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.
NHS England's chief executive Sir Simon Stevens issues warning as hospital admissions top first peak
Sir Simon Stevens says NHS staff "back in the eye of the storm", and are are anxious, frustrated and tired as the service comes under extreme pressure.
According to the head of the NHS, the...
UK Military personnel will provide planning and training support to secondary schools and colleges with testing at the start of the spring term, it has been announced today.
The personnel are on standby to support secondary schools and colleges across England to roll out COVID-19 testing to students and staff as the new term...
With the new strain of coronavirus rapidly spreading across the UK, a third full national lockdown hasn’t yet been ruled out
Announcing further areas in England to enter Tier 4 from 26th December, Health Secretary Matt Hancock today expressed mounting concerns about the surging ‘mutant’ strain of Covid-19, more contagious than the original...
Rotary’s Global Polio Eradication initiative has vaccinated more than 2.5 billion children over 35 years
Dr Manoj Joshi DL, a retired pharmacist from Bradford and former district governor of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire for Rotary International, decided he wanted to do something about the lack of awareness about Rotary's humanitarian work locally and...
The new strain of coronavirus discovered in the UK, is thought to be up to 70 per cent more transmissible than the original virus and has led to numerous countries temporarily banning arrivals from the UK.
The Netherlands was the first country to issue restrictions, followed swiftly by a number of other European nations....
£2.2 billion increase in core funding confirmed for schools next yearFunding allocations provide more money for every child in every classroom across the countrySecond year of three-year £14 billion total funding boost
In another step towards delivering on the government’s pledge to invest a total of £14 billion over three years, the Department for...
Yorkshire County Cricket Club's former under-15 and under-19 England cricket captain, Azeem Rafiq, says at a point he had even contemplated suicide due to depression
Former under-15 and under-19 England cricket captain, Azeem Rafiq, is claiming direct discrimination and harassment on the grounds of race, as well as victimisation and detriment as a...
Almost every area that has been in Tier 3 restrictions, will remain under the tightest restrictions over Christmas so for at least another two weeks, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.
Following the drop in infections, West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester had rallied hard in the hope that restrictions would ease, allowing the hardest...
The levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) near Ella's home exceeded World Health Organisation and European Union guidelines.
In an historic verdict, a nine-year-old girl who died following an asthma attack, has become the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death.
Ella Kissi-Debrah,...
Byline: Sneh Rupra
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...
Grassroots East London football club makes history and launches their first girls’ football programme
During the COVID-19 pandemic and following on from the BLM protests that took place throughout the summer, FC Leytonstone decided to take positive action.
With the launch of their Under 12’s Girls football team, they are...
Long Covid sufferer explains how his life has been affected - weeks and months after being diagnosed with coronavirus
The Health Secretary is urging the public - and especially young people - to follow the rules and protect themselves and others from COVID-19, as new data and film reveal the potentially devastating long-term...
Give your hair a glow up with award winning extensions, styling tools and hair care products from Beauty Works.
The company has become one of the world’s leading hair extensions company, supplying more than 4000 professional salons, as well as consumers.
Its products have featured in Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Grazia...
A young man born in Batley and of British Kashmiri heritage, and who became the first South Asian President at Liverpool Hope University's Student Union, scooped an accolade at the Yorkshire Young Asian Achievers Award 2020.
Haris Rashid overcame barriers to attain great things across a range of categories. Despite coming from Batley, which...
A building company has been ordered to pay the largest fine ever issued by a court in relation to a wildlife crime.
Bellway Homes admitted damaging or destroying a breeding site or resting place for bats at a construction site in Greenwich.
The company was ordered to pay a fine of...
