Asian
Express
Yorkshire
MAY 1ST EDITION 2014
More houses, less parks Manningham residents say ‘no’ to housing development site Residents from a street in Bradford have expressed their discontent at housing developers who plan on building five new homes on their only remaining community play area.
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Opera Starlet
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Ukip insults update: ‘Lenny Henry should leave Britain’ After the racism row that broke out last week over the UKIP’s European election campaign posters, a UKIP election candidate has suggested that British comedian Lenny Henry should emigrate to a ‘black country’.
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Rishi teams up with the hit-maker Vee Rishi is back and like we've never seen him before! The UK rising star has a new style and sound to match and surprises us all with his new single ‘Cry’, a tale of love and heartache.
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TALENTED: Persia Shafi-Cliffe is currently performing at the Leeds Grand Theatre as part of the La Bohème cast, with shows up until 10th May
By Ashley Grint ashley@asianexpress.co.uk
A young performer from Leeds has been helping to set the stage alight at one of the city’s grandest venues, as her debut performance in an internationally renowned opera took place last week. Ten-year-old Persia ShafiCliffe, from West Park, has been ‘mesmerised’ by the opera from the first time she saw it and says
she has never contemplated doing anything else in her life. The little soprano singer has been performing as part of Opera North’s cast in La Bohème at the Leeds Grand Theatre in front of more than a thousand spectators every night. As part of the prestigious Children’s Chorus, Persia performs a number of songs with her cast members in the production, which will run in the
Ten-year-old lives her dream and performs in La Bohème city until later this month. Speaking about her role and love of opera, she explained how she got into performing at such a young age.
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