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Completing a challenging 12 hour trek for cancer charity

By Ashley Grint

FUNDRAISER: Tariq Qadeer was the organiser of the challenge

A group of 22 avid fundraisers completed a hilly test like no other last month as they rambled across the Three Peaks challenge.

Organised by Leeds-based businessman, Tariq Qadeer, the 25 mile Yorkshire Dales trek was tackled as an attempt to raise funds for local causes, including childhood cancer charity, Candlelighters.

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As the sun returned to Bradford for perhaps the last full weekend this year, thousands of sun dwellers embarked on City Park to partake in the third annual Positive Bradford event.

Set up in 2011 to celebrate everything good about the city, the day played host to tens of acts from Punjabi dancers to opera singers, jiu-jitsu performers to cheerleaders.

Local businesses also had stalls spread across the Park, including the likes of the National Media Museum and a number of local charities.

Jane Vincent, co founder and director of Positive Bradford, was thrilled to see the event draw in such a large crowd and explained how the whole initiative came about.

“Today has just been absolutely fantastic,” she said.

“We actually came up with the idea about two years ago.

Saleem [Kader] and I both have business in Bradford and we heard on the television and the radio that Bradford was the least safe city in the country to visit and we just couldn’t believe it.

“We both said look, we need to start doing something.

Instead of just taking it, we need to stand up for ourselves.

“What we have done is bring together communities, education, businesses, PR, marketing and the arts, to do a showcase of all the great things that are going on in the city and say ‘look everybody, we might not be perfect, no city is, but look at the great things we have got’.

“This is the third time we’ve done it and we are absolutely packed, we had a waiting list of people, a multi-cultural stage full of events, it’s great.”

Fellow co-founder and director, Saleem Kader, added: “This is Bradford based businesses and individuals telling people what is great about the city.

“It is amazing, look at the day today. If you go through the crowd you will see people from all different backgrounds and nationalities just enjoying themselves.

“It is all about getting people together and that is why people are here. Let’s forget about all the things we may not have, and focus on the things we have.”

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FANTASTIC: Local gym owner, Huggy Osman with Television star, Rashid Khan and nephews

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DELIGHTED: Event organisers. Jane Vincent and Saleem Kader

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GROUP: Team Bramhope ready to tackle the Three Peaks

Three Peaks conquered Team Bramhope complete rigorous 12 hour trek Front page story continued

PEAK: Trekkers at the top of the last peak, Ingleborough

In preparation of the day, Mr Qadeer had arranged a number of ‘training walks’ yet nothing could quite prepare the ramblers for what they were about to tackle.

No representatives had done such a strenuous walk before and despite a lot of aching muscles, every person completed it and helped raise thousands of pounds for the charities.

Mr Qadeer is an avid fundraiser, most recently completing the Leeds half marathon in May this year, yet he explained how this latest challenge was a completely new venture for all involved.

He said: “We set off walking at 8am in the village of Horton in Ribblesdale and the first peak we did was Pen-y-Ghent.

“All three peaks are nearly 2,400 feet high but the climb

basically starts as soon as you come out of the car park and cross the road.

“It looked beautiful but it wasn't that easy and we soon started to realise that walking the five-to-six miles to Otley and back wasn't enough preparation for this challenge.

“But as a team we all kept each

other’s spirits high, supporting each other and working as a group, and eventually we all, as a team, managed to finish the walk in less than 12 hours.

“We all completed the challenge without any major injuries or blisters, just stiffness, tiredness, and aches and pains on muscles we didn’t even know existed.”

He added: “It was an amazing feeling, a great sense of achievement that we put ourselves through so much hardship for two very good causes and now we have done it.”

The fundraising group, Team Bramhope, smashed their target of £1,500 and have so far raised more than £2,700, with donations continuing to pour in.

If you would like to make a donation to the team please visit w w w. j u s t g i v i n g . c o m / Te a m Bramhope before the end of October.

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Leeds active

Senior councillors will next week discuss ambitious plans to provide a further boost to the drive to make Leeds the most active big city in the country.

At its meeting at Civic Hall on Wednesday 9th October, the council’s executive board will consider two major new proposals to place sport at the heart of the city’s aim to tackle health inequalities and raise levels of activity as part of the Olympic legacy in Leeds.

The first of the proposals is a new overall five-year strategy for sport and active lifestyles which has been backed by all key stakeholders in the city and nationally by Sport England.

The second is an unprecedented pilot project which could see up to 22 different national governing bodies significantly develop access to each of their sports in Leeds.

For more details about Leeds Let’s Get Active visit www.leedsletsgetactive.co.uk.

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Amanda Hutton jailed

GUILTY: Amanda Hutton appeared at Bradford Crown Court

‘Drink was more important to her than her child’

By Ashley Grint ashley@asianexpress.co.uk

A Bradford mother, whose four-year-old child was found mummified in his cot two years after his death, has been jailed for 15 years.

43-year-old, Amanda Hutton, was deemed guilty by a jury at Bradford Crown Court, on the charges of manslaughter by gross negligence. She was sentenced on Friday 4th October.

Her youngest child, Hamzah Khan, had a ‘grossly inadequate’ diet and died in 2009 yet the body was only discovered in September 2011 still in his cot at the family home in Bradford.

Roger Thomas, the Recorder of Bradford, said Hutton had shown a “terrible failure to fulfil the most basic responsibility; in short starving Hamzah to death.”

MUMMIFIED: Hamzah Khan’s body was found two years after his death

He added: “Your deviousness was to keep various agencies away from you and your children. Your wicked conduct has been displayed in such awful detail.”

Hutton had denied manslaughter, insisting her son died of natural causes, but admitted five further charges of child neglect in regard to her other children aged between five and 13.

Prosecuting barrister Paul Greaney QC stated during the case that Ms Hutton was an alcoholic and this was the defining factor in the neglect of her child.

He said: “As the child wasted away, she (Hutton) did nothing but sit in her bedroom and drink vodka.

“Drink was more important to her than her child - a terrible thing to say about a mother, but it's the truth.”

Mr Greaney added that Hamzah’s body lay in a travel cot in his mother’s bedroom for almost two years. “It had become mummified, infested with insects and in part it became mouldy,” he said.

“That child was wasting away and the failure to get medical help for him is simply unforgiveable.

It was “blindingly obvious” that malnourishment killed Hamzah.

“It is criminal that he never saw a doctor after he left hospital. The crime is Amanda Hutton’s and we invite you to return a guilty verdict accordingly,” Mr Greaney concluded.

Hutton's eldest son, 24-year-old Tariq Khan, also admitted preventing Hamzah's burial and received a two-year jail sentence, suspended for two years.

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Changing Bradford

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Aqib Khan (18). Third-generation Pakistani, grew up in Bradford and attended Tong High School. Young actor whose 2010 screen debut was the feature film ‘West is West’. “There’s a really family atmosphere in Bradford; everyone is just so nice. There was a guy I was talking to earlier, and he said he used to sell pork pies in between two mosques for about twenty years and he had no trouble at all. There’s respect here.”

Book features the immense contributions of immigrants in the city since the 1950s

By Anush Ansari anush@asianexpress.co.uk

A revealing new book is set to challenge commonly held external perceptions of the much-maligned city of Bradford.

‘Changing Bradford: Exploring South Asian Heritage in Bradford’ presents a fresh perspective on the impact made

by South Asian people on a city which has become known for racial tension and economic blight.

Based on intergenerational interviews, including that of Asian Express Co-Founder and Managing Editor Andleeb Hanif, the publication showcases a broad range of people of South Asian heritage.

It features housewives, factory workers, leading entrepreneurs and celebrities from the city and sheds light on the major contribution made to Bradford’s cultural, social and economic vitality since the 1950s.

Material for ‘Changing

Bradford’ was gathered by young people from Manningham Youth Project and Impressions Gallery’s New Focus group through a series of oral history interviews.

The project was led by the Consortia of Ethnic Minority Organisations (COEMO) in partnership with Impressions Gallery, Manningham Youth Project, and West Yorkshire Archive Service (Bradford) and has been supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Dr Mohammed Salam, Chief Executive COEMO commented: “Bradford is a place that stirs the emotions.

“For those of us who live and work in Bradford, a different place emerges when we talk about the city; a place which is far from the media stereotype, and which reflects the creative passions, community spirit, business acumen and family values of its multicultural population.

“We hope that, in a modest way, the publication of

‘Changing Bradford’ will contribute to the ongoing story of community cohesion and social inclusion in Bradford, opening up a fresh perspective on the city which has a rich and diverse heritage and culture that is deserving of greater recognition.”

Fiona Spiers, Head of HLF Yorkshire and the Humber said: “The South Asian community has played a vital role in Bradford’s lively and varied character. By preserving the stories and memories of local community, the Changing Bradford project has helped to shed light on the wonderful tapestry of Bradford’s heritage.”

The book will be launched at a special event, to be held in the Studio at Impressions Gallery, on 5th October and will be distributed to libraries, schools and community groups.

An accompanying exhibition of photographic portraits from ‘Changing Bradford’ will be displayed in the Studio at Impressions Gallery, Bradford until 2nd November.

“We hope that, in a modest way, the publication of ‘Changing Bradford’ will contribute to the ongoing story of community cohesion and social inclusion in Bradford.”

Dr Mohammed Salam, Chief Executive COEMO

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A dedicated team of volunteers, providing a much-needed lifeline to older people in Garforth, has moved to a brand new home.

The Garforth Neighbourhood Elders Team (NET) officially marked the opening of their new base on Dover Street at a special open day this on Friday 4th October.

As part of the celebrations, Cllr Adam Ogilvie, Leeds City Council’s executive member for Adult Social Care, visited the centre to see some of the good work being done by NET. The visit also marks the week of the International Day of Older People 2013.

The big move has capped a memorable few weeks for Garforth NET, with the organisation also being shortlisted for a National Diversity Award.

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History returns home

The world-famous violin played

by RMS Titanic Bandmaster and Dewsbury resident, Wallace Hartley returns to Dewsbury for the first time in more than 100 years, for one day only later this month.

Following the recent successful launch of the new Wallace Hartley bandstand in Dewsbury, a unique exhibition featuring the iconic violin at Dewsbury Town Hall will be open to the public between 11.40am and 6pm on Monday 14th October.

Wallace Hartley, violinist and bandmaster on RMS Titanic, member of Huddersfield Philharmonic Orchestra and local resident famously led the eight member band as the ship sank on 14th April 1912.

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Swimmer Nada Mohammed Wafa Arakji (Picture Credit: Qatar Photograph © Brigitte Lacombe/Qatar Museums Authority)

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Cycling in Kirklees

Local businesses, cycling organisations and interested individuals are invited to visit Kirklees Council road shows to find out how to benefit from Le Tour de France when it passes through Kirklees next summer.

Learn more about the route and how it will be managed, and hear about plans leading up to the big weekend in July 2014. With presentations from race organisers looking after the Kirklees leg of the route, participants will leave full of ideas and information to make the most of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The road shows will take place at The Huntsman Public House, Holmfirth on Tuesday 22nd October from 6.30pm or John Smith’s Stadium (Revell Ward Suite), from 6.30pm the following day.

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By Anush Ansari anush@asianexpress.co.uk

A bold new exhibition, which illustrates Arab women’s love of sport, is getting some serious attention and breaking down cultural and gender stereotypes.

Commissioned by Qatar Museums Authority, ‘Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport’, which runs until October 13th at the National Football Museum in Manchester, is an exhibition by the internationally renowned photographer Brigitte Lacombe and documentary maker Marian Lacombe.

Hey’Ya, the title of the exhibition, is Arabic for Let’s Go reflecting the athletes’ energy and enthusiasm.

The exhibition features a series of large-scale photographs of Arab sportswomen, from beginners to Olympians, from 20 different Arab countries, shown alongside videos

by Marian Lacombe.

The exhibition was conceived by Qatar Museums Authority to encourage more Arab girls to participate in sports and comes to Manchester as part of the Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture celebrations.

The project was shot over a period of seven month starting in December 2011 when the Arab Games were held in Doha.

With the support of the Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum, Brigitte and Marian Lacombe were able to set up their own outdoor studio, working side by side, capturing the athletes practicing different sports ranging from Tae Kwon Do to swimming and equestrian.

Amongst them were a number of Qatari girls, one of them Nada Mohamed Wafa, the first Qatari female swimmer to compete in the Olympic Games. Nada said: “I am proud to be featured in this amazing exhibition.

“I enjoyed learning about UK culture last year when I competed in the London 2012 Olympic Games. I am excited that the exhibition is travelling to

(above) Taekwondo star Kaltham Al Mutawah (Picture Credit: Qatar Photograph © Brigitte Lacombe/Qatar Museums Authority)

(right) Equestrian Maryam Al Boinin (Picture Credit: Qatar Photograph © Brigitte Lacombe/Qatar Museums Authority)

An exhibition celebrating Arab women in sport breaks cultural and gender stereotypes

Manchester as part of Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture; I hope people of the UK enjoy learning about my country’s culture as much as I did learning about theirs.”

Kevin Moore, Director of the National Football Museum, said: “We wanted to bring something different to Manchester, a truly global sports city.

“The National Football Museum is committed to raising awareness of the key role that women play in developing football and other sports, both now and historically and is committed to breaking down cultural and gender stereotypes.

“This exhibition is part of a programme to display the works of the world’s best photographers and artists and is a continuation of the NFM’s collaborations with cultural institutions, such as the Qatar Museum Authority, from all round the world.”

Entrance to the exhibition is free.

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Top teenage author College student scoops top prize in writing competition

By Ashley Grint

final as well,” she said.

“I couldn’t believe it; people had A 16-year-old wordsmith from entered from all over the north of Bradford clinched a prestigious England so just the writing award last week despite fact that my last only spending one day on minute story got in crafting the winning story. was fantastic.

Sana Malik, from “When I knew I Manningham, Bradford, was awarded first place in Bradford’s had made the final I thought maybe I 2013 Creative Writing Competition, at the prize giving could be in the top three at best, so it ceremony on Friday 27th was a real surprise September.

The competition was launched when they read out my name as the winner.” by charity QED and volunteers Sana has always had a passion at the Future Talent Group to engage young people who live in for writing and recently obtained two A*s in her English inner city Bradford, which Language and Literature struggles with low educational GCSEs. attainment levels, with Father, Nadeem Malik was education. delighted to see his daughter Sana’s winning story, entitled receive the accolade and ‘Private Eye’, was about a explained how he always knew detective who reads a novel Sana had a talent for writing. about another detective, that “We didn’t have any idea turns out to be his real life. really as to what to expect on The 2,000 word short story the night, yet we have always almost missed the deadline for known about her writing ability,” entries after the Oasis Sixth he explained.

Form student submitted her “I was over the moon when entry on the final day, just hours after actually beginning the tale. she was just nominated for the award and when she actually After receiving an email, alerting Sana that she had made went on to win it, it really did make me proud. the finals, the teenager “She was sat next to me as explained how she was thrilled they were reading out the names to have been recognised and and I just kept thinking maybe selected from such a large its her next and then they did number of applicants. the seven runners-ups and they “When I got the first email I got into the top three. was very happy but I had never “Sana thought she was going expected to actually win the

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to be number three, no, number two, no, then we thought either they haven’t got her down at all or she has won it.

“At that time we sort of knew it and the butterflies started kicking in.”

He added: “I really liked the story; the judges were all honorary people so to be recognised by them is something to be proud of.”

Lord Mayor, Councillor Khadim Hussain, presented the First Prize to the A-Level student and said it ‘was crucial to acknowledge the talent of these young writers’.

He said: “We have talent in the Bradford District but there are challenges. We are the fourth biggest Metropolitan District, the fifth largest manufacturer, and a quarter of the population is under 15, so there’s huge potential, but unemployment is high.

“We have the skills and talent and competitions like this bolster the confidence in them and others to follow in their footsteps.”

Dr Mohammed Ali, CEO of QED-UK, added: “It’s been a fantastic response, and we’re thrilled to help celebrate and recognise the young talent Bradford has.

“We launched this competition to encourage young people to engage with the written word, because English is so important in life, not just for novelists or screenwriters, but for getting ahead in education or in the job market.”

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UK Parliamentarians go vegan for Gandhi’s birthday

By Anush Ansari anush@asianexpress.co.uk

A number of Members of Parliament decalred that are going vegan for Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, 2nd October, in honour of International Day of Non-Violence.

Gandhi, who was himself a strict vegetarian and wrote the book ‘The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism’, famously said: “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”.

Indian politician Maneka Gandhi, who is backing PETA’s efforts, says, “The best way for individuals, government offices and businesses to honour Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday is by not eating meat or dairy on the International Day of Non-Violence.

Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy of peace and compassion for all living beings is not just a message of ahimsa but an economic and ecological necessity.”

The parliamentarians who will keep

meat off their platters include Former Olympics Minister Dame Tessa Jowell MP, Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons, the Chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party and a few others.

The initiative suggested by PETA was received well with many MP’s stating that they were already vegetarians or vegans.

PETA Associate Director Mimi Bekhechi commented: “By promoting animal-free foods, these politicians are sending a powerful message to their constituents about the importance of nonviolence towards all living beings – humans and other species alike.

“If Gandhi were alive today, we’re sure that he’d be encouraged by the greatness of these public servants’ compassionate action.”

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) is a UK-based charity dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals.

“If Gandhi were alive today, we’re sure that he’d be encouraged by the greatness of these public servants’ compassionate action.”

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New £10 million ‘Anniversaries Fund’

The Culture Secretary, Maria Miller, announced this week that at least £10m would be set aside to fund projects marking some of the United Kingdom’s most important anniversaries and commemorative events.

Over the next four years at least £10m of Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) money will be invested to ensure that those moments which form a central part of our national history are commemorated and understood.

Events such as the Diamond Jubilee, and the Olympic and Paralympics Games showed how events can bring the nation together.

This new fund reflects the fact there is enormous enthusiasm to provide more opportunities to foster the sense of community spirit and national pride that such events can inspire.

The funding will help to highlight important historical dates that will resonate with people and communities right across the UK. It reflects the British people’s appreciation of the significance of their country’s unique history and the potential for the marking of anniversaries to encourage feelings of national pride and a sense of unity.

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CEREMONY: (l-r) Parent Mr Saiyad, Bradford Lord Mayor Cllr Khadim Hussain, Teacher Mr Parvaiz Bashir

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BUILDING: Iqra Academy in Manningham, Bradford

Celebrated Bradford school becomes Academy

Iqra Academy’

By Ashley Grint ashley@asianexpress.co.uk

OPEN: Bradford Lord Mayor Councillor Khadim Hussain officially opens the latest addition of the Iqra Academy

A Bradford Primary school, which was all but destroyed following a devastating arson attack a decade ago, is now celebrating becoming an academy amid a host of other awards.

The Iqra Academy, in Manningham, was named ‘Primary School of the Year’ by the Times Educational Supplement in 2012 and held a special ceremony last week to celebrate becoming an academy.

Rated as Outstanding in every aspect in the latest OFSTED report, the school has been a success story for the local area since opening their doors in 2000.

Students and teachers took part in an assembly, documenting the history of the school and providing entertainment through a special dance performance.

Bradford Lord Mayor,

Khadim Hussain, was also present alongside members of the school board and parents, to perform the official ribbon cutting of the latest addition to the school premises.

Parwaiz Bashir, Chair of the school, was delighted to see how far the school had progressed and hopes the success will continue for the foreseeable future.

He said: “Today is another part of the journey where we can now decide on how we can continue to improve and do the best we can for our children. The children have already said that we might become an all-through school (primary and secondary) and that is something we will seriously look at.

“As an academy it gives us control from the council where we can now direct from within the school. In all honesty, the council are not responsible for us getting to this fantastic position; it’s the teachers and the head

teacher in particular that has taken us to where we are so as an Academy it gives us a bit more freedom.”

The Lord Mayor was also full of praise for the establishment and the proud history.

“Looking at the tragic incident (arson attack) and the resilience they’ve shown, the community dedication, staff, councillors, they’ve all worked to make it a fantastic establishment which it is today.

“In order to succeed you need to have leadership within the school and within the home, and kids need someone who can inspire them, push them, and raise their expectations. Here at the Iqra Academy we have those things and that is why the school is labelled ‘Outstanding’.”

He added: “The presentation given today is a clear vision of where the governing body want the school to go and I believe they have all the right skills to achieve what they want.”

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The countdown to one of Leeds premier cultural events is now in its final week, as the city readies itself for the arrival of Light Night 2013.

In what will be a night of fun and entertainment, over 30 venues in the city centre will open their doors, as they host over 50 unique events this Friday (4th October) from 5pm until late.

Visitors will have the chance to enjoy a wide range and vibrant mix of events, as the city centre is split into seven key areas: Millennium Square, Leeds Town Hall, Victoria Gardens, Headrow, Briggate and Boar Lane, Quarry Hill and the University of Leeds.

Included on the night will be street theatre, light installations, performances and music, and storytelling as part of Light Night -

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‘Light Night’ which will be held in museums, galleries, theatres, and open space.

Events include a spectacular light installation "Momentous" by international artist group Illuminos, who will transform one of the city’s iconic buildings Leeds Civic Hall into a giant traditional clock that celebrates the work of renowned Leeds Clockmaker William Potts.

Other highlights in the

programme include, Phase Revival: An Optical Harmonica an amazing light installation at Leeds City Museum, fusing art and science accompanied by a mathematically devised musical score; the Narnia Experience Taster produced by Left Bank Leeds and performed in Trinity Shopping Centre, along with a special opportunity to visit Mr Tumnus’ and his friends in a prelude to the performance of

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in November.

There will also be the chance to see The Sea Interludes at the Howard Assembly Rooms, a short film with images of boats on the northern seas and accompanied by the powerful music of Benjamin Britten and produced by Opera North, whilst Leeds Town Hall will provide visitors with the opportunity to take a look at the Victorian prison cells in the building.

Organised by Leeds City Council’s arts development team in partnership with organisations and individual across the city, this Friday’s Light Night is a fantastic evening for people of all ages, and especially families to enjoy.

A full programme of all the events is available at www.lightnightleeds.co.uk.

Collaboration

By Anush Ansari anush@asianexpress.co.uk

Akram Khan Company and University of the Arts London announce two-year partnership Akram Khan Company and University of the Arts London (UAL) have announced a two-year partnership, with the Company becoming a Resident Practitioner at Central Saint Martins (CSM) and Wimbledon College of Art. From 2013-2015, Akram Khan Company will be a Resident Practitioner at UAL with a programme of events predominantly for students of the University, curated by the Company’s artistic director, choreographer and performer Akram Khan. In the 2013/14 academic year, 10 sessions of talks and masterclasses will be delivered by Khan and his

invited guest artists at CSM and Wimbledon College of Art. Saturday 5th October sees the first masterclass of this series of events. It will be based on the multiple strands that exist in any collaborative process of artistic creation.

Khan will open up a discussion about how to transform dreams in order to communicate human stories through different art forms.

Khan will reflect on his collaborations with artists such as Anish Kapoor (sculpture), Danny Boyle (director), Nitin Sawhney (composer), Tim Yip (visual artist/scenographer) and Kimie Nakano (costume designer). This session is open only to UAL students.

On Tuesday 15th October at 7.30pm, Khan will take part in a panel discussion at CSM.

Rules tightened over scrap metal dealers Laws controlling the collection and sale of scrap metal are being tightened as part of a crackdown on thieves.

New legislation is due to come into force giving local councils far greater control over licensing scrap metal dealers and motor salvage operators. Dealers will also have to keep details of where any metal comes from, and to whom it is sold.

It is part of a move to end scrap metal theft which costs the national economy between £220 million and £777 million a year and has seen everything from copper wiring in power cables to inspection hatch covers and war memorial plaques being removed and sold.

Previously scrap metal dealers only had to register with the council, and motor salvage operators had only to hold a simple licence.

From 1st October , 2013, both types of dealers will now have to be licensed under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.

They will need to obtain either a site licence costing £520 or a collector's licence costing £319 from the local authority in whose area they want to operate. Site licences will have to be displayed at each licensed site, and collector's licences must be displayed on any vehicle being used by the business.

The new law also introduces tighter controls on how scrap metal

Chaired by Sir John Tusa, until recently Chair of University of the Arts, London, the panel also includes choreographer Siobhan Davies, theatre director and actor Simon McBurney, composer Jocelyn Pook and filmmaker Sally Potter.

Mr Khan, Artistic Director of Akram Khan Company, says: “I am very excited about the new partnership with UAL and looking forward to sharing challenging sessions with the students. I am confident that these young creators in the making and our guest artists will nurture one another throughout the year.

“The arts allow us to think differently, and that’s what we are doing here with this new chapter in the Company’s journey. There is nothing more exciting!”

dealers operate. They must keep accurate records of any scrap metal they receive or sell, covering where it came from and who they sold it to, as well as a detailed description of the items they receive.

Most importantly, dealers will now have to verify the identity of anyone giving them scrap metal, and keep copies of any documents they use for this purpose. It will also now become illegal for scrap metal dealers to pay cash for scrap metal.

Under the Scrap Metal Dealers act 2013, councils will be the main regulators of the scrap metal and motor salvage trades, and will have the power to refuse licences or revoke existing ones if they consider the dealer to be unsuitable.

The new legislation comes into effect on 1st October, and from 1st December councils will be able to use enforcement powers against dealers who aren't properly licensed.

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A university graduate from Keighley has turned his own life around to become a selfpublished author following eight years of living in a ‘gang’ culture.

Shakeel Aziz, 30, left school at the age of 16 with no qualifications yet after escaping his turbulent lifestyle five years ago, the Yorkshireman has now written his first book, entitled ‘Dons of Bradistan’.

The fictional novel follows the story of Nasser Ali, a teenager from Bradford who falls into the wrong crowd and becomes exposed to a notorious gang culture.

After being sent to Pakistan for bad behaviour, the teenager returns years later with a mysterious parcel which is about to send his life into utter turmoil.

The story uncovers the youth's hardship, regret and turmoil as he becomes entangled in crime, gangs and criminal activity, all while dealing with social issues such as racism, identity crisis and cultural confusion.

Author, Shakeel, who graduated from Bradford University last month with a BA Honours degree in Peace Studies and Politics, hopes the novel will not only entertain its readers but act as a warning about the dangers of such a notorious

lifestyle.

He said: “When I began writing initially in 2011 my idea was to do a self help book for teenagers. The aim was to provide guidance for the younger generation, specifically Asian Muslims, and highlight the dangers of gangs and a criminal lifestyle.

“However, after starting the book I realised that teenagers, and the wider society never really engage in 'Do's and Dont's' books so I developed it into an action crime thriller nonfiction.

“Looking at my own life experiences and reflecting on others I have spoken with during youth work, it gave me the ability to write the book in a way which is reflective of the truth and also spreads an important message.

“The underlying aim is to highlight how small misguided decisions can wreak havoc in a young person's life, whilst abandoning education is a hugely dangerous decision.

“That’s how Dons of Bradistan became the gritty, hard hitting tale which it is, taking the reader into the surreal world of young Nasser.”

The book is now available for purchase on Amazon, whilst a second novel, exploring the world of grooming, is currently in production and will hopefully be released in the near future.

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A local businesswoman is warning people about the dangers of email hackers after falling victim to the crime last week.

Yasmin Ahmed, owner of the Beauty Hut, Bradford, had her work email accessed by an unauthorized third party on Monday 16th September and was subsequently locked out of the account.

Now she is hoping to raise awareness of the incidents and protect vulnerable people from succumbing to the fraudulent requests.

Ms Ahmed was made aware of her situation after receiving an email on her personal account from her business one.

“It said it was urgent so I knew immediately that something wasn’t quite right,” she explained. “I opened it up and it said ‘I’m

stuck in Cyprus, lost my phone and wallet etc, can you loan me £2,500, reply via email and I’ll tell you where to put it in’.

“I couldn’t access my Beauty Hut account so knew I had been hacked and then the phone calls began.

“I must have had over a dozen clients call me and even more texts asking if I’m okay because my whole contacts list saved to my account had received this same email.”

Ms Ahmed only uses the business account to send out emails to clients regarding special offers and did not store any bank details or invoices.

However, this was not the main worry for the beautician who was more concerned about the recipients of the emails.

She said: “There will be people in my contacts, and in others, that don’t understand the dangers of hackers like these and therefore may

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believe the content in the emails to be real.

“I hope that my incident and the rising number of cases can help raise the awareness of this problem and ensure no innocent people are left out of pocket.”

The beautician had a strong password on her account, made up of 15-16 characters, including letters and numbers, yet was still hacked. Despite a number of attempts to change her password and regain access to the email, all efforts have proved futile.

A statement on behalf of the Trading Standards authority warned all email users to be wary of such scams and be wary of any email requesting the transfer of funds.

It read: “Names and other details differ depending on whose webmail account the scammers have hijacked, as do the countries where the “friend” is supposedly

stranded. The amounts of money requested in the messages may also differ.

“In spite of such superficial differences, all such messages are versions of the same basic scam. Sadly, some people have become victims of this scam and lost money to these criminals.

“As usual be wary of any email that you receive that asks you to send money, even if the message appears to come from a friend.

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fantastic news for the city as Victoria Gate is going to provide a huge boost to the Leeds and wider city region economies.

“The scheme will help regenerate that area of the city centre and will complement the well-established Victoria Quarter and the brand new Trinity Leeds to further enhance the exceptional retail offer in the city.

“Victoria Gate will also mean the creation of hundreds of new jobs to help local people and I look forward to seeing work get underway on site in the coming months to bring this development to reality.“

Hammerson, the retail developer behind Victoria Gate in Leeds, has this week received approval of its £130million development by the city council’s plans panel.

The formal decision by councillors at Civic Hall marks an important next step towards construction work starting on the 37, of retail space in Spring 2014.

Previously known as Eastgate Quarters, phase one of the Victoria Gate development is set to generate 2,700 NEW DEVELOPMENT: Artist's impressions construction employment of how the new Victoria Gate will look opportunities, as well as more than (images courtesy of Hammerson plc) 1,500 retail and hospitality jobs when it opens in Autumn 2016.

As well as housing more than 30 retailers, the development will anchor a 24,000m2 flagship John Lewis store featuring a striking façade that draws on Leeds’ proud textile heritage. The John Lewis store will also link to the existing Victoria Quarter in an elegantly designed two street arcade and include a multistory car park for more than 800 cars.

Hammerson Project Director for Victoria Gate, Joe Swindells, said: “The positive decision from Leeds City Council’s plans panel is a major next step towards getting construction underway in the spring.

“We are fully committed to creating a retail development that will not only reaffirm Leeds’ status as a top retail destination for luxury and aspirational brands in the UK, but will also add value to Leeds’ local economy and community.”

Leeds City Council executive member for the economy and development Councillor Richard Lewis said: “This approval is

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A Bradford man is hoping to visit every mosque in the city after rediscovering his passion for Islam and has further plans to document his journey.

29-year-old Aminur Chowdhury, from Manningham, decided to take on the challenge of visiting all of the city’s 83 mosques before the New Year in hope of celebrating his chosen faith.

Having worked for a recruiting agency in the past, the former Bradford Grammar School graduate will be aiming to complete the journey independently to highlight the ease of access to faith in the city.

He said: “This adventure of mine is all about purity, all about humility and all about beauty. It is to highlight just how far back the Asian community in Bradford goes in setting up great things such as mosques.

“Three weeks ago I hadn’t visited any mosque for a long time, but when my friend and I saw young men handing out leaflets about the prayer, it made me realise how much of a communal thing religion is.

“People should be aware that there are so many of these ‘places of worship’ in our city and if I can highlight that to Muslims, hopefully more of them will realise they can attend.

“This is not about fundraising

“People should be aware that there are so many of these ‘pla of worship’ in our city and if I ces can highlight that to Muslims, hopefully more of them will real ise they can attend.” or being ostentatious, it is just something I hope to achieve. I’m sure councillors may have visited all of these remarkable establishments yet I don’t want to do it because it is my job, I want to do it to experience the different Mosques and worships.”

Mr Chowdhury visited Marrakesh a couple of years ago and said this experience was also a reminder of the importance of faith in communities.

“When I visited Morocco the

experience I felt there was amazing. I was overcome with spirituality and wanted to feel this way back home in England. Everybody was united in their ways when the call to prayer was made and it was great to see.

“If people in the UK can just understand how easy it is for them to visit one of these remarkable buildings, it would be fantastic for the community.”

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Then he shared one of his songs live.

This part was definitely the icing on the anush@asianexpress.co.uk cake as the young people were glued to the big screen in awe of the performance. A master class in vocal An influential voice captivated youngsters at a Leeds-based community tuning, Zain treated the group to some of his most successful songs including project recently at the Hamara Centre ‘Heal The World’ (Zain’s remake of the in Leeds. famous Michael Jackson song), ‘First We As part of the Role Model Series, Need The Love’, the official track for which aims to bring inspiring and successful professionals to the youths of the FIFA World Cup 2010 and more.

Most of Zain’s songs are written by Leeds, songwriter Zain Bhikha was himself, and he has collaborated with a roped in through Skype.

Zain recorded his first album in 1994. long list of artists such as Dawud Wharnsby, Native Deen, Outlandish, His experience as an artist has grown tremendously, increasing his exposure in Sami Yusuf, Raihaan, Khalid Belhrouzhi, Ahmed Bukhatir, Imad his country of birth, South Africa, as Rami, Ziryab, Khalil Ismail and not well as globally. Known as a pioneer in forgetting his mentor, Yusuf Islam. the ‘Nasheed’ genre of music, where, as His songs are mainly self-written, one of the first English Islamic singers, driven by emotion and the need to he opened the door for many other reassure people that turning and artists.

Zain’s albums have been launched in submitting to the Almighty is the hope mankind needs. Many of his songs many countries including the United represent different times in his life and Kingdom, North America, Malaysia, the lessons he has learnt through France, Turkey, Holland, India, The personal experience. His music Middle East, and Australia. He has promotes spiritual contemplation and performed live in cities across most continents and has become a household encourages people to be proud of their beliefs, of who they are and to work name when it comes to spiritual music.

Zain had been eagerly anticipating his towards a better world.

He left the youth at the Hamara session with the young people in Leeds.

Centre with a thought provoking He introduced himself to the young phrase. After asking everyone to look at people who were waiting to hear Zain their index finger Zain told everyone sing live after hearing one of his songs on YouTube. He shared his journey with that they were unique, no one else young people. He talked about growing would ever be the same as them.

In an effort to build self-confidence, up, singing, his parents and mentioned he asked the group to repeat after him: his career and on“The world will remember my name”. going projects.

Growing up in Johannesburg and having made something of himself helped the youth believe that selfbelief and determination can make a huge difference.

The impact he had on the young people was very positive as many of the attendees are from diverse backgrounds, and the Role Model Series has brought them together.

A clear example of the Streetvibe project living up to its ‘Time For Change’ motto, along with the Hamara Centers ‘Bringing Communities Together’.

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A Kirklees Scrutiny Panel will meet on October 9 to consider a petition that has been received from Kirklees Federation of Tenants and Residents on behalf of local tenants.

The petition is objecting to the council’s decision to introduce the mandatory payment of housing rents by direct debit.

The meeting of the Development and Environment Scrutiny Panel will take place on Wednesday October 9 at 2pm in the Council Chamber at Huddersfield Town Hall.

Kim Brear, Assistant Director, Streetscene and Housing will be attending the meeting to confirm the Cabinet decision to introduce mandatory direct debit payments and discuss the issues raised by the petition.

Recycling work begins

Construction workers are moving in to the Cross Green industrial estate this week to start work on the city’s new recycling and energy facility.

The east Leeds site is set to become a hive of activity as the work begins to lay the site roads and start piling works.

Between now and the end of the year, a tower crane will arrive on site, ground stabilisation works will be completed and excavation to make way for key parts of the building will start.

The council’s partner Veolia who will run the facility for 25 years, have appointed Clugston to build it.

www.asianexpress.co.uk As speculation mounts that the Government plans to create 500,000 extra school places to cope with demand, UK Immigration Barristers investigates the impact of immigration on schools.

Rising birth rates and rising immigration numbers have been described as the fundamental factors behind increasing pressure on schools as they take on more pupils every year.

A spokesperson from UK Immigration Barristers said: “Rising birth rates and UK immigration go hand-in-hand. The more people that arrive from overseas add to the population and those settled here go on to have families. The major factor to consider is that families from some nations tend to have larger families than those that make up the ‘native’ UK population.”

In a statement from the Department for Education (DfE), they said: “Under the proposals, we expect that 500,000 new school places will be introduced between 2015 and 2021 and we estimate the cost to be somewhere in the region of £7.5 billion.”

Much has been made about the impact of UK immigration on public services, including schools, with much of the storm circulating in the national press.

According to the Commons Public Accounts Committee, 250,000 of the 500,000 proposed spaces need to be created by September 2013 alone.

Concerns across the education sector include: overcrowded classes, compromising education quality, the number of pupils that

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Mass UK Immigration Impacting Schools lack the ability to speak English and the extra pressure put on teaching staff.

UK Immigration Barristers added: “Unfortunately the blame for increasing pressures has been placed on mass UK immigration.

consensus is that local authorities may well be forced to make rash decisions that could have huge implications on a child’s education.

The bigger worry is that, in order to accommodate pupils,

The bigger worry is that, in order to accommodate pupils, ‘brighter’ children could end up at schools deemed to be ‘failing’.

However, regardless of the political wrangling on the subject of immigration a number of educational peers do agree that the biggest impact affects the children and ethnicity should not deny a child the right to a quality education.”

The underlying issue now, according to the Commons Public Accounts Committee, is how local councils will react. The initial

‘brighter’ children could end up at schools deemed to be ‘failing’.

Furthermore, schools fear a loss of resources including facilities such as libraries and sports halls as schools will have to transform such facilities into classrooms in order to accommodate a surge in student numbers.

In a statement from the Chief Secretary of the Treasury, Danny Alexander, he told the Commons

that: “Work on 261 schools due to be rebuilt or refurbished under the Government’s Priority School Building Programme will be completed two years early.”

The plans to create 500,000 new school places were unveiled alongside the unveiling of a multibillion pound education investment programme.

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Feel free to send articles to the Editor, Asian Express is Andleeb Hanif, and welcoming readers of all she’ll select the ones that ages and backgrounds to will get published.

She’ll get their fingers warmed make sure that all the i’s up for some typing. So, if are dotted and t’s are you think you’re a news crossed. hound, movie buff, Andleeb Hanif music-lover, food junkie, commented: “There are sports fan, gadget geek, some very exciting fashionista, blogger or changes that are taking just plain opinionated place on how the Asian then we want to hear Express has traditionally from you! been presented. We’re You can submit your looking forward to articles and suggested encouraging interactivity related pictures amongst our dedicated voluntarily to us, and readers on multi-media we’ll select which ones platforms.

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Walk to school week

As part of national Walk to School week, from the 7th to 11th October, Wakefield Council is holding a special ‘Horrible Histories week’ which will see children get active and the past come to life.

Junior and Infant Schools across Wakefield will step back in time on their morning journey to promote an active and healthy lifestyle and to reduce congestion around schools.

Park and stride facilities have been set up at schools across the district where parents are encouraged to park away from the school gate and walk with their children to school.

This promotes walking as a healthy activity and creating a safe no care zone around the school site.

For more information please visit www.wakefield.gov.uk/schooltravel

Firework safety

Residents are being asked to play their part in keeping the district safe as Bonfire Night approaches.

Bradford Council is working in partnership with the police, the fire service and the district's largest social landlord, Incommunities, to solve bonfire season problems before they can get out of hand.

They also want people to help the campaign and report dangerous bonfires which can be dealt with immediately.

The district's traders are being warned not to try and take advantage of the season by illegally dumping their rubbish on bonfires.

Bradford Council’s Wardens and Neighbourhood staff are working with the police and fire service in a bid to stamp out any problems before they arise.

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recognition for legal Luke Luke Patel, Partner in Commercial Dispute Resolution at Leeds-based Blacks Solicitors LLP, was named the ‘Best Professional in Business’ at the annual English Asian Business Award ceremony last week.

Each year, hundreds of businessmen and women from across the UK come together to celebrate the English Asian Business Awards– an event designed to honour Asian men and women at the forefront of their industries.

Unlike other industry accolades, the awards are based on nominations alone, so those who are shortlisted have been selected based on feedback and recognition from their peers.

Over 100 candidates were recommended for the ‘Best Professional in Business’ award, which was then shortlisted to just six. Luke’s high profile work with the Supreme Court which attracted national and international publicity was just one the reasons why he scooped this prestigious award.

Commenting on his award, Luke Patel said, “I feel so

privileged and honoured that all the hard work I have done in recent years especially on the high profile cases has been recognised. Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate me for this award.”

Managing Partner at Blacks Solicitors, Chris Allen added: “Luke ‘the Litigation Lion’ as he’s wellknown at the firm really deserves this recognition. He has a fantastic profile within the Asian business community and we’re all very proud of his achievement.”

Luke Patel was presented his award by Mohammed Nowaz of Lincoln House Chambers

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Young people aim to tackle domestic abuse in teenage relationships

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Young people in Bradford are using film, photography and music to raise awareness of domestic abuse as an issue amongst their peers.

A music video entitled ‘STUCK in Chains’, which will be available on You Tube, has been written, filmed and produced by young people.

They identified domestic abuse within young people’s relationships as an issue that affects them but which can go unnoticed or unchallenged.

The video addresses the impact of domestic abuse from the point of view of young people, through rap music and film, and highlights where young people can find help and support. It will be launched during Bradford’s Safeguarding Week on Monday, 30 September at 5.30pm.

The launch event will include a screening of the video, live performance of the track, and speeches by young people involved in the project. The initiative has been supported by Bradford Council’s Youth Service and Bradford Safeguarding Children Board.

Nola O’Neill, Bradford Council Youth Worker, said: "We really hope that this video and track will reach out to young people who are on the receiving end of an abusive relationship, or who are hurting someone they love, and encourage them to talk to someone they trust and seek help.”

Jason Baker, who co-wrote the lyrics and co-performs, said: "We want young people who are victims of abuse in relationships to know where to go for support. We want them to feel better knowing that they are not alone and that there are people who can relate to them and who care.

"We want to spread our message through music because people listen to music all the time and it can influence how they think.”

A number of national surveys highlight the

impact that domestic abuse can have in young people’s relationships, the wide variety of ways in which it can take place, and that it often goes unreported.

Conor Butler, who directed the video, said: "My passion for filming and music meant that when the opportunity to get involved with the STUCK project came about I jumped at the chance to do something different with a serious subject matter.

"During researching for STUCK I spoke to people and watched a lot of related videos, learning what people go through. This got to me emotionally, and I feel good that the video we have produced will raise awareness and really help people.”

The video will be available to organisations such as schools and youth clubs to raise the issue of relationship abuse between young people as part of discussions in a supportive environment.

Sofia Tsanou, who sings on the track, said: "We want young people to understand there are different types of abuse in relationships, it’s not just physical, there is emotional abuse as well.

"Understanding emotions is hard, and we all need to know how to talk about them. Being close to someone can bring up lots of complicated feelings, no matter what type of relationship you are in.

"Whatever your situation, find a positive outlet for your feelings, don’t hurt others or yourself.”

Nick Frost, Independent Chair of Bradford Safeguarding Children Board, said: "Domestic violence can blight young people’s lives, and it can seem very hard to escape. This brave music video is a creative way of raising the issue amongst young people, and also gives the message that help is at hand for them, and it is a cycle they can break.”

Cllr Ralph Berry, Bradford Council’s Portfolio Holder for Children’s Services, said: "This is a very difficult issue which these young people have taken on, and they deserve great credit for getting this important message out there. The use of the music video in schools and in youth services will hopefully give other young people a greater understanding of this issue and where they can get help if it affects them.”

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As the winter months draw in and the temperatures begin to drop, it is time to take advantage of the amazing free boiler scheme offered by Nationwide Eco Energy Solutions.

With more than 15 years of industry experience, Nationwide Eco were one of the first greendeal approved organisations in Yorkshire to help lower income and vulnerable households gain access to state-of-theart boilers.

Over 1,200 installations have already been completed by the national business since the initiative began last year yet there are still thousands more households which could benefit from this

priceless scheme.

As part of the commitment to an energy-saving Britain, the ecoscheme not only heats your home but also cuts the cost of doing so, meaning the savings start straight away when the boiler has been installed.

Boilers account for around 60 per cent of what home owners spend in a year on energy bills, so an efficient boiler is extremely important and can save some recipients more than £300 a year.

Every boiler installed by Nationwide Eco carries a full five year manufacturer’s parts and labour warranty, whilst

additional free features, such as loft insulation and cavity wall insulation, are available if required.

All it takes is a quick call to Nationwide Eco Energy Solutions and you could be saving the pounds before the Christmas holidays are upon us.

So are you qualified? If your boiler is broken and you can answer yes to one of the following questions then you may be entitled to the free scheme. Do you receive state pension credit? Are you claiming income related benefits?

Are you claiming disability benefits? Do you earn less than £15,860 a year?

Still unsure whether you qualify?

Don’t worry; friendly advisors are on hand to offer free home assessments, at a time convenient to you.

Book now and you could also receive a fantastic Tablet PC, Washing Machine or even an LCD Television as a special promotion offered only by Nationwide Eco. More than 2.5million households nationwide are eligible for the free boiler so take advantage now and begin saving today.

Every boiler installed by Nationwide Eco carries a full five year manufacturer’s parts and labour warranty, whilst additional free features, such as loft insulation and cavity wall insulation, are available if required Phone: 0800 772 0763 01274 280 232 Email: info@afreeboiler.co.uk Website: www.afreeboiler.co.uk

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A Taste of America

Check the fine print re you sick of junk mail through your letterbox, spam in your email inbox and salesmen armed with clipboards harassing you in the street all wanting you to sign up to a new credit card?

Over in Russia a gentleman named Dmitry Agarkov was particularly unhappy with another unsolicited offer of credit. Mr Agarkov was so appalled upon reading the small print that the real interest rate was 45 per cent, despite the bank’s advertisement offering a rate of 12.9 per cent.

Rather than just bin the offending proposal Mr Agarkov scanned the paperwork into his computer and made some amendments to the terms and conditions of the agreement.

Mr Agarkov opted for an unlimited line of credit, a 0 percent interest rate and no fees, adding that the customer "is not obliged to pay any fees and charges imposed by bank tariffs."

Agarkov also changed the URL of the site where the terms and conditions were published and hedged against the bank’s breaking of the agreement. For each unilateral change in the terms provided in the agreement, the bank would be asked to pay Mr Agarkov $91,000, or a cancelation fee of $182,000. Mr Agarkov’s amended contract was, alarmingly, accepted and he received a credit card.

After two years of use, the bank took the decision to terminate Mr Agarkov’s credit card because of overdue payments. The bank duly sued Mr

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Agarkov for $1,363 reflecting the remaining balance, fees and late payment charges, all of which violated the original agreement. Earlier this summer a Russian judge declared that the agreement that Agarkov had concocted was valid and all that he should pay to the bank was his outstanding balance, a mere $575. As the bank had signed the document (clearly without reading the contents of it) they were legally bound by it.

Customers are always told to read the fine print, no more so in cases where banks face complaints from customers regarding their terms and conditions. In this instance it would have been prudent for the bank to take their own advice.

Not content with his day in Court Mr Agarkov is suing the bank for $730,000 (24-million-ruble) based upon his amended version of the original agreement. The bank’s owner Oleg Tinkov is bullish about the situation and has been quoted recently on Twitter as saying: “Our lawyers think, he is going to get not 24 million, but really four years in prison for fraud. Now it’s a matter of principle for @ tcsbank.”

The next hearing is due to take place before Christmas and I will keep you updated as the case evolves. If you feel you have suffered professional negligence at the hands of a financial institution than do not hesitate to contact me.

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Sam’s Steakhou se & Diner, 483 Bradford Ro Pudsey, LS28 8Ead, D Telephone: 0127 4 662 020 Website: www.samssteak house.co.uk Opening times 12pm till late, ev : eryday

Ever wanted to experience the culinary delights of America without having to travel half way around the world to find them? Well now you can, as Sam’s Steakhouse & Diner, on Bradford Road, serves up the finest Western tastes seven days a week.

Open from 12pm lunchtime every day, the eatery specialises in everything American, from 10 ounce beef steaks, to six ounce beef burgers and massive milkshakes to dreamy donuts.

Size matters in the States and it certainly does at Sam’s Steakhouse. Every dish is served in a huge portion with plenty of extras, and you can be assured each one is specially crafted by a team of expert chefs who have built up years of experience in the food industry.

All meat is agency approved halal (HMC) and sourced from local farms, so you can be certain that everything going into your meal is of the highest quality.

Every item on the menu is prepared fresh to order, with no frozen meats or vegetables anywhere in sight, whilst in house secret sauces and recipes help create the best mouthwatering tastes and flavours the other side of the Atlantic has to offer.

Fancy something a little hotter? Why not try out the

South American menu which includes favourites such as nachos, burritos, Mexican chicken and peri peri, all of course served in generous portions at competitive prices.

With an early midday opening, the restaurant also has the capability of catering for lunchtime diners with a special menu available between 12pm and 3pm which is also available alongside their main menu. A range of succulent halal burgers and handmade sandwiches are on offer and can even be delivered to your place of work so there is no need to even leave the office.

Orders of £20 can be placed to include four special sandwiches, served with fries and salad, for a memorable lunchtime treat that can be delivered to your door.

The family run business may only be four months old yet its growing reputation is already bringing in people from all over Yorkshire and Lancashire. Known for providing big portions of excellent food at small prices, the future of Sam’s Steakhouse & Diner is one which looks set to continue delighting foodies across the north for a long time to come.

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Ali Baba A Bradford Institution

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f you are a citizen of Bradford, you will have heard of, passed or even bought something from Ali Baba Carpets & Furniture.

With its classic trademark of a man on a flying carpet, Ali Baba Carpets has been doing business in Bradford for the last 40 years and continues to be a leader in the furniture industry.

Providing top quality furnishings for every taste, it is a one stop shop for making a house a home with thousands of products all under one roof.

Whether it is a sofa or a bed, wardrobes or lighting, the store on Great Horton Road, Bradford, will have it in stock for you to take away today.

Need help with delivery? No problem.

Ali Baba offer free delivery to all homes in Bradford with every item guaranteed to arrive within two weeks of purchase.

The business was founded by Mr F.D. Farooqi, who came to Britain and settled in Bradford in 1964.

The enthusiastic businessman started off by working shifts in a Foundry, and then as a waiter in a Restaurant, before saving up enough money to open his own eatery, on Leeds Road, Bradford, known as the Commonwealth Restaurant.

Iconic figures, political and from the Asian film industry, frequently visited the establishment for its genuine homecooked fare, (Mrs Farooqi, her daughter, and her daughter-in-law).

Largely a self-taught man, Mr Farooqi, hosted Zulifiqar Ali Bhutto, and in later years, Begum Nusrat Bhutto.

Having run a very successful restaurant, Mr Farooqi, then turned to try his hand at selling carpet remnants, off cuts of wallpaper, paints, and off cuts of linoleum.

Aided by his sons, this business grew from a shop in Leeds Road, which is now being run by his daughter and her husband, to the large warehouse on Great Horton Road.

Mr Farooqi, in his eighties, decided to

try his hand at another business. After handing over Ali Baba Carpets, which incidentally sells three-piece-suites, beds, bedroom units, dining and lounge furniture as well as carpets and all manner of floor coverings, to his sons, the avid entrepreneur opened Ali Baba Lighting.

Again this business thrived and has proven to be the final venture for Mr Farooqi who finally, after much encouragement, decided to retire at the age of 93.

His two sons, Iqbal and Bilal, are now also reaching retirement age, and the business is about to be passed on to the third generation of the Farooqi Family, and the grandson of the remarkable Mr Farooqi.

The Farooqi family has shown how an immigrant family, by working hard, can be successful and contribute to the well-being of the community and the local economy.

We should all be proud of this family business, long may it continue.

Ali Baba 586 Great Horton Road, Bradford, BD7 3EU Tel: 01274 770 059 01274 570 014 01274 400 821 Opening times Monday to Friday: 9am-7pm Saturday: 9am-6pm Sunday: 10.30am-4.30pm Bank Holidays: 10.30am-4.30pm

ne of the UK’s leading South Asian welcome to come along and take part in and collaborative arts organisations this creative arts open day at the Kala is celebrating its 20th anniversary Sangam Arts Centre. with two action-packed days of Kala Sangam is a national Bradford based entertainment. company limited by guarantee and a Kala Sangam, based in Bradford, will be registered charity and was founded in 1993 celebrating the milestone with a headline

by Dr Shripati Upadhyaya, a consultant event on Saturday psychologist. In 19th October at St Sanskrit, ‘Kala’ Georges Hall, translates to ‘art’ Bradford, where and ‘Sangam’ means special guest, the ‘meeting point’. The internationally mission of the renowned Bollywood company is bringing actress and politician people together Dr Vyjayanthimala through south Asian Bali, will be presiding arts and over the main KS20 collaborative arts Extravaganza event. while the vision is to The visit of the Indian establish a beacon star will include a day centre of excellence of music and dance for arts, culture and from Europe, Africa, heritage.

South America and The company is the subcontinent, headed by a before Dr committed Board of Vyjayanthimala Directors and the herself will address work is delivered by the crowd. Having a dedicated team of visited the city some staff, freelance 40 years ago, Kala artists and Sangam is delighted volunteers. The to have the great company’s work is honour of welcoming in the areas of Arts the famed Indian in education, celebrity back to Community and Bradford as a patron guest programming of the organisation. including Box office Following the tours, Arts in health music and dance projects and extravaganza there is challenging Youth a free for all family Arts work. In March arts days to get more last year, Kala of the community Sangam officially reinvolved in the launched the flagship programmes. beautiful grade II On Saturday 2nd listed St Peter’s PATRON: Dr Vyjayanthimala Bali November from House in Bradford 9.30am to 2pm, St as its home - a new Peters House in Bradford will play host to a national centre for south Asian arts, memorable event which will feature a heritage and culture, in the heart of series of free music, dance, visual arts, Bradford. To find out more about KS20 and theatre and face painting, alongside drama Kala Sangam please visit workshops all day. All communities are www.kalasangam.org

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Funerals of neurosurgeon’s wife and three children won’t happen until second post-mortem The father of three children who were killed in a house fire along with his wife has said their funerals will not take place until a second postmortem examination is completed.

Shehnila Taufiq, 47, her daughter Zainab, 19, and two sons Bilal, 17, and 15-year-old Jamil, died in the blaze at their home on Wood Hill in Leicester on Friday September 13.

Dr Muhammad Taufiq Al Sattar, who is currently staying with friends in the city, says he does not know when he will be able to bury his family due to the investigation into their deaths.

The four family members died after their home was set alight on 13 September.

The 52-year-old neurosurgeon told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that second postmortem examinations on members of the family had been delayed until at least 8th October.

He said the last fortnight had been “extremely difficult” for him, but added his faith in Islam had given him strength.

“It was God’s plan to take the life,” he said.

Police have charged 18-year-old Kemo Porter, of Browning Street, Leicester with murder over the fire, which began shortly after midnight in Leicester's Wood Hill. He was remanded in custody at Leicester Magistrates' Court. Further arrests have also been made in connection

The scene of a house fire at Wood Hill in the Spinney Hills area of Leicester

One of the world’s fastest growing airlines, announced that it is to launch services to Sialkot, its fifth route to Pakistan.

The service will commence from 5th November 2013 with four weekly flights operated by an Airbus A330-200 aircraft in a two-class configuration - 54 seats in Business Class and 183 in Economy Class.

The aircraft can carry up to 17 tonnes of cargo, giving a boost to trade opportunities.

“Pakistan was the first country on our route network when we launched services to Karachi in 1985,” said Barry Brown, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President Commercial Operations East.

“With the addition of this fifth destination the airline will operate 63 flights a week between Dubai and

Pakistan.

“Twenty eight years since our first flight, this new service to Sialkot continues to demonstrate the strong ties between the two countries and reinforces Dubai as a conveniently located hub for onward travel on Emirates’ network of 134 destinations.

“Besides boosting global trade and economic opportunities, this new route will provide additional travel options to Pakistanis wanting to connect with friends, families and colleagues worldwide.”

Sialkot is the capital of the Sialkot District located in the north-east of the Punjab province in Pakistan. Situated around 125 kilometres north of Lahore, it provides customers with a convenient alternative

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with the deaths.

At the time of the fire, Dr Taufiq was in Dublin, from where he travelled to spend three weekends out of four to see his wife and children who were living in Leicester.

He spoke about the moment he was at Dublin airport that he was told by police that his wife and three children had died in the fire.

“As a neurosurgeon I know we deal with life and death every day so it was in my mind, something which is beyond your control.”

Dr Taufiq said it had been too distressing for him to step foot in the family home, which was gutted by the fire.

Dr Taufiq plans for his wife and children to be buried in Ireland, where he said he will continue to live and practice his faith.

Emirates have announced fifth route to Pakistan

gateway to the Export Triangle of Pakistan – the area encompassing Gujrat, Sialkot and Gujranwala.

The area is famous for producing and exporting sports goods and clothing, gloves, surgical instruments, cutlery, ceramics and leather garments, whilst imports to the region focus on the supply of raw materials for manufacturing those products.

Sialkot International Airport, which opened in

2007, boasts the longest runway in Pakistan at 3,600 metres and was wholly funded by the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce.

“As the first privately funded airport in Pakistan, we welcome Emirates’ decision to commence operations to the city,” said Sheikh Abdul Majid, President of the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce.

“Sialkot will be able to offer Emirates’ passengers another point of entry into

Pakistan in a modern, conveniently located and accessible airport.”

Emirates flight EK620 will depart Dubai at 04:15 and arrive in Sialkot at 08:20 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. The return flight EK621 will leave Sialkot at 09:45, arriving in Dubai at 12:35.

Tickets for Sialkot are now available to purchase via Emirates.com or your preferred Travel Agent.

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Jail for landlord

A landlord, who fled the country in 1992 after killing a mother and son in an arson attack, has been jailed for 15 years.

Faisal Latif, 44, was extradited from the United States to the UK earlier this year in connection with the deaths of Marilyn and Nicholas Cook in their rented home in Stoke-on-Trent.

40-year-old Ms Cook died in hospital just days after her son, Nicholas, was killed in the fire in Travers Street, Middleport, on the 9th April, 1992.

10 years later and justice was finally done at Stafford Crown Court where Latif pleaded guilty to manslaughter and arson.

He was subsequently sentenced to 15 years for manslaughter and 10 years for arson with intent to endanger life, to run concurrently.

Pay day loan fines

Tougher controls on payday lenders could see unlimited fines for companies which break the rules.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which will take over regulation of consumer credit from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in April 2014, said the sanctions were among a host of proposed new rules that would go out to consultation.

The organisation, which will cover tens of thousands of firms offering services such as overdrafts, credit cards and debt advice, was formed six months ago with the promise of strengthening protection for consumers.

Pay day loans were set up to aid people financially in the short term however; hidden charges and large interest rates have caused criticism in recent times.

Taliban appeal rejected

A former Taliban fighter who ran a ‘recruitment centre’ for home-grown extremists to go to Afghanistan to kill British troops has lost a conviction appeal.

Three judges at the Court of Appeal in London rejected a challenge brought by Munir Farooqi, who was given four life sentences in September 2011 at Manchester Crown Court.

Pakistani-born British citizen Farooqi, of Victoria Terrace, Longsight, was at the centre of a plot to radicalise and persuade vulnerable young men to ‘fight, kill and die’ in a jihad in Afghanistan.

The father-of-three was captured in a police sting when two undercover antiterrorism police officers infiltrated his group wearing secret bugging devices.

Missing person search concludes

Murder squad detectives finished their huge search for the body of a missing mum last month after more than two months of meticulous searching.

Rania Alayed, 25, from Cheetham Hill, was reported missing on the 2nd July, but was last seen in public on the 7th June in Salford.

Police are convinced she has been killed, and have been searching a 19-mile stretch of the A19 at Thirsk, in Yorkshire, for her body.

Her husband and his brother have been charged with her murder.

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Inmate murderers sentenced to life

‘Bored’ inmates will never leave prison following the death of local man MURDERED: Subhan Anwar was killed by two fellow inmates

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Two prisoners, found guilty of murdering a ‘model inmate’ earlier this year, have been told they will spend life behind bars.

Gary Smith, 48, and Lee Newell, 44, were both handed whole-life sentences at Warwick Crown Court on the 23rd September for the murder of Huddersfield man, Subhan Anwar.

The victim, who was serving a life sentence of 23 years after being convicted of the murder of his partner's two-year-old daughter, was strangled with his own tracksuit bottoms in his cell at HMP Long Lartin, near Evesham, on the 14th February.

Smith and Newell did not appear in court and were addressed via a live stream

by Mr Justice Jeremy Baker who said he believed Anwar did not resist because he thought he was being taken hostage.

“One of the most chilling aspects of this case was the almost complete lack of emotion shown by either of you after the killing,” Mr Justice Baker said.

“It is against this background that I have to consider whether the circumstances of this murder are such that it is one of those exceptional cases where its seriousness is of such magnitude so as to

require the making of a whole-life order.

“In my judgment you have both murdered others before, on this occasion you did so in a cold-blooded manner, having deliberately lulled your victim into a false sense of security.”

A family member spoke on behalf of Anwar’s family and uttered his disbelief at the events in the high security prison.

He said: “What happened in Long Lartin on the evening of Thursday 14th February will never be forgotten, should never have occurred and should not be allowed to happen ever again.

“Injustice was done to Subhan Anwar from the start. We, as a family, still believe he was wrongly

accused and sentenced for something he was innocent of. We believe there was no factual evidence in his case and he should not have been in prison.

“Prisoners and prisoners’ families should never go through what we as a family are going through. They should not be living in fear on a daily basis in a top security prison or any prison in UK. “We as a family are devastated by this loss. Our lives will never be the same.

We have received many condolences, cards, letters and even a collection from other prisoners in Long Lartin. They, like us, are in complete disbelief, shocked and saddened by how Subhan was killed by Smith and Newell.”

SENTENCED: Gary Smith and Lee Newell were sentenced at Warwick Crown Court

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Sisters convicted after admitting to laundering brother’s money The sisters of convicted drug dealers have been sentenced after admitting money laundering offences.

Surriya Bi, 33, and Asia Bi, 38, both of Park Road, Rochdale, admitted money laundering (to the value of £40k each) at an earlier hearing.

At Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on Tuesday 24th September 2013, Asia was jailed for 18 months and Surriya for 22 months.

Under Proceeds of Crime Act legislation both women were also ordered to pay back £40,000 within six months or face a further 12 months in prison and still be liable for the payment.

The two sisters have two brothers who are both convicted drugs dealers.

The women aided their siblings’ by laundering money made from their drug

dealing.

A thorough financial investigation was launched following the conviction of Mohammed Shafiq, 32 of Park Road brother of the defendants - who was jailed for six years in March 2011 for drugs offences.

Specially trained officers reviewed the family’s accounts and discovered that each sister had purchased a house with large deposits.

Surriya Bi bought a house on Park Road in December 2008 for £100k, paying a £40,000 deposit. She also owned an expensive car - a 2007 Audi A4 valued at £16,000 - that police have seized as part of the money laundering investigation.

She also paid a 10 per cent deposit on a second house that she bought for £70k in November 2009 and had a collective

balance in her bank accounts of £7,000.

Asia Bi paid a deposit of £20,000 on a house she bought on Roch Street for £67k in March 2005.

She paid £36,000 off the mortgage between May 2007 and June 2008 and has more than £7,000 in several bank accounts.

Detective Constable Gerard Fisher, said: “Between them these two sisters have laundered £80,000: money provided by their brothers and their associates from drug dealing activities.

“This has been a long, drawn out inquiry that we first started in 2010.

“Along the way we took out top and street level dealers. Now we have secured convictions against those not involved in the drug dealing directly, but who have benefited financially from it.”

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SENTENCED: Asia Bi, 38, and Surriya Bi, 33, (below) laundered £80,000 of their brothers drug money

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• INTERNATIONAL NEWS • INTERNATIONAL NEWS • INTERNATIONAL NEWS • INTERNATIONAL NEWS ROYAL: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum monarch of the Gulf Emirate and Britain's largest owner of racehorses

An illegal shipment of unlicensed veterinary goods which was seized from a Dubai government private jet at Stansted airport earlier this year, has led Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to launch an internal investigation into his equine operations.

Thousands of pounds worth of unlicensed products which have been described as “potentially toxic and dangerous to horses”, were seized and destroyed by the UK Border Agency and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD)on 3rd May following the arrival of a Dubai Royal Air Wing flight.

Sheikh Mohammed is monarch of the Gulf Emirate, as well as the owner of Godolphin, the country’s largest Flat racing operation.

Her Highness Princess Haya, the sheikh’s junior wife and president of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports, has been ordered to conduct a thorough investigation into the seizure at the airport. She’ll also be examining a separate raid by the VMD last month at Moorley Farm in Newmarket, a location owned by his Darley Management operation, where a number of similar products were found.

Sheikh Mohammed has

shown that he ‘is extremely concerned’ at the development which comes only months after his Godolphin thoroughbred operation was rocked by the biggest doping scandal in racing history.

A spokesman for Princess Haya has revealed that at this stage nobody in the organisation seems to know who is buying what or where.

Keith Chandler, the president of the British Equine Veterinary Association, said some of the products seized at Stansted were potentially dangerous and should be “kept under lock and key in a safe.” The VMD stated that the medicines “were not authorised in the UK and had not been imported in accordance with the regulations.”

Princess Haya's spokesman insisted that Sheikh Mohammed was unaware of the presence of the pharmaceuticals on the flight from Dubai on 3rd May or the raid at Moorley Farm until now. “I can assure you that Sheikh Mohammed was not aware of any such products in the cargo of any Dubai Royal Air Wing flight into Stansted on that date,” he said.

It is the second time this year that Sheikh Mohammed's operations have been engulfed in controversy. In April the disgraced former Godolphin trainer Mahmood al-Zarooni was banned for eight years by the BHA after using anabolic steroids on 22 racehorses at Moulton Paddocks in Newmarket. The BHA insists the Stansted seizure was not related to racing, citing assurances given by the VMD.

Sheikh Mohammed launches inquiry after drugs seized on jet Indian University breaks into top 250 The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings have been released and an Indian institution has broken into the top 250 for only the second time.

The Panjab University is a new entrant to the THE rankings whilst the inclusion of four other Indian establishments in the top 400, signals India’s most successful performance so far.

Indian Institutes of Technology from

Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Roorkee, make up the other four entrants, who were all clubbed in the 351-400 ranking.

Phil Baty, editor of the THE World University Rankings, said: “These results should be encouraging for India. While no Indian institution makes the top 200, one player new to the rankings, Panjab University, is close in the 226-250 group.”

He added: “Moreover, India now has five representatives in the top 400 - a sign of growing commitment to the global rankings.”

Meanwhile, the California Institute of Technology retains its place at the top of the rankings for the third consecutive year, while Harvard University regained second place (up from fourth in 201213), a position shared with the UK's University of Oxford. Stanford University slips from joint second to fourth.

LEADER: Panjab University is top of the pile for Indian education

Capsized

At least 88 people, including a pregnant woman and two children, died when a boat capsized and caught fire off the island of Lampedusa, the Italian coast guard told CNN on Thursday 3rd October.

Coast guards were able to save at least 163 people at the time of print

yet the rescue operation is still ongoing, with many more people still in the water.

The boat is thought to have been carrying up to 500 people on board.

The tiny island off the coast of Sicily was in the news this summer when the pope paid a visit to pray for refugees and migrants lost at sea.

Building collapse

Authorities say they now know what may have caused a five-story building in Mumbai to collapse last week: a decorator who removed a central wall and supporting beams without permission.

By Sunday, the death toll from Friday's collapse stood at 61. Fearing they may have pulled out the last of the survivors, officials ended their rescue operation.

Ashok Kumar Mehta, owner of Mamamiya Decorators, was charged

with culpable homicide not amounting to murder - a charge equal to unlawful negligent killing, police said.

Mehta's business was on the ground floor of the crumbled building.

Deadly collapses have occurred in the city in past years as well.

Housing rights groups say many old buildings in the city are rundown and neglected, while newer ones are often built using substandard materials and have structural problems.

Political protesters freed

The president of Myanmar (formerly Burma) has announced that he is freeing a further 73 political protesters, in addition to more than 8,000 such dissidents who’ve been released this year.

President Thein Sein, who came to power in 2011, has relaxed some of the country’s oppressive regimes, but critics say that peaceful protesters

are still being imprisoned in the country.

Speaking at a London conference in July, President Thein Sein said that a special committee was reviewing the cases of all political inmates.

The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners said it would seek to provide support to the released Myanmar political prisoners.

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Another radioactive leak

A new leak of highly radioactive water is believed to be flowing into the Pacific Ocean from Japan's stricken nuclear plant after another storage tank overflowed.

A Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) official said workers at Fukushima

detected the toxic fluid dripping from the top of a tank when they were patrolling the site.

TEPCO estimates 430 litres of the water, which contains highly radioactive doses of strontium, has leaked outside a concrete barrier surrounding the tank.

“[The contaminated water] went into the drain and we cannot deny the possibility of it having reached the ocean,” TEPCO official Masayuki Ono said.

It is the second time in as many months that radioactive water has leaked from storage tanks surrounding the plant, which was heavily damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.

SEIZED: The Westgate Shopping Mall was held for four days by Islamist gunmen

Kenya’s mall attack Death toll could rise as police begin examining rubble The four day seize of a Kenyan Mall by Islamist gunmen last month, resulted in more than 60 deaths whilst 31 people are still listed as missing.

The Westgate Shopping Mall, in Nairobi, was raided by the armed assailants on the 21st September where they killed, and reportedly tortured, innocent civilians who could not escape the premises.

Rescue operations were ongoing throughout the four day ordeal with police officers entering the establishment to try and rescue the trapped civilians.

Islamist group, Al-Shabaab, claimed responsibility for the incident, stating it was done in retribution for the Kenyan military's deployment in Somalia.

Up to five Briton’s are believed to have been killed in the attacks.

Many more civilians are still missing with some believed to be trapped under the rubble of the mall, of which three floors of the four-story building collapsed, leaving reports to suggest that the death toll could still rise.

Indian Army funds

Former Indian Army chief, General VK Singh, insisted that no Army funds have been misused in Jammu and Kashmir but rather they have helped to bring stability and harmony to the state.

Participating in a panel discussion on governance issues jointly organized by the

Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, whose niece was killed in the attack said: “We confronted this evil without flinching, confronted our deep grief and pain, and conquered it.”

He promised “full accountability” for the “mindless destruction, deaths, pain, loss and suffering we have all undergone as a national family.

“These cowards will meet justice as will their accomplices and patrons wherever they are,” he vowed, pledging to work with international allies in a global fight against terrorism.

“The incident which we now put behind us was certainly not welcome,” he added.

“Yet it has strengthened us and renewed our resolve to live as one strong, open, stable, democratic and prosperous republic where peoples of all races cultures and faiths pursue happiness together.

“Our attackers wished to destroy the essential character of our society,” he said.

“They failed. Kenya endured. Kenya endures.”

Forum for Integrity in Governance and the Chennai chapter of the Anti-Corruption Movement at Loyola College, Singh said the funds were used for developmental and infrastructural purposes.

He was reacting to the controversy over his recent statement that the Army had funded political leaders in

Kashmir.

According to Mr Singh, the Army as an institution remains absolutely apolitical and it works for the government with only national interest in mind.

“Army people also vote for parties. If someone says the army is politicised, then I don’t know what to say. As an institution, it’s never politicised. Everything happening in the Army is for institutional integrity,” he said.

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SHUTDOWN! US Government remains closed after breakdown in talks

CLOSED: Not since the 20th century has the US Government been temporarily closed

The US governmental shutdown drew into a third day on Thursday, with no signs that the unrest will be resolved any time soon.

The temporary closure has left 800,000 employees, equating to almost a third of the federal workforce, out of work with no pay until the temporary closure is lifted.

A dispute over the debt limit forced the Republican and Democratic parties into a standstill on Tuesday 2nd October, the first of its kind for more than 15 years.

President Barack Obama has held talks

with congressional leaders over the partial US government shutdown, but there was no breakthrough with both sides reportedly ‘blaming each other’.

The hour-long meeting at the White House came on the second day (Wednesday 3rd October) of a shutdown that has halted federal services and left many government workers at home without pay.

Mr Obama stood firm on his demand that Republicans agree to reopen the government and raise the debt limit.

“The president remains hopeful that

common sense will prevail,” a White House statement said.

The halt in governmental practice was started after a Republican effort to halt the healthcare law dubbed ‘Obamacare’ stalled the spending bill.

Republican House Speaker John Boehner described the White House talks as polite, but he said no progress had been made.

“All we're asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the American people under Obamacare,” he said.

However, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the president and Democrats in Congress will not accept changes in the health care law in order to pass spending legislation needed to reopen the government.

“We're locked in tight on Obamacare,” he said.

It is the first time since 1997 that the US government has temporarily closed, and over the past 17 years, hundreds of bills in regard to the spending bill have been passed without controversy.

In an interview with CNBC before his Whitehouse meeting, an latest ‘exasperated’ Mr Obama said he would not negotiate with Republicans until the government is reopened and Congress votes to raise the debt limit.

He said: “If we get in the habit where a few folks, an extremist wing of one party, whether it's Democrat or Republican, are allowed to extort concessions based on a threat [to] undermine the full faith and credit of the United States, then any president who comes after me, not just me, will find themselves unable to govern effectively.”

The standoff continues.

Iran’s secret weapons?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the world to insist on tough negotiations that ensure Iran does not develop a nuclear weapon.

Mr Netanyahu was speaking with NBC when he cautioned leaders against Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's charm offensive, which he described as a strategy carried out to ‘woo the West at the behest of the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’. “[The Iranian people] are governed not by Rouhani. They're governed by Ayatollah

Khamenei. He heads a cult. That cult is wild in its ambitions and its aggression,” he said.

Rouhani has indicated an interest in a deal on Iran’s nuclear program — with hopes that harsh sanctions imposed on the country would be lifted if it negotiated more with the West.

Iran has said its program is peaceful and Rouhani last month said the country will never develop nuclear weapons, but the West has long suspected — and Israel insists — that Tehran has designs on a nuclear bomb.

Visit India from home

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Google have teamed up to map and create 360-degree virtual views of 100 monuments in India.

Once the data has been collected, it will be put online, allowing web users to get a virtual tour of a monument from the comfort of their own home. Almost all major monuments, including the

Taj Mahal, are part of the list.

Google says that it has already photographed and mapped Qutub Minar, the tallest minar in India and will soon be available to web users. Humayun's Tomb will be mapped next.

The company says that creating 360-degree imagery of a monument takes around seven to ten days.

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SUKHI SIVIA MAKES HISTORY WITH DEBUT SINGLE ‘SARKARA’

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24-year-old singer songwriter Sukhi Sivia has been hungry, working relentlessly and honing his craft for this moment … to make his own and his fathers’ dream a reality.

He has not only achieved that, but also broken a British record in the process. The previous food delivery driver who has worked in a meat-packing factory despite being a strict vegetarian, has the support of radio across the UK becoming playlisted across 16 stations in just two weeks including a black music station who are pushing the track on their daytime playlist.

The icing on the cake is that his single ‘Sarkara’ penned by his father Swarn Singh Sivia (who has also written for Sardool Sikander, Kuldip Manak and Malkit Singh) now holds the record for the UK’s highest climber within the official Asian Download Chart Top 40.

His debut single ‘Sarkara’ is a slick, feel good, urban meets bhangra party banger featuring hit maker production by Dr. Zeus and is laced with an contagious rap flow by long standing Zeus collaborator Shortie.

Having initially entered the charts at number 39 (with one day sales only) the track moved to number 3 after a week of sales. The record was verified by a spokesperson from the Official Charts Company this afternoon, who said: “We can confirm that the track now holds the record as the highest climber within the Official Asian Download Chart Top 40.

Congratulations.”

Dr Zeus describes Sivia, saying: “Sukhi Sivia is the whole package. He is talented, humble, hard working, has a great ear for melody and lyrically can deliver.

Not many artists can perform and deliver in crafting their own music and therefore their careers. I’m proud to introduce Sukhi Sivia, I know my fans and audiences will love the sound.”

Sukhi says: “I am very grateful to everyone that has been part of my journey from when I started, thank you thank you thank you! My dream was to make music, sing and for people to sing my songs around the world. I am actually living my dream and loving every minute of it.”

Sukhi Sivia is on a radio tour right now and the video featuring Shortie and producer Dr. Zeus has had over 27,000 hits.

Holding the record for UK’s highest climber in the official Asian Download Chart Top 40

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British singer, songwriter and producer ARJUN returns with his brand new single ‘Take It Back’, releasing on 16th The track September. showcases the award winning UK R&B / pop sensation Arjun with one of the most contagious chorus hooks of the summer, along with his own ultra-slick production and ever smooth vocals.

Having cemented his place as a firm favourite amongst the British Asian music scene, Arjun follows up from a set of hugely successful songs including his unique R&B remixes to popular international film hits such as ‘Why This Kolaveri Di’, ‘Chammak Chalo’ and ‘Tum Hi Ho’, which has seen the British star amass over an incredible 24 million hits on YouTube. One of the UK’s biggest DIY success stories & internet phenomena of recent years, Arjun’s staggering YouTube views and an army of over 170,000 Facebook fans has paved the way for more success with his latest

‘BOOM BOOM DANZE’ British-Pakistani Annie Khalid teams up with Beenie Man for infectious dancefloor tune

October 2013 - 1st Edition and producer, Arjun is truly at home in the studio and has spent the past year writing and recording industry heavyweights with including Jim Beanz & members of Timbaland's team; Mr.Hudson; Davinche; Talvin Singh; Bless and Alan Beats; Sampson, to name but a few. Arjun is set to unleash a series of brand ground-breaking new songs in the forthcoming months to add to a growing and impressive catalogue.

Internationally, Arjun has not only toured across the globe performing in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, but also recently made his Bollywood debut, singing on the soundtrack for Indian film, 'Vanakkam Chennai', produced by Anirudh, the man behind the global hit 'Why This Kolaveri Di'.

‘Take It Back’ will be available to download from iTunes on 16th September and is available to preorder now.

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single ‘Take It Back’.

Since bursting onto the scene in 2011 and clinching the #2 spot on Kiss TV's first ever Asian Music Chart with his track 'Stargazer', coming second only to the legendary AR Rahman, Arjun’s rise has been unstoppable. Arjun stamped his mark on the UK music scene when he was voted ‘Best Urban Act’ at the UK Asian Music Awards 2012, where he also performed at the ceremony at Wembley Arena, and was also a Top 20 unsigned finalist in the MTV Brand New contest the same year.

Fast-forward to 2013 and Arjun is armed and ready to take on the

UK charts with his infectious cross-pollination of future-classic R&B and savvy-pop on the new single, ‘Take It Back’. The track is a perfectly sculpted dance floor smash, overflowing with Arjun’s signature swagger and Urban grooves. Lyrically, Arjun cleverly cites a roll-call of R&B legends, some of his own personal musical influences, paying homage to the feel-good rhythm & bass of the 90’s, seamlessly weaving lines and showcasing true lyrical prowess.

An instrumentalist, singer, writer

British-Pakistani singer and model Annie Khalid is back with an infectious new pop song featuring the legendary Grammy Award winning Reggae King Beenie Man. ‘Boom Boom Danze’ is the catchy, up beat and energetic dance track with a reggae twist that is looking set to be a big hit this month.

With the backing of Annie’s army of fans, her hope is to appeal to a new mainstream audience as well.

Annie Khalid first made waves with her first single 'Mahiya' which spread like a wildfire throughout the Asian population worldwide. She was then picked up by leading Bollywood producers for the movie ‘Awarapan’ when Annie was still in her teens.

Since ‘Mahiya’, Annie’s had worldwide success with a blossoming modelling career in which she became the face of Pepsi’s mass marketing campaign in Pakistan. The result saw Annie's face appearing on millions of drink cans, bottles and billboards.

She released the single ‘Be My Baby’ with internationally recognised dance DJ Judge Jules in 2010 and another single, ‘Just 3 Words’ with chart-topping British boy band A1. Annie has also had the privilege to perform at the 2012 Emmy Awards in Norway.

Annie’s eagerly anticipated forthcoming single ‘Boom Boom Danze’ releases on 30th September and features one of the Kings of the Reggae music world, Beenie Man. This adds a further buzz amongst Annie's already huge and rapidly growing fan base.

The new single features a video shot in Jamaica with Beenie Man and has already had over 150,000 hits on YouTube, with the song being a dance floor hit in clubs across Europe.

Hot on the heels of ‘Boom Boom Danze’ Annie Khalid has teamed up with British Asian super-producer Rishi Rich for the next single ‘Tujhe Yaad’, set to release in October.

Annie Khalid’s ‘Boom Boom Danze’ featuring Beenie Man is available to pre-order from iTunes now and releases on 30th September.

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THE NEW SINGLE BY HUSSNAIN LAHORI ‘JAG NALO SONI TU’

Manchester citizen and Asian soul sensation, Hussnain Lahori’s new single 'Jag Nalo Sohni Tu' (#JNST) was released on 5th September. It follows hot on the heels of Hussnain's debut hit single 'Harjaee', for which he received rave reviews.

With Hussnain's distinctive acoustic based sound and a voice that is 'mesmerising', a strong following in the North has been quickly established. His youtube cover of Rahat Fateh Ali Khans 'Mein Tenu Sam-jawan Ki' has had over 3 million views. His latest cover of 'Tum Hi Ho' has been receiving 1500+ views a day on average.

Hussnain is a singer/songwriter who first appeared on the scene in 2010. Three years later he is a firmly established artist in the North of England and with a growing fan base all over UK, Pakistan and India.

'Jag Nalo Soni Tu' litteraly translates to 'You're more beautiful than the World'. It is a fun, pop

tune which will bring a summer breeze to dance floors across Asian clubs and parties for 2013.

The production has a dance foundation which is different to Hussnain's previous releases but very well delivered. The song portrays the experience of 'Love at first sight' and is a fun, lighthearted pop tune.

Hussnain says; “JNST is for people to let their hair down and feel the fresh beat on the dance floor. What’s incredible is the amount of fan mail I get from UK, Pakistan and India. I would love to be able to keep a personal touch with all my fans across the globe which can be challenging but it’s truly humbling" In future, Hussnain is going to be collaborating with some of the other UK leading artists and performing with live musicians as a band. The launch party for 'Jag Nalo Sohni Tu' will be held on 7th September 2013 at Junoon's Shish Bar in Bradford. More information available on website.

Avina Shah’s official ‘Aao Na’ Music Video is

out now

After reaching the top ten in the iTunes Worldwide Charts on the day of her single release, Avina Shah now presents to you the official ‘Aao Na’ Online Music Video.

‘Aao Na’ is a romantic love song about yearning for someone that is not in your life anymore and wanting to reunite with them for just one more night.

‘The feedback and support

since the release has been incredible and I can’t wait to show everyone the full song brought to life’ – says Avina.

Be sure to share this sensational music video filmed in Los Angeles, California at the Malibu El Matador Beach, which has been a popular shooting location for many singing artists such asBeyoncé and Britney Spears.

The uber-talented Priti Menon seems to have decided to leave her audience astonished by her versatility.

After striking the classical chord with the listeners with her debut single ‘Khabida’, and leaving their hearts thumping with another RnB-ish romantic duet ‘Tujhe Maan Loon”, Priti is back to treat us music lovers with yet another single, ‘Chupke Se’.

Produced by Charles Bosco, this new track aptly describes a person’s longing to meet his or her lover after a long separation.

What sets this track apart from other love songs is its perfectly paced rhythm that gives the listener enough time to imbibe the song’s melody and its meaning. “The composition is so melodious that you will not want this song to end,” says a very excited Priti Menon.

She continues: “This has been my toughest project so far with respect to both singing and video graphing. The entire team has put in super-human efforts in making this single possible and I hope our hard work pays off!”

Priti Menon kick-started her career in style in 2010 by winning the Zee Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa's online talent hunt. It set the stage for this young and beautiful artist to establish herself as a prominent name in the British Asian Music scene.

From bhajans to bhangra, from Gujrati to Bengali, her versatility is evident from the range of genres and languages Priti has sung in so far. Her collaborations with popular artists such as Arjun, Benny Dayal and Kishan Amin have generated a lot of interest among the music critics, DJs and fans. Priti also has to her credit, live performances with Bally Sagoo and Ash King as their lead female vocalist.

‘Chupke Se’ was released on the 24th September 2013 and available to purchase on all major digital stores.

Chupke Se Priti Menon gets hearts thumping on the British-Asian music scene

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FILM: Zanjeer DIRECTED BY: Apoorva Lakhia GENRE: Action, Thriller STAR CAST: Ram Charan, Priyanka Chopra, Sanjay Dutt, Mahie Gill

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Vijay (Ram Charan) is a brutally honest police officer who has been transferred yet again by the system for chasing the corrupt underworld goons. He is in charge of a case where the key eye witness Mala (Priyanka Chopra) has seen a murder by Teja's (Prakash Raj) Gang and refuses to co-operate.

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A classic British foodie comedy about feuding brothers who run rival curry restaurants, Jaddo really is a film which will have you laughing out loud throughout.

Raja (Harish Patel) and Jagi (Kulvinder Ghir) are sibling chefs who fell out so badly that they set up rival restaurants but not before they tore their mother's legendary recipe book in half.

Now one brother can make the perfect starter and the other can make the perfect main course, but neither can cook the perfect Indian meal! After 20 years, a frosty stalemate has been reached. But then Raja's daughter, successful London lawyer Shalini (Amara Karan), returns home to Leicester with big news. She's about to get married and she wants the bitter rivals to collaborate on her wedding banquet.

Writer/director Amit Gupta drew heavily on episodes from his own Leicester upbringing to create this authentically delicious family comedy.

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FILM: I Love New Year DIRECTED BY: Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru GENRE: Comedy, Romance STAR CAST: Sunny Deol, Kangna Ranaut, R Madhavan, Prakash Raj, Manoj Joshi, Tannishtha Chatterjee

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This is a RELEASE DATE one-night : story - it's 13/9/2013 New Year eve and two strangers living in two different cities [New York/Chicago] are tossed into each other's company by the hand of fate in a comedy of errors that's as funny as it is enchanting. And just as the world is celebrating New Years, the two stranger's realise their own romances are falling apart.

The movie follows two strangers, a beautiful musician (Kangana Ranaut) and a serious Wall Street banker (Sunny Deol). Making a desperate bid to sustain their own relationships they inadvertently fall in love over one magical New Year's eve.

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Famed Tamil filmmaker Vishnuvardhan directs Indian superstar Ajith in this action-packed and stylish thriller.

Director Vishnuvardhan has won acclaim for highly successful movies such as Arinthum Ariyamalum and Pattiyal and now he brings his flair to this gripping story of a system hacker, with Ajith taking the lead role.

It's Ajith's second collaboration with the director following hit 2007 gangster thriller Billa. An exciting array of top names makes up the supporting cast, including Arya, Nayanthara and Taapsee Pannu, while esteemed filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar plays the villain.

Ranbir is all set to surprise his fans as he goes Besharam with his bhangra moves. After setting the screen ablaze with popular anthems, like 'Bachana Ae Haseeno’ and ‘Badtameez Dil’, this time Ranbir Kapoor shakes his leg bhangra style this autumn.

In Besharam Ranbir Kapoor plays ‘Babli’, a street smart, fun-loving, football-playing car mechanic who has seen the dark side of life as one of India’s many desolate orphan children. The worldly-wise Babli learnt at a young age how to survive the trauma of having no one to care for him.

He grew up fast in a Delhi orphanage and has devoted his life to helping and mentoring the other children in the shelter. The cheeky and fiercely independent Babli takes as his life motto: "Na Samaan Ka Moh, Na Apmaan ka Bhay", translated as "No Want for Respect, No Fear of Disrespect". The film unfolds his many ‘Besharam’ moments with hilarious consequences.

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The Call is an edgeof-your-seat thriller UK RE LE from the director of TV 20/09ASE DATE: hits like Boardwalk /2013 Empire, The Wire and The Killing. Jordan Turner (Halle Berry) is a 911 operator who has been through a terrible ordeal with a call that goes disastrously wrong. Re-evaluating her life and work, she receives another call from a young girl has been kidnapped and stashed in the back of a car… by the same killer. A cat-and-mouse game begins but with the highest possible stakes: a young girl’s life and the nailing of a monster. The Call is a high-tension thriller with very high-class credentials.

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With the help of Turbo's tricked-out streetwise snail crew, this ultimate underdog puts his heart and shell on the line to prove that no dream is too big, and no dreamer too small.

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Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman) is meeting up with friends for Thanksgiving. When his six-yearold daughter and her friend go missing while they celebrate, the resulting search unearths only a motor-home owned by a man with mental problems. Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) arrests the man but, finding nothing in the motor-home to connect him with the little girls, is forced to release him. In despair, Keller takes the law into his own hands but just how far is he willing to go? Prisoners is an intelligent hightension thriller with some great performances.

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Triggering our age of high-stakes secrecy, 15 COMING SOON CERT explosive news leaks and the trafficking of classified information, WikiLeaks forever changed UK RELEASE DATE: the game. Now, in a dramatic 11 /10/2013 thriller based on real events, “The Fifth Estate” reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s COMING SOON most fiercely debated organization.

STARRING: The story begins as WikiLeaks TOM HANKS, founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague CATHERINE Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel KEENER Brühl) team up to become DIRECTOR: PAUL underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a GREENGRASS shoestring, they create a platform GENRE: that allows whistleblowers to ACTION, DRAMA, anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark THRILLER recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news UK RELE ASE than the world’s most legendary 1 8/10/20DATE: media organizations combined.

13 But when Assange and Berg 12A gain access to the biggest trove of CERT confidential intelligence Captain Phillips is director Paul documents in U.S. history, they Greengrass's multi-layered examination of the battle each other and a defining 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama question of our time: what are the by a crew of Somali pirates. costs of keeping secrets in a free It is – through Greengrass's distinctive lens – society—and what are the costs simultaneously a pulse-pounding thriller and a complex of exposing them?" portrait of the myriad effects of globalization. The film A dramatic thriller based on focuses on the relationship between the Alabama's real events, “The Fifth Estate” commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks), and his Somali counterpart, Muse (Barkhad reveals the quest to expose the Abdi). deceptions and corruptions of Set on an incontrovertible collision course off the coast power that turned an Internet of Somalia, both men will find themselves paying the upstart into the 21st century’s human toll for economic forces outside of their control. most fiercely debated organization

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STARRING: GEORGE CLOONEY, SANDRA BULLOCK DIRECTOR: ALFONSO CUARON GENRE: SCI-FI, THRILLER Academy Award winners Sandra and George Clooney star in “Gravity,” a heartpounding thriller that pulls you into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space.

Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone—tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness.

The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth…and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left.

But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space

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Jaguar to debut state-of-the-art C-X75 prototype

Hybrid DEBUT: Jaguars’ C-X75 will be showcased in Birmingham next month

The Jaguar C-X75, the prototype state-of-art hybrid supercar, will make its Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show debut, as the centrepiece of the Jaguar Classic Parts stand.

Held at Birmingham’s NEC from 15th to 17th November, the stand, in collaboration with Jaguar Heritage, will boast an impressive selection of classic and modern Jaguars.

Jaguar unveiled the C-X75 concept, which has been provided

by Jaguar Cars, in 2010 and has marked the beginning of a new

chapter in innovation and technological advancement. The C-X75 can achieve 100mph from standstill in less than six seconds and can continue on to a top speed of 220mph.

Considering these impressive performance statistics, the C-X75 is capable of producing less than 89g of CO2/pkm and will even run with zero emissions for up to 60km. Jaguar Classic Parts welcome visitors to come to their stand in Hall 20 to see this “ground-braking” hybrid vehicle.

This year’s stand also includes some historical vehicles from the Jaguar Heritage collection. The cars on display will include: XK120, EType, XJ40, XJS, X300, XKR and XFR Rocketsports, all outstanding Jaguars from different eras.

A further

supercar

highlight to this years’ stand in Hall 20 will be a wide range of genuine parts available on display. Jaguar Classic Parts are clearly stating that its commitment to the preservation of classic Jaguar cars has never been stronger.

Jaguar Classic Parts will be providing a limited number of vouchers enabling Jaguar owners to receive a discount on their next order. Jaguar Classic Parts technical advisers will be on hand to answer parts queries and give expert advice.

The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, held at Birmingham’s NEC from 15th to 17th November, is the UK’s biggest classic motoring celebration. Spanning eleven halls, visitors can enjoy an estimated 1,500 cars and 350 motorcycles on display, ranging from the rare and exciting to prewar and retro classics, the sublime to the ridiculous, and many more.

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TURBO

Life may be moving at a snail’s pace, but Chevrolet’s latest movie partner – Turbo, certainly isn’t.

The American brand has teamed up with DreamWorks Animation to celebrate the UK launch of Turbo, the tale of an unassuming little snail who wants to go faster.

In the movie, Turbo gets sucked into the supercharger of a Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 drag racer, fusing his DNA with nitrous oxide. The next day, he wakes up vested with the power of incredible speed and accuracy, as well as some of the characteristics of an actual car, such as eyes that light up like headlights, and a shell that blinks red like taillights and makes car sounds and music from a radio.

To celebrate the launch of the film, Chevrolet is participating in a series of pre-screenings of the new animation at cinemas across the country during the first two weekends of October, taking place in Cambridge, Livingston, Oxford, Poole, Portsmouth, Stockton and Wolverhampton. The events will be used by Chevrolet dealers as a customer relationship incentive.

"Turbo is one of the most anticipated films of the year, and we couldn't be more excited about this collaboration," said Tim Mahoney, Chief Marketing Officer, Chevrolet.

"Millions of future drivers will be inspired by Turbo to realise their dreams both big and small."

DreamWorks Animation's Chief

Marketing Officer Anne Globe said: "In a film about a slow snail who dreams of being fast, who better than Chevrolet to give our hero his first taste of high-speed driving on the open road? Our relationship with Chevrolet is a natural fit that adds a layer of authenticity to this wild ride of a story."

Turbo’s first appearance in Europe occurred in September, where he shared space with a Camaro and a Corvette on the Chevrolet stand at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

The film itself opens to the public on October 18th in movie theatres across the UK, and will be supported by an on-screen Chevrolet cinema advertising campaign. For more information about the film, visit www.turbomovie.co.uk, or to find out more about the Chevrolet UK model range, including the all-new Trax small SUV and other familyfriendly models such as the Orlando and Captiva, go to www.chevrolet.co.uk Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet is the world's fourth largest car brand with annual sales of almost 5 million cars and trucks in more than 140 countries.

Chevrolet provides customers with vehicles that feature spirited performance, expressive design, high quality and Chevrolet MyLink intelligent connectivity.

The UK Chevrolet line-up

includes the Spark, Aveo, Cruze Saloon, Hatchback and Station Wagon, Orlando, Captiva, the legendary Camaro and Corvette

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sports cars and the extended-range Volt electric car. In 2013, Chevrolet is launching the all-new Trax small SUV and the all-new Corvette

Stingray. More information on Chevrolet can be found at www.chevrolet.co.uk or media.chevrolet.co.uk.

Bi-turbo power unleashed anMneroucencedessS

One of the worlds most sophisticated cars has been handed over to the engineers at AMG in Affalterbach to create the new, 585 hp, S 63 AMG – set to arrive in the UK in November priced from £119,565.

The most powerful highperformance saloon in the luxury segment aims to set new standards in driving dynamics, performance, refinement and technology.

The hand built AMG 5.5-litre V8 biturbo engine is twinned with an AMG Speedshift MCT seven-speed sports transmission. It boasts an output of 585 horsepower and 900 Nm of torque and can accelerate from rest to 62 mph in just 4.4 seconds with a top speed electronically limited to 155 mph.

Equipped with 19” AMG 10-spoke alloy wheels, the S63 AMG uses high-performance composite brakes fitted as standard along with unique AMG sports suspension based on the all-new ‘Magic Body Control’.

Backing up the performance is the AMG sports exhaust system, providing a suitably thunderous

soundtrack. The body styling including all-new front and rear bumpers, aiding cooling and adding greater visual drama are joined by AMG specific side sill panels with silver chrome inserts.

Innovative technology is a prerequisite with the launch of every new S-Class and the S 63 AMG is no different.

There’s an impressive lineup of standard equipment too worth around £8,400. It includes the Driving Assistance Package, Front Seat Comfort Package, Panoramic sunroof, Keyless Go Package, the mighty Burmester Surround Sound System with Six-Disc changer, Tyre Pressure Monitoring System and Ambient Lighting.

As with every AMG, there are options for customers to personalise their car further via the AMG Performance Studio.

The Drivers Package (£2,760) de-restricts the top speed to 186 mph and secures the customer a place on an

AMG ‘Power and Passion’ event so they can learn how to handle their car on the racetrack. Carbon Fibre can also further enhance the look of the car with the addition of the AMG

Exterior Carbon Package (£5,000) while the AMG high-performance ceramic composite brake system can be added for £7,090.

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Land Rover to pilot new scheme for 11-17 year-olds Pilot courses are being run at four locations throughout the UK

Land Rover has developed a unique new driving programme for youngsters called ‘Start Off-Road’.

The scheme allows 11-17 year olds to get behind the wheel of a Range Rover Evoque and experience true off-road driving, teaching them skills and techniques that they will go on to utilise throughout their future years both on and off road.

Participants have the chance to experience driving techniques including basics such as steering, braking and reversing, as well as more advanced skills such as climbing and descending hills, crossing ditches and ridges, negotiating ruts, wet grass and mud, and even crossing water.

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Chavenage House – Gloucestershire – Sunday 13th October West London Shooting School – Middlesex – Saturday 2nd November Duncombe Park – North Yorkshire – Sunday 29th September, Sunday 27th October; Sunday 24th November Rockingham Castle – Leicestershire – Sunday 6th October; Sunday 10th November Ragley Hall – Warwickshire – Saturday 19th October; Sunday 17th November course is also unique in offering youngsters the chance to experience the renowned capability of the Range Rover Evoque, lauded for both its off-road and onroad ability.

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“MG is a terrific brand and fits perfectly with our family business.

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It’s great to see the MG name back with us.”

Warners’ Gloucester site also sells Peugeot cars and the group has two further dealerships in Cheltenham and Tewkesbury.

Mike Warner, Chairman of the Warners group, said he had happy memories of MG but was even more impressed with the future of the brand.

He said: “This is a great time to be involved again with the MG brand. The MG3 is a thoroughly impressive car at an eyecatching price which we know has already created a huge amount of interest.

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We have every confidence in the brand.”

New MG Dealership announced Warners MG will be run by the Warners Motor Group, one of the best-known independent motor dealers in Gloucestershire. The group has an automotive history stretching back 90 years.

The new four-car showroom faces the busy A38 Eastern Avenue, Gloucester’s ring road, and is one of the most prominent sites in the city. It will open for business in October. Four new jobs are expected to be created at the new dealership which has an eight-bay workshop and will offer full MG parts and services alongside car sales.

Chris Smart, Warners’ Director and Dealer Principal, said: “We’re really excited about becoming an MG dealer and looking forward to having the

hand to take participants through every scenario.

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David Saunders, General Manager Land Rover Experience, commented: “The Land Rover Start Off-Road programme is designed to offer youngsters something unique that they wouldn’t usually be able to experience.

Not only is it a fun day out, it also teaches an invaluable skill set to youngsters before they can even obtain a license.

It helps instill confidence in them, gives them a head start and should help make for proficient driving in the future.”

For further details visit http://startoff-road.com/

£80 million to remove bottlenecks

Communities up and down the country are set to benefit from government funding which will tackle pinch points that clog up traffic flow on local roads.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced £80 million of further funding to remove these bottlenecks, building on the £190 million already allocated earlier this year to similar local congestionbusting schemes throughout England.

Of that £80 million, £25 million in government funding has been awarded to 15 schemes to help tackle bottlenecks on the local road network.

The Secretary of State also announced he was inviting local councils to submit bids by the end of October for a share of the remaining £55 million being made available.

Many of the improvements are expected to be delivered in 2014 and 2015.

This weeks’ announcement

brings the total number of schemes to receive investment from the government’s Local Pinch Point Fund to 87. Since March this year the government has provided over £215 million to local authorities, which has enabled local transport improvements of over £340 million to go ahead.

The fund reflects the government’s commitment to supporting economic growth by tackling barriers on the local highway network that may be restricting the movement of goods and people. The fund is aimed at those schemes that can be delivered quickly with immediate impact.

The fund is available to local highway and transport authorities in England, including Transport for London. Bids will need to be received in the department by 31 October 2013.

Bids can either be new schemes or for authorities to resubmit their previous bids to the department following feedback.

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HISTORY: Manningham Mills Cricket Club was founded 148 years ago

STARS: Adil Rashid and Gemaal Hussain played at the club

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DEMONSTRATION: Dozens flock to cricket club to show their support

By Ashley Grint ashley@asianexpress.co.uk

A Bradford cricket club, which has seen the likes of Adil Rashid and Gemaal Hussain pass through the doors, was controversially exiled from their local league earlier this month.

The decision to remove Manningham Mills Cricket Club from the JCT600 Bradford League was met by anger and frustration by the local community who staged a protest last week at the home of the club.

With a proud 148 year history, the Mills have become synonymous with success over the years, nurturing young talent as well as competing in one of the top amateur leagues in the country.

However, the decision was made earlier this month to remove the side from the competition following a season long dispute over unpaid fines and ground improvements.

A secret ballot was staged by the league officials whereby all 24 teams from the local league voted for or against the exile of their peers with 17 votes going for the decision and seven against.

Manningham Mills were subsequently removed from the contest yet the decision has been labeled a rash one by many stakeholders in the club.

Mahboob Hussain is a former Mills player, representing the side between 1997 and 2007.

He was a leading body in orchestrating the protest at the Bradford-based club and was shocked to hear of the decision.

He said: “If you look at the history of this club it is 148 years old. Over the years it’s had players go on to play for England but more In terms of capturing the local talent it is a haven and for this to be shut down would be a catastrophe.

Mass protest at decision to throw Mills out of league

Save our club!

“I think the club would be first to put their hands up and say there has been some administration errors and fines in the past which might have been outstanding but the reasons for dismissal also includes things like the surroundings of the ground.

“These facilities are six years old and were built with £1.5million, endorsed by Sport England. The infrastructure really is fantastic.

The scoreboard is brand new, and the nets are only four years old.

He added: “If nothing else let’s hope this demonstration today makes people realise what the community might lose.”

The club currently caters for players aged from nine-years-old and has five junior sides as

well as a first team.

Current first team captain, Masood Ahmed, and fellow player Zarak Khan, both explained their worry for the younger generation who may be more affected by the decision than even the first team players.

“We might have the ability to simply move club because we are in a fortunate enough position to have that option yet for the kids and some of the upcoming talent they won’t be that lucky,” they explained.

Rob Hoveman, aide to Bradford West MP George Galloway, said the Respect party were also upset at the decision and would support the club in their appeal.

“We believe the penalty of kicking

Manningham Mills out of the league was entirely disproportionate to the actual offence,” Mr Hoveman explained.

“There was clearly a breakdown of communication and one side seems to have taken a very hard view. To our minds kicking the club out like this is remarkable, and is a very rash decision indeed.

“The league does not appear to be providing a very good reason as to why they have removed the club and so we want to see them back down and reconsider the decision.

Hopefully they will see that they have the right stuff from the club now and Manningham Mills can be reinstated.”

The League’s management board has issued the following statement: “As a consequence of a number of serious issues which have arisen during the 2013 season, involving Manningham Mills Cricket Club’s breach of the Bradford Cricket League’s rules and standards, including non-payment of dues to the league, the remaining 25 constituent clubs, affiliated to the League, were asked to consider Manningham Mills’ future membership.

“At an Extraordinary General Meeting on 19th September 2013, a representative from each of the constituent clubs was requested to vote on a resolution as to whether Manningham Mills should remain members of the league.

“Having regard to all the facts, including representation from Manningham Mills, the result confirmed by 17 to seven with one abstention that Manningham Mills Cricket Club’s membership of the League should be discontinued, with immediate effect.

“The ballot was limited to member clubs only, the management board did not participate or offer any recommendation as to how the clubs should vote.”

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Nail biting finale sees Keighley clinch cup

Winter World Cup 2022

Organisers of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have said they are willing to stage the tournament in the winter to avoid footballers playing in the country's scorching summer months.

The debate, which has been ongoing since the Asian country was awarded the World Cup in December 2010, has sparked controversy with stakeholders in many national leagues.

Ahead of a two-day meeting of football's world governing body, FIFA, to discuss switching the tournament from its traditional slot, officials said they would not object to the move.

However, they insisted they could still run games in the summer, when temperatures exceed 40C, by fitting stadiums with cooling systems powered by renewable energy.

“If the international football community reaches a consensus to move the event to an alternate date, we are able to accommodate that change,” a spokesman for the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee said.

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By Ashley Grint ashley@asianexpress.co.uk

Keighley RZM Cricket Club continue to dominate Sunday league cricket after clinching their third league cup title last month.

The West Yorkshire outfit claimed the Solly Sports Cup with a one wicket victory over rivals Lahore at Saltaire Cricket Club, to seal another highly decorated season.

The actual game was an epic contest between two of the region’s top sides and could have gone either way going into the final over.

Lahore initially won the toss and elected to bat, yet got off to a poor start, losing their first two wickets for just 18 in the eighth over.

The pairing of Zafar Jadoon and Zahid Khaliq then stepped up to the crease and managed to steady the situation, taking the side to 61 before a disastrous spell saw Lahore lose three wickets for just eight runs, leaving the side on 69 for five.

Up stepped Tariq Mehboob and Kamran Hussain, in another attempt to settle the side and both handled the pressure well to move the score to 128 before Tariq Mehboob dragged the ball onto his stumps.

Keighley continued to change their bowling attack with a combination of spin and fast until they brought on the medium pace

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Keighley are the only team to have accomplished the triple twice in the history of the competition and are now on course for repeating the feat for an unprecedented third time. of Yasar who polished of the tail and took the last four wickets for just 17 runs in four overs.

Lahore were all out for 153, which was below par for the wicket, and Keighley felt confident during tea.

As the sides reappeared it only took seven overs before Thashe Gomue was bowled for two runs and a further quick three wicket haul resulted in the favourites falling to 52 for four in the 22nd over needing another 102 runs in the last 23 overs to win.

Yasar Ali and Gulsheraz Ahmed grafted away and moved the score to 108 before losing Yasar Ali (45) who was superbly caught out by Abdur Rahman in mid wicket.

Ahmed fought back with two boundaries in the 43rd over to release the pressure but then lost Zeeshan Qasim on 140. Keighley had three wickets and needed just another 14 runs in the last 3 overs.

Going into the final over Lahore

needed to take two wickets whilst Keighley required three runs with four balls to go.

Wasim Qasim was bowled before Nasar Jamal stepped up to the crease.

As the bowler, Zahid, looked to quickly bowl down the leg in an attempt for a stumping, the keeper amazingly missed the ball allowing it to run down to long leg.

It was a gift for the league champions as they strolled in the three runs required for victory and cue the pitch invasion.

Keighley have now claimed six Quaid e Azam Sunday Cricket League (QEASCL) Premier division titles, five eight-a-side cup competitions and three league cups.

They are the only outfit to have accomplished the triple twice in the history of the competition and are now on course for repeating the feat for an unprecedented third time.

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Dramatic departure Omar Khan cuts loose from his commitment to Bradford Bulls

GOODBYE: Omar Khan has faced a turbulent financial year as boss of Bradford Bulls

By Anush Ansari anush@asianexpress.co.uk

In a dramatic and unexpected announcement, the Asian businessman who had pledged to change the future of Bradford Bulls, said that he was quitting.

Though it is widely known that restauranter Omar Khan had faced a difficult and turbulent year in charge of the club and was struggling to keep up his commitments, he maintains in his statement that he’s departing on the grounds of ill health.

Khan had just recently released some funds from one of his properties to pay for the upkeep of the club. But is seems that the financial meltdown has just been too much for Khan to

take any further.

Now, the new boss, Mark Moore who owns a Bradfordbased online bed and mattress company has taken a vow to turn around the fortunes of the Super League club and has said that he aims to do this by running things with his head, not his heart.

The news that Khan has severed ties with the club came twinned with the news that former Sports Minister and Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe stepping down as cochairman as will the club’s director Vipin Joshi.

Mr Moore and the club’s general manager, Ryan Whitcut, are now poised to take joint ownership of the Bulls, subject to approval from the Rugby Football League.

They have struck a deal with Mr Khan, who along with Mr Sutcliffe took control of the club just over 12 months ago.

Mr Moore has not disclosed any financial details of the sale due to a confidentiality agreement that was in place with Mr Khan.

In Khan’s statement he said: “My objective, together with Gerry Sutcliffe MP, to move the club from the threat of extinction has been achieved and I have spent every single day for the past year at the club in order to reinvigorate it and bring it back to life.

“A lot of hard work and investment has gone into Bulls and now it’s time to ensure the longevity of the club, which is part of Bradford’s Heritage.”

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