Image by Newsquest A man who left a \”highly offensive and insulting\” voice message for Bradford West Labour MP Naz Shah (pictured above) has been sentenced. Thomas Mearing, 26, was given 12 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months, after pleading guilty to a public communications offence at Taunton Magistrates\’ Court. He also received a five-year restraining order, banning […]
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Image by EG On The Move Blackburn\’s EG On The Move will now employ more than 4,500 staff nationally following the acquisition of Applegreen UK. The takeover of Applegreen UK\’s 98 sites with around 40 foodservice concessions is a major boost for the company which will now own and operate a total of 151 petrol stations nationally. The company, which is
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Image by Nq/Asian A Manchester based property businessman has raised the plight of Pakistani prisoners with the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the UK. Nabeel Mussarat of Bricks to Riches spoke with Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at a dinner. Nabeel also spoke about unlawful imprisonment of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Nabeel
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Image by Vivek Gurav/ PA An environmentalist embarking on a 50-city clean-up tour of the UK has said climate action is about individual responsibility rather than “just screaming” for government action. Vivek Gurav (pictured above), 29, who lives in Wembley, north-west London, started plogging, jogging and litter picking, in 2019 in his home city
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Image by Muslim Council of Britain/PA The newly elected leader of one of the UK’s major Muslim organisations has said that using the issue of grooming gangs to misrepresent an entire faith is unacceptable Dr Wajid Akhter (pictured above) gave comments as he was chosen as the new secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain
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Image by Dr Mona El-Farra/ PA) A Palestinian doctor, who has been living in Manchester since the war broke out, plans to return to Gaza now that a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel has been agreed. Dr Mona El-Farra (pictured above), 70, who left Gaza shortly after the fighting escalated, has lost her family home
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Image by Blueprint Media A Scottish-based education specialist has been named as the recipient of a prestigious award in her native India for her pioneering work in innovative methods of teaching STEM (science, technical, engineering and maths) subjects. Glasgow academic Dr Rashmi Mantri (pictured above), Managing Director of the British Youth International College (BYITC), won
Image by University of Bristol/PA A woman whose family fled Afghanistan and who became the first person in her family to go to school has graduated with a master’s degree in human rights law. Gurvin Chopra (pictured above), 23, whose parents fled religious persecution in Afghanistan, made a speech to a crowd of around 1,000 graduating
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Image by David Lindsay A new free exhibition features rarely seen items from the Arabic and Urdu collections of the British Library, as well as exploring the connections between boxing and calligraphy through the eyes of a group of British South Asian Muslim men living in Bradford today. ‘Fighting to Be Heard’, a new free
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Image by Newsquest A man who harassed Bradford West MP Naz Shah (pictured above) while she was campaigning during the general election has been sentenced. Nahid Khan, 46, of Canford Grove, Allerton, was charged with using threatening/abusive/ insulting words/behaviour to cause harassment/alarm/distress on June 12, on Canford Drive. He pleaded guilty to the offence on
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