to prevent the NHS being overwhelmed, and that the number of Covid patients in hospitals is 40% higher than...
Scotland went into full lockdown as of Tuesday 5th January, as has England. The first minister told Scottish Parliament there will be a legal requirement for people to stay at home for the rest of January, with schools remaining closed to most pupils until the start of February at the earliest.
Lewis Hamilton, Humza Arshad, Craig David, Nina Wadia and Apache Indian among 1,239 people recognised for exceptional and outstanding service to the UK as part of the most diverse New Years Honours List 2021. The New Year Honours List 2021, demonstrates the incredible efforts of hundreds of public sector and community workers throughout 2020...
Tributes continue to pour in over the death of Bradford’s former Lord Mayor, councillor Abid Hussain, who died after contracting the coronavirus. Councillor Hussain, who represented the Keighley Central ward for many years, was seriously ill for a number of weeks with Covid-19. Sadly, he succumbed to the virus and passed away on 24th...
MPs have overwhelmingly approved the Brexit trade deal to pave the way for the UK-EU agreement. The House of Commons backed the agreement, struck between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the EU, by 521 votes to 73. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the deal, which stretches to 1,246 pages and...
Byline: Nazim Ali “It’s a great honour and I’m profoundly humbled to have arranged the eighth 'Creating Smiles’ gifts initiative to celebrate the life of Prophet Isa (Jesus) - may Allah be pleased with him. We are living in unprecedented times with Covid-19, and I was determined to carry this...
Anas El-Rafai, 15, and brother Jamal, 13, were swimming with friends at a beauty spot on the River Tees when Jamal hit trouble A drowned teenager ‘died a hero’ after rescuing his brother from a river, an inquest has heard. “Selfless" teenager Anas El-Rafai, 15, died trying to help...
A study of 1,000 adults with a physical disability or a mental health condition found 45 per cent have felt lonely while 50 per cent have felt depressed because of the Coronavirus. But 67 per cent went as far as to say they felt people with a disability had been forgotten about during the...
“Trip to Tanzania was privilege", says Bradford midwifery graduate Aneeqa Hussain about her work placement in Africa Aneeqa Hussain has worked hard to get where she is today, at one point going back to college for a year to secure the grades she needed in order to continue her university studies.

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