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INSIDE THIS EDITION FUNDRAISER: Khadija Sarwar completed the 18.6 mile route from her Methley home to Leeds’ Royal Armouries Museum and back in aid of the charity, Orphans in Need

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By Ashley Grint ashley@asianexpress.co.uk

A determined fundraiser battled through horrendous weather conditions last weekend to complete a near 20-mile bike ride for charity, and she’s only nine-years-old.

Khadija Sarwar, from Methley, set herself a sponsorship challenge in aid of the international charity, Orphans in Needs, after attending a seminar with her mother.

After opting to complete a mammoth cycle as her fundraiserof-choice, the Wakefield Girl’s School pupil undertook the challenging ride.

Riding from her home to the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds – and back again, Khadija was joined along the long route down the LeedsLiverpool canal by her mother and father – Aneeka and Adeel.

Totalling 18.6 miles,

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PARKING TICKETS FIASCO £485,000 could be refunded to West Yorkshire motorists wrongly issued 16,000 parking tickets

AWESOME! 9-year-old completes 20-mile cycling challenge

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FILM-MAKER: Kabir Khan says: “I am surprised and amused that a wanted terrorist has gone and filed a petition. He is the one who is spreading hate agenda and he is opposing the film, without even knowing what the film is about.”

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WANTED: Hafiz Mohammed Saeed, chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawwa and founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba says he wants to ban Kabir Khan’s movie ‘Phantom’

Pakistani militant with $10 million bounty on his head seeks to ban Bollywood action film A Pakistani militant leader with a $10 million bounty on his head over his alleged involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks now has a new target: a Bollywood film that imagines him being assassinated.

In a twist worthy of a movie itself, a lawyer for Hafiz Mohammed Saeed wants to ban the upcoming film "Phantom" from being shown, arguing it is Indian propaganda meant to hurt the image of Pakistan abroad.

But beyond the choreographed mayhem of the film's imagined, perfectly coiffed Indian spies, the movie's premise lays bare the anger still felt over the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people, including six Americans, as well as tensions between the two nucleararmed rival countries.

"I am surprised and amused that a wanted terrorist has gone

and filed a petition," film director Kabir Khan recently said. "He is the one who is spreading hate agenda and he is opposing the film, without even knowing what the film is about."

Spy revenge films are nothing new, like ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ focusing on the U.S. special forces raid in Pakistan that killed alQaida leader Osama bin Laden or ‘Munich’, the Stephen Spielberg film on Israel's retaliatory assassinations of Palestinians over the 1972 Olympic Games attack

by Black September.

In "Phantom," based on the novel "Mumbai Avengers" by S. Hussain Zaidi, Indian spies target those behind the Mumbai siege, a three-day rampage that saw gunmen attack two luxury hotels, a Jewish centre and a busy train station in India's financial capital.

But unlike the novel, which

NAMED: The forthcoming Bollywood film ‘Phantom’ apparently names the Pakistan militant Saeed for his role in planning a siege in Mumbai

used pseudonyms for those accused of plotting the attack, ‘Phantom’ apparently names Saeed, as well as American David Coleman Headley, who was sentenced to 35 years in a U.S. prison for his role in planning the siege.

Authorities in the United States and India blamed the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, long believed to be used as a proxy by Pakistani intelligence agencies against India in the disputed Kashmir region, for carrying out the Mumbai assault.

Saeed, who founded Lashkar-eTaiba, now runs the charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which India says is a front group for Lashkar.

Saeed denies having any links with the militancy now.

The fact Saeed is named in ‘Phantom’ puts him at risk, lawyer A.K. said.

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‘I have forgiven this boy’ Teen

JUSTICE: Stabbing victim, Vincent Uzomah, spoke outside court on Monday after seeing his former student handed an 11-year extended sentence

student sentenced over classroom attack

A 14-year-old Bradford student, who stabbed a teacher in the classroom before ‘boasting’ about the attack on Facebook, has been given an 11-year extended sentence at Bradford Crown Court.

Vincent Uzomah told the court on Monday 10th August that he thought he was ‘going to die’ after being stabbed in the stomach by the student at Dixons Kings Academy back in June.

However, following the sentencing handed out last week, the supply teacher said he had forgiven the teen and urged him to become a ‘changed person’.

Speaking outside court via a prepared statement, Uzomah said: “As a Christian, I have forgiven this boy who has inflicted this trauma and pain on to me and my family.

“It was, however, important for the law to run its course and for a strong message to be sent out, especially to kids of similar tendencies, that violence is never acceptable.

“Our prayer for him is that he will make use of the opportunities and support that will be provided to him, to become a changed person who will make a positive contribution to society.”

The teen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, mumbled a racist slur under his breath before carrying out the attack with a knife he had brought into the school on the morning of 11th June.

He then fled the school in the Lidget Green area of Bradford, before posting on Facebook about his actions.

He wrote: “The motherf***** getin funny so I stick the blade straight in his tummy,” garnering 69 Likes. Police eventually arrested him later that same day in Bradford city centre.

The 11-year sentence handed out last week is made up of six years in detention with a fiveyear extended licence period.

Det Supt Simon Atkinson, from West Yorkshire Police, said: “This was a shocking and very serious attack on a man doing a job he loved, and he was lucky that the consequences were not more serious.

“His attacker showed no concern by fleeing the scene...he worryingly showed a further lack of remorse towards his victim by boasting about it on social media.

“I would like to pay tribute to the victim, Mr Uzomah, who, despite everything that happened, has been incredibly magnanimous towards his attacker.

“I hope that today's sentence will give him and his family some closure and allow them to move forward with their lives.

“Such violent attacks on teaching staff in West Yorkshire are thankfully rare, and police will continue to work closely with schools to ensure they remain safe places for pupils and staff.”

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WARNING: Super nits have become immune to standard treatments prescribed by doctors and pharmacists

WARNING: Super nits!

PEST: A child with head lice will have an itchy head as a result of reaction to lice droppings

With the new school year just around the corner, parents are being warned to prepare, with their children, for a possible battle to drug-resistant ‘super head lice’.

Almost every species of nits have virtually become immune to all standard treatments prescribed by doctors and pharmacists.

The scourge of head lice is all too common for parents when their children go back to school every year, with some having to take days off school in case they spread.

Normally a dose of lice-killing shampoo and some serious hair brushing tends to sort the problem out - but scientists believe that the over-use of the chemical treatments have made the bugs resistant.

Dr Kyong Yoon from the Southern Illinois University revealed: “What we found was that 104 out of the 109 lice populations we tested had high levels of gene mutations, which have been linked to resistance to pyrethroids.”

Their resistance to pyrethroids - a group of pesticides that are used to control mosquitoes and household critters - is thought to be to blame.

The resistance to these pesticides had been predicted by Dr Yoon, who first theorised about the prospect of super lice in 2000.

He said: “I was working on

Scientists find 104 out of 109 head lice populations have high gene mutations & resistance to treatments insecticide metabolism in a potato beetle when my mentor, John Clark, suggested I look into the resurgence of head lice.

The hair-scratching bugs have developed genetic mutations known as kdr or ‘knock-down resistance’, believed to be caused by using the same chemicals repeatedly.

Head lice grow to about the size of a sesame seed and are passed on

through hair contact.

A child with head lice will have an itchy head and may develop a rash down the back of their neck as a result of reaction to lice droppings.

According to the NHS website, the best treatment is to brush the nits out with specially-designed combs.

One in three children aged 4-11 are infected throughout the year.

PARENT’S NIGHTMARE: Head lice grow to about the size of a sesame seed and are passed on through hair contact

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COPIED?: The Chinese “Big Oil Bubble’ sculpture is a huge shiny, bean-shaped sculpture that bears a striking resemblance to Anish Kapoor's “The Bean”

ICONIC: Anish Kapoor's sculpture, which is known in Chicago as ‘The Bean’, was erected in 2006 and reflects the city's skyscape

Sculptor Kapoor says China work copies his Chicago ‘Bean’ British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor has said he intends to take legal action based on copyright concerns after noting a close similarity between a huge stainless-steel, globe-like sculpture in China and his "Cloud Gate" sculpture in Chicago.

The sculpture in the far northwestern Chinese city of Karamay, whose sculptor has not been named, is described as an oil bubble inspired by the rich oil fields of the region.

Kapoor's sculpture, which is known in Chicago as "The Bean"

and was erected in 2006, reflects the city's skyscape and in photographs bears a strong resemblance to the Chinese work.

"It has been reported in the media that an identical sculpture has been commissioned for the town of Karamay in the Xinjiang region of China," Kapoor said in a statement released on his behalf by publicists in London.

"It seems that in China today it is permissible to steal the creativity of others. I feel I must take this to the highest level and pursue those responsible in the

courts."

"I hope that the Mayor of Chicago will join me in this action. The Chinese authorities must act to stop this kind of infringement and allow the full enforcement of copyright."

Kapoor's Chicago work figured in the 2011 movie "Source Code" starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

SCULPTOR: Anish Kapoor

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Researcher uses virtual reality to train dental surgeons

SMILE: Yeshwanth Pulijala says he hopes virtual reality technology will enable dental students to observe complex surgeries to their fullest

INTERACTIVE: The Oculus Rift headset allows students to experience a 360 degree surgery and also touch the patient

By Ashley Grint ashley@asianexpress.co.uk

An Indian-born dental surgeon, who had to overcome poor eyesight to forge his own career in the industry, is hoping to utilise the latest virtual reality technology to train future surgeons from as early as next year.

Yeshwanth Pulijala, a researcher at the University of Huddersfield, aims to provide accurate visualisations of the human anatomy and surgical procedures via state-of-the-art headsets.

During his own training, Mr Pulijala was confronted by the problem of poor visualisation in the operating room.

This awareness of shortcomings in surgical training, alongside a passion for 3D design and technology, led him to relocate to the UK for postgraduate research that aims to make breakthroughs in the use of advanced technology to improve healthcare.

First came a Master’s degree in 3D medical visualisation at University of Glasgow, where he created a mobile app called SurFace - providing patient education in corrective jaw

Innovative technology promotes ‘interactive’ learning in Huddersfield surgery.

This inspired him to explore the potential of virtual reality for surgical education, using a highlyadvanced headset called Oculus Rift.

dental students.

“During these sessions the trainees learn by observing the procedures in real time,” the local researcher explained.

“But the problem is that not

“If you are a trainee surgeon, wearing an Oculus Rift, you will see the surgical procedure in an operating room environment and also able to ‘touch’ the skull of the patient and interact with it.”

A commercial version of this is expected to be released in the first quarter of 2016, but Mr Pulijala– now studying for a PhD at the University of Huddersfield – has managed to get his hands on the developer version for his research.

Learning through observation and hands-on participation are important aspects of education for surgical trainees, medical and

everybody can see what is happening. This is especially the case in crowded operating rooms where surgical trainees perform multiple duties.

“Also in surgeries confined to oral and maxillofacial zone, as the structures are complex and densely enclosed in a confined space, it is very hard to observe and learn.

“Further, a reduction in surgical training hours is severely affecting the training of surgeons.”

As result, he continued, that four-out-of-ten surgical trainees are not confident in performing the procedure.

So he is developing a tool which helps them to virtually participate in an operation.

His PhD project aims to provide trainee surgeons with close-up, unrestricted, 360-degree view of a surgical procedure that has the potential to be a massive improvement on the operating room sessions in surgical training.

“If you are a trainee surgeon, wearing an Oculus Rift, you will see the surgical procedure in an operating room environment and also able to ‘touch’ the skull of the patient and interact with it,” Mr Pulijala added.

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£485,000 could be refunded to West Yorkshire motorists wrongly issued 16,000 parking tickets

INVALID: Thousands of Yorkshire motorists could be in line for refund after parking ticket fiasco

PARKING TICKETS FIASCO Yorkshire motorists could have their parking tickets, worth around £485,000, refunded after the region’s biggest police force admitted it had issued them in error.

Around 16,000 parking tickets have been wrongly issued by West Yorkshire police community support officers (PCSO), the force has admitted.

Members of the public have paid more than £485,000 to the courts after being fined for illegally parking by PCSOs who did not have the power to give the tickets.

PCSOs who joined the force several years ago were not initially granted powers to issue parking tickets.

West Yorkshire Police said it was working to resolve the issue of wrongly-issued tickets.

The force said it carried out a review of PCSO powers in March 2015 and "discovered that some PCSOs had not been correctly granted powers to issue nonendorsable Police Fixed Penalty Notices for parking offences".

Police records show the penalty notices were issued between 2006 and March this year.

But the force said PCSOs may have handed out other tickets, not on its current record system, from three years earlier in 2003.

In a statement West Yorkshire Police said: "This was due to an anomaly in the way that powers can be allocated and meant in effect that some PCSOs were not empowered to give tickets issued to vehicles illegally parked.

"The issue affects staff who joined the police first as PCSOs and were later granted authority to issue tickets."

A spokesman said the

problems did not affect current PCSOs who first worked as traffic wardens.

West Yorkshire Police said a search of the current records system, which goes back to 2006, "shows about 16,000 parking tickets may be affected, totalling just over £485,000 paid to the courts".

Other tickets may have been issued in similar circumstances for up to three years earlier, the force said.

It said it was working with the government's Courts and

Tribunals Service on how to settle the matter.

"This will include whether drivers issued tickets by PCSOs who did not have appropriate powers will be entitled to refunds for tickets issued, and, if so, how to set up a process for that to take place," it said.

A spokesman for the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Mark BurnsWilliamson said: "At the time (in March 2015) the commissioner asked that the issue be addressed and the police have now done so".

West Yorkshire Police said a search of the current records system, which goes back to 2006, ‘shows about 16,000 parking tickets may be affected, totalling just over £485,000 paid to the courts’.

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Masjid rallies support for terminal patients Members of mosques across Bradford have been among the first supporters of a new initiative to fund care at the local Marie Curie Hospice.

The ‘Pay for a Day’ initiative encourages individuals and businesses to donate or fundraise £5,562 to cover the running costs of the hospice for an entire day of their choice.

The donation supports people living with a terminal illness and their families by paying for nursing care and a host of day services for a 24-hour period.

Secretary at the West Bowling Islamic Society, Rifaqat Ali has worked tirelessly to rally support from his local mosque, Madni Masjid and other mosques across Bradford, to sponsor the hospice over the two annual Eid days in 2016.

Mr Ali has a personal connection to Marie Curie after his father was cared for at the Bradford hospice in 2009.

Having raised over £3,000 previously, Mr Ali and the group at Madni Masjid took on this more ambitious goal, calling on the community and visiting other mosques around Bradford to ask for

donations. Money was also raised via donations from local businesses and a series of cycling challenges, including a London to Paris bike ride. Mr Ali is determind to raise money in the future and encourage others to donate.

Mr Ali said: “When my father stayed in the hospice he was well looked after and nothing was too much for the friendly, supportive and caring staff. The whole family was made very welcome, and we decided to help the hospice care for others. The hospice provides a fantastic service to the community.”

Elaine Hill, Manager at the Marie Curie Hospice, Bradford said: “We are extremely grateful for the efforts of Mr Ali, the Madni Masjid and members of the local community who have made this possible – it really is an incredible achievement. We hope that other individuals and businesses will be inspired to pay for a day of care in our hospice and pick a day special to them. Whether it’s an anniversary or other significant date that you choose, they’ll be making a real difference to people with terminal illnesses and their families.”

DETERMINED: Having raised over £3,000 previously, Rifaqat Ali and the group at Madni Masjid previously took on a series of cycling challenges, including a London to Paris bike ride. In the picture (L-R) Imran Akbar, Zahoor Ahmed, Mufti Jamil Ahmed, Cllr L'Amie, Sharon Link from Marie Curie, Nazakat Ali and Rifaqat Ali

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9-year-old completes 20-mile cycling challenge Cover story continued the young fundraiser rounded the distance up to a perfect 20 miles by completing some laps of her neighbourhood last weekend.

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She added: “I decided to do the bike ride after going to a meeting with my mum about Orphans in Need.

“I kept telling her ways of fundraising and then when we were asked, ‘who will make a pledge?’ my mum put my hand up as well as hers.

“I thought I would raise less than £200 from the bike ride so I was very happy when I heard how much I had raised.”

Despite pledging to raise £350, Khadija has so far seen just short of £900 donated to her JustGiving Page.

Aneeka said she was ‘incredibly proud’ of her daughter’s efforts.

“We are really proud of everything Khadija has done because this whole event was her idea,” she said.

“The money raised will go towards building a children’s centre in Kashmir (Pakistan) and I was so impressed with her determination and caring attitude.

“Since the ride, Khadija’s confidence has grown and she has just shown how caring and compassionate she really is.”

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Empowering communities ‘No one has ever become poor by giving’

Empowering Communities was born out of a simple idea - Give a man a fish and you can feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you can feed him for a lifetime.

There are thousands of organisations worldwide who aim to support the millions of destitute people locked in a life of poverty without any means of escape.

What if these people had a chance at life to not only support themselves and their loved ones, but were able to create an environment of progress, aspiration and self-empowerment much like what we have access to in the developed world? Empowering Communities aim to achieve exactly that.

Beyond the idea of providing basic aid and care which leaves people dependent upon continued hand-outs and charity, Empowering Communities

is trying to restore the ambition, the hope and the drive among the most needy.

They aim to help people reach a position in the future where they are capable of not only supporting themselves and their loved ones, but are also in a position to continue the cycle by helping others too.

Instead of a blanket, a meal or a tshirt with a fancy logo, the registered charity are helping people build their futures by supporting them into employment.

Training, references and resources are provided for men and women so they can work and put food on their tables and clothes on their backs.

Empowering Communities have also provided sewing machines to women who want to make livings as tailors, and market stalls to young men whereby

they not only sell fruit and vegetables to earn their living, but also dictate their own direction of work.

Children who were once forced to work in sweatshops or garages because their families couldn’t afford to pay the school fees are now getting an education and creating a future that they once could have only dreamed of, whilst people who were facing a lifetime of disability, due to basic

injuries, can now receive the medical treatment they need so they may get back on their feet.

Over 100 families have been helped in a variety of ways since Empowering Communities was officially launched on 26th August 2014.

Men, women and children are able to, for the first time in their lives, work to improve their own lives and create a future that they never thought possible.

LIFE-CHANGING: Ibrahim Khan was shot by the Taliban, shattering his leg. He was forced to beg on the streets for months until he came across Empowering Communities. He has now received treatment and will soon get a job and a second chance at life

“Help us to continue our mission and expand our work to help many more people and become a part of the team.

“Whether you would like to help with your donations, volunteering or fundraising we are always happy to expand our team.

“We hope to work together and continue our mission of empowering communities to create a better tomorrow.”

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GCSE RESULTS: Student sweeps a perfect 10 A* grades

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OVER THE MOON: (L-R) Rahul Shah, Fahd Omar and Gurvir Bagri achieved a clean sweep of A*s and As

With his excellent academic record, a good set of GCSE results was written in the stars for 16-year-old Fahd Omar.

Nonetheless he was over the moon on GCSE results day, 20 August, when he discovered that he had a clean sweep with ten A* grades.

Fahd, said: “I felt I could do it as I had been achieving at that level, but you can’t be sure till you see it in writing! I’m so happy all the hard work has paid off.” In September Fahd will start his sixth form studies at GSAL, in maths, further maths, chemistry and biology, to keep open the option of a career in

medicine.

Other star performers at GSAL in this GCSE cohort are Gurvir Bagri, Hishaam Amin, Rehana Khan, Sophia Wakefield and Aaron Hundal who all notched up nine A*s and one A. Dhaval Sethi, Rahul Shah and Aditya Tambe each collected eight A*s and two As. Fahd, who is at the Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL), was one of thirteen students at GSAL who scooped 10 A* passes at GCSE, from a cohort of 203 students who sat the exams this year.

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per cent) were at A*-A, with nearly a third of all students notching up 10 GCSEs at these grades.

In a number of subjects, over 70 per cent of pupils achieved A*-A including in mathematics, music, geography, religious studies, Latin, Greek, Spanish, art and design, textiles, food technology and the double science award.

Principal Mike Gibbons said: “We are extremely proud of our students who have pulled off excellent results.

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A team of trekking fundraisers, who have helped raise more than £5,000 over the last two years, are preparing to lace up their boots at the end of August as they tackle the Yorkshire Three Peaks.

Team Imran Khan and Team Bramhope have joined forces once again in their latest quest to raise money for the Candlelighter’s Trust and Imran Khan Cancer Appeal when they head to the Yorkshire Dales on Sunday 30th August.

Scaling the giant Pen-y-Ghent, at 691 metres; before Whernside,

728m; and Ingelborough, 723m, the challenge covers 25 miles in total with an ascent over 6,000 feet.

Tariq Qadeer is one volunteer who has completed the tough route on both of the last occasions and urged any ‘would-be’ fundraisers to get involved with the project.

“The last two years have been amazing, and we have been very lucky with the weather to enjoy some spectacular views,” he said.

“The hard work you put in pays off when you complete this challenge as you know that you

have not only have achieved something wonderful but you also have the satisfaction that you have put yourself through it to raise some important funds for those most in need.”

Mr Qadeer has his own personal connections to both charities having seen family members involved with each one respectively in the past.

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Two elderly relatives were treated in a cancer hospital in Pakistan, funded by the Imran Khan Cancer Appeal, whilst the fundraiser’s nephew was also treated at St James’ Hospital, in Leeds.

“Around six or seven years ago, my nephew, who was under twoyears-old at the time, was in hospital because of a problem with his red blood cells,” he said.

“It was at this point that our family first heard of Candlelighters and the amazing work they are doing. Thankfully my nephew made

a full recovery but the work this charity is doing still continues and it vital that people help fund their amazing work.”

The Three Peaks challenge will begin at 6.30am when the group leave Bramhope, Leeds, before starting their walk from the village of Horton, in Ribblesdale, at 8am.

If you would like to get involved, or just find out more information, please contact Tariq Qadeer, via email, hipaindoo786@hotmail.com, or phone 01132 037 859.

FINISHED: Tariq Qadeer celebrates at the summit of Ingleborough after completing the Yorkshire Three peaks

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Mountain climbers call for volunteers ahead of fundraising mission

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Non-invasive device could change lives for diabetes sufferers

Pioneering technology developed in Leeds

www.asianexpress.co.uk There is no getting away from the fact that Diabetes is a very real issue in the UK for the Asian population, with the demographic six times more likely to be effected by the condition than people of white British origin.

Monitoring the condition currently involves people measuring their blood glucose levels by pricking their fingers, squeezing drops of blood onto test strips, and processing the results with portable glucometers Not only is this process uncomfortable, it is messy and often has to be repeated several times every day.

However, this intrusive test could soon become extinct after a

DESIGN: At the heart of the new technology is a piece of nano-engineered silica glass which changes in fluorescence depending on the concentration of glucose in the patient’s blood

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revolutionary laser sensor was developed right here in Leeds, which looks set to transform the lives of millions of people living with the condition.

The new technology, developed

by Professor Gin Jose and a team in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Leeds, uses a small device with low-powered lasers to measure blood glucose levels without penetrating the skin and could give people a simpler, painfree alternative to finger pricking.

Named the Glucosense Monitor, it has continuous monitoring capabilities making it ideal for development as a wearable device.

This could help improve the lives of millions of people by enabling them to constantly monitor their glucose levels without the need for an implant.

It is also good news for healthcare providers as it could provide a simpler and cheaper alternative to both of the current methods – finger pricking, which uses disposable sample strips, or invasive continuous monitors, which use implanted sensors that need regular replacement.

Professor Jose explained: “Unlike the traditional method, this new non-invasive technology can constantly monitor blood glucose levels.

“As well as being a replacement for finger-prick testing, this technology opens up the potential for people with diabetes to receive continuous readings, meaning they are instantly alerted when intervention is needed.

“This will allow people to selfregulate and minimise emergency hospital treatment. This wearable

device would then be just one step from a product which sends alerts to smart phones or readings directly to doctors, allowing them to profile how a person is managing their diabetes over time.”

At the heart of the new technology is a piece of nanoengineered silica glass with ions that fluoresce in infrared light when a low power laser light hits them.

When the glass is in contact with the users’ skin, the extent of the fluorescence signal varies in relation to the concentration of glucose in their blood.

The device measures the length of time the fluorescence lasts for and uses that to calculate the glucose level in a person’s bloodstream without the need for a needle.

This process takes less than 30 seconds.

“The glass used in our sensors is hardwearing, acting in a similar way as that used in smartphones,” Professor Jose added.

“Because of this, our device is more affordable, with lower running costs than the existing selfmonitoring systems.

“Currently, we are piloting a bench top version in our clinical investigations but aim to develop two types of devices for the market.

One will be a finger-touch device similar to a computer mouse. The other will be a wearable version for continuous monitoring.”

The technology is licensed to Glucosense Diagnostics, a spin-out company jointly formed and funded by the University of Leeds and NetScientific plc.

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Cyclists complete mammoth ride for Give a Gift

EN ROUTE: The Give a Gift cyclists completed the route between Liverpool and Burnley on Saturday, before finishing in Leeds the following day

‘We CANAL do it for charity’

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Eight determined fundraisers from Leeds pedalled their way to thousands of pounds for two local causes after cycling more than 150 miles in just two days.

The Give a Gift team jumped on their bikes last weekend as they set off from Liverpool to Leeds in aid of Martin House Children’s Hospice and the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund at Leeds General Infirmary.

Tackling all terrain down the Leeds-Liverpool canal, the group eventually made it back home on

Sunday 9th August, with 16 tired legs and just a few grazes from the mammoth route.

Give a Gift Ambassador, Adil Hussain, has travelled from Vietnam to Cambodia on a bike before yet said this latest charity challenge was even harder.

“In total we did 150 miles in just two days and every one of us felt it,” he said. “There were times that we found it hard to keep going, when the route was almost impassable but we knew we had to keep pushing on.

“We do these fundraisers for children at Martin House or the LGI, as well as their families. That is the thing that keeps us going and keeps us motivated all the way.”

Set up in 2013 as a charitable concept, Give a Gift is targeted at getting British Muslims to ‘give back’ to their local communities, with a number of projects held throughout the year.

This is the first time the cycle challenge has been held, with the eight participants, Adil, Alyas, Mohammed Ibrahim, Irfan, Junaid, Idrees, Naheem and Hamza accompanied by fellow Give a Gift Ambassador, Habib Khan.

Habib said the group had shown ‘phenomenal teamwork’ over the two days and was delighted to see such ‘vital funds’ raised for the charities.

“This is the first time the guys have completed the canal cycle and they did an amazing job,” he said.

“The beauty of the challenge was that nearly all of the participants had never done something as big as this before yet they worked together to help each other over the line.

“It was great to see so much effort, from the 15-year-olds to the 50-year-olds, and to know that they were doing this in the name of Give a Gift.”

If you would like more information about the work Give a Gift are doing, please email info@giveagift.org

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SENTENCED: (top to bottom) Arif Paca, Klodian Bajrakut and Peter Rawson were sentenced for conspiracy to supply cocaine estimated to have a street value of £300,000

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Bradford cocaine Three jailed for

drug offences and money laundering Three men have been jailed for a total of 18 years imprisonment for drug and money laundering offences, which came to light following a stop of a vehicle in Bradford.

Peter Rawson, 40, of Stone Acre Court, West Bowling; Klodian Bajrakurti, 28, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent; and Arif Paca, 22, of George Hudson Tower, Stratford; were all jailed at Bradford Crown Court on Wednesday 19th August.

Rawson was sentenced to nine and a half years imprisonment for conspiracy to supply a Class A drug and money laundering offences and Bajrakurti and Paca were sentenced to four and a half years and four years imprisonment respectively for conspiracy to supply a Class A drug.

On 23rd April, officers observed a Renault Laguna on Wilson Road, Wyke, Bradford, with Bajrajurti in the driver's seat and Paca as a passenger. Rawson was seen exiting a premises on Clayhill Drive carrying a bag. He entered the Renault Laguna and a short time later exited the vehicle still carrying the same bag.

While officers were arresting Paca and Bajrakurti, Rawson was again seen exiting a premises on Clayhill Drive and observed throwing an item into a neighbouring garden. Rawson was detained and the item recovered.

Within the bag was 2.97 kilograms of cocaine at 73 per cent purity with an estimated value of £300,000.

A search was carried out at

COCAINE: The 2.97 kilogram bundle recovered by police has a 73 per cent purity of the drug

Rawson's address and a bundle of Bank of England notes was seized.

The bundle contained £94,415.

Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Inspector Jon Key, of West Yorkshire Police's Serious and Organised Crime Unit, said: "We are pleased with the sentences

handed out and hope this serves as a message to others who are involved in large scale drug supply and money laundering. This goes to show how seriously the courts and West Yorkshire Police take this kind of offending."

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JUSTICE: Ramzan Mohayuddin (front) and Mohammed Ilyas have been campaigning for a change in the law regarding invasive post mortems since each losing a child around five years ago

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Two Bradford fathers, who each suffered the tragic loss of their children just over five years ago, were celebrating last month after a landmark High Court ruling.

On Tuesday 28th July, new legislation was put into place in the UK which ensures coroners must send bodies for scans or blood tests rather than carry out invasive autopsies if the deceased's religion demands the corpse must stay intact.

Viewed as a huge victory for the rights of Jews and Muslims, whose faiths dictate bodies must not be ‘desecrated’ with the removal of organs whenever possible, the news was warmly welcomed by campaigners.

Ramzan Mohayuddin, from Heckmondwike, has been campaigning for a change in the law since his 18-year-old son, Saad, passed away on Christmas Day 2008.

As a Muslim, he wanted his son’s body to remain intact and so worked with the Jewish community and the Bolton Council of Mosques to ensure Saad’s body was sent for an MRI scan in Manchester.

Paying for the scan himself, results came back with no cause of death and so the coroner ordered for the invasive post mortem to be carried out.

Once again, nothing was found and Saad’s death was put down to natural causes.

Upset at the distress of seeing

his son’s corpse undergo the ‘barbaric act of an intrusive post mortem’, Mr Mohayuddin established the Saad Foundation, along with his family and local community, which works on promoting imaging as a less intrusive means of determining a cause of death.

Speaking after the High Court ruling last week, he said the law change had been a long time coming.

“75 to 80 per cent of the time, imaging will establish a cause of death,” he said. “This ruling is exactly what families like ours have been waiting for and gives a real nudge of reality to coroners that there has to be alternatives to post mortems.

“Families now have the choice following the death of their relatives, with CT scanning favourable for Muslims and Jews.

“On the balance of probability, the cause of death will likely be determined after a scan.”

In Bradford, the city’s Digital Autopsy facility, launched last year, now provides families with a choice of a non-invasive technique that ‘swaps a scalpel for a scanner’.

Created by Malaysian firm, iGene, the imaging process is one of many new sites recently established across the UK. Mohammed Ilyas is another father from Bradford who lost his three-month-old son five years ago due to an enlarged heart.

He hailed last month’s High

Court ruling as a ‘historic victory’ which would help many families.

“As a Muslim, we are taught that as the body comes into the world, it has to go back the same way,” he explained.

“Obviously there are times that scanning is not possible and a post-mortem is needed but the fact we now have the legal right to opt for imaging is fantastic news.

“Now people must be made aware that there are facilities out there which can be used as an alternative to intrusive post mortems.”

The non-invasive scans are now available as an alternative to the post-mortems yet must be funded on behalf of the deceased.

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UK: Home terrorism - who to blame…?

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The Prime Minister David Cameron delivered his speech on the Government’s strategy on how to defeat the poison of Islamist extremism on the streets of Britain.

Many points were raised by the PM but his points raise more eyebrows than answers for many.

Cameron has promised to allow parents to cancel their children’s passports if they suspect that their kids are at risk. Well will the PM also look into the relationship of parents and their children and also what will the Government be doing about what some call online terrorist grooming?

The Government is now going to run a five-year-plan to defeat home-grown terrorism but will Cameron also be looking at political terrorism and Britain’s constant support of a nation which cages children, women and men?Britain welcomes a nation that refuses to recognise the people’s democratically voted Government of Palestine, why is Britain not speaking up about this? Why is Britain hellbent on supporting the USA in every

attack they make on nation’s which are primarily Muslim?

Home grown terrorism doesn’t just come about from watching TV or reading newspapers, but by the actions of governments who have created a poison which targets youngsters who already feel they have no real identity in this country or across Europe mainly.

constantly runs negative articles on Muslims in the UK and if any community were subjected to this daily, then how would you expect them to feel?

I have just recently come back from a trip to Nazareth where I saw Christians and Muslims living side by side, religious leaders breaking fast together and people treating each other with respect. This

“What I now see in Britain is segregation - a BBC Asian Network and a BBC 1Xtra, so Asian and black culture sits there then we have Radio 1 which stands alone as a station for the whites on the other side!”

Cameron talks about greater power for Ofcom to deal with some of the so-called extremist coverage on cable TV, but what about the negative reporting that we hear on mainstream radio and TV and read in newspapers?

The constant reports of Muslim’s killing or bombing non-Muslim’s when in fact more Muslim’s are being killed.

The mainstream British press

has given me hope that somewhere in the world there is a sense of real community cohesion.

What I now see in Britain is segregation - a BBC Asian Network and a BBC 1Xtra, so Asian and black culture sits there then we have Radio 1 which stands alone as a station for the whites on the other side!

Our politicians have allowed this country to become divided -

whites over here, Blacks and Asian over there. Now the same is happening with Muslims in Britain.

This country has become a nation of divided communities.

The right wing with all their ignorance are welcome to the mainstream media but the vast majority of moderate Muslim has been blocked out.

There are far too many reports of “too many mosques” and “driving white people out of neighbourhoods” is the rant of the Brtish press. Perhaps Ofcom and Cameron need to look closer at home to create a nation that accepts people and will help them with learning more about British culture instead of trying to always make out that ‘Muslims’ are the only people to blame for home grown terrorism.

If you give people hope and a sense of belonging, no matter who they are, you will end up having a less divided society.

Britain needs greater integration and less segregation, at the same time discovering each other’s cultures while being proud to be British!

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Tributes to an ‘extraordinary man’

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An award winning charity fundraiser from Huddersfield has died at the age of 32 after a two-month fight with cancer.

Kamal Aftab, a youth coordinator with the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association (AMYA) from Huddersfield, peacefully passed away on Friday 7th August after being diagnosed with acute

Loved ones vow to meet £50,000 fundraising target

myeloid leukaemia back in June.

His funeral was attended by around 1,000 mourners from around the world, as the Baitul Tauhid Mosque in Fartown, paid their respects to an ‘extraordinary man’.

Right up until his death, the ever-determined fundraiser was still tackling

his own charity challenge, having set himself the goal of completing a ‘Hospital Marathon’ - walking 26miles in his five-metre square hospital room.

Now, his family and friends have vowed to finish the challenge on Kamal’s behalf, aiming to raise the £50,000 target for

TEAM: Family and friends have vowed to raise the £50,000 target set by Kamal prior to his death, in aid of Lymphoma and Leukaemia Research

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Through a series of fundraising initiatives, the group hope to smash the total, with donations continuing to flood in since Kamal’s passing.

His brother, Yousaf Aftab, said the impact Kamal had on people’s lives was evident at his funeral.

“It was phenomenal,” he said. “The number of people who came from across the United Kingdom to take part in his funeral was a testament to Kamal’s inspirational nature and his personality.

“It shows the affection people had for him and the impact he had on people’s lives.

“It is still surreal to think that he is no longer here but in terms of what he has been able to achieve, the most important thing for us is to continue the legacy of his charitable humanitarian works and the care he had for people,

regardless of who they were.”

Kamal, who was an optician by trade, had previously raised tens-ofthousands of pounds for several national charities and was publically voted ‘Guardian Volunteer of the Year’ in 2014.

He was amongst a number of AMYA representatives invited to the Houses of Parliament earlier this year to hand over cheques totalling £340,000 – all raised by the nationwide group over the previous 12 months.

Now his fundraising legacy will be continued by his family and friends as they first take on a Three Peaks Challenge, alongside staff from the Haematology Ward at St James’ Hospital, before a number of other fundraisers are held.

“Chemo is a very difficult thing to go through for any person yet despite being in the condition he was in, Kamal never showed that,” Yousaf added. “He fought it all the way

with a smile.

“With the bad name Muslims may be getting, Kamal’s story should be viewed as the real face of Islam. He not only served his creator but also mankind in terms of humanity.”

Kamal’s long-time friend and physician, Dr Aziz Ahmad Hafiz, was the VicePresident at the AMYA group until earlier this year.

He says that despite being in a senior position, it was always his younger colleague who would be the motivator for the group.

“In my working capacity, I knew Kamal as a colleague, a best friend, and a charity worker,” he said.

“Adjectives do not do him justice when describing the work he carried out and even though I was technically his senior, he was always the one to push people that little bit further.

“He should be seen as a guiding light for young members of society across the UK and he will be sadly missed.”

INSPIRATIONAL: Kamal Aftab raised tens of thousands of pounds for charity during his life and now his family and friends are determined to continue his legacy

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Fun run in the sun RUN: Runners prepare to set off at last year’s Give a Gift 5k challenge, raising funds for Martin House Children’s Hospice and the Children’s heart Surgery Fund

Give a Gift hits Roundhay for annual 5k

INCLUSIVE: Runners and walkers of all ages and abilities are invited to attend the Give a Gift run in Roundhay Park later this month

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Following on from the success of last year’s Give a Gift 5k run and walk, the annual fundraiser is set to return to Roundhay Park later this month as running shoes are once again dusted off for charity.

Over £8,000 has been raised from the event over the past two years, with all funds going towards local causes - the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund at Leeds General Infirmary and Martin House Children’s Hospice.

This year, whether you are an avid runner, or just want to enjoy a stroll around the picturesque park, the Give a Gift team are challenging all abilities to come down and enjoy an action packed day of fundraising.

Hoping to smash previous records, Habib Khan, Give a Gift Ambassador, said he was looking forward to welcoming this year’s fundraisers and thanked them in advance for their attendance.

“This is the third year that we have staged the run and we are really looking forward to seeing our amazing fundraisers challenge themselves once again for these two amazing causes,” he said.

“This year the run returns and is once again open to every person of every age and ability.

This is a great opportunity to have an amazing day out with the whole family, and help out some local charities who need our support.”

As with previous years, fun

“This year the run returns and is once again open to every person of every age and ability. This is a great opportunity to have an amazing day out with the whole family, and help out some local charities who need our support.” activities will once again be put on for children on the day whilst free refreshments and goodie bags will greet walkers, joggers and runners as they take a step towards helping the charities.

Former England Rugby international, Ikram Butt, said it is a great initiative to join in with after taking part previously.

“I did the run last year and it was a great day where hundreds of people came out to join in with

the fundraising efforts,” he said.

“I hope this year will be even bigger and better than that and look forward to another great day at Roundhay Park.”

The run begins at 10.30am on Sunday 30th August at Leeds’ Roundhay Park and is open to all abilities.

Register now at www.giveagift5krun.com or call 01132 773 330, email info@giveagift.orf.uk

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Robbers target shopkeeper with claw hammer Fraudster jailed

A fraudster from Huddersfield, who was found to have illegally earned more than £200,000 through false documents earlier this year, has been jailed for three years.

It was during a routine smoking regulations check by council officers at the Arabian Lounge Shisha Bar in the town centre, that Abdul Farooq was found in the possession of numerous items of false paperwork.

Driving licenses in false names were found on site and after further investigations were carried out, it was revealed that over £200,000 had been dishonestly laundered through a couple’s bank accounts.

He appeared at Leeds Crown Court last week where he admitted making an untrue statement to obtain a passport, four offences of fraud and concealing the proceeds of criminal conduct.

West Yorkshire Police have issued images of a man they want to speak to in connection with an armed robbery in a convenience store in Leeds.

Leeds District CID would like to speak to anyone who has information about the incident which took place at the Farnley Convenience Store on Tong Approach on Wednesday 12th August.

It took place at about 4.13pm after two men pulled up outside the store on a scooter.

One, who was wearing a white and blue helmet, entered the store and threatened the 59-year-old male shopkeeper inside with a claw hammer while demanding money.

He then grabbed the victim's mobile phone before fleeing after the 59-year-old resisted.

The man who entered the store was described as Asian, 5 ft 10ins in height with a long thin nose, wearing a helmet with a missing visor.

The second man was wearing dark clothing and a dark coloured helmet.

DC Craig Rika of Leeds District CID, said: “We are appealing for witnesses to what would clearly have been a frightening incident for staff inside the shop.

“I would ask anyone who saw two men pull up outside the store on a scooter or flee following the offence or who can help identify the offenders to contact myself Leeds District CID on 101.

“Information can also be given to the independent Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.”

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Offices open to tackle reckless driving

LAUNCH: Amjad Malik and his family have been campaigning to raise awareness around reckless driving since his son, Saliq, was tragically killed in a car accident last year

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OPEN: Bradford East MP Imran Hussain was on hand to cut the ribbon to the new C.O.R.D offices on Wednesday

A Bradford father, who tragically lost one of his son’s in a car accident last year, has opened his own family offices in the city this week, aiming to improve awareness on road safety.

Amjad Malik was joined by dozens of guests on Wednesday 12th August to officially open the ‘Consequences of Reckless Driving (C.O.R.D)’ base on Manningham Lane.

In September 2014, 15-year-old Saliq Malik was tragically killed when the car he was travelling in collided into a wall and lamppost on Gilpin Street, Barkerend.

In the aftermath of his death, the young teen’s family were supported by West Yorkshire Police and have been campaigning to raise awareness about safety on the city’s roads.

The new offices will act as a base for the continuation of campaigning work, which Mr Malik hopes to take into schools and local institutions later this year, as well as a support network for families affected by similar tragedies.

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point is a big thing for us,” Mr Malik said. “We have funded this ourselves and our target is to educate young people about the consequences of reckless driving.

“We want to get into schools, mosques, madrassas, gurdwaras, temples and churches to reach out to the youth and share with them our own experiences of losing a son in a car accident.

“It is all about raising awareness amongst these young people first and foremost so we can ensure no other families suffer the same way we have.”

Currently, a team of five to six volunteers are in charge of running the offices, with C.O.R.D’s first booking at the West Yorkshire Police Camp this week.

An official ribbon cutting took place at the offices last week with Bradford East MP Imran Hussain on hand to show his support for the project.

Speaking on the night, Mr

Hussain praised the project. “I’m here today to support Amjad Malik,” he said.

“I know he has really brought this issue to the forefront and I know he will continue to be an active campaigner. As a local politician, we really want this at the forefront from the council’s perspective.

“We are going to continue to support this organisation and in my new role now as an MP I will make a promise here that it is something that I am not going to forget.”

Sergeant Karl Quinn of West Yorkshire Police's Major Collision Enquiry Team also spoke at the opening of the offices.

“I have been dealing with accidents such as Saliq’s since 2004,” he said. “I’ve been dealing with families such as Mr Malik’s and lots of other families in and around the Bradford area who have suffered a loss due to sometimes just a momentary lapse in concentration.

“Nobody sets off expecting to have an accident and nobody sets off expecting to kill somebody.”

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Students celebrate on A Level results day

CLEVER: GSAL students (l-r) Amol Joshi, Amrita Singh-Morgan, Ashwin Venkatesh and Priya Rockley celebrate some amazing A level results

A*mazing Results

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Hundreds of thousands of students from across the UK were tearing open their envelopes as they received their long awaited A-Level results.

For many, university is the next step whilst others will head into apprenticeships or employment with a record number of university places accepted nationally for the next cohort of undergraduates.

A-level students at The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) celebrated an incredible 100 per cent pass rate with over half the cohort achieving a minimum of ABB grades – the requirement of many leading universities One student who quite literally was thanking his lucky stars was 18-year-old Ashwin Venkatesh who achieved four A*s in biology, chemistry, maths and further maths.

He will now read medicine at St John’s College, Cambridge. Speaking on results day he said: “It dawned on me last night that I would be getting my results in the morning and I was actually out watching the meteor shower.

“I made a wish on the meteor and thankfully it came true.”

Ashwin, from Alwoodley, was predicted the highest grades in his four chosen subjects and was able to find his results online from 7am.

“I was obviously really happy and went downstairs to show my dad who congratulated me.

“My mum, who had just finished a night shift, heard us talking and came screaming down the stairs and she was very proud. I don’t think she thought I would do as well as HAPPY: Students at Bradford College achieved record results this year (pictured l-r) Asiya Bibi, Khushbu Patel, Hassan Shah and Abduuan Mamaniat

I did.”

Ashwin’s classmate, Amrita SinghMorgan, from Roundhay, was equally delighted with her results after discovering she had achieved two A*s in biology and chemistry and an A in maths.

She will now read chemistry at Edinburgh University from September.

“I was always hoping for the grades but actually achieving them is something else,” she said. “The A* is obviously really difficult to achieve so to have got two of them was fantastic.

“My parents were very proud. My mum was screaming and my dad was shouting when I told them about my results.”

GSAL Principal, Mike Gibbons, praised the efforts of all the students and wished them luck in their future study and careers.

“In a year when nationally there has been a reduction in the number of the top grades awarded, we are delighted that over 50 per cent of our A-level grades are A*/A,” he said.

“We are very proud of their achievements which are the culmination of years of hard work. We wish them all good luck in their future careers and we are going to miss seeing them around GSAL.” Meanwhile, students at Bradford College were also celebrating record results with a 97 per cent pass rate, once again registering higher than the national average.

11 out of 14 subjects resulted in a 100 per cent success rate, with students collecting their results from the David Hockney Building.

The college’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Andy Welsh, said: “I’m so proud of how hard our staff and students have worked this year and these results sum up how much effort has gone into this year’s studies.”

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‘Now more than ever, Britain needs to be inclusive’ TOGETHER: Adeeba Malik says it is important for myths to be ‘exploded’ regarding immigration in the UK

www.asianexpress.co.uk My parents, who moved to Britain from Pakistan, were working class – but worked hard, with integrity and hope.

The results are their children. One of my siblings is a head and neck surgeon, another a respected author and journalist. In the New Year’s Honours list, I received a CBE. I’m not saying this to brag, but to show potential.

My career began as a teacher in Bradford, and I am now Deputy CEO of QED, helping others to live the best lives they can, promoting education and employment. I say this, because I was born in this country of Pakistan origin and Muslim faith; I’m an ethnic minority at a time in this country where we have been bombarded with antiimmigration rhetoric from all mainstream parties, pre-election.

If any of us look about two, three or more generations back, chances are you’ll be an immigrant. Whether it be our (ex) politicians such as Ed Milliband or one of our great ‘British’ minds in history, such as Sigmund Freud. Even the great British institution– Marks and Spencers - was founded by a refugee from Belarus.

There is a prevailing myth that immigrants come to exploit the welfare state. Steal ‘our’ jobs, a drain on the NHS, on benefits. And yet, British people must earn £18,600 before their non-EU spouse can move here. They must also have basic English language skills to enter the UK, which is where QED comes in. We have spent the last six years working with Third Country National women with support from European Union Funds for integration of third country nationals, delivering language and integration courses.

There’s no doubt, many EU and nonEU immigrants do jobs that are low paid or low skilled. The fear from some economists is this structurally weakens ‘British’ worker’s bargaining power for

higher wages. This is a myth too.

Yes, there are those who pick strawberries, because no-one else will do mundane, back-aching work for low pay. They keep the UK’s farming industries alive when food producers are being squeezed by the high profit margins of supermarkets. There are also those who become our nurses, teachers, and shop-keepers, alongside those who are entrepreneurial and bring big business, and employment.

Whatever your views on immigration, it is as old as the hills in our British Isles. I want to explode a few myths, and stereotypes around the women immigrants I have met.

In the past few weeks I’ve talked to 340 women on QED integration programmes running across West Yorkshire that teach English language and help equip women, who have come here to marry. These are women from Pakistan, the Middle East, Bangladesh, Africa, India…all of these women have left what they knew about life behind to live with their husbands. They’ve left their parents, siblings, culture, familiarity and love. They have moved to a radically different culture. Some of the women I met have been here as little as a month, others for 35 years, and both spectrums were passionate about engaging in learning English, in becoming part of British society.

What I’ve learned from meeting all these women is how much they’ve embraced living in this country, and their huge desire to integrate into British society. 100 per cent felt learning English was the first step to an active social and economic life on their community. They embrace this opportunity, to contribute, to take charge of the health and education of their families. 60 per cent wanted to work, despite the majority being mothers of young children. They

August 2015 - 3rd Edition wanted to move on to further qualifications. Many cited jobs in health – hospitals, care homes – others in schools – and others wanted to set up their own businesses.

A burden to society? If you’ve ever lost a loved one in an NHS hospital, you probably would have met one of these women, working a night shift, looking after that most precious of things – whether it be end-of-life care for our elderly relatives, or on the maternity ward.

Many of the women I spoke to are inspirational. They knew the value of life here. The freedom, the legal structure of gender equality, they didn’t enjoy in their home countries. The opportunity.

What QED’s classes have given many – even those 40 per cent who were well qualified in their home countries – was confidence. To speak English with their children, born here, and to engage with their teachers. To make doctors’ appointments, to learn to drive, be independent regardless of their husbands. And to pursue careers, whether it be as nurses or entrepreneurs.

Anti-immigration rhetoric has done much damage to our social fabric, and lets down the thousands of migrants, who have settled in Britain and chosen to make a life here.

Hope and compassion are the greatest benefit to our communities.

I hope these women’s stories show we shouldn’t choose exclusion and fear, or think of third-class citizenship.

But hope. Britain’s economy, and culture has always thrived from being open and inclusive, with values of fairness and freedom.

Now, more than ever, we need to be inclusive. It’s our connection to our neighbours and communities that give value and strength.

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La Fiamma A true taste of Italy F

ood-lovers in Leeds can now experience a true taste of Italy on their doorstep as La Fiamma brings an exciting new menu to the heart of the city.

The contemporary new restaurant officially opened its doors for the first time last week, after months of renovations to transform what were empty premises into a little corner of Italian perfection.

Specialising in all your Italian favourites, from handmade pizzas cooked up inside their traditional wood burning oven, to delectable pasta dishes, there is something to tempt every food enthusiast on the carefully crafted menu.

From the base to the sauces, every pizza is freshly prepared

by the La Fiamma chefs, with only HMC-approved meat going into every dish.

Perhaps you don’t fancy a pizza or a signature pasta dish?

No problem. An array of mouthwatering steaks can also be cooked up to your liking, with succulent Tomahawk, Fillet, TBone and Rib-eye all available for diners.

The owners of La Fiamma say they want to raise the standard of Italian dining in the city.

“Everything we are trying to achieve here is dependent upon our commitment to provide a truly Italian experience from the moment you set foot through the doors,” they said.

“From our experienced Italian head chef, to the carefully crafted menu and of course our

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trademark pizza oven, La Fiamma will bring a new taste to this area of Leeds.

“Why not try one of our handmade pizzas, cooked to perfection inside our wood burning oven, and served up with a topping of your choices – the real La Fiamma way.”

Complimenting the tempting menu is a setting which transports you from the streets of Leeds to the cobbles of Italy.

Traditional wooden decor creates a relaxing, foreign atmosphere with a European vibe, providing you and your fellow diners with a unique setting to enjoy real Italian food.

Head down to La Fiamma today and experience the true taste of Italy right from the heart of Leeds.

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ITC Introducing VelocitySuperfast Connectivity

ccess to the internet has become a fundamental part of every business’ day-today operations, whether it be via a computer, tablet, telephone or use of devices such as PDQ machines to take payments.

With that said, a slow connection can hamper your business’ efficiency and also allows competitors to edge ahead of you in evermore competitive markets.

Thankfully for companies across the UK, ITC are on hand to provide superfast broadband and give your business the connectivity you demand.

One of the government’s leading internet service providers nationally for superfast broadband on the Connection Vouchers Scheme, ITC have connected organisations nationally under their

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Royal Taj A buffet experience fit for Kings and Queens

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hether you want a selection of famous Indian dishes, some mouthwatering Chinese food, or a taste of Italian, Bradford’s Royal Taj restaurant has something to please your palette.

Since officially opening their doors just six weeks ago, the iconic venue on Manningham Lane has welcomed in hundreds of visitors, eager to try out the latest exciting menu in the city.

Over 50 dishes are freshly prepared every night for the popular buffet which is redefining the expectations for diners, hoping to enjoy a selection of dishes.

Using authentic spices and recipes, the team of expert chefs have

developed a menu which is unparalleled for taste amongst the buffet industry, making Royal Taj a ‘must try’ for all food enthusiasts.

Abid Ali is the director at Royal Taj and after successfully establishing a restaurant business in Blackpool, he says he wanted to bring a new flavour to Bradford’s dining scene.

“Royal Taj is regal in name and regal in nature,” he said. “Every dish we offer here has been cooked up using the finest ingredients and spices, ensuring taste is locked in and enjoyed by every visitor.

“Never has a buffet provided such high quality options in Bradford before

38-52 Manningham Lane, Bradford, BD1 3EA, Tel: 01274 500 718 Email: info@royaltaj.co.uk Opening times: Mon to Sun: 5pm - 11pm

and I look forward to serving the local community.”

Away from the famed buffet, Royal Taj also offer up sumptuous dishes with their famed Kunna Gosht an option which must be tasted to be appreciated.

Steamed lamb is slowly cooked throughout the day, creating a juicy tenderness that is as packed with flavour as it is irresistible.

“There is so much more to our menu than our buffet,” Mr Ali added.

“From our homemade Royal Taj curry, to chicken tikka masala, we have something for every diner.”

With a total seating capacity of 800, Royal Taj is one of the most spacious, contemporary environments in Bradford, perfect for weddings or special celebrations.

Full wedding packages are available from the restaurant’s catering team, providing everything from the food on guests’ plates, to the place cards and waiting staff.

Visit Royal Taj today and receive 30 per cent off your bill, and enjoy a dining experience fit for royalty.

‘velocity’ package and now it is your turn.

You may be thinking ‘Why choose ITC’? The answer is simple: With a dedicated support network that is second to none, clients can rely on around the clock maintenance, alongside bespoke packages which can be tailored to meet your organisations requirements.

Whether it is nine-tofive, Monday-to-Friday, or 24/7, 365 days a year, ITC are just a phone call away to meet your service requirements.

ITC Managing Director, Nasar Hussain, explained that setting the business apart from the rest means ensuring peace of mind for every customer.

“Rather than waste your valuable time on your telecommunications, we think it makes sense to hand that over to us, the experts, while you focus on your core business,”

he said.

“That way, you get all the benefits of an inhouse communications team but with a much smaller price tag.”

He added: “A fast internet connection is so often the backbone to a business’ success and by opting to use ITC as your internet service provider, you have a partner you can always rely on.”

Never one to compromise on reliability or quality, a range of different connectivity packages are available to suit every customer’s usage and budget, with some clients even able to access superfast broadband for free.

Under the government’s Connection Vouchers: Superfast Broadband’ scheme, grants can be claimed to fund the installation of your new connection, but hurry, as the promotion is likely to end in the next couple of months.

Superfast velocity is much faster and more reliable than standard broadband, allowing you to utilise the internet’s full range of services, all at much higher speeds - and all at the same time.

So, whether it is office telephone systems, mobile solutions or broadband that your business requires, get in touch with the experts at ITC today and simplify your telecommunications.

Find out more by visiting: www.clickitc.co.uk/products-services/superconnected-cities Tel: 0845 652 0450

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A nonagenarian from Pakistan, who set up his first business in Bradford almost 50 years ago, has been honoured with a prestigious award for his ongoing work in the city.

97-year-old Fazaldin Farooqi was awarded the Rashid Awan Lifetime Achievement Award last week from the Pakistan Society of West Yorkshire (PSWY) to coincide with Pakistan Independence Day. Established in October 1993, the PSWY is a nonpolitical organisation which brings people together for a day of celebration, coinciding with Pakistan Independence Day. Set up by the UK’s first police officer from an ethnic minority background, Rashid Awan, the group host an event every year to celebrate their cultural roots and British values.

Sadly, Mr Awan passed away two years ago and in his honour, the Rashid Awan Lifetime Achievement Award was created to celebrate one BritishPakistani every year, who has made a positive impact in society.

The inaugural award was this year presented to Mr Farooqi, a businessman who has called Bradford his home for almost half a century.

In front of more than 500 guests, Mr Farooqi received his award at a gala dinner in Bradford city centre.

Meanwhile, earlier in the day, the city was painted green momentarily as Pakistan Independence Day was marked with a special flag raising ceremony.

Hundreds of people gathered at Bradford’s Consulate of Pakistan to mark the 69th annual celebration of Independence Day with dignitaries and guest speakers on hand to help mark the occasion.

Every year, on 14th August, celebrations are held around the world to coincide with the historic event of Pakistan’s sovereignty from British Rule in 1947.

Upon the announcement of the independence, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the first Governor General of Pakistan, sent out the following message to his fellow countrymen as the state of Pakistan was born.

“It is with feelings of greatest happiness and emotion that I send you my greetings.

“August 15th (later changed to 14th) is the birthday of the independent and sovereign State of Pakistan.

“It marks the fulfilment of the destiny of the Muslim nation which made great sacrifices in the past few years to have its homeland.”

Established in October 1993, the PSWY is a non-political organisation which brings people together

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Mr Farooqui arrived in the UK in 1964 at the age of 45 years passing through about 10 to 15 countries. At the time he says a ship through to Germany cost only £10.

On arrival he took up work at Mashriq Newspaper in London, and since he was an avid writer in his homeland he continued to do so here as well. His first employment was at Ripton Foundry at £6 a week.

Having settled down in the UK, Mr Farooqui moved to Bradford and opened up an Asian sweet shop on Lumb Lane by the name of Lahore and later rented a shop on Leeds Road.

He moved on from making sweets to clothing business and eventually into selling carpets and furniture which then became his family's business to this day - Ali Baba.

Mr Farooqui is amongst those few who have had the opportunity to work closely with the Bhutto family and founded Pakistan Peoples Party in the UK. Mr Farooqui is held in high regard as one of the role models and icons of Pakistani Community in the UK and Bradford. His personal contribution to the community are uncountable as he has laid the foundations for being amongst the very first to have us recognised.

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Introducing Manchester’s first premium Asian shopping centre Big name retailers prepare for autumn opening

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anchester’s long wait for a high-end Asian shopping centre is almost over as the city’s first premium Bazaar officially opens later this year, bringing an array of exciting goods to customers in the city.

Located in one of the most vibrant and energetic areas of the Lancashire, Manchester Asian Bazaar will add to Cheetham Hills already famed reputation as a shopping hot spot, with up to 60 new retail units opening up.

Supplying a huge range of Asian products, visitors can pick up everything from fashion clothing to occasional wear, fashion footwear to jewellery, perfumery to beauty products and even haberdashery.

The shopping mall, which is being developed through an investment of £750,000 in Cheetham Hill Shopping Centre, will be a brand new retail area of approximately 20,000 square feet.

Open six days a week from 10am to 8pm it will present an opportunity for shoppers to visit the mall after working hours and there is no need to worry about parking, with 500 free spaces available for customers.

As well as a host of new retailers, an onsite 60-seater cafe, offering up delicious Asian cuisine, will also open its doors to the public alongside a beauty salon.

The mall aims to attract around 20,000 visitors a week into the Cheetham Hill area from all over Greater

Manchester, Lancashire and beyond.

Offering up some of the best products available in the

“I am confident that this new bazaar will be a place for all to shop, eastern and western alike, bringing a breath of fresh air to what’s on offer.”

country’s Asian designer market, the bazaar will also look to uplift the whole area as a place to shop, in-turn having a positive effect on local businesses, and creating up to 200 new jobs.

Tariq Mohammed, speaking on behalf of Manchester Asian Bazaar, said: “The demand of fashion merging from east to west has brought this new wave of clothing and accessories from that part of the world.

“I am confident that this new bazaar will be a place for all to shop, eastern and western alike, bringing a breath of fresh air to what’s on offer.”

The team behind the project say they hope to bring an investment of over £10 million from retailers into the shopping mall making it one of the most desired places for Asian shopping.

Tariq added: “In addition to

new businesses entering this area, there will also be a increased number of visitors that will hopefully shop at the surrounding areas as well as the mall.

“This will help to boost income to other businesses in the local vicinity as our concept adds to the community rather than taking away, providing new and diverse products to customers.”

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or over ten years, Prity’s Hair and Beauty Salon has been at the forefront of the beauty industry, developing a revolutionary product line whilst delivering skincare treatments to clients from across the country.

Today, the brand is one of the most recognised in the city with the everexpansive range of 100% natural skincare products, continuing to lead the business’ rapid growth.

The chemical free products, which are 100% vegan and not tested on animals, can cater for every skin type and help every customer achieve that flawless finish they deserve.

Take the innovative Whitening Cream for example. Developed by founder Prity Farooq, the smooth depigmenting cream will inhibit the development of dark spots and helps

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Prity’s Hair, Beauty and Spa to enhance the fairness of skin with continuous use.

Likewise, the Princess Luxury Rose Scrub, also exclusively sold via Prity’s, can be the perfect treatment for all skin types, rejuvenating the skin and bringing back your natural glow.

“Our range of products continues to expand every year as we aim to ensure every client’s needs can be fulfilled by the Prity’s brand,” Ms Farooq explained.

“It is more than just skincare; it is a passion of mine. Since setting up the

first salon in 2004, the aim has been to create a new level of beauty treatments in the city and I just want to say thank you to all our clients who continue to feel pampered at Prity’s.”

Latest developments at Prity’s flagship Legrams Lane site will see the opening of a new Turkish bath in coming weeks, offering a whole new service in Bradford.

From spa body treatments such as steam rooms and ayurvedic massages, the new extension will

transport visitors to traditional bath houses in Turkey for a most memorable experience.

Keep up to date with all the latest Prity news by visiting the official Facebook page or call in today to give your skin the care it so rightfully deserves.

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Court Fees – Reaching for the Sky

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ourt fees are a fact of life in law.

In general, a fee must be paid to commence a claim, and then at various stages thereafter. They have traditionally been relatively modest, and increased in bands based on the value of the claim. Prior to April this year, for example, the maximum fee for a claim exceeding £300,000 would have been £1,920 – a significant sum to the average person on the street, but a tiny proportion of the sum being claimed.

The current regime, brought in on 22nd April 2015, for claims over £10,000 (meaning, any claim outside the ‘small claims track’) is calculated at 5% of the claimed sum.

At first glance a percentage-based sliding scale looks like a reasonable measure – the more you claim, the more you pay. However, the effect of choosing that 5% means that court fees have increased dramatically for all claims outside the small claims track.

From a maximum fee of £1,920, the current cap is a fee of £10,000 for claims of £200,000 and over – an increase of over 500%.

This fee increase does not affect the ability of those eligible for fee exemption to bring claims, nor is it likely to have deterred large corporations from engaging in litigation, but for everyone in between, the increase is likely to be a significant obstacle to bringing a claim. The increase was opposed by the Law Society, which had serious concerns about its impact on access to justice.

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Although the new regime is young, just last month the government announced further sweeping increases to court fees to be implemented soon.

The raft of changes includes: raising the fee cap for high value claims from £10,000 to £20,000, and also increasing fees for areas not yet touched, including the cost of bringing divorce and possession claims, and the cost of making applications in civil claims.

To take an example from one of law, the cost of commencing a possession claim recently went from £175 to £280 in an unrelated increase. Most residential landlords we represent are forced to bring claims because their tenants cannot obtain housing assistance from their local authority unless they are facing a court order or eviction, and the tenant is ordered to pay the court fee (which will show as a court judgment against their credit record unless promptly paid). The further increase in the cost of a procedure that both parties would rather avoid if it were possible will be a burden both on landlords legitimately wishing to recover their property, and on tenants who have no option but force their landlord to go to court before they can leave. Other areas are likely to be similarly hit by increasing the cost of litigation, particularly in cases where what is at stake can seldom have a price tag attached. The right to seek a divorce, for example, should not be restricted to those who can afford the cost of a court claim.

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Muslim nurse attacked by gang of teenagers RACIAL ATTACK: RACIAL ATTACK: A teenage girl is said to have shouted about Qaiser Hamid's facial hair and racially abused him before her male friends began punching him in the face

A teenage girl is said to have shouted about Qaiser Hamid's facial hair and racially abused him before her male friends began punching him in the face

“The shop was covered in blood as I was bleeding all over the place.

It was completely unprovoked.”

A Muslim nurse, who was out shopping with his wife, was viciously beaten by a gang of teenagers in a racist attack whilst mocking his beard and yelling hate speech.

37-year-old Qaiser Hamid, was set upon by up to nine yobs at Stockport town centre, Manchester on Friday 14th August, after a teenage girl from the group began yelling at the victim. Then her male accomplices repeatedly punched Hamid in the face.

Hamid, who was standing outside a shoe shop at the time, needed hospital treatment for cuts and bruising to his face including a deep

gash to the nose.

People working at the Stockport town centre notified police of the attack who arrived on the scene fifteen minutes after the call.

Witnesses described the attackers as white youth between fifteen to seventeen years of age. Shop workers at Jake Shoes reported that the racist attack was completely unprovoked.

Hamid, a mental health nurse, now says he is too frightened to go out.

Shop staff called police and Hamid, from Heaton Norris, has been left angered as the gang loitered nearby and continued to

shout threats while he waited for police.

Speaking to a local Manchester newspaper he said: “I got punched by one of them and I tried to defend myself then they were all hitting me – I took lots of blows.

“The shop was covered in blood as I was bleeding all over the place.

It was completely unprovoked.

“I don’t feel good and I don’t want to go back to Stockport. I have been really affected psychologically and struggle to go out of the house.

“I had to go to the hospital and I wore a hooded top because I feel self-conscious and don’t want

people passing judgement.”

He had stepped outside the shop to use his phone when the girl began abusing him and making comments about his beard.

Hamid, a British Pakistani, said: “There were so many. It was definitely racially motivated, they kept mentioning my beard, my wife was wearing a headscarf and they kept using the P-word.”

The members of the gang are described as white and aged 15 to 17.

Among those who attacked Hamid were a male, 5ft 6in tall, wearing a blue coat and hooded top and another wearing a grey

sweatshirt and gold chain.

Inspector Stephen Gilbertson from Stockport police said his records show officers arrived in around 15 minutes.

Dispersal orders are now in place so police can remove anyone behaving anti-socially and arrest them if they return.

Inspector Gilbertson added: “We’ve had quite a lot of youths congregating around Stockport centre over the last week and it culminated with this incident.

“Officers got to it as quickly as they could but had a lot of other incidents to deal with around the same time.”

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slavery Saleha Jaffer is founder of FAST, and has met the mothers of children who have travelled to Syria

‘Harrowing stories of how 9-year-old girls are sold naked at public markets for as little as the price of a packet of cigarettes’

The horrific news that ISIL reportedly executed 19 girls for refusing to have sex with fighters is yet another example of the sexual violence carried out by ISIL. This has become depressingly familiar, with a recent study from the UN showing that ISIL have been using rape as a weapon of war on an industrial scale.

Reporting from media outlets, NGOs, and aid agencies all reveal how women from the local Yazidi population are being used as sex slaves, some as young as 9-years-old, and sold in markets.

We hear harrowing stories of how these girls are sold naked at public markets, for as little as the price of a packet of cigarettes, and passed between ISIL fighters like commodities.

ISIL has created a society that dehumanises women, where, on pain of death, local women and girls are forced into marriage with ISIL

fighters from the age of 12, and unmarried women are harassed in the streets - it shows no one is safe from the abuses of this group.

These ‘marriages’ result in terrible injuries, pregnancies, STDs and long-term emotional damage. It is understandable why parents in ISILcontrolled territory are hiding their daughters and sending them away for their own protection. Families are being ripped apart in Syria and Iraq, as they are in UK when young girls disappear to join ISIL. In my work as part of our Families Matter campaign, I have met the mothers of children who have travelled to Syria; they see the reporting about ISIL’s abuses of women. They are terrified about what will become of their children, desperately waiting for a phone call or text message to say they are safe.

Meanwhile, their daughters may have been manipulated with false stories of a Sharia utopia, in reality

they face barbaric treatment, death and little chance of being able to return home.

One case is that of Tareena Shakil, a 26-year-old from Staffordshire who travelled to Syria in October 2014 with her young son, after becoming obsessed with ISIL material online. She soon found that the promises made to her online were lies, as ISIL tried to force her into marrying one of their fighters.

Tareena and her son narrowly escaped being killed when she fled, and on her return to the UK in February 2015 she said: “I thought I was going for a better life but it ended up as hell. IS will say anything to get women over there. They lied to me and when I got there I saw for myself just how bad it was”.

It can be hard to understand why women would want to travel to be part of this, particularly those who are essentially taking small children into war zones.

It is important to remember though, that ISIL propaganda presents clean hospitals, smiling children in schools and a secure environment – the group claims to offer them the chance of a fresh start. However, recordings by local people show how sexual violence, murder and brutality have been normalised under ISIL, with fighters cruelly joking as they barter for young girls in slave markets.

The thought of any parent sacrificing the security and opportunity of this country in order to raise their children in an environment where rape is normalised, is almost too much to bear. But sadly, we know that this has happened.

This is why it is so important to discuss these issues as families, in order to make a difference before it is too late. Children and adults alike are being targeted by ISIL online for recruitment; they are drip-feeding

them lies and propaganda while encouraging them to leave their families and communities behind.

The tactics are similar to those used by people sexually grooming young people online.

For parents, it is important to know who your children are talking to online, and there are a number of resources offering advice on how to supervise their activity.

All of us have a role to play in being vigilant to the danger of a family member being lured by superficially attractive lies.

During the Families Matter workshops held around the UK, I have seen how families are frightened by ISIL, but also want to have those difficult conversations in order to protect their loved ones from an abusive and barbaric group.

I don’t want any more girls falling victim to these prolific predators and one should not have to choose between death or rape.

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A delightful range of selected cuts of prime beef is now available for the real “Steak Lovers”, or even “Newbies”.

Select from the following range and enjoy steaks how they should be enjoyed, at home, with the family and friends.

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Our Prime Beef Steaks are prepared from graded cattle, perfect in age, so much more tender and tasty, and to crown it all, matured in our Beef Ageing Chamber for over 21 Days, and that’s no Bull! You have to try our steaks to believe it.

Cook them for only a few minutes each side and they are ready to be served.

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Teenager ‘drenched in blood’ after unprovoked racist face-smashing glass bottle attack Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was attacked with a glass bottle during an unprovoked racist attack in east London.

The 18-year-old male needed surgery to his face and has suffered permanent nerve damage after he was smashed in the face with the bottle while out with friends in the Isle of Dogs on 8th August.

Police say the male was cycling with friends through the Greenwich foot tunnel when he stopped near the junction with Mast House Terrace in Westferry Road to wait for the rest of his group to catch up. While he was there, a group of around five men - one of who had a knife - and two women began shouting racist abuse at him.

The group then approached the victim and attempted to pull him off the hire bike.

While attempting to flee, one of the suspects chased after the victim and caught up with him between the junctions of Telegraph Place and Barnsdale Avenue and smashed him in the face with a whisky bottle. Another suspect then proceeded to kick him while he lay on the ground.

Three hatchback cars - one black, one green, one silver – then pulled up beside the two suspects and drove them away.

Police say the attack left the victim "drenched in blood". He required surgery on his face and spent three days in hospital. Investigating officer Detective Constable Alan Henderson, from Limehouse CID, said: "This was an entirely

unprovoked attack on the victim who was simply enjoying an evening out with friends.

"It is believed the suspects had been drinking and took the opportunity to not only hurl racist abuse but then attack the victim. He suffered a significant facial injury and has been left with permanent nerve damage. We would ask any witnesses or anyone with information to please come forward."

Anyone who can help is asked to contact Limehouse CID on 101 or to remain anonymous call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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Your chance to become a LORD Exquisite registration plate ‘L2ORD’ up for sale

A car says a lot about a person yet it is the registration plate that defines them.

With so many prestige motors on the road, it seems the only way to stand out from the crowd today is through private plates.

From celebrities to esteemed business officials, the rarer the plates the more impressive the individual and if you have the stature of a Lord, then you could be in luck.

The plate L2ORD is now available after Asian Express Managing Director, Mr Nadim Hanif, successfully purchased the exquisite design from an English Lord.

Mr Hanif, a long term business associate of the Lord, who wishes to remain anonymous, was able to

acquire the plates as part of an asset clearout and is now looking to sell them on to their ‘rightful owner’.

The perfect addition to a Rolls Royce, Bentley or prestige vehicle, there are no other plates quite like them on the road and are literally fit for royalty.

Offers over £50,000 will be considered and can be made directly to Mr Hanif via 07519 090000 where terms can be discussed and meetings arranged.

If you are a true lord and want others to know it too, then these are the plates for you.

AVAILABLE: A once in a lifetime opportunity has arisen to own the L2ORD registration plate

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MEP’s discuss Britain and the European Union A Yorkshire MEP chaired an event attended by over 120 business people and professionals of Pakistani/Muslim heritage, to debate Britain's membership of the European Union.

David Cameron's Conservative government announced that a referendum will take place in 2017.

After the 2015 General elections, he certified his intention of holding this public consultation.

The cross-party event hosted by Amjad Bashir MEP at Zouk restaurant in Manchester on 17th August brought together a panel consisting of Conservative MEP Dan Hannan, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, Chief Executive of Business for Britain, Matthew Elliott, Labour MP for Bradford West, Naseem Shah and Alan Halsall the entrepreneur who rescued Silver Cross from receivership in 2002.

Vital discussions revolved around the impact on UK-EU relations, Britain’s global power and influence, trade and economic growth, migration and domestic

politics.

Following the event, Amjad Bashir MEP, said: “It was fantastic to see so many people from across a variety of sectors wanting to roll up their sleeves and get actively involved within the upcoming EU referendum.

“We had a host of excellent speakers this evening, and guests who attended tonight’s important and informative event thoroughly enjoyed themselves”.

Feedback from the attendees, who collectively employ between 50,000 and 100,000 people in their businesses, was that they remained unsure as to whether Britain should stay in or out of the EU. The debate continues.

EU REFERENDUM DEBATE: MEP Amjad Bashir brought together a panel including Baroness Sayeeda Warsi to debate Britain’s stance with the EU

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PREMIUM: Sources say Amazon signed £160 million for a three-series deal and the previous Top Gear trio

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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has described the acquisition of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May to his digital television service as ‘Very, very, very expensive’.

Some reports suggest the three-series deal is worth £160m, although Bezos would not be drawn on exact figures.

"They’re worth a lot, and they know it," he admitted.

"I think we're in a golden age of television so if you go back in time even just five years, you couldn't get A-list talent to do TV serials, or if you could, it was a rare thing.

But that's flipped completely."

The new car show, which is as yet untitled, is due to air on Amazon Prime next year.

Clarkson's BBC contract was not renewed after he punched a member of the show's staff.

But the controversial presenter was among the first to congratulate replacement Chris Evans, who signed a £3m deal with the BBC in June.

Clarkson had claimed the corporation asked him to return to the show just days before Evans was announced as the new Top Gear host.

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Hair shaved for Nepal ALL GONE: Jazz Kaur had her precious hair shaved last week to help vulnerable children in Nepal

A dedicated fundraiser from Leeds has had her head shaved for charity as she hopes to raise money for victims of the Nepal earthquakes.

24-year-old trainee solicitor, Jazz Kaur, parted ways with her luscious locks on Thursday 28th May, after opting to take part in the mentally challenging fundraiser after seeing ‘shocking images from overseas’.

Over 8,000 people lost their lives following the 8.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal in late April, whilst dozens more were killed following a second quake just weeks later.

Thousands of men, women and children have been injured by the disaster whilst millions were affected.

As aid missions continue in the country, it is charity

TRIMMING: Support on the day was offered by Jazz’s friends at Woodland Barbers in Swillington

champions across the world who have been raising funds for the victims with Jazz adding her name to the list of those offering support.

Having her hair shaved by long time friend and barber, Emma Mack, at Woodland Barbers, Swillington, Jazz says despite the initial shock of her ‘new look’, it was worth it for the cause.

“I made the decision to shave my head because I wanted to raise awareness of these kids in Nepal who have been affected in such a terrible way following the two earthquakes,” she said.

“Their struggle is beyond pain and it is therefore up to us to hold tight and work together to make sure there is help on hand for the victims.

“This head shave is for the ones who are in pain and unable to ask for help, to show we haven't forgotten about them. It is not just for children in Nepal but for children who are struggling all over, and hopefully we can show them that there is a brighter day ahead.”

She added: “I will be donating my hair to charity now and just want to thank everybody who's helped. You have all done more than you realise so thanks and stay blessed.”

Jazz’s hair will now be donated to the Little Princess Trust – a charity which provides real-hair wigs to children across the UK who have sadly lost their own hair through cancer treatment.

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True spiritique class Sami Yusuf tour raises whopping half a million pounds for orphans A sell-out Sami Yusuf tour has given vulnerable orphans the chance to build brighter futures through Penny Appeal’s orphan programme.

The humanitarian charity teamed up with multi-talented artist Sami Yusuf for a nine-city tour, to support orphans in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Every venue on the tour was sold-out and the packed crowds contributed in donations and commitments to raise an incredible half a million pounds, which will provide 1,076 orphan sponsorships and build eight orphan homes.

Each Penny Appeal orphan sponsorship costs just 50 pence a day, and goes on to provide an orphan with food, clothes, healthcare, education and a dedicated foster mother – all in a loving and caring home.

The tour was supported by Sami Yusuf, who is a world famous singer, musician and

songwriter. The popular artist hasn’t been on tour in the UK since 2008, but returned to perform songs from his highly accredited album, ‘The Centre’.

Sami treated audiences to his self-coined genre of spiritique, which beautifully blends Western harmonics with traditional Islamic arts. The performances were made even more unique and special with the help of Sami’s musicians, who played traditional Iranian and Asian instruments.

Aamer Naeem, Penny Appeal CEO, said: “It was a privilege to work with such an incredibly talented musician and the positive feedback from the whole tour has been incredible.

“Sami Yusuf is also a humanitarian worker and we’re absolutely delighted that we can now improve the lives of so many vulnerable orphans, and it’s all thanks to the generosity of everyone who donated.”

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Relationship/Marketing Manager Location: Leeds, United Kingdom

ADVERTISING SALES EXECUTIVES WANTED We are looking for a Sales Executive to work for a growing company.

Must have at least 3 years of advertising sales experience working in the newspaper and magazine industry.

EARN from £20k to 50k Salary • Bonus • Commission • Expenses • Car • Mobile Phone

Immediate start if you can answer yes to: Do you have a full UK drivers license? • Can you work of your own initiative? • Do you have a thirst for money and success?

Please apply with a letter and cv to: Nadim Hanif Managing Director Media Buzz Ltd, 4 Armley Court • Armley Road • Leeds LS12 2LB

Tel: 08703 608 606

We are looking for

VAN OWNERS /DRIVERS WEST YORKSHIRE to work for a growing company in the following areas:

Leeds • Bradford Huddersfield • Halifax Batley • Dewsbury Must have a full UK drivers licence (Rate of pay to be negotiated)

Please apply with a letter and cv to: Nadim Hanif Managing Director Media Buzz Ltd • 4 Armley Court • Armley Rd • Leeds LS12 2LB •nadim@asianexpress.co.uk

Description The Company is looking for full time Relationship/Marketing, Managers or Officers to manage its portfolio of clients. Reporting directly to the Senior Manager, you will be responsible for Managing & Developing portfolio of clients with following responsibilities: Responsibilities: 1. Pro-actively manage and grow a dedicated portfolio of agent network in the UK. 2. Improving the overall customer relationship, delivering reliable administrative support and customer service 3. Acknowledging customers promptly and treating them in a courteous manner 4. Finding out what information, products or services the customer requires to meet his/her needs, 5. Resolving customers’ queries within agreed authority 6. Producing file notes after any client meetings, summarising any additional actions required, including follow-up calls Contributing to the development of new products and services, based on customer feedback 8. Sales activity planning, including reviewing existing customer files to identify sales opportunities 9. Undertaking commercial negotiations 10. Managing new business pitches 11. Compliance with legal requirements, industry regulations, organisational policies and professional codes Requirements Skills · Excellent interpersonal skills, able to communicate with a wide range of people · Strong customer service ethic · Work well in a team setting · Reliable and ethical, respecting customers’ confidentiality · Strong negotiation skills · Strong decision making skills and the ability to take the lead · Proactive and highly self-motivated · Flexibility to travel within the UK · Confident selling and marketing products You must be proficient in English,Urdu & Punjabi or Pothowari Benefits Competitive salary & bonuses.

Please contact Sher Khanagha on sher.khanagha@fgcmoney.com mobile: 07824602046

SALES REPRESENTATIVE REQUIRED £22,000 per annum + Car + Mobile Phone This is an exciting opportunity to work for a growing food manufacturer.

We are looking for a passionate, self motivated and driven field sales representative to join our expanding sales team selling food products to a wide range of businesses in the UK. We pride ourselves on the standard of our service and our customers are those who know the value of quality and reliability.

What the role involves: • This is a field based role, Monday to Friday • The main focus of the role is winning new business which will involve cold calling and sourcing new leads • Selling on the day • We also care about our existing customers so the role also involves maintaining and enhancing those relationships.

What we are looking for: • Strong sales and communication skills • Determined to not only meet targets but exceed them • Excellent presentation and communication skills • Able to build long lasting relationships with customers and colleagues • Strong prospecting skills • Accurate administration • Experience in field sales in the food sector would be preferred but not essential • As the role is field based a full driving licence is essential

What to do next: If you like the sound of a long-term career working for a well established, family run company and if you have the qualities to succeed in this role please send a covering letter and your CV to

Natasha Camenon by email: natasha@goldendelightfoods.co.uk or Contact by telephone on 0121 327 8800

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Asian female DJ to gig in Magaluf with fantastically popular musical maestro

Neev Spencer is already one of the most listened to British females in the UK and now she’s been confirmed to support David Guetta at the all new venue stage at BH Mollorca.

Neev commented about the forthcoming gig on Friday 21st August and supporting the world-famous French DJ David Guetta: “I am thrilled that I will be supporting David Guetta at the all new venue stage at BH Mallorca, it’s a real honour to be on the same stage once again after successfully supporting David in India.

“I’m very proud as a female DJ and as a British Asian who is always proud of her heritage, I’m trying to push boundaries in mainstream and giving it my all is my aim in life!”

Neev is now in her 8th year at the Kiss FM radio station. From interviewing the likes of Pink, Rihanna, 1D and even David Cameron to name just a few, Neev is well know for her down to earth attitude and larger than life personality.

Off air, she has headlined in Ibiza for the last three years and DJ’s every week in the UK’s coolest spots and super clubs. Neev is also the official DJ for Nike Women and is booked frequently to DJ for brands such as River Island, London Fashion Week, Red Bull, Grazia magazine and Nokia.

As well as her show, DJ gigs and voiceover work, Neev is kept busy by her role as ambassador for several charities. She works with Dance4Life, Mencap, Women of the Future and The Princes Trust.

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Bollywood's original 'Munnabhai', Sanjay Dutt's life has been nothing less than a roller coaster ride. While others would have broken down and given up hope if life had thrown such challenges at them, Sanjay Dutt believes he is the 'chosen one'.

In a recent interview, Sanjay Dutt spoke at length about his jail term, drug addiction and many other aspects of his life.

Talking about this strange fate he said: "I feel I am the chosen one. I keep getting into trouble but keep coming out of it. God has always been there for me.

“I used to reassure myself that maybe if I was out, I would have been killed and this is God's way of protecting me - by keeping me in jail. And so far I think I have fared well at all the tests he has taken."

Confessing to his previous drug problems, he said that during his childhood he was sent to boarding school.

Here he felt a lot more responsible and independent. He had to not only take care of himself but he also had to learn new things and recalled how everyday at the boarding school was a new challenge, a new responsibility. He was no longer that small kid who would listen to others. He knew how to take care of himself and did not like anyone's interference in his life, not even his family.

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Recalling the episode Sanjay Dutt said: "Someone asked me to try it once, I tried it and then it remained with me for the next nine years of my life. I always used to be in my own world.

“From heroin to cocaine, I tried everything that was out there.

“I used to sniff and take pills. In the last year before my treatment started I even used to inject drugs into my body."

Sanjay Dutt remembered the day when he had a near death experience.

He recalls: "One day I had taken heroin and went to sleep. I woke up after sometime and was feeling very hungry so asked my servant to get me something to eat. Seeing me he started crying and said that 'baba you've woken up after two days.'

“When I heard this I was shocked. I went and saw myself in the mirror. My face had that drenched look and I knew it that if I don't stop myself now I will probably die. So I went to dad and told him to save me. He sent me to a well known hospital and soon after that I was sent to America to a rehabilitation center."

Just few days after he came back to India his drug peddler visited him. "I was shocked to see as I had not informed anyone that I was coming back. So then I opened the door and he said he had some new ‘stuff’ – and if I’d like to try it,” says Sanjay.

“It was that one moment that had to decide everything about how my life was going to be. I realised that if I say 'yes' now, I'll never be able to get out of it. And so I said 'no'.

"After I got better, I didn’t want to come back to India. I told dad that I don't want to come back but he insisted that I should. So I gave myself one year's time. I did not get any film project in that period.”

Sanjay Dutt says: "I have become more tolerant now. Inside jail I was nobody. I used to sit and eat with robbers and thieves. It humbled me down. Broke my ego. I read the Bhagavada Gita inside jail. And my faith in God has only strengthened with time."

SANJAY DUTT: “From heroin to cocaine, “From heroin to cocaine, I have tried everything…”

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Raghav: Straight out of his major signing with Universal Music India and collaborating with Punjabi rapper - Bohemia on Tension Stress,

Master-D is set to release another video from his debut Bangla album that will set the bar once more for the Bangla Music Industry.

With over quarter million views from his debut releases – “Aye Raat”, “Desi Chick” and “Tension Stress”, Master-D is making waves within the new generation Bengalis worldwide performing at Desifest 2015 with over 17,000 people in attendance.

Being the very first Bangla Urban artist to grace the stage MasterD’s motivation to

More than a ray of light…

From pop-star to collaborating with Abhishek Bachchan to personally buying lights for rural school-children in Tanzania

Canadian pop music star Raghav is set to release his new summer single ‘Until The Sun Comes Up’ later this August.

What’s different about this track is that as well as having an appeal as an instant summer anthem, it’s accompanied by a powerful full video highlighting the lack of electricity in Africa.

The track features Grammy Award winning rapper Nelly, and an exclusive version that features the hip-hop styling of bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan.

After teaming up with Solar-Aid.org, an international NGO that has the goal of eliminating the kerosene lamp from Africa by the year 2020, Raghav distributed over 300 solar lights, which he personally bought, to school-age children in the small rural township of Shungubweni, in Tanzania.

The lights will help the students of Shungubweni Secondary School study for an extra 375,000 hours, and save their families almost £39,000 per light as they will no longer needed to buy kerosene or candles. This amounts to a significant shift towards environmental responsibility and self-sustainability for the families who have received these lights.

Segments of Raghav’s trip will be featured in the music video for ‘Until The Sun Comes Up’, with the aim of creating significant social awareness around the topic.

Of the track Raghav says: “I hope people will look years from now at this song being a singular moment when east and west collaborated in a way that has a true global musical impact. And performing it with Abhishek, who is the most talented human I’ve ever met, and

Nelly, who is a legend, make this song even more special to me.”

Bachchan, who has starred in over 50 major bollywood productions, is known for his love of music and having previously featured as a rapper in his movies, he dons the microphone once again for a verse on ‘Until The Sun Comes Up’ in his unique ‘Bachchanesque’ style.

He expressed his excitement on his Twitter page, personally thanking Raghav, and stating the collaboration was ‘an opportunity to work with two of my favourites.’

Rap star Nelly, a Grammy awardwinning artist with four UK number ones under his belt also takes a verse on ‘Until The Sun Comes Up’. Last year the rapper-turned-TV-star secured his own reality show ‘Nellyville’, which is currently in its second season. His collaboration with Raghav and Bachchan is an exciting move for rap music lovers in India.

Since announcing the collaboration, social media has been buzzing with conversation about the three stars teaming up for the big summer single, with thousands of tweets from pop, hip hop and bollywood music fans around the world. The lyric video has received over 35,000 views in just 24 hours since launching on YouTube.

release yet another party anthem is all because of the major fan support.

“When I first envisioned breaking into the Bangla Music scene, I wanted to change the way music was heard. No one was representing the sound correctly and now with all the support I’m getting, it makes me so proud to be part of this transformation” stated Master-D. Furthermore, with all this buzz around his "Bangla Urban" movement, MasterD has bridged the gap with Bangladesh by releasing

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“Phenomenon” takes a new angle with the video, shot with graffiti art by local artists, classic lowriders and a rugged west coast hip-hop feel shot by powerhouse director Peezee who is behind hit videos “Tera Nasha”, “On the Dancefloor” with The Bilz & Kashif and recently “Tension Stress” shot in Palm Springs.

“Its about expressing how amazing a girl can make you feel that takes you in a new trance” states Master-D.

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“I don’t believe I am successful” Having won both critical as well as box-office applause for his role in the Salman Khan starrer ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui says he still does not consider himself to be successful.

"I don't believe that I am a successful person. I just like doing different roles, I have a passion for that," Siddiqui said.

When asked what changes he feels in his life after the success of the film, the 41-year-old actor said, “I am the same as a person. I don't change but only the perception of people changes about me.”

Siddiqui will be says Nawazuddin Siddiqui seen playing the role of the villager Dashrath Manjhi. helped me to prepare Directed by Ketan Mehta, the biopic myself for the role. I could ‘Manjhi - The Mountain Man’ is a relate to my own struggle to true-life story of a man who single- seek inspiration," Siddiqui handedly carved a road through a said.

He said there is a shortage mountain in 22-years with just a of role models in the country hammer and a chisel.

The actor described this as the and the real life story of most challenging role of his career. Manjhi can serve as a big "The physical aspects can be taken inspiration for everyone. "He care of but portraying the mental has the power to be the superman strength of Manjhi was very difficult. in today's world. He made “My own 12-year-old struggle possible an impossible task," the when I did not have any work to do National Award winning actor said.

Anil Kapoor: “Movies, TV nothing without writers…”

Veteran actor Anil Kapoor believes that all mediums of entertainment are nothing without good writers.

Anil stressed on the importance of writing talent at the first Mumbai Mantra - Cinerise Screenwriting Programme.

“The reason I come here is because I am always on the lookout for good writers that I can use in my movies and television shows.

“I need their support and talent, and it is important for me. Whether it is movie, theatre or television, they are nothing without writers,” Anil said at the event.

Anil, who is also a film producer, said: “I'm buying rights of many books and if you listen to the rates that these writers are demanding, you will be

Making biopic on Kishore Kumar is ‘difficult’, says son Amit Kumar Legendary actor-singer Kishore Kumar's son Amit Kumar feels that making a biopic on his father is a difficult job and no one should attempt it.

Director Anurag Basu is making a biopic on Kishore Kumar with Ranbir Kapoor playing the lead role. "As an audience I think no biopic should be made on my father.

I feel nobody can act like him or be like him. It is a difficult biopic," Amit said.

"I don't know about the film. I think it is still undecided. They have not finished it yet," Amit said. The playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenplay writer and scriptwriter, was born on 4th August, 1929 at Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. The versatile artiste died in 1987.

Considered as one of the most successful playback singers of the Hindi film industry, Kishore also sang in many Indian languages including Bengali, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam, Odiya, and Urdu.

He also sang in private albums in several languages, especially in Bengali, which are noted as all time classics.

He won eight Filmfare Awards

for Best Male Playback Singer and holds the record for winning the most Filmfare Awards in that category.

Presently, Anurag is busy shooting for Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif starrer Jagga Jasoos. The director is reportedly waiting to get the dates of Ranbir, who is busy with his upcoming films.

shocked.

“I like it when these writers ask for more money, but sometimes I feel that it's too much, what they are demanding, but it's ok... as a producer I think like that.”

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FILM: Bangistan DIRECTED BY: Karan Anshuman GENRE: Comedy STAR CAST: Riteish Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Akash Pandey, Aarya Babbar Would-be suicide bombers argue over who has the longest beard in this comedy satire about two blundering terrorists with lofty ideologies and mediocre skills. The town of Bangistan takes its name from being in a forgotten corner of the world where bullets and bombs go off without warning.

The best way to defeat your enemy is to become him, so the aspiring terrorists come up with the same, idiotic plan to change the world, involving international travel and taking on new identities, but bad luck

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and bombs that were made in China ensure that their plans go awry.

In North Bangistan, the disparate group Al KaamTamaam plans to disrupt the International Peace Conference in Krakow, Poland by sending Muslim bomber Hafeez bin Ali undercover as a Hindu.

In South Bangistan, the political group Maa ka Dal has exactly the same idea and dispatches Praveen Chaturvedi disguised as a Muslim. By an outrageous twist of fate,

Hafeez and Praveen end up sharing an apartment in Krakow, unaware that they have arrived in the city with the same murderous intentions.

Superstar Riteish Deshmukh (Masti) plays Hafiz Bin Ali/Ishwar Sharma, and Pulkit Samrat (Fukrey) is Praveen/Allah Rakha Khan, with a cameo from model an award-winning actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who starred in last year's ‘Kick’, one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films of all time.

FILM: Brothers DIRECTED BY: Karan Malhotra GENRE: Action/Drama STAR CAST: Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Malhotra, Jackie Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez The film tells the story of a broken family, set in the world of mixed martial arts and underground street fighting.

Gary Fernandes, a former alcoholic and street-fighter, returns home after serving a prison sentence of ten long years to find that the wounds of the past still haunt his family.

His two sons, David and Monty, who had parted ways as kids, are grown men now, but are still bitterly estranged. Gary himself carries the burden of his guilt.

His elder son, David is an ex-fighter turned school teacher. He and his wife Jenny work hard to make

ends meet and to provide the best they can for their ailing daughter Poopoo.

Troubled financial circumstances drive a desperate David to return to the world of street fighting. While, Monty struggles with his lonely complex existence. An alcoholic, he is active in the world of street fighting, but lacks focus and determination. He strongly yearns for the acceptance, love and respect of his family.

As the story unfolds, we see the journey of these three men, as they seek to find redemption and healing.

Meanwhile, the arrival of

RELEASE DATE: 14/8/2015 'Right to Fight' is announced in India - the biggest international event in mixed martial arts history. Both brothers, at the crossroads of their lives, end up enlisting to fight in this 'Winner-takes-all' event.

And it is here after an age of estrangement, unknown to the two siblings, they finally stand to face off with each other and against their personal demons, in the ultimate final battle.

It is said, that when a deep injury is done to us, we can never recover until we forgive. Will this final battle between the two brothers repair old wounds?

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SjAuEUPlGyT 2015 THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E STARRING: HENRY CAVILL, ARMIE HAMMER, ALICIA VIKANDER AND HUGH GRANT TBC DIRECTOR: GUY RITCHIE CERT GENRE: ACTION, ADVENTURE, COMEDY Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” centres on CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin.

Forced to put aside longstanding hostilities, the two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power, through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology.

The duo’s only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time to find him and prevent a worldwide catastrophe.

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She's overly protective towards her sons - and soon her worst fears become a reality when her family appears to become a target of a supernatural presence - in particular, her young son Dylan is behaving oddly.

In 2012, horror movie Sinister terrified audiences with its story of evil contained on strips of film. It also introduced us to frightening entity Bughuul, who now returns to claim more young souls.

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STARRING: JASON BATEMAN, JOEL EDGERTON, REBECCA HALL DIRECTOR: JOEL EDGERTON GENRE: HORROR, THRILLER Gordo starts acting strangely, leaving suspicious gifts for them at their house, and threatens to destroy Simon with revelations about their shared history. past.

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Ed Helms plays the son of Chevy Chase in this latest instalment of the riotous Vacation series.

In 1983, Rusty Griswold was taken by his family on a cross-country road trip to America's favourite family fun park, Walley World.

Thirty-two years later, a now grown-up Rusty (Ed Helms) is taking his own family, including wife Debbie (Christina Applegate), and their two sons, James (Skyler Gisondo) and Kevin (Steele Stebbins), on the same vacation. What could go wrong?

Hangover star Ed Helms and Anchorman actress Christina Applegate takes centre stage in this hilarious reboot of the successful Vacation series as the next generation of Griswolds cause mayhem across America.

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Resurrection Audi announces production plans for previously scrapped electric R8 e-tron project

Audi has revealed plans for an all-electric SUV with a driving range of 'more than 310 miles'.

The e-tron quattro concept SUV is set to make its dĂŠbut at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month, with a production version scheduled for 2018.

It comes in tandem with news

that, following the Volkswagen Group's controversial changes in boardroom personnel, the electric R8 e-tron project has been resurrected and will now be put into production after all.

In fact, the drivetrain of the R8 has been taken wholesale for use in the SUV, although it is not clear

at present whether it would be tuned to the same performance level.

Partly thanks to a completely closed, flat under-tray beneath the body, the concept SUV has an amazingly low drag coefficient of 0.25. The most aerodynamic road cars today, despite being much

smaller and with less frontal area, boast figures around 0.27, while an average value is in the low 0.3s.

Audi has fitted the e-tron quattro SUV with movable aerodynamic elements on the front and sides of the car to help direct and smooth air flow.

The concept is sized between the

Q5 and Q7, but with a lower roofline for better aerodynamics. Audi claims that the interior offers space for four people, but it is anticipated that a production version will look a little more conventional, with a higher roof and more interior space.

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were 159,000 There prosecutions for speeding offences in England and Wales last year; 25 per cent more than the previous year. Either drivers in the UK are ignoring speed limits more or the methods of catching drivers breaking the rules are becoming more effective.

More than half of those fined for speeding were caught on the motorway and mostly by cameras, as opposed to police cars. With some forces adopting a zerotolerance approach, it could mean drivers being fined and having penalty points on their licence for driving at 32mph in a 30mph zone.

Quality of Signage The only way to guarantee avoiding a conviction for speeding is not to drive above the posted speed limit. However, it can sometimes be difficult to know what the limit is on a stretch of road either because of poor signage or because the signs are obscured by trees or, ironically, other road signs.

Variable limits on motorways can change quickly and catch out drivers, which is a common reason for speeding fines on motorways.

If you think you have a good case, make sure you take photographs of any obscured signs when you fill in the Section 172 notice within 28 days of the Notice of Intended Prosecution being issued. This is the document that tells you the police intend to fine you and put points on your licence.

Reasons to Contest Fill out the form and state you intend to contest the notice. If you were not driving the car at the time of the offence, you can also use this as a justifiable means to avoid the fine and points.

However, you should reveal who was driving the car and be sure they were insured to do so, otherwise you could be in even more trouble for allowing someone to drive your car without insurance.

You may also contest the speeding rap if you believe you were not speeding. Safety cameras have to be calibrated and you can ask for evidence of this to be provided. This will only work if you were a fraction above the speed limit as most police forces allow a margin of error, usually 10 per cent of the speed limit plus 2mph.

In Court If the police do not accept your appeal, you will have to go to court to contest the speeding conviction. For this, it’s best to seek professional legal advice. If you believe you were not speeding, you will need to prove this.

Many drivers choose to go to court as they believe they have mitigating circumstances, such as taking someone to hospital in an emergency. In this case, it’s best to plead guilty but ask the court to take into account the reason you were speeding.

In court, you can ask the prosecution to provide evidence of the speeding offence. Often mistakes are made in recording the offence or the vehicle has been wrongly identified, in which case you will not be prosecuted.

When Not to Risk It While there is a good chance that contesting a speeding fine can result in it being quashed, there is also the risk of a magistrate imposing a larger fine and more points in a court. For this reason, be very sure of your case and if you know you've been speeding, it’s better to simply accept the original fine and points.

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Motor insurers uncover 570 illegal policies every day

Insurers uncovered over 4,000 fraudulent motor insurance policies every week in 2014, it has emerged.

Industry body the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said the figures should serve as a warning to anyone thinking of trying to 'cut corners' to lower their premium.

According to the data, common lies told by drivers include 'forgetting' to declare past accidents, giving the address of a friend or relative who lives in a lower-risk area, and pretending to be the main driver when in fact it's their son or daughter – a scam known as 'fronting'.

The ABI's members found 212,000 illegal insurance policies last year, equivalent to over 570 every day.

Drivers are also being warned against using 'ghost brokers', who sometimes operate in seeminglylegitimate ways claiming to sell cheap insurance policies that don't actually exist.

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A number of these fraudsters have been fined and jailed recently, but the drivers affected are also committing crimes by – potentially unknowingly – driving without valid insurance. Their cars could be confiscated and even crushed.

The Insurance Fraud Bureau is, at present, reportedly dealing with 26 more suspected ghost broker scams.

Mark Allen, the ABI’s Fraud and Financial Crime Manager, said: “Insurers recognise that innocent mistakes and oversights happen.

But anyone lying to get cheaper motor insurance, or tempted by cheap insurance offers without first checking that they are genuine, risks driving illegally.

“The consequences include getting a criminal record and a massive financial headache if found to be at fault for a crash. The risks are just not worth it – especially when you can shop around for the right policy at the lowest price.”

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Mmmmm… what a concept

New BMW M4 GTS giving adrenaline-fueled high performance for the road and race-track A year on from the launch of the BMW M4 Coupe, the car-maker is now presenting an initial preview of a high-performance model for use on the road and, above all, on the race track: the BMW Concept M4 GTS. The move sees BMW M Division once again returning to its roots.

The BMW offshoot, founded in 1972 as BMW Motorsport GmbH, not only caused a sensation with its iconic BMW M1 racing car, but developed the first turbocharged engine to win the Formula One World Championship and was the

force behind what remains the world’s most successful racing touring car – the Group A BMW M3.

The BMW Concept M4 GTS showcases new technologies such as the innovative water injection system that has already provided a significant output and torque boost in the BMW M4 MotoGP Safety Car. In addition, the BMW Concept M4 GTS has rear lights with OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology that give the high-performance model a whole new look when darkness falls.

The dynamic and exclusive presence of the BMW Concept M4 GTS is accentuated by the exterior paint shade Frozen Dark Grey Metallic, with the Acid Orange accent on the front splitter creating an effective contrast. The lightweight, forged and polished light-alloy wheels in 666 M styling also feature an Acid Orange accent. The 9.5 J x 19 (front) and 10.5 J x 20 (rear) wheels are fitted with Michelin Sport Cup 2 tyres (265/35 R19 at the front, 285/30 R20 at the rear). The mixed-size tyres provide the ideal conduit for

the stand-out dynamic attributes of the BMW Concept M4 GTS. The water injection system introduced by BMW M Division sees that water is injected into the plenums of the intake manifold as a fine spray. When the water vaporises, the intake air cools significantly. As a result, the final compression temperature in the combustion chamber – and therefore the engine’s tendency to “knock” – is reduced, enabling the turbocharged engine to use higher boost pressure and earlier injection timing.

This technology ensures an increase in output and torque, while at the same time reducing the thermal stress on performancerelevant components. All of which also enhances the stability and durability of the turbocharged engine.

The strong performance potential of the turbocharged sixcylinder in-line engine already demands an exceptionally sophisticated thermal management system for the engine and ancillary units.

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Tyre-maker slams fourth-year MOT The regional boss of the world's largest tyre-maker has said that moving new cars' first MOT test to four years instead of the current three would leave British roads “more dangerous than ever.”

Bridgestone claims that the average life of a tyre is around three years, but many drivers won't even think to check their tyres' condition.

Robin Shaw, Bridgestone's north region Managing Director, has expressed concern at Chancellor George Osborne’s plans to extend the first MOT deadline to four years. =The Government has claimed that the move would save motorists ‘more than £100 million per year.’

However, Mr Shaw believes the A proposal backed by major motoring organisations says introducing driving to the school curriculum could save 400 lives every year on the UK’s roads.

The petition launched by Young Driver and supported by the likes of the Association of British Insurers, the RAC, Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) and the Driving Instructor’s Association (DIA) says it does not want to lower the legal age of driving from 17years old, but instead wants school children to be taught about driving from a younger age.

By providing lessons in the classroom and practical driving courses, the scheme’s supporters say it would help save the lives of this most vulnerable group of drivers.

Another benefit of the scheme would be to cut the

added 12 months will result in more cars running on illegal tyres below the 1.6mm tread depth limit.

When Highways England recently checked more than 100,000 tyres in England, Scotland and Wales, 27% were below the 1.6mm limit and 39% between 1.6mm and 2mm.

He said: “We oppose these proposals, as we believe they will lead to an increase in the number of unsafe and illegal vehicles on our roads.

“The government is claiming that by considering this change, motorists will save money because modern day cars don't need their vehicles tested as often.

"The worry is that within the 12 month extension, motorists will be

number of deaths of young people travelling in cars driven by other young people aged 1724-years old. A quarter of all road deaths in the UK involve drivers or passengers aged 1519-years old.

Kim Stanton from Young Driver explained: “Driving a vehicle is potentially one of the most dangerous and responsible things a person can do. Learning to drive should be done over a long period of time, and from a young age, when pupils are more receptive to safety messages.

“Evidence-based research shows that road safety messages are better absorbed by children in their early teens rather than at driving age. By having this take place at school it can be made inclusive for all.

We urge people to sign this petition so we can get this issue in front of the people with the power to change things.”

driving around with defects that are actually more costly to repair – and significantly more dangerous as a result.”

Figures from the Department for Transport, as presented by TyreSafe in July, actually state that tyres are the number one contributing factor to killed or seriously injured cases in the UK over the past five years (36%) in terms of vehicle defects, more so than braking and steering faults (31% and 16% respectively).

According to the DFT, 981 people were either killed or seriously injured as a result of dangerous tyres over the past five years, and Bridgestone believes that delaying the first MOT test to four years will only add to the “sombre” figures.

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SETTLING FOR SECOND BEST – AMIR KHAN VS MANNY PACQUIAO

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There have been rumours circulating that Amir “King” Khan is close to securing a fight with the recently injured Manny Pacquiao and to make matters more interesting there is talk of the battle to be staged in the Middle East.

Khan had hoped to fight the best pound for pound fighter on the planet Floyd Mayweather but seems to have been overlooked again by the man nicknamed “Money.”

Mayweather has since confirmed that his last bout before retirement will be against the limited Andre Berto.

Pacquiao’s last fight was against Mayweather where he beaten convincingly over 12 rounds. However during that bout Pacquiao picked up a shoulder injury that he claims hampered his chances of success.

According to promoter Bob Arum the Khan vs Pacquiao matchup could take place as early as next year and Pacquiao is already showing good signs of recovery from that injury.

Khan has recently said, “I think the fight can happen. If it makes sense financially for both of us, then I think the fight will definitely take place. ... Fighting-style wise, Manny wasn't at his best against a defensive Mayweather, but with me I'm a totally different fighter. We both like to fight, move and both have tremendous hand speed. I think it would be amazing. I'd love to take that fight.”

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other’s fighting style and were previously trained by the same trainer Freddie Roach so both will be confident in putting on a show and winning this bout.

The fight taking place in the UAE is a very exciting prospect because of the large Pakistani, Muslim and Filipino populations present, and I would agree that financially this fight makes sense for both Khan and Pacquiao.

Khan has stated that Pacquiao was not at his best against Mayweather and I personally felt he was a major disappointment. It will be interesting to see how Pacquiao can recover from such a severe beating he received from the American.

As for Khan, a fight against the likes of Pacquiao will help him recovering from the shock he has recently endured by not being named as Mayweather next opponent, even though he has been the leading contender for that bout.

Pacquiao is still regarded by many as one of the best pound for pound fighters and the eight division champion will be consolation for Khan as the “second best” thing to a Mayweather bout.

I also see the Khan vs Pacquiao fight as one of the best clashes out there because both fighters are probably still regarded as the fastest punchers in the division and the most talented in terms of boxing ability.

As I reported last week I still do not think Mayweather will retire for good after his May 2015 fight against Berto and should Khan manage to win against Pacquiao (if that fight happens) then he will be more than likely be guaranteed that Mayweather fight.

Khan in terms of his boxing career has been fighting credible opponents for some time now and I believe he has reached a pinnacle stage of his career where he needs the big name fights and Pacquiao is definitely a step in that right direction.

Cricket for Heroes

Sporting royalty to face off in September for charity A selection of the cricket world’s most recognised name’s, from the past and present, will pad up and head to the crease for a very special T20 next month.

The inaugural Cricket for Heroes match up will take place at the iconic Kia Oval on Thursday 17th September, raising money for national charity – Help for Heroes.

A Rest of the World XI will take on a Help for Heroes XI in what will be an all star match-up, including players from India, Pakistan, England and New Zealand.

Amongst the big names already confirmed to appear in the contest are three of Pakistan’s most famous cricketing sons.

Current T20 skipper, Shahid Afridi, is joined by countryman Abdul Razzaq on the field of play whilst the legendary Wasim Akram, will be coaching the Help for Heroes XI. Cricket for Heroes Chair of Selectors, Allan Lamb, said: “It's fantastic news that we have managed to secure three prominent Pakistan cricketers and I'm sure having them on board supporting a great cause will encourage Pakistan supporters to turn out in their numbers.

“We have even more big player announcements to follow which I'm sure will also generate a real buzz, especially within the Asian community.”

Last week it was announced that the Rest of the World XI will be captained by New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum, coached by Gary Kirsten and managed by Sunil Gavaskar, whilst Indian legend Virender Sehwag was the latest name confirmed to appear earlier this week.

Gavaskar urged cricket fans to come down for the day of sport and watch a completely unique T20 unfold.

“I am delighted to be managing the Rest of World XI,” he said. “I can resume some friendly rivalry with Sir Ian ‘Beefy’ Botham, albeit off the field and it will be special to be involved with such a great cause.

“The whole day is bound to be a wonderful experience and I urge all cricket supporters to come along and make a day of it.”

Meanwhile, the Help for Heroes XI are under the leadership of Andrew Strauss and the management of Sir Ian Botham.

Their squad features names such as Graeme Swann, Simon Jones, Matthew Hoggard and Darren Gough, to name a few.

The headline match will be preceded by the Old Mutual Changemakers Challenge Cup starting at 3pm.

This will be the very first match between the Help for Heroes Cricket Club and the England Physical Disability Cricket Team.

Tickets for this fun end of season party cost just £20 for adults and £1 for kids (under-16). Tickets can be bought online at www.cricketforheroes.com

COMPETITION DEBUTANT: Pakistan’s T20 captain, Shahid Afridi, will skipper the Rest of the World XI at the Oval as they take of a Help for Heroes XI

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Quaid-e-Azam Sunday cricket League

The Quaid-e-Azam Sunday Cricket League is the oldest and largest all Asian league in the country, boasting 30 teams across three leagues.

Set up in 1985, the setup is currently celebrating its 30th year anniversary and

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continues to draw in talent from across Bradford, Leeds, Kirklees, Calderdale and even Sheffield.

Keighley RZM are the current Premier Division champions and have retained the trophy for the past three

ONQ TEAM - Cup winners 2015

Cup Champions!

OnQ defeat Keighley in Headingley masterclass Michael Topps starred with the bat and ball on Sunday as OnQ clinched their fourth Yasmin and Shaid Cup with a 105-run victory over Keighley RZM. The victors outplayed their opponents from the start despite a

Onq Cup winners Captain Kez Ahmed

slow start at the crease.

After recovering from 23-2, Adam Patel (55) played with aggression and dispatched the opening attack for eight fours and two sixes during the first 13 overs before he was caught behind in the

MAN OF THE MATCH: Michael Topps picked up the individual award in the final for his bowling figures of 3-30 alongside scoring 24 with the bat

years whilst upcoming talents continue to arise every season.

Keep up to date with all the latest match reports and league tables with the Asian Express Newspaper who will be reviewing the best of the week’s action every issue.

14th over.

Ismail Dawood and Majid Majeed stabilised the innings for Onq and took the score to 109 before Majeed was caught in the deep.

The big hitter’s dismissal was the start of a middle-order collapse for the eventual champions as they lost Cosmond Walters, Ismail Dawood and Skipper Kez Ahmed before the end of the 29th over, leaving them with a score of 136-8 on the board.

Nadim Hussain and Michael Topps were able to steady the ship with an impressive ninth wicket partnership, and got Onq back into a commanding position by taking the score to 191 before Topps was caught at long on by Nasar Jamal.

Onq were eventually all bowled out for 194 – an above par score on a green track, before Keighley began their chase.

It was hardly a dream start for the cup holders as they lost their key batters, Gulsheraz Ahmed (six) in the third over before Waleed Akhtar was bowled out for a duck.

In the eighth over a third wicket fell as Raja Arshad Hayat was caught by skipper Ahmed taking Keighley to 22-3 and making the target of 194 seem ever further away.

In the 11th and 12th over, Keighley lost a further two wickets with Yasar Ali - trapped LBW, and then Amar Rashid, clean bowled by the impressive Majeed.

Retaining the cup was looking less and less as Onq began to dominate with the busy crowd growing in noise as they sensed an early finish to the much-hyped encounter.

Keighley continued to lose wickets regularly from the 15th over and were eventually all bowled out in the 30th over for just 89 runs.

OnQ were victorious and lifted the prestigious trophy at the home of Yorkshire cricket. Now their attention turns back to the league, as they attempt to chase down Keighley’s lead at the top and secure what would be a memorable double this season.

MAN OF THE TOURNAMENT: Big hitter Waleed Akhtar, from Keighley RZM, was named man of the tournament after a masterclass performance on the road to the final – scoring two centuries in dominant displays

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Changing perceptions in sport

Halima Khan: Improving participation numbers ‘from playground to podium’ Back page story continued “Rather than looking at faith as a separate concept to sport, we need to challenge this perception and use faith as a vehicle for change.

“The two go hand in hand, with so many similarities and it is up to all parties to promote sport inclusively.”

She continued: “The problem exists both ways. Many sport organisations are simply not doing enough to open their doors to a diverse public, whilst ethnic minorities are also not going out there to pursue a career in a sport they want.

“People need to be made aware that a career in sport does not just mean playing it. You can work in so many different roles and help make a difference in the landscape of sport.”

Growing up in Bradford, Halima always wanted to play cricket as a child and after finally convincing her parents to let her pursue a role in the sport, she excelled, going on to represent Bradford Ladies.

She currently works as an advisory to the recently established ‘National Asian Cricket Council’ (NACC), which acts as a supportive arm to the English Cricket Board (ECB), giving the Asian community a voice in all levels of cricket.

“A major objective the ECB has set is to get more south Asians involved in the sport,” she said.

“The NACC is giving Asians a voice

to be heard and a platform for which to share their views with the best ways to improve participation from playground to podium.”

Halima’s own self-confessed ‘high point’ in cricket came last December after being invited by the CEO of Bermuda Cricket to help establish a three-year-plan to create an official women’s team.

“A major objective the ECB has set is to get more south Asians involved in the sport.”

Flying out to the idyllic island, she helped train the ladies squad before returning to the UK, taking up a grassroots role with Clayton Boys Under 15’s.

Nonetheless, it is participation that Halima says she is determined to improve, and whether that via her work at home in Bradford, or from her actions overseas, it all serves the same goal.

“When I began my career, I used to look at people in sport management positions and think ‘I can’t do that’,” she said.

“Now I’m the engagement officer for Badminton England and hold advisory roles in sports across the country.

“If I can do this, so can anybody else.

Hi5toric finish for Lahiri

As Jason Day celebrated his first Major victory last weekend, records were also being broken a little further down the leaderboard with Anirban Lahiri writing his name in the history books.

Finishing an eventual T-5 at the PGA Championship secured the 28-year-old a record high finish for any Indian golfer as he finished with a final round, four-under par.

Seemingly taking the Whistling Straits course in his stride, Lahiri shot two 70s, alongside a 67 and

It takes a lot of perseverance and commitment but change will only happen if we play our part too. You will not just be handed a job in sport one day, it takes work.”

She explained how the London Olympics had played a big role in changing perceptions for women in sports, with Nicola Adams singled out as changing views in the boxing world.

68 to end 13-under par, only bettered by four golfers across the four-day event.

Speaking after the Championship, he said it was a massive confidence boost and he was now determined to come back even stronger in future competitions.

“I won't really say I was in contention here, because I was a long ways out. But I was in the mix,” Lahiri said.

“It's a great feeling. It's massive for me. It gives me so much

Accepting that role models are needed, Halima added that it was also important for change at the top of the game, from media coverage to boardrooms, in order to further promote inclusivity.

“Growing up, children from BME communities are urged to go into a career as a lawyer, doctor or solicitor, but these are the same people who can sit on a sport’s governing board,” she said.

“We have to take these proactive steps ourselves and help make a change for the better in sport.”

SUCCESS: Anirban Lahiri secured a career best T-5 position at the PGA Championship last weekend

confidence.

“It also tells me that I can compete with the best on the toughest courses and the best fields. Also tells me that I need to get just a little bit better and maybe I'll be back here more often.”

Lahiri’s previous best performance at any Major came earlier this year when he secured a T30 position at the testing Open Championship.

He had never made the cut at the PGA Championship prior to last week.

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SPORT Halima Khan: Improving participation numbers ‘from playground to podium’

By Ashley Grint ashley@asianexpress.co.uk

From a Bradford terrace house to coaching the Bermuda ladies cricket team, Halima Khan has seen and done so much more than she could have ever dreamed of ten years ago.

Today, the 31-year-old fast bowler from Girlington is working hard to challenge perceptions in sport, redefining what is deemed possible for ethnic minorities, and improving

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PIONEER: Halima Khan currently works as participation manager with Badminton England, actively promoting the sport at all levels to all communities

participation across the board.

Her full time job as a participation manager with Badminton England is simply one string to her ever growing bow of roles in sports organisations, as she leads by example from the grassroots to board level.

“My aim in sport as a whole is to get more ethnic minorities involved at every level, especially women, right up to the boardroom,” she said.

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