Tag: wakefield
RAMADAN SPAM: Penny Appeal’s bombardment asking for donations deemed ‘unacceptable’
Wakefield-based charity Penny Appeal has been told to stop sending spam texts for the month Ramadan after...
GAZA: Cllr Akbar’s ceasefire motion dismissed at full Wakefield Council meeting
An Independent elected member for Wakefield East, with no party affiliation, attempted to deliver an immediate Gaza...
Assistant head teacher caught with 11,500 child abuse images
Gareth Mellor was also the safeguarding lead at the high school he worked at in Wakefield.
An assistant...
Wakefield councillor must apologise after ruling finds she ‘disrespected’ officers
Nadiah Sharp, councillor for Wrenthorpe and Outwood West
A standards committee has ruled that Wakefield councillor Nadiah Sharp...
School apologises after Muslim pupils were served non-halal meat
Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill Principal, Mr Martin Fenton said a new catering company had been appointed
A primary...
Ramadan support: Hospitals issue iftaar packs for Muslim colleagues
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has putting together ‘Iftar packs’ for Muslim colleagues and patients who...
Imran Ahmad Khan: Former Tory MP jailed for sexually assaulting 15-year-old...
A former Conservative MP has been sentenced to 18-months in prison for sexually assaulting a teenager.
Imran Ahmad Khan,...
WARSI: ‘Yorkshire people can achieve extraordinary things when they work together’
The Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has been appointed a Vice President of the Yorkshire Society, joining a number of famous and prominent...
Disabled Wakefield artist commissioned for city mural part of £4.7M project
A disabled Iranian artist and Paralympian has been commissioned to create a new mural in Wakefield for world-renowned arts programme ‘Unlimited’ as...
Police community support officer jailed and added to the Sex Offenders...
The sickening off-duty activities of PCSO Jonathan Plummer have shocked and appalled his colleagues
A police community...
My wife put a short sweet post up about Ramadan…
BYLINE: Kam Akram
"I saw that my wife put a short sweet post up about Ramadan, so I...
Bradford & Rochdale on Covid-19 “back in lockdown” watchlist
A highlighted map, produced by Public Health England (PHE), shows for the number of cases per 100,000 population, Bradford, Rochdale, Barnsley are...
In Minha’s memory: Cousin of 18-year-old who died of cancer sets...
This smiling beautiful Bradford teenager died last month with a rare form of cancer.
18-year-old Minha Ahmed lost...
UNUSUAL BOND: How a salon boss & a woman with a...
Two women have formed a unique relationship due to a shared vision to help the needy. One is a beauty salon owner...
WAKEFIELD: Arrests made after 400 cannabis plants discovered
Police have arrested two men after a cannabis farm was discovered at a property on Cross Square.
Officers from...
#HOPE4HUMANITY: Young volunteers from Yorkshire distribute aid in Mirpur and Sindh...
Young professionals from Wakefield took time off from their full-time jobs to deliver desperately-needed aid in Mirpur and the Sindh province...
PENNY APPEAL: Watchdog confirms serious incident reported relating to ‘potential financial...
The Charity Commission has confirmed it has had a serious incident reported, relating to potential financial concerns at the charity Penny Appeal....
Young professionals take time off work to raise funds for charity
Raising an astounding figure of £37,887.90 this year, six volunteers from Hope 4 Humanity travelled out on 14th September...
Sleighing at speed: Santa set to race through Yorkshire in 2.4...
Santa will be spending a brief 2.4 seconds in West Yorkshire this Christmas Eve, racing through the county at a lightning 2,989 km per...
A real bobby-dazzler! Wakefield District Commander Shortlisted for Asian Achievers Award
Chief Superintendent Mabs Hussain of the Wakefield District has been shortlisted for a prestigious award at the annual Asian Achievers ceremony in the category...
