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The McDonald’s restaurant on Ingleby Road is now open around the clock for dine-in, takeaway and McDelivery, offering local customers another level of convenience.  Customers can dine-in by table-service only, ordering directly to their table via the My McDonald’s App, at the till or kiosk. The restaurant is also taking part in the Chancellor’s...
Akbars in Manchester has been shut down after an enforcement team witnessed “unacceptable scenes” of “overcrowding” with up to 24 people seated at tables that weren’t adequately spaced. The council said the eatery in Liverpool Road had “failed to implement social distancing controls”. Officials visited the premises last week, and found...
A new state-of-the-art dedicated Children’s Hospital for the East Midlands is one step closer to reality after the charity appeal supporting it reached their £5million milestone. The Leicester Children’s Hospital Appeal is now one step closer to achieving its £7.5million Phase One target to support a new dedicated Children’s Hospital at the Leicester Royal...
A Bradford mosque has become the first in Britain to install exciting state-of-the-art technology, which delivers body temperature readings of 20 people in just one second. The Al Markaz ul Islami, which serves as a mosque, an educational institute and a community hub, introduced and launched the brand new P4 System - a ground-breaking...
A 36 year-old mother of eight children who scrounged almost £100,000 in illegal welfare claims has been spared jail after she offered to enrol on a programme to help her realise her crimes were not 'victimless.' Saaba Mahmood of Heald Green near Stockport, Greater Manchester, pocketed Disability Living Allowance on behalf of her aunty...
The brother of the Manchester Arena attacker has been sentenced at the Old Bailey, and will spend at least 55 years in prison for his role in the atrocity. Justice Jeremy Baker told the hearing Hashem Abedi, 22, 'may never be released' while he refused to leave his prison cell to appear in court...
These dashing-looking identical twins from Leeds are celebrating after achieving four A*s each in the same A-level subjects. Arnav and Aryan Kotwal from Scarcroft, who are both students at The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL), made their clean sweep of A*s in chemistry, maths, further maths and physics. Both now intend to read maths...
A High Court ruling found Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd, Waitrose Ltd and Scratch Meals Ltd guilty of trademark infringement of a small health-meal delivery business established by a London bodybuilder During a one-day trial, High Court Judge Richard Hacon conceded that Scratch Meals Ltd.’s use of the name on its meals was similar to the...
The BBC has defended its decision to use the N-word for the second time after receiving hundreds of complaints. The broadcaster was slammed after presenter Lucy Worsley used the racial slur in BBC Two’s American History’s Biggest Fibs on 1st August, while discussing the freedom of slaves. During the show, Lucy...
Muhammad Azhar Shabbir was 18 (left) and his brother Ali Athar Shabbir was 16 (Picture: Lancashire Police) Two bodies have been found during the search for missing brothers Muhammad Azhar Shabbir, 18, and Ali Athar Shabbir, 16. They two went missing when they got into difficulty off the Fylde coast.
As the nation enters the biggest recession on record, Sadiq Khan has said that working from home is proving a ‘big problem’ for people. The Mayor of London urged big companies to consider bringing more staff members back to offices. Figures show that 730,000 workers lost their jobs during the government imposed lockdown between...
A solicitor and skin cancer survivor who is a finalist in a beauty pageant for married women, says she wants to empower women with her untold story of bullying. Shubhangi Mitra, 36?, a finalist in Mrs. India UK beauty pageant, says overcoming her struggle...
England’s chief nurse has issued a rallying call to those receiving their A-Level results tomorrow to join the thousands of their peers who have already applied to study nursing this year. NHS staff including nurses have pulled out all the stops to treat over 100,000 COVID-19 patients as well as everyone else who needed...
A critically acclaimed British-Pakistani filmmaker embraces female empowerment and brings a new look to Pakistani TV with the unravelling story of four women who leave their old lives to make new beginnings. And that’s not all… is the first ‘made in Pakistan’ drama to feature a lesbian...
The signs you are trustworthy have been revealed - and include never being late, not cancelling plans at the last minute and being able to keep secrets. Researchers who polled 2,000 adults identified the indicators someone can be relied upon - with being a good listener and a tendency to help others featuring on...
Following a successful pilot, McDonald’s has reopened dine-in areas in the Rooley and Ingelby Road restaurants, which are owned and operated by local franchisee Saj Shah. Social distancing measures are in place and the restaurant is carefully managing the number of customers inside to prevent congestion. On arrival, customers are asked...
The 1992 McLaren F1 was something that world had never seen before. And, until Gordon Murray delivered the new T.50, it’s something we never expected to see again. It was a car made completely without compromise, perhaps why it is now one of the most sought-after cars in the world. The F1 story began...
Fake likes, ghost followers and bots reveal the murky underbelly of famous social media accounts being probed by Indian police. It’s emerged that several PR agencies provide "fake" social media followers to Bollywood celebrities or other "big people”, and such followers are used for trolling and data theft, India’s Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh...
A man from south London who threatened to spit at officers after claiming he had coronavirus has been jailed for 12 months. Jason Gritton was found guilty of assaulting an emergency worker and affray on Tuesday, 4 August following a trial at Croydon Crown Court. Police carrying out enquires to locate...
Five men have been arrested in connection with allegations of abuse relating to four girls in Rotherham. The offences are alleged to have taken place around 20 years ago, when the girls were aged between 11 and 16. National Crime Agency officers working as part of Operation Stovewood made the arrests...

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