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BAILED: Headteacher and founder of the school, Sajid Hussain Raza, has been bailed pending further police inquiries

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FOLLOWING HEADTEACHER’S ARREST SCHOOL CRITICISED FOR MISLEADING PARENTS

By Anush Ansari

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In the latest of the ‘Kings Science Academy’ saga, the Chairman of the Governors has been criticised for informing parents that its principal, who was arrested last week on fraud allegations, had been ‘exonerated’.

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undermined the integrity of the UK's financial system.

Amrit Karra, 45, and Prem Karra, 43, both from Walsall and Two brothers, who used their their brothers-in-law Rajiv printing firm's Christmas and Kumar, 40, of West Bromwich; New Year break to churn out and Yash Mahey, 44, of £1.2 million worth of fake Handsworth, Birmingham, were banknotes, have both been jailed all convicted of conspiracy to for seven years. produce counterfeit notes Businessmen Amrit and Prem following a five-week trial which Karra used specialist paper, inks ended in December. and foil to run off the nearJudge Bond told the men, who perfect forgeries of £10 notes at are all married with children: their print-works in Hockley, “People who commit offences of Birmingham. this type must realise that those They worked through the who counterfeit currency must night to print the notes with a expect long sentences of face value of at least £1.27 imprisonment. million.

“In this case the amount of Birmingham Crown Court was money produced and told the brothers acted as disseminated into general ‘masterminds and architects’ of circulation was enormous. the highly-sophisticated “Production of counterfeit counterfeiting operation. notes undermines the whole Sentencing the brothers, and economy of the country... two other men who also took essentially it undermines the part in the scam, Judge Richard whole integrity of the currency Bond said such offences system.

“It is so serious that only lengthy custodial sentences can be justified.”

Jailing both Mahey and Kumar for four-and-a-half years, and barring the Karra brothers from acting as company directors, Judge Bond said the offences were motivated by greed.

He told the defendants: “All four of you knew what would happen to the notes.

“You knew that if you were caught it would affect your wives and your children and other members of your immediate family.

“Knowing, as you did, the consequences of being caught, you ignored your families. The risks taken in this case were high and you must personally take the blame.”

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Brothers jailed for seven years after using their printing firm to produce counterfeit notes

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FOLLOWING HEADTEACHER’S ARREST SCHOOL CRITICISED FOR MISLEADING PARENTS Cover story continued Sajid Hussain Raza, headteacher and founder of the flagship free school at Lidget Green, had actually been ‘bailed pending further inquiries’, rather than being ‘released without charge’ after being arrested on Thursday 9th January.

The phrase ‘released without charge’ is used if police release a suspect when no further action will take place. A police spokesman confirmed that Mr Raza had been bailed pending further inquiries, rather than being released without charge.

The police had originally launched their inquiry into the school after the Department for Education (DfE) found last year that the school submitted fabricated invoices to claim thousands of pounds of public money.

An investigation by the Education Funding Agency (EFA) found ‘serious failings’ in

the financial management of the school.

Kings Science Academy was one of the first free schools to open in September 2011 and was praised by Mr Cameron on his visit in March 2012.

Education Secretary Michael Gove has now confirmed that Kings Science Academy was without a chairman of governors for over a year after its opening.

Now, the patron and benefactor of the school, Tory vice chairman Alan Lewis, 75, who was himself arrested last year over an historic rape allegation but later cleared of all charges, has come under fire.

Bradford Member of Parliament David Ward told MPs that Mr Lewis had amended an audit report into the school by a company he recommended.

During education questions in the Commons, he asked Michael Gove for clarity over a comment made by a spokesperson for Alan Lewis who said that at no time did Mr Lewis have responsibility for

financial management or governance at Kings Science Academy.

Mr Ward said: “If, as I have been told, the report by the auditors recommended to the school by Mr Lewis was presented directly to him and amended by him as a result of his comments, would you agree that this provides evidence of both financial management and governance within the school?”

Mr Gove replied: “Mr Lewis was responsible for commissioning a report, which you quite rightly draw attention to, which played a part in helping to ensure that Kings Science Academy moved from a difficult position to a better one, but I must stress that I don’t want to say anything that might prejudice an ongoing police report.”

Mr Ward, wants the DfE to be more transparent over the ongoing matters involving the school and wants the statement on Kings Science Academy’s website to be corrected.

Natural Beauty photography

Entries which just missed out on being included in a fantastic wildlife photography exhibition set to be launched at Leeds City Museum next month could be given a lifeline by the public vote.

Over 1,000 entries were submitted to the ‘Natural Beauty’ wildlife photography competition, which was divided into seven categories: Beautiful Yorkshire, Leeds Wildlife, Wild Yorkshire,

Animal Behaviour, British Wildlife, World Wildlife and Beautiful Botany.

The competition gave keen photographers of all ages and abilities the chance to showcase their work to a panel of expert judges, which included professional photographer Sara Porter and the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Thomas Murray.

After much consideration, just over 100 of the entries have been

chosen to feature in the new 'Natural Beauty 2' exhibition and be considered for the top prize in each of the categories.

The winners in both the 15 years and under and 16 years and over age ranges will be revealed when the exhibition opens early next month.

To find out more about Natural Beauty visit the webpage at www.leeds.gov.uk/naturalbeauty

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UK food prices among the highest in Europe Global food index compares 125 countries to reveal the best and worst places to eat healthily

By Anush Ansari anush@asianexpress.co.uk

People in the UK are facing among the highest and most volatile food prices in Western Europe, according to a new global food database released this week.

The ‘Good Enough to Eat’ index is the first of its kind, comparing data from 125 countries to create a global snapshot of the different challenges people face in getting the food they need to eat.

The index, compiled by Oxfam, comes at a time when one in eight people in the world go hungry despite there being enough to feed everyone, and highlights how distribution and prices are important factors. It brings together data on whether people have enough to eat, can afford to eat, the quality of food and the health outcomes of people’s diet.

Overall The Netherlands, followed by France and Switzerland in joint second, are the best places for people to eat in the index, while Chad is the worst closely followed by both Angola and Ethiopia.

Hairy Biker chef Dave Myers has just returned from Cambodia, which is positioned 89th overall, to see Oxfam’s projects to help boost food security.

He said: “It’s terrible to think that so many people go hungry in a world that produces more than enough. I have seen how bringing simple solutions to Cambodia to help farmers double rice production and make more from what they grow. All of this can change lives for good but a concerted global effort is needed if we are to end the shame of hunger which is clearly affecting people everywhere - even in the UK.” The UK is among the worst performers in Western Europe on whether citizens can afford to eat, sharing 20th position with Cyprus, and with only Austrians and Icelanders fairing worse.

At a time of austerity and with more than half a million people using food banks, the index reveals how people in the UK face higher prices for food compared to other goods than almost everyone in Western Europe. Only Austrians and Italians face the same level of pressure while Cypriots have to pay more. The UK also ranked in the bottom half of all OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries on food price volatility.

This record on food prices means that the UK’s combined score puts it in 13th position. Instead, The Netherlands, France

and Switzerland are joined in the top 10 per cent by Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Australia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Italy and Ireland. All enjoy top marks for their lack of malnutrition and under-nourishment and for access to safe water, while other measures, including obesity, have lowered their final results.

At the bottom of the table, one in three children are underweight in Chad, where food is relatively more expensive than anywhere else, apart from Guinea and Gambia. Chad shares fourth worst position on the quality of food consumed.

Oxfam’s Chief Executive Mark

Goldring said: “This index lays bare some of the challenges that people face in getting the food they need regardless of where they come from. It reveals how the world is failing to ensure that everyone is able to eat healthily, despite there being enough to go around.

“The UK’s failure to make the top table is a shocking indictment for the world’s sixth richest country. With a record number of people turning to food banks, the government must carry out an urgent inquiry into how welfare changes and cuts are exacerbating food poverty and deepening inequality.”

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A Leeds employer, who was forced to sack a ‘racist’ staff member last month after a string of incidents, has spoken about the need to stamp out racism in all aspects of life.

Barry Hirst, owner of a gadget repair shop in the city centre, has been working in Leeds for more than 30 years and has had to face a number of racist incidents throughout his working life.

As a Jew, the 52-year-old explained that he has not only witnessed racist behaviour towards some of his ethnic employees in the past but also directly towards himself and now hopes the public can get together to eradicate such behaviour.

“I think any type of racial discrimination, no matter what it is, should not be accepted within the workplace,” he said.

“I find, because I am Jewish, that any type of racial discrimination hurts me and therefore feel that it will have the same effect on all other ethnic communities as well.

“We have a responsibility not to accept this attitude especially in the workplace. It is something I have a zero tolerance approach to and believe others do too.”

Most recently, Mr Hirst had to terminate the contract of one of his employees after he was

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found to have used derogatory language towards some of the Asian staff whom worked in one of the gadget stores.

Alongside a couple of incidents, not relating to racism, the unnamed employee was sacked yet what followed was a further tirade of abuse, including a death threat towards one of the other members of staff.

Mr Hirst explained: “It started off in casual conversations where this former member of staff was being abusive about Asian members of staff, saying ‘P**i’ in conversations, and things like ‘it would be better to get rid of all Asian members of staff’.

“He had a warning and I told him he cannot discriminate and use that word again… then he went quiet for some time.

“A little while later I then get a couple of text messages which mentioned that word again which concerned me. For that reason, as well as some incidents within the shop as well…I told him I was going to terminate his contract because he was not suitable.”

After the member of staff was released from his position, he then sent a shocking voicemail message to one of his former Asian colleagues, accusing the staff member for getting him fired.

The message included the statement: ‘When I get my hands on you I will pull your head off you P**i c**t, s**t down your

neck and stab you up.’

Despite reporting it to the police as soon as he heard about the incident, Mr Hirst feels that the response to the matter has been too slow adding that this ‘serious crime’ should have been investigated immediately.

“If a police officer, or a member of their family, was threatened in any way or form, whether that is stabbing or punching, I’m sure police would react within minutes or hours,” he said.

“Yet here, someone from an ethnic background has been threatened to be stabbed, as well as being racially discriminated, yet it has taken them a month to get their act together.

“How can they say that they are prioritising tackling racism in the community when something like this has taken place?

“I feel quite strongly that any type of racial behaviour or threat to someone’s life should be immediately stopped in its tracks.”

The Asian Express followed up the enquiry with West Yorkshire Police who offered reassurance that the matter was still under investigation and was being taken extremely seriously.

Adding: “All crimes of this nature are taken very seriously and anybody who has information regarding hate crimes is urged to call PC Sedha on 101.”

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SERIOUS: Leeds business owner, Barry Hirst, has spoken out about the need to tackle hate crimes quickly and effectively to eradicate racism from society

Zero Tolerance Leeds businessman approaches Asian Express to discuss tackling racism in the workplace

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A report detailing the opportunities and challenges if Leeds were to submit a 2023 European Capital of Culture bid is set to be discussed by senior councillors next Wednesday 22nd January.

This debate follows a meeting held at Leeds Town Hall earlier this month, attended by nearly 300 people, which began a conversation on whether there is an appetite for the city to puts itself forward for

the prestigious prize.

Members of Leeds City Council’s Executive Board, in considering the report, will offer their thoughts around a number of key areas, and be asked to provide their support to continued city-wide discussions over the next 912 months. If approved by the Executive Board, a second paper will then be brought back to a future meeting in early 2015 detailing the results of those discussions.

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Senior councillors in Leeds are set to give the green light to a £2.8million scheme tackling congestion at one of the city’s busiest roundabouts.

New traffic signals will be introduced this summer at Horsforth roundabout, which is currently the focus of severe congestion, especially during peak periods.

This congestion is due to high volumes of traffic approaching from both the A65 and the Outer Ring Road, which converge at the roundabout.

Leeds City Council’s highways and transportation team has developed a scheme to ease congestion which would see the introduction of new traffic signals managing traffic flow through the junction avoiding blockages from stationary traffic on the roundabout.

Initial works will involve some advanced diversion of underground services before the main highway works commence later this year – the main works are expected to take eight months to complete.

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A large banner has been unveiled down the side of a Yorkshire dam to reveal the name of the first-ever arts festival to run alongside the world’s biggest annual sporting event, the Tour de France.

Yorkshire Water has today unveiled a banner in the heart of Brontë country as the countdown begins to one of the biggest and best arts festivals the county has ever seen – Yorkshire Festival 2014.

Yorkshire Festival 2014 will

showcase the region’s finest creative talents on a national and international stage in the run up to Yorkshire’s Grand Départ 2014 – the opening two stages of this year’s Tour de France cycle race.

To announce its involvement, Yorkshire Water took the wraps off a large banner bearing the official name Yorkshire Festival 2014 at its Lower Laithe Reservoir near Haworth – one of eight locations which will host an exciting piece of land art for the duration of the festival.

HERO: 15-year-old Aitzaz Hasan intercepted a suicide bomber outside his school saving the lives of some 2,000 children

Aitzaz Hasan: Pakistan’s braveheart 15-year-old who intercepted a suicide bomber outside his school is recommended for award

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What people think...

“Aitzaz Hasan - the fifteen-year-old martyr, showed his nation and the rest of us that heroes are not only the super powered, capewearing, billionaire-type but are also the innocent and loving third world country kind.

In my opinion, the nature of Aitzaz’s departure from this world is one of the decade’s most saddening affairs, yet at the same time it creates a sense of awe and inspires us to an extent where our spine tingles and our heart warms.

We live in an era where our way of life as Muslims and Pakistanis is looked down upon on a daily basis. However thanks to the gallant actions of this young man, the world can change its perception of Muslims, like myself, as this is how we are meant to be, to put others first and strive to make the world a better place.

I strongly believe that this young man should be honoured around the world and be brought into the public eye of every nation, so that others are aware of his actions which will no doubt result in others gaining the courage to stand up to all those whom oppress the innocent.”

Mani Waheed, MD Squarefoot Apartments

“Another innocent young brave soul sacrifices the ultimate gift of life to safeguard "others" that was the foundations of creation for both Pakistan and India But what happened to our (Pakistanis) dreams and aspirations?

Why is it that we the masses continue to suffer and still have to bear sacrifices whilst our elites lap in the glories of luxury gained through corruption and misdeeds?

I believe we are part of the problem as we continue to elect and support these blood thirsty hounds (Pakistani politicians).

When, and if, we gain our self-respect to hold those in power to account maybe young lives may not have to be lost so tragically, they may live happy and fulfilling lives to the good of humanity globally...”

Amjad Pervez, CEO Seafresh

Tributes continue to pour in for the Pakistani teenager who is being hailed a ‘hero’ and ‘braveheart’ after he was killed when tackling a suicide bomber targeting his school.

15-year-old Aitzaz Hasan, was with friends outside his school in the Ibrahimzai area of Hangu district, when they spotted a man wearing a suicide vest. There were almost 2,000 students in attendance at the time of the attack.

Despite the pleas of his fellow students, he decided to confront and capture the bomber who then detonated his vest.

There have even been calls for him to receive the highest award for his courage.

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has recommended a bravery award – the Sitara-e-Shujjat, which can only be awarded once Pakistan's president has approved it.

“Shaheed Aitizaz's brave act saved the lives of hundreds of students and established a sterling example of gallantry

and patriotism,” a statement from the prime minister's office said.

The Minister for Information in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Province, Shah Farman, said on Thursday that Aitzaz was a “real hero and true face of the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa”.

Local authorities have also said they will offer compensation for Aitzaz's family.

His family insist that rather than focus on the sorrow brought about by his death, they want to focus on their pride in his actions.

On Twitter, users have been paying tribute to Aitzaz using the hashtags #onemillionaitzaz and #AitzazBraveheart echoing the language used online around figures such as Pakistani education campaigner Malala Yousafzai and the Delhi rape victim, whose death galvanised Indian public opinion and prompted changes in rape laws there.

Hangu is close to Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal regions, which have a strong Taliban and al-Qaeda presence and the area is also known for sectarian violence against Shia Muslims.

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EXAMINATION: Dr Sulleman Moreea with specialist nurse Karl Ward and patient Joyce Varley who suffers from an auto-immune disease which attacks the body's bile ducts

‘Wake-up call’ for Bradford hospital

carrying a risk of discomfort and a smaller risk of internal bleeding.

“However, the Fibroscan is a completely painless and noninvasive procedure which can be completed in 15 minutes in our outpatient department.”

There are currently three Fibroscan machines in operation in West Yorkshire in total yet Bradford has become the first in the region to use it to measure fat

By Ashley Grint content in the liver. ashley@asianexpress.co.uk “Diagnosing liver disease and damage as early as possible is A liver machine, unveiled last machines will allow for the paramount in giving patients the week at Bradford Royal elimination of liver biopsies best chances of recovery,” added Infirmary, has been described as a altogether within five to ten years. Dr Moreea. “Patients can ‘wake-up call’, allowing patients at Bradford Teaching Hospitals the ability to avoid invasive and potentially painful liver biopsies.

The new £85,000 Fibroscan liver machine will use the latest technology to examine patients’ organs without the need to undergo surgery of any sort.

The machine works by placing a probe on the patient’s skin which provides immediate, noninvasive information on the state and condition of the liver.

By using this method, patients can get a quicker diagnosis and avoid having to undergo an He said: “Fibroscan represents instantly see pictures of the liver invasive liver biopsy, which has the latest in cutting edge and the figures generated by the been the standard way of technology and is good news for machine. This can be the incentive assessing liver tissue up to now. our liver patients and for those they need to change their Consultant hepatologist, Dr people who we suspect might lifestyles to improve their liver Sulleman Moreea, a committee have liver disease. health. member of the liver section of the “Up to now we have used liver “While all other causes of British Society of biopsies to determine the nature death are falling, the number of Gastroenterologists, estimates and extent of liver disease. people dying from liver disease is that 20 per cent of Bradford “A biopsy is time consuming as rising.” patients should no longer need a patients have to spend the day in Liver disease is the fifth biggest biopsy. hospital having blood tests, and it cause of death in England and He welcomed the equipment needs to be carried out by an Wales after heart disease, cancer, for its quick and pain free expert radiologist after the skin is stroke and respiratory disease. technology and hopes that the injected with local anesthetic,

New liver machine could see biopsies eradicated within ten years

“Fibroscan represents the latest in cutting edge technology and is good news for our liver patients and for those people who we suspect might have liver disease.”

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Rare works that trace Dante Gabriel Rossetti's obsession with his chief muse Jane Morris are set to be exhibited at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery.

‘Rossetti's Obsession: Images of Jane Morris' will gather together rarely displayed paintings and chalk drawings by the leading PreRaphaelite painter. It will also show photographs of Jane, including a number in which she poses for possible paintings for Rossetti.

The exhibition - being staged on the centenary of Jane's death - will run at the Bradford Council-run gallery from Saturday 15th March until Sunday, 1st June 2014. It will be supported by a series of talks and workshops.

Central to the exhibition are a number of works that form a major strand in Rossetti's mid-to-late painting, regarded by many as being the height of his oeuvre. These include ‘Proserpine' (1882); ‘La Donna della Finestra' (or ‘Lady of the Window', 1870); and ‘La Donna della Fiamma' (or ‘Lady of the Flame' 1870).

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Cycle Superhighway

Work could start very soon on creating the cycle superhighway between Bradford and Leeds as part of a major programme to boost cycling.

It was announced last summer that the Government was giving the go-ahead for the 23km cycle route to improve the environment, road safety, the economy and people’s health.

And now Bradford Council, along with Leeds

Council, Metro, and the Canal & River Trust are looking in detail at how the £29m Cycle City Ambition Grant Programme is to be delivered.

The cycle superhighway stretches between Seacroft in Leeds, through Leeds city centre to Bradford city centre, linking up residential and business areas.

The route leading out of Bradford city centre will include Leeds Road and Leeds Old Road, Dick Lane and Gain Lane.

A glimpse of the dark side

The more sinister underbelly of British folk traditions and folklore will be laid bare this January, in a festival of live music events, author talks and free film screenings all held in Calderdale libraries.

The Wyrd Britannia festival launches on Monday 20th January, with a screening of 1970s classic ‘The Wicker Man’ at Halifax Central Library, in the 2013 restored print, now hailed as one of the greatest British films ever made.

The festival has a wide ranging programme and other visual highlights include rare screenings of a chilling pair of rare BBC Plays for Today - Robin Redbreast and Penda’s Fen, both accompanied by short examinations of the sinister side of rural England.

Music will be coming to the traditionally quiet surroundings of Hebden Bridge and Todmorden libraries too. The ‘falsetto fairytale folksongs and 16th century poems’ of the band Magpahi provide a suitably captivating evening. This will follow author Andy Roberts’ talk ‘Albion Dreaming – a popular history of LSD in Britain’ at Hebden Bridge Library on Wednesday 22nd January.

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A ‘flagship’ free school has officially opened the doors of its new building to pupils as its long awaited launch finally arrived last week.

In front of esteemed guests, including the Lord Mayor of Bradford, Cllr Khadim Hussain, the Rainbow Primary School, in Bradford, cut the ribbon to welcome pupils and students alike into the new premises on Nelson Street.

Hailed as a ‘flagship’ free school by Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove when it opened it September 2011, the school has already achieved great success and will hope to build on that in their new home.

Rainbow was rated ‘Good’ in its first ever Ofsted inspection in 2013, applying to all areas of inspection including the achievement of its pupils, the quality of teaching, the behaviour and safety of the children, and its leadership and management.

The new building, at the site of a former fire station, will be the district’s first three-form entry Free School, offering 75 places at a time when primary school places are needed in

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Rainbow School set to shine as doors officially open Bradford.

Amjad Pervez, local entrepreneur and the Chair of the Rainbow Schools Trust, was delighted to finally see the new building complete and looked forward to a long and prosperous future for the school.

“What a fantastic achievement to bring the idea of the free school to fruition from the hopes and plans such

a short time ago, and in such a wonderful setting,” he said.

“This is a truly great day, when we can see how happy and excited the children are, and how the staff and parents are already delighted with the new building after just a week.

“They have the state-of-theart facilities which will really help them all to flourish and excel.”

The school, which started

life in a Victorian building on Manningham Lane, is now housed in a £4million curved structure reflecting the feeling of a rainbow, and with a prismshaped room at its heart where the children can meet and chat.

The school is open to all pupils, regardless of ethnicity, social background or faith whilst literacy, numeracy and cohesion are high on its curriculum, with no class larger than 25 children.

Rainbow’s day is longer than most other schools, and pupils attend one Saturday every month and a week’s Summer School during the long holiday.

Parent Universities and parent-teacher-child conferences keep families involved in supporting the school and aware of their child’s progress. The School Council meets every two months with its discussions open to the public and parents/guardians.

Currently numbering 170 pupils, Rainbow caters for two reception classes plus Years One to Five, with Year Six coming on stream from September 2014. The move to Nelson Street will allow it to expand to 525 pupils.

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COMMUNICATION: 50 billion instant messages are set to be dispatched

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Instant messaging services on mobile phones will carry more than twice the number of messages sent by text in 2014, according to global predictions by Deloitte.

As 50 billion instant messages are set to be dispatched, 21 billion text messages are expected to be sent - a rapid growth from 2012 when 11 instant messages were sent for every 10 texts, the firm said.

While instant messaging services - such as WhatsApp and Snapchat - may win the battle for volume this year, text messaging will be victorious in revenue terms, according to the predictions in the technology report which will be launched tomorrow.

Text messaging is expected to continue to generate significantly greater revenues until 2018, by which point global text message revenues are expected to have started falling.

Deloitte expects instant messaging services on mobile phones to continue to supersede text messages and all other forms of communication, including email and phone calls.

Despite the burgeoning volumes of messages carried over instant messaging services, text messages are expected to generate more than £60 billion in 2014, equivalent to approximately 50 times the total revenues from all instant messaging services.

Deloitte predicts that the fastest growing part of the smartphone market in developed countries will be among the over-55s.

Nearly half (47 per cent) of this group will own smartphones by 2014, an increase from 40 per cent in May-June 2013.

The first ever text was sent on December 3 1992, when Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old British engineer, used his computer to send the message ‘Merry Christmas’ to an Orbitel 901 mobile phone.

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Huddersfield Town Centre is set to come alive as the cream of UK cycling professionals, amateur riders and young people race through the streets in the first Huddersfield One Community Criterium.

This will be an exciting, high speed, closed circuit cycle race and thousands of people are expected to line the route to watch the event.

The race will take place in the evening of Friday 4th July, the day before Le Tour comes to Yorkshire, and is part of the programme of events in

Kirklees supported by the council which culminates as the Tour de France cyclists race through Huddersfield, Holmfirth and out to Holme Moss on Sunday 6th July.

Cllr Martyn Bolt and cycle shop owner Dave Sowerby are the driving forces behind the move to stage the race in Kirklees, working closely with British Cycling. Other similar events have been held successfully around small circuits in town centres in Otley, York, and other places nationwide and seen by many in a national TV series.

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Electronic shisha issue

MP backs an e-shisha company’s concern that government is over-regulating e-cigs

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but to make e-cigs harder to buy for smokers compared to normal cigarettes is ridiculous.

“Nicotine is a highly addictive substance and e-cigs should only be marketed to current smokers. E-cigs need to be regulated properly the same as cigarettes with age restrictions, advertising bans and protections for consumers on product contents.”

Bradford MP, David Ward MP has backed an electronic shisha company and the save e-cigs campaign over their concerns that the Government plans to over regulate the sale of e-cigarettes, making them harder to buy for current smokers.

The European Commission attempted last year to alter the regulation of e-cigarettes through the Tobacco Products Directive. The Commission wanted to change the classification of e-cigs from a consumer product to a medicine product, meaning that they could only be sold in a pharmacy or super store with a pharmaceutical licence.

However, this came under fire in the European Parliament by many MEP’s like Liberal Democrat Rebecca Taylor MEP who stopped these plans from going ahead.

Whilst some necessary regulation looks likely to go ahead, the European Commission has stated that the regulations on classification of sale will be left to member states.

It now appears the Department of Health and the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency) plan to reclassify e-cigarettes as a medicine and anti-smoking device like nicotine patches rather than as a consumer product like other cigarettes.

This step would reduce the ability of smokers to buy e-cigs compared to normal cigarettes which are freely available in any shop.

Commenting David Ward MP said: “Let’s be clear, smoking cigarettes kills and has lasting detrimental health effects on smokers.

“Current evidence points to the fact that ecigs may not have lasting health effects so they can be less harmful to smokers than normal cigarettes.

“I support sensible alternatives like the ecigarettes for smokers not because I like them, but because they may help save lives.

RIDICULOUS: Bradford MP David Ward says that e“As a good liberal, if cigs are a sensible alternative to smoking cigarettes adults want to smoke then and that they should be comfortably accessible to buy they should be allowed to

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1,000 Trees, 60 Volunteers, 1 day of planting Green fingers tackle tricky environment

A local youth group, who planted more than 60,000 trees nationwide last year, has been hacking away at this year’s goal with another 1,000 trees planted last weekend.

The Yorkshire branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Children's Association (AMCA) converged on Dewsbury Country Park where they spent one and a half hours enhancing the local countryside.

All volunteers were under the age of 15, with the youngest member just threeyears-old, and for many it was their first time engaging in the project.

Last weekend’s session raised the number of trees planted this year by the group to 5,000, all at Dewsbury County park, with the latest batch kindly donated by Bradford Environmental Action Trust.

Everything from silver birch to sessile oak, alder to hornbeam

January 2014 - 2nd Edition and mountain ash to leaved lime, were all placed in the ground on the fields where they will hopefully grow into impressive woodland.

Lukman Omar, Regional AMCA leader was pleased with the team’s latest efforts and spoke of similar events to be staged in the very near future.

He said: “Our youngsters are absolutely delighted that they had the opportunity to contribute towards improving the environment.

“Events such as these help to promote good community relations and our members are keen to get involved in similar schemes in the future.”

Ian Buttersfield, Forestry Manager for the Bradford District, added his praise for the group’s giving nature.

“This has been the sixth year that members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community have worked with Forest of Bradford to carry out a tree planting project within the district,” he said.

“The planting scheme was organised by Kirklees Council as a White Rose Forest partnership

Works to begin

A major scheme of improvement work for A629 Ainley Top roundabout is to get underway from the 20th January.

This is the largest scheme planned for this junction for many years and it is

project. Since the first project carried out by members of the Al Mahdi Mosque on Rees Way Bradford, over 8,000 trees have been planted.

“This was another great effort by the youngsters from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

Their volunteers from across the country have contributed to the greening of our environment through creating new woodlands which will benefit all who live and work in the area.

“A big thank you goes to all who are involved in the project.”

The AMYA national tree campaign aims to encourage all age groups to get a feel of nature and appreciate the environment, in line with the teachings of Islam.

In April local Ahmadi Muslims will participate in their annual flagship charity event, the Mercy for Mankind Charity Challenge, in which its members will be aiming to raise thousands of pounds for local charity.

For further information on how to get involved or for more information on AMCA's activities, please visit www.muslimsforhumanity.org.uk.

expected to take five months to complete, finishing in early June. It will cost in the region of £2m and is needed to cope with a new housing development on nearby Lindley Moor.

Because this is a major part of the road network close to the M62 it will be necessary to complete most of the scheme by working

during the evening and night between 8pm and 6am on weekdays. Work will not take place at night during weekends and bank holidays.

The roundabout will be closed to traffic for six weeks during the evening and night in May and early June to enable resurfacing to complete the scheme.

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Wakefield’s famous food, drink and rhubarb festival returns with a host of famous names and faces cooking up some tasty treats.

The three day festival, from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd February, will play host to celebrity chefs - Simon Rimmer from Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch, Sean Wilson former Coronation Street star turned chef, ITV’s children’s favourite Ben Ebbrell from Munchbox and TV chef Rachel Green star of ITV Yorkshire’s Flying Cook and World on a plate.

The festival now in its eight year takes place in Wakefield City centre and runs from 10am – 5pm on Friday and Saturday and 10am-4pm on the Sunday.

Wakefield is part of the Wakefield Morley - Rothwell rhubarb growing triangle and the plant has played an important part of the local economy for over 150 years.

AWARE: Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire, Mark Burns-Williamson, plans to meet with charities who help victims of human trafficking to learn more about what can be done

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The Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire, Mark BurnsWilliamson, has spoken out about the need for raised awareness around human trafficking.

Mr Burns-Williamson was speaking after a court case last week where three people were jailed after forcing a vulnerable man to work for them up to 17 hours a day.

The case was heard at Sheffield Crown Court, but Mr Burns-Williamson said that an event looking into the scale of human trafficking across West Yorkshire would be organised in the near future, aimed at educating people about the signs

to look out for if they fear someone is being trafficked.

Human trafficking can include forced labour, or services, domestic servitude, sexual offences and other forms of exploitation.

Tackling the issue is a priority in the Police and Crime Plan and more details about the event will be released in the near future.

It comes weeks after the Commissioner said that he welcomed the draft anti-slavery legislation proposing to bring in tougher sentences for human traffickers.

The Modern Slavery Bill aims to increase the maximum custodial sentence for offenders from 14 years to life and there is cross party support for action to tackle modern-day slavery.

Mr Burns-Williamson said: “As the judge in this shocking court

case said, prosecutions in this country are happening for slavery and I have personally pledged to work with fellow Police and Crime Commissioners and internationally to tackle issues such as trafficking and forced marriage.

“The role of the National Crime Agency is also key for joined up strategic working to tackle these vile crimes.

“I plan to meet with more charities who work with victims of this awful practice to learn more about what we can do to help.

“I will be looking at the scale of this problem in West Yorkshire and how it can be measured accurately so we can develop ways of tackling it to ensure we are making communities safer and feeling safer.

“An operation took place in Leeds recently seeking to recover potential victims of trafficking and we have said we will use the lessons learned from this operation to inform how we deal with this shocking practice going forward.

“As this case shows, the need for legislation and tougher sentences is there to act as a strong deterrent to those causing untold misery to victims of this practice.”

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After-school club receives seal of approval

WELCOMING: Lord Mayor of Bradford, Cllr Khadim Hussain, praised the project for giving more children the access to quality education, pictured here with Sumaiya

More than one hundred guests gathered at the Pakistani Community Centre last weekend as the new initiative ‘W Childcare’ was launched in Bradford.

The new Ofsted regulated afterschool club is the first of its kind to be held at the establishment, on Jervaulx Crescent, Bradford, where children as young as five can enjoy state-of-the-art education every weekday after school and on Saturdays.

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Lord Mayor of Bradford, Cllr Khadim Hussain, was the guest of honour at the official launch, presiding over the grand opening and praising the project.

Issuing an impassioned speech on the need to encourage children to excel in education, Cllr Hussain commended W Childcare on the initiative.

Nazim Ali, who is a qualified Careers Adviser by profession and is a prolific community activist, spoke

at the event and acted as compere for the proceedings.

As a local resident, Mr Ali said: “I was honoured to have been approached to be the event compere.

“Education is so important for all children, and the access to it is crucial. I only wish that I had access to such provision when I was growing up.”

Meanwhile, Deputy Leader of Bradford Council, Cllr Imran Hussain, also issued a statement, which was read on his behalf, praising the project describing W Childcare as a ‘great initiative’ which receives his ‘full support’.

Tuition is available for older attendees at W Childcare, up to the age of 15, with help offered towards

GCSEs in subjects such as English, Maths, Science, Arabic and Religious Studies. The Saturday Club will include extracurricular activities such as educational visits to museums, WINNER: Haleema Zen won one month’s free archery, horse riding tuition at the after school club, worth more than £200 and honey making.

At the official launch, on the 12 January, almost £250 was raised in support of Syrian the Lord Mayor.

Also taking place on the day were refugees, a charity which attendee Dr Hadia Aslam, who works closely free events for children, such as with the individuals involved, spoke bouncy castle, face painting, henna, stalls and refreshments, whilst about passionately.

Youngster, Haleema Zeb won one parents and the Lord Mayor were month of free tuition to the value of taken on a guided tour by the W £240 and received her voucher from Childcare staff.

Childcare given thumbs up at local community centre

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Amir and Faryal reveal gender of baby

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It’s not only a summer bout with Floyd Mayweather which Amir Khan will be preparing for as the arrival of his first born child will be due in the same month.

Since October, the public has been made to wait to hear any developments about the soon to be youngest member of the Khan family and whether the King will be having a Prince or a Princess.

Well, the wait was finally over last week as Faryal Makhdoom broke the news on Instagram with a message referring to her baby girl.

The fashion fan posted a video onto the social media site, showing designer clothes and treats ranging from Armani booties to Dolce and Gabbana cardigans.

In a message accompanying the video Faryal wrote: “Proud to announce I’m having a little princess. She’s going to be a fashionista! #MyLittleDesignerBaby shopping for my life.”

Also writing on Facebook in a less expressive manner: “Proud to announce, Amir & I are having a little princess. Alhamdulillah,” it seems the expectant Mrs Khan is ready to become a mother.

Amir Khan has been on record previously saying he was hoping for a boy but will no doubt be the perfect King for the little princess.

After all there is still plenty of time for another baby to be on the way for the young couple (Amir, 27, and Faryal, 21).

Earlier this week, Faryal also hinted at plans for another child when she wrote on Twitter: “I really hope to have a son like my husband one day. Truly an inspiration with the biggest heart ever. May Allah shower his blessings on you.”

Congratulations to the happy couple.

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Eid Milad celebrations Islamic communities come together to commemorate holy month It is tradition for Muslims across the world to celebrate the birth of the Prophet Muhammad on the 12th of the third month of the Islamic calendar (Rabi-Ul-Awwal) and this year proved no different with events occurring across the globe.

More locally, in West Yorkshire, local Mosques held a number of gatherings to commemorate the special day with processions occurring in places of worship across the county.

In Bradford, more than 400 people gathered at the Jamia Masjid Naqshbandia Aslamia to attend the annual Mawlid (birthday of Prophet Muhammad) to mark the blessed birth of the Prophet and to show gratitude to God for sending down the Prophet.

Guests included Imam Ijaz Ahmad Shaami, who, in 2006, was named Youngest Muslim Chaplain in the prison service, whilst renowned Nasheed artist, Sajid Qadri, was also in attendance.

Prayer, poetry and speeches all took place before food was served at the

culmination of the hugely successful event.

Nazim Ali, general secretary of Naqshbandia Active Development Association, which runs the Masjid said: “The actual birthday of Prophet Muhammad [Peace Be Upon Him] takes place on the Islamic month of 12th Rabi-ul-Awwal and is a public holiday in 95% of the Islamic countries around the world which shows that it is deemed a praiseworthy act by the vast majority of Muslims.

“The purpose is to increase our worship of Allah and thank him for giving us the seal of the Prophets. It is also significant as we reflect on the life of Prophet Muhammad [Peace Be Upon Him] so that we can follow his teachings and become better Muslims and people in wider society.”

Elsewhere, in Leeds, celebrations also occurred at the Makkah Masjid where hundreds gathered last week to celebrate the important date.

A number of events are being held throughout the month at the Mosque to

GATHERING: Hundreds paid their respects during the celebrations

celebrate the blessed birth, life and legacy of Prophet Muhammad.

Imam of Makkah Masjid, Imam Asim explained why the commemorations are so important. He said: “The birthday of the Prophet Muhammad is one of the most significant events for Muslims as his arrival established the principles of justice, equality, compassion and mercy to the world.

“Prophet Muhammad is the only leader in history who is considered to be supremely successful on both the religious and secular realms. Today, around 1.6 billion people throughout the world are proud to be his followers."

As part of the Milad-un-Nabi events, Makkah Masjid will also be raising funds for those in need of food and shelter.

The mawlid celebrations take place in Masjids, people’s homes, community centres during the Islamic month of Rabi-ul-Awwal which this year has coincided with the month of January 2014 and so forth and is instrumental in bringing people together.

Mawlid gatherings are taking place all over the UK and the world. Muslims are decorating their homes with lights as a symbol of their love and utmost admiration for Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him).

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FRIENDS: Teenagers and residents happily smile for the camera after a day which saw all parties make new friends and acquaintances

PAMPERED: Kumon Y’all youth group provided massages and manicures

Youth group gets involved with Yorkshire’s elderly Kumon Y’all continue quest for community cohesion A team of young volunteers, who have been building up the community spirit in their local area, paid a visit to a retirement home last week for a day of gardening and pampering.

Teenagers from the Dewsbury based Kumon Y’all youth group visited Charlesworth Court, Thornhill, where they happily spent their time helping the residents and building up new friendships.

Two teams visited the site, with a group of boys getting hands on with gardening activities in the morning, as well as helping to maintain the grounds, whilst a girl’s team followed this up with pampering sessions for the residents, which included manicures and massages.

Farook Yunus, who runs the group, was delighted

with the success of the day and spoke of his gratitude for all involved on the day.

“All the volunteers had a really good time and I think the residents did too,” he said.

“We aim to bring the community together through different activities and that is exactly what happened last weekend. The boys even did a speech, after the gardening, whereby they highlighted the needs for a cohesive community and it was great to see.”

Charlesworth Court’s populace were also thrilled to be greeted by such ‘polite’ volunteers with many adding that the group are welcome back ‘any time’.

62-year-old resident Denise said the day was ‘very interesting’ adding: “When people come in to

GARDENING: Boys from the youth group helped maintain the local grounds of Charlesworth Court before speaking with the residents about community cohesion

the centre and do what these guys have been doing, it makes us feel important.”

Florence, 84, reiterated her neighbour’s sentiments, saying: “It is brilliant, and nice to see and talk to somebody new,” whilst 73year-old Tony added: “There wasn't one of them without a smile, and that means a lot.

We made new friends as far as I'm concerned" Morning volunteer, Adam Valli, 15, explained why he is involved with the project and how such initiatives have already proven successful in the past.

He said: “We know from previous experiences what kind of strong communities come about from a little gardening and a chat and we feel we have repeated this in Charlesworth court today.”

14-year-old Miss Asma Salim added: “It was an Enjoyable morning; spending time with the elderly residents showed us how easy it was to bring a smile upon theirs and our faces.”

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CULTURE: Elhussein Dalghous was volunteering in Bolivia for three months where he was immersed in the South American culture in an economically deprived area of the county

After three months of voluntary work in South America, 18-year-old Elhussein Dalghous has finally returned to England.

The Leeds teenager had been with the charity, working International Service, for the past three months in a rural, economically deprived area of Bolivia alongside 19 other volunteers.

Based in the village of Jupapina, on the outskirts of La Paz, Elhussein was deployed in various roles including at the local zoo, a children’s club (Nuestro Espacio) and a junior football team.

His experiences have been ‘life changing’ and upon returning to the UK he has spoke of his delight at being able to complete the ‘amazing project’.

“I didn’t really know what to expect when I was going out there, but what I experienced was the best I could have ever wish for,” he said. “I learnt so many things that I can’t even explain.

“Since returning a few people have been asking me about the scheme and I have said the same to everyone of them that they should ‘all go for it’.

It is a once in a lifetime experience and very beneficial.”

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This latest experience was much longer than anything the enthusiastic volunteer had been involved with before yet is something he would love to do again.

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I had to adapt to.

“It was challenging but it is also something I would jump at doing again.”

Amongst the roles Elhussein was deployed in was the job of helping to host afterschool clubs in two local villages, Jupapina and Mallasa.

Many families in the Bolivian villages have two jobs due to the low pay in the country meaning children are often left alone at home. The activities were set up to provide a safe haven for the youth after the school day had finished.

At the zoo, Elhussein was involved in a more manual role, helping maintain the grounds as well as building new cages and homes for the animals.

“There was always something to do in every place I volunteered because, at the zoo for example, they very understaffed so were appreciated all the help,” he said.

“With the charity work being in a poor country as well, I felt the work we were doing was more heartfelt which makes you feel like you are being more affective in the work you are doing.”

Elhussein was working alongside the UpClose Bolivia charity, a close affiliate with the International Service. Founded and run by a British family, it works closely with the local residents with the ambition to improve the local community.

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Suspected counterfeit cigarettes seized in Dewsbury A massive haul of suspected counterfeit packets of cigarettes and tobacco were seized at convenience stores in Dewsbury town centre.

Officers from the Dewsbury and Mirfield Neighbourhood Policing Team worked with partners in Trading Standards to raid a number of convenience stores across the town.

They seized suspected counterfeit tobacco and other items including

Two Bradford men who lured a couple to travel 600 miles to buy a car before ambushing and stealing £5,000 from them at knifepoint have been jailed.

Sajid Hussain, 26, and Shahid Sadik, 24, had advertised the Audi Quattro in the Auto Trader for £5,995. They tricked Michael Irvine and his girlfriend Louise Cogle into travelling from the Shetland Islands, who thought they’d be buying a car in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

Miss Cogle had already paid a £500 deposit for the car and they brought £5,000 in cash as they had done a vehicle history check on the DVLA’s website and had been in regular contact with the seller.

But when the couple arrived on 10th August last year, they were ambushed by men wearing balaclavas and armed with a gun and a plank of wood.

The prosecutor told Bradford Crown Court that the Audi had been sold legitimately the previous month to another buyer.

watches, headphones and handbags.

And from one store, on Bradford Road, they found a storage room with over 180,000 counterfeit cigarettes inside.

A 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of copyright and trademark offences. He was bailed as enquiries continue.

Inspector Jenny Thompson in charge of the NPT, said: "This day of action shows that we take the issue

of counterfeiting goods seriously.

"By having a highly visible presence across the town we help to reassure residents that we mean business.

"If you are aware of any criminal activity in your area then please get in touch. If you tell us we will act," added Inspector Thomson.

Councillor Andrew Pinnock, of the West Yorkshire Trading Standards Committee, said "This seizure sends

a warning to traders that West Yorkshire Trading Standards will crack down on the supply of illicit tobacco products. Counterfeit goods undermine the economy by taking money and jobs away from legitimate traders.”

If you suspect someone of selling counterfeit goods then contact the Citizens Advice Consumer Helpline on 08454 040506.

Bradford pair sentenced for robbing a couple at gunpoint Judge John Potter said the gun, which has not been recovered, was either real or a very realistic imitation.

Judge Potter said: “It can be readily assumed that anyone subjected to such a serious incident in wholly alien surroundings to them would have been significantly affected by what occurred.”

Hussain, who was on bail at the time for supplying heroin and cocaine to police officers working undercover, was jailed for ten years after being convicted after trial. He also received a seven-year sentence for robbery and three

years for peddling Class A drugs, to be served consecutively.

Sadik, also of Bradford, who was on prison licence for aggravated vehicle taking at the time of the offence, was sentenced to six years and three months in prison after pleading guilty on the first day of his trial.

Speaking after the sentence, social worker Miss Cogle, 38, said: “I have never experienced such a fear in my life. Afterwards my body was trembling and my legs were wobbly. It went on for hours.”

She was signed off work for two weeks and was offered counselling by her employed Shetland Islands

Council and Victim Support.

The mother-of-three said: “I felt fragile for weeks, and couldn’t tell the story without breaking down in tears.”

Mr Irvine, 49, a foreman at the Shetland Catch fish factory, said: “Police officers told us we were lucky to be alive - and that is all we were caring about.”

In mitigation, Hussain’s solicitor advocate, said his client had hurt his loving and supportive family and knew he had let himself down.

The barrister for Sadik, said he was a cocaine addict and acted in desperation. He knew it was wrong and he was deeply remorseful.

DECEPTIVE: Sajid Hussain, 26, (above) and Shahid Sadik, 24, (below) were jailed for a total of 16 years

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Final Patrol Yorkshire bobby heads out after 32 years of service FINAL ROUNDS: Jawaid Akhtar (right) and his son, Moshin, patrolled the streets of Huddersfield for one final time last week

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Deep meaningful conversation through Creative Arts • A partnership between Hamara and SAA-uk • Funded by Time to Change

WEDNESDAY 22ND JANUARY 2014 10.00am TO 12.00noon @ ECHO CENTRE (Part of the Hamara Group) Conway Road, Leeds LS8 5JH Our aim is to empower ‘Community Champions’ to challenge negative perceptions, discrimination and stigma against people suffering from mental health issues.

‘Sometimes all it takes is a meeting and a conversation with someone who is open about their experiences and having the chance to ask questions can make people think twice about commonly held stereotypes’.

The Khushi project will work with people who have lived experience of mental health issues and through engaging/ working with artists specialising in Spoken word and Visual Arts creating work to share with audiences by creating a safe space and environment to socially interact and have meaningful conversations with the public so that discrimination and stigma and negative perceptions against people who suffer from mental health issues are challenged.

The Khushi project is funded by Time to Change, England’s biggest programme to end the stigma and discrimination faced by people with mental health problems. The programme is run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, and funded by the Department of Health and Comic Relief.

What we all hope to achieve is that: 1. Through the creative art works, provide individuals with the tools to have deep meaningful conversation with confidence with people (Audiences, family and Friends) and improve public attitudes and behaviour about Mental Health.

2. We empower people with mental health problems to engage in and contribute to the life of their community through a series of workshop that will take place on Thursday mornings between Jan 2014 to June 2014.

If you're interested or know of somebody who may be interested in taking part, and want to find out more then join us for some refreshments and a cuppa To find out more about the project call: Tayba Azim on 0113 2497762 or email at: tayba@hamara.co.uk

With a career in the police force spanning just over three decades, West Yorkshire Deputy Chief Constable Jawaid Akhtar has finally called time on his dedicated service.

Back in Huddersfield where it all began some 32 years ago, DCC Akhtar was accompanied by his son and colleague, Moshin, for one final patrol of the town before hanging up his boots for good.

The 56-year-old will perhaps be remembered most as the senior officer at the lead of the Bradford ‘Crossbow Cannibal’ case which saw three women brutally murdered by Stephen Griffiths.

Speaking after his final shift, DCC Akhtar said: “I am extremely proud to have served West Yorkshire’s communities for almost 32 years.

“The challenges and the way we police have changed vastly in that period, but I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here.”

Born in Pakistan, the Yorkshire resident arrived in the UK at the age of 10, settling in Huddersfield where he went on to attend local school and college before completing a BSc (Hons) degree in Aeronautical Engineering.

In 1982 DCC Akhtar joined the West Yorkshire Police Force under the Graduate Entry Scheme, with his first posting in Huddersfield. Since then he has gone on to serve the whole county, rising through the ranks to become one of the most senior, currently serving, BME officers in the country.

Mr Akhtar took up his current role as Temporary Deputy Chief Constable in November 2012 having previously acted as the Assistant Chief Constable since 2004.

Mark Gilmore, Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, spoke in tribute to his Deputy and said the time he had spent working alongside him had been a ‘privilege’.

He said: “I want to pay tribute to Jawaid Akhtar for the very significant and selfless contribution he has made to West Yorkshire Police, to our communities and to British Policing for almost 32 years.

“His depth of knowledge, integrity, sound advice and ability to challenge issues in a positive and robust way have been a real asset to West Yorkshire Police and indeed the British Police Service.

“I would like to join with all colleagues in wishing Jawaid every success for his retirement. I know he will be greatly missed, not only by his Chief Officer Team colleagues, but also, I suspect, across the organisation.”

Likewise, Mark BurnsWilliamson, Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire, added his sentiments for his colleague, “I’ve had the pleasure of knowing and working with Jawaid for many years, particularly following his appointment as an Assistant Chief Constable back in 2004.

“It will seem strange not having Jawaid around West Yorkshire Police, but he has clearly earned a successful retirement after nearly 32 years dedicated service to WYP and the public of West Yorkshire.

“It is fantastic that he was able to join his son Mohsin on patrol during his last working day where it all started for him in Huddersfield… clearly his legacy will live on.”

DCC Akhtar was not only highly regarded by his fellow professionals but also on a much wider scale as highlighted by his acceptance of the Queen’s Police Medal at Buckingham Palace in December 2011.

West Yorkshire Police’s new deputy chief constable, Dee Collins, took up the vacant post on Monday and will continue to build on the work of her predecessor.

Timeline 1967 Arrives in the UK at the age of 10 and settles in Huddersfield

1982 Joined West Yorkshire Police under the Graduate Entry Scheme, posted in Huddersfield

1998 Takes up First Divisional Command at Halifax

2004 Appointed Assistant Chief Constable holding several portfolios

2010 Graduated from the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Programme in the US

2011 Received the Queen's Police Medal in the Queen's Birthday Honours List

2012 Completed the international Leadership in Counter Terrorism programme

2012 Took up his latest role as the Temporary Deputy Chief Constable

2014 Retired from the force with a final patrol in Huddersfield

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follow us on twitter: A new study looking at the impact inflammatory bowel disease may have on young people’s relationships, employment potential and identity is being launched in Sheffield.

Inflammatory bowel disease is a much misunderstood and stigmatised condition, which is being increasingly diagnosed in young adults. It affects one in every 250 people in the UK, and up to a quarter of these are diagnosed under the age of 16. This is right at the point where young adults are forming important relationships, completing education, gaining employment and becoming autonomous individuals.

Now researchers from the University of Sheffield, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Sheffield Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are set to explore the perceptions and experiences of young people living with the disease under a new £65,000 grant awarded

by Crohn’s and Colitis UK. Young people diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease are nearly five times as likely to experience clinical bouts of depression or anxiety as their peers.

This can lead to heightened levels of psychological distress, loss in selfesteem and a poorer quality of life.

The research will be one of the first to uncover young people’s attitudes to the illness and the lifelong impact it has on their lives.

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Impact of gut disease on young people multiple points during people’s lives. Symptoms include abdominal pain, extreme tiredness, weight loss and severe bouts of diarrhoea. The two main types of inflammatory bowel disease are Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Ulcerative Colitis is an inflammation of the lowest part of the bowel, the colon.

Crohn's disease also affects the colon, but can affect the entire digestive system and is characterised by sections of healthy bowel interspersed with sections of diseased bowel.

Dr Alenka Brooks, a specialist registrar in gastroenterology at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: “Living with inflammatory bowel disease during this time can have a dramatic impact on all elements of a young person’s life, with teenagers having to deal with the social, emotional, psychological and potentially embarrassing consequences of this disease. This can affect their ability

to lead a normal life, restrict employment opportunities and career progression.

“To our knowledge there are no studies specifically focusing on the lived experience and illness perceptions of young adults with inflammatory bowel disease, how these perceptions and experiences change over time, or patients’ experience of moving from child to adult services. People living with the disease often encounter a huge amount of stigma too, as they could be having to go to the toilet up to 20 times a day.”

During the study, Dr Alenka Brooks with Professor Alan Lobo, who leads the inflammatory bowel disease service at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Georgina Rowse and Professor Paul Norman at the Department of Psychology at the University of Sheffield and Dr Priya Narula at Sheffield Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will ask two

groups of patients, aged 16 to 18, and aged 19 to 21, to share their feelings about their illness, how they have coped, what diagnosis was like and how other people perceive them since being diagnosed.

The impact of how their quality of life, psychological distress and how their perceptions have changed over time will also be analysed, with patients in child services and adults services asked to share their experiences of care, relationships with staff, timing decisions, social support and self-management.

Dr Georgina Rowse, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield, hopes that the research will have an influence on future care for patients.

“By speaking with young people experiencing inflammatory bowel disease we hope to gain an in-depth understanding of how they experience their illness and the role it plays in their life and identity,” said Dr Rowse.

Asian Express “By developing a better understanding of these young people’s experience of inflammatory bowel disease we also hope we may be able to shape services in the future to help prepare these young people and their families for any difficulties they may face and give them the skills they need to cope better with managing their illness.”

Georgina Ives, 21, who spends her time running a busy chain of pubs in Sheffield and Bournemouth was diagnosed with the illness at the age of eight after being taken into hospital with an abscess.

“Living with inflammatory bowel disease has made me grow up quicker,” said Georgina.

“When I was younger I felt really tried, wouldn’t eat anything and missed a lot of school. I even had a special cushion made for me at school to make it more comfortable for me to sit down.

“It’s not a nice illness to live with, and I understood I couldn’t do certain things my friends could, but I try to think positively, take my medication when I need to and stop when my body tells me to stop.

Even when I was in considerable amounts of pain, I was still determined to achieve things.”

According to recent research led

by Crohn’s UK, a third of young people living with inflammatory bowel disease are seriously isolated and fearful for their futures as a result of their overwhelming symptoms.

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Bradford Council are inviting budding young footballers to kick start the year with a 10 week skills development programme starting next week.

Girls and boys aged between five and 15 can sign up for the Striker 9 programme which will be on offer at six sites across the district.

The Striker 9 course, organised by Bradford Council’s Sport and Leisure Service, is a fun programme aimed at encouraging children to develop not only football skills, but leadership and team skills, as well as teaching them about rules and conduct, and the importance of health, fitness and nutrition.

For more information or to book a place contact either the centre you wish to attend, or Chris Reynolds at The Leisure Centre, Keighley on 01535 681 763.

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SAILING: Cadets will spend even more time on the water now with the addition of eight kayaks and two canoes to Bradford’s growing fleet of boats

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Asian Express Bradford Sea Cadets will be spending even more time on the water thanks to a donation of eight kayaks and two canoes by the Reserve Forces’ & Cadets’ Association (RFCA) for Yorkshire and The Humber.

Bradford cadets spend more time on the water than some water-based units and this welcome delivery will ensure they keep their hours up.

In the past, some cadets missed out due to a lack of kayaks but that won’t be the case any longer and, once qualified, they will now be able to progress onto canoes.

The Pyranha Master TG kayak is ideally suited to the 10 to 18 year old cadets; its wide flat hull gives excellent stability and it is short, light, easy to turn and easy to paddle.

Having gained experience and qualifications in the kayaks, cadets will now be able to move onto the new Old Town Saranac 146 canoes - with their thermoformed plastic hull these craft are durable, and paddle better than most recreational canoes on the market.

Lieutenant Lynn Bullock, CO of Bradford Sea Cadets said she was overjoyed with the new boats.

“These new kayaks and canoes will provide greater and new experiences for all the cadets and we are extremely grateful to RFCA for their support and for providing new and enhanced opportunities for our cadets, and for the many adult volunteer staff,” she said.

Lieutenant Colonel Jeremy Bleasdale, Deputy Chief Executive of RFCA for Yorkshire & the Humber added: “Providing these canoes for the Bradford Sea Cadets has given the RFCA an ideal opportunity to demonstrate its widespread support to the cadets of all three Services.

“It is enormously satisfying to hear of the benefits this initiative will bring to the sea cadets.”

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TEAM: Aakash staff with Day Shelter Manager Magda Dziurkowska and Catering Manager Margaret Mazek

Feeding the Homeless Aakash staff serve up five star dinner at local shelter

As many of us welcomed in the New Year with a family dinner, a team from one of Bradford’s top restaurants headed to a local homeless shelter to serve up dinner in style.

Staff from Aakash restaurant visited the Edmund Street homeless shelter with bags of food ready to be prepared for hundreds of hungry visitors.

With more than one hundred dishes served, and a similar amount frozen for use on a later day, the event was a huge success as day shelter manager, Magda Dziurkowska explained.

“On New Year’s Day, to be able to welcome around 15 volunteers from Aakash restaurant, all with their own food for serving was amazing,” she said.

“A lot of people who use our services will never have had the chance to visit a restaurant so for the team to be able to bring their amazing food to the shelter was really appreciated.

“We work every day on such a tight budget, and something like this helps massively with the costs for a day of running as well as allowing our dedicated team of chefs and volunteers the chance to have a well earned rest.”

Magda Dziurkowska has been Day Shelter Manager at Edmund Street Shelter, where food, advice and medical consultations are all available for people who are struggling in society.

The New Year event proved to be a welcomed experience for volunteers and clients alike as the Bradford community once again pulled together for a pioneering

Azhar Mahmood serves up a dish of restaurant quality to a visitor of the shelter during the New Year’s event

initiative.

Azhar Mahmood, restaurant manager at Aakash, now hopes to get more eateries across the city involved with working alongside shelters to ensure everybody has access to a warm, quality meal all year round.

He said: “Over the course of 2013 we watched on as government cuts affected families across the country, driving more and more people into poverty with many struggling to even have access to food.

“We want to ensure that 2014 is different and the event on New Year’s Day is hopefully just the first of many whereby restaurateurs across Bradford take responsibility to ensure nobody goes hungry this year.

“There are a lot more than 300 restaurants in the city so if we could all come together and just take it in turns to give food to the shelter then it would mean hundreds of people’s lives could be helped.

“As I said to my staff, we should be thankful to be on this side of the counter and that is something I am actively trying to spread the message of so other restaurants follow suit.”

He added: “It not only provides people who are struggling with a quality meal but it also helps these crucial shelters which survive on such a small budget yet cater for more than a hundred people every day.”

If any restaurateurs would like to speak with Azhar in regard to hosting a similar initiative, please phone Aakash Restaurant on 01274 878 866.

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Business news Foodie 202 Roundhay Road, Leeds, LS8 5AA Tel: 0113 240 6774 Mon-Sun 12pm-11pm

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ith a huge range of restaurants on offer in Leeds, finding the perfect dish may take some searching, yet if it is a gourmet burger you most desire, look no further than Foodie.

Based on Roundhay Road, the eatery specialises in luxury halal burgers with a wide range of fillings available to ensure your meal is created to a restaurant quality, at a takeaway price.

Using a flame grilled technique; the meat is cooked with precision and care before being placed in a fresh bread bun and topped with locally sourced fresh ingredients for the ultimate taste sensation.

Don’t just take my word for it, thousands of diners have walked through the doors since opening eight months ago and with a high return rate, the food certainly speaks for itself. The restaurant even has a six star rating on restaurant comparison site, ‘Just Eat’.

If a gourmet burger isn’t what you desire, try a flame grilled halal chicken burger, cooked via the same unique method, or even a vegetarian bean burger, topped with delights such as melted cheddar, spicy jalapenos, chilli habanero jam, salad and mayo.

A wide range of pizzas are also available from your one-stop takeaway, including the newly launched Lamb Masala and BBQ Chicken, which

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can feed even the most fussiest of eaters.

For the more adventurous diners, why not opt for something off the new items menu, with delectable dishes such as a Bajan Fish Cutter, Chicken Melt Wrap and Lamb Masala Roti.

Specialist pizzas are also made from scratch within the kitchen, following a unique secret recipe to ensure Foodie brings a touch of Italy to Yorkshire.

Owners, Emran and Angela Lee, pride themselves on their food and insist there is nowhere quite like Foodie in the whole of the city.

“Everything here is sourced locally and made in-house to ensure only the freshest and tastiest meals are ever presented to our diners,” Mr Lee explains.

“From the burgers to the pizzas, and right down to the garlic butter for the ciabattas, we do it all ourselves.

“We pride ourselves on offering restaurant quality food in Leeds and thank all of our loyal customers who have helped establish us as a leader in the takeaway industry.

“We invite all foodies to come down and see for themselves why there is so much hype around our burgers and I promise you won’t be disappointed.”

Located on Roundhay Road, the eatery is just a stone’s throw from the city centre, open seven days a week from 12pm - 11pm whilst delivery is also available from 5pm every day.

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The perfect start to your perfect day

Witness the Fitness D

ecember is notoriously the quietest month for gym attendances with works drinks and parties taking precedence during the Festive and New Year period. With all the over indulgence, for many comes the January remorse. New Year’s resolutions are made with the best intentions of a ‘fresh start’ in 2014. Top of the list for many will be a fitter and healthier ‘you’. The first port of call will be a return to the gym or joining a new gym. But what happens when the wave of enthusiasm for the gym wanes?

What have you actually been coaxed into signing up to? A 12, 24 or 36 month minimum term contract perhaps? The overly-enthusiastic sales member desperate to meet his lofty January sales target following a tumble weed year-end persuades you that the longer the contract the cheaper the monthly rate will be. You do the maths and work out that you can afford the £50 a month membership, what’s £600 a year to look like Daniel Craig or Nicole Scherzinger on your next beach holiday? But then what happens if your circumstances change?

Fortunately for you the Office of Fair Trading has been fighting your corner for the last few years. The successful outcome of the case in the High Court against a gym management firm; OFT v Ashbourne Management Services Limited and others put into the spotlight some of the most unfair terms in gym membership contracts. The case found that minimum membership periods of two and three years were unfair and that one year contracts were unfair if the member could not terminate the agreement for reasons such as redundancy, illness or injury. The Court found that members should not have to pay membership fees immediately and in full if they terminated their contract prior to the minimum membership

Please contact Luke Patel on 0113 227 9316 or by email at LPatel@LawBlacks.com

period. The Court held such a requirement was unfair and amounted to a penalty.

Four of the biggest gym chains include Bannatyne Fitness, David Lloyd, Fitness First and Virgin Active. The gyms, following the OFT’s study have taken steps to ensure there is greater transparency from the outset when a customer signs up regarding length of membership periods and an individual’s cancellation rights. The general theme across the gyms was that there would be more options for the type of membership they could sign up for. The market pressure from No-Contract, NoFrills gyms have forced the more expensive gyms to be more attractive to the consumer. Gyms such as Pure Gym which offer a no joining fee, rolling contract at more than half the price of the lavish gyms have really put their stamp on the marketplace.

So you have done your research, been round the gym, had the sales pitch, now you are sat down in a side office, direct debit details in hand, ready to take the first step towards a healthier lifestyle, what should you be asking?

The advice on the OFT website is to make sure you can confidently answer the following four questions and appreciate the consequences:1. How long is the contract?

2. Can you cancel the contract early if your circumstances change or if you change your mind?

3. Will the contract be automatically extended after the initial membership period?

4. Do you have the time to go to the gym and can you afford the monthly payments?

We at Blacks deal with all aspects of commercial contracts, to include the drafting of contracts and any disputes arising therefrom.

haadi Cards Bradford is fast becoming one of the most reputable wedding card suppliers in the country, providing bespoke wedding cards to customers up and down the country.

Infusing Western and Eastern influences, the stationery providers are proud to help couples plan every little detail to ensure their big day is as special as can be.

With hundreds of bespoke designs available, exclusive to the West Yorkshire retailer, customers can browse a wide array of selections to ensure their big day, begins in the perfect way.

Based in Bradford, Shaadi Cards has grown rapidly throughout the past two decades and shows no sign of stopping, supplying wedding stationery on an international level.

Shopping for your perfect supplies has never been easier with access to the company’s huge portfolio of products just a click away.

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A recently revamped website is the perfect way to browse through the huge catalogue of products available, from invitations and envelopes to favour boxes and bags. With every last detail available to be customised to the customer’s exact requirements why not prepare for your perfect day with a company you can trust?

Shaadi Cards Bradford also acknowledges the fact that many couples simply don’t have the time to sit down to browse through the latest designs and therefore have plans to launch a new user-friendly phone app, within the next few weeks.

Customers are also invited to come down to the store, located on Nesfield Street, Bradford, where fully-qualified staff are on hand to provide an expert service and advice on all things ‘wedding’.

Need the cards within two days? No problem, all employees are trained to use in house equipment to

help those who require an express print service, limiting the turnaround to two working days rather than the normal five.

With their own printing services producing state-of the-art custom made envelopes as well, customers are able to give their design ideas to the artwork department, who will then adhere to turn it around within a couple of days.

You can also choose from a selection of envelopes in different material and sizes, whilst a new range of coloured envelopes could soon be added to the growing selection available.

The bespoke card manufacturers now offer envelope sealer stickers which, again, can be personalised as well as choosing generic ones.

“We create cards... We love to create cards...We’re passionate about cards...And we adore the cards we create!”

Come see what we can do for you!

Shaadi Cards Graphic House, 10 Nesfield Street Off Manningham Lane Bradford, BD1 3ET Mon-Fri: 9:30am to 6:00pm Sat: 11am to 6pm t: 01274 747476 w: www.shaadicardsbradford.co.uk

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PATH Yorkshire…

Futures in the Making lmost 30 years ago PATH Yorkshire was established in the heart of Leeds as a Positive Action Training organisation to address the underrepresentation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities in the workforce.

Fast forward to the present day and now PATH Yorkshire is a leader in the field of providing career opportunities, guidance and support for BAME. Through a number of schemes, including Workbased Training, Internships and Pre-Apprenticeships in different fields of work and profession, PATH has become a lifeline for many local residents who just need help entering the job market.

The registered charity creates vacancies and runs

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recruitments for different companies and organisations in order to provide a ‘foot in the door’ opportunity for the unemployed BAME in the Yorkshire region.

Those who join the PATH Programmes gain practical skills at the workplace, develop their potential to accomplish their career goals, and become more confident in their abilities to compete in the labour market.

Feedback for the programmes is fantastic with 85% of trainees from the Mainstream programme achieving employment last year, whilst 83% from the PreApprenticeship Programme, and 63% from the Volunteering Work Experience, had similar success.

Kiran Hussain, one local resident who benefited from

the programme said: “I would say that PATH is one of the best places to be because they help you to find a job very quickly regardless of what your qualifications are.”

Fellow attendee, Denise Kambane, added: “I have had a great experience overall. I have built up confidence, knowledge and skills to go forth and become what I want to be.

“I am grateful to PATH and my mentor for giving me the opportunity to be part of this traineeship programme. The skills I have learnt are not only for now but I will use them as I progress through my career.”

In addition, PATH Yorkshire also runs FREE accredited English Language (ESOL) classes for women (Eligibility criteria apply) with more information available by contacting the charity directly.

For information and details on the different PATH Programmes, please visit www.pathyorkshire.co.uk or call PATH on 0113 262 4600 and begin your journey into the labour market today.

DIN Solicitors

Your local high street firm Based in West Yorkshire, DIN Solicitors prides itself on providing clients with a specialist and personal service, aiming to meet and exceed expectations every time.

We understand that you want the best deal and therefore monitor fees in accordance with

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the legal marketplace and believe our fees are fair and competitive.

We offer clients fixed fees and provide you with clear information on our fee structure from the outset.

You can be safe in the knowledge that we never issue hidden costs rather we are open and honest with you about all the likely charges applicable to your case so you remain fully informed throughout. Our motto is quite simply to provide you with the ‘Best legal service at a competitive price’.

Here at DIN Solicitors, we also offer free initial advice and, unlike other firms, will never charge you for your first consultation. We provide face-toface consultations, giving clients a personal service whereby anybody can visit the offices and speak in confidence with a solicitor in a relaxed environment.

All offices are equipped with a lift for disabled clients, with staff, fluent in English, Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi, on hand to cater for a wide demographic.

We are committed to

excellence and handle all cases with utmost dedication to achieving the best result for you.

There is no such thing as an unanswered call here at DIN Solicitors and we are proud to keep you updated on your case at every stage.

We can assist you with the most common areas of law, including all aspects of family law, property law, wills & probate, personal injury law and civil litigation, whilst also providing advice on the procedures involved, preparing all paperwork and even representing you at court.

If you can’t visit one of the offices, please enquire about the possibility of a home visit as the dedicated DIN Solicitors team always tries to serve every enquiry.

We are proud of our client retention rates and the positive feedback we regularly receive, seeing time and time again our clients returning.

With office facilities in Bradford and Halifax why not visit today and see how we can help you, here at your local high street firm.

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Solicitors The best or nothing...

A family firm with family values uality is a high priority at Millan solicitors and this comes across throughout everything we do. We measure our success by the number of happy clients we have rather than how much we bill at the end of the year.

This is borne out by client feedback which highlights our attention to detail, communication skills, quick response in returning calls and client care as being our particular strengths.

Millan Solicitor’s use of technology to enable quick correspondence by email and effective sharing of information and documents has led to significant improvements and speedier transactions.

The success of the Millan Solicitors team is demonstrated best through the phrase ‘family firm with family values’.

We are aware that clients need to be treated with empathy and professionalism. This is also part of our client care charter. We treat everyone fairly.

We appreciate that the days of clients using a firm just because their parents did, have gone. Quality of service together with value for money is the reasons why we gain and retain our clients.

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practice to the very highest standards.

Word of mouth is still a highly valuable advert for Millan Solicitors.

Everyone, from Senior Partner down to the office junior work as a team, ensuring we deliver a good quality service to our clients every time.

Everyone from senior Partner to office juniors answer telephone calls and see to clients in reception.

We realise that first impressions count and that the telephone is our link to new clients. From the telephone call to the face to face meeting, we reflect our firm’s commitment to client care.

There have been many cuts to legal aid and we appreciate that a lot more people are becoming litigants in person so our advice clinic is there to help them with every stage of the court process. People may not wish to pay for a solicitor to do all the work so they will come in for advice on preparation of a statement in our £20 advice clinic and then go away with a draft statement.

We promise quality work at reasonable prices with a speedy turn around.

Millan Solicitors will be celebrating a decade of success later this year as its ten-year anniversary arrives highlighting once more how the Bradford firm is certainly a name you can trust.

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ince 2004 Enzo Prestige has been a market leader in supplying premium quality hire cars to clients up and down the country and now, in its tenth year anniversary, the Dewsbury-based supplier insists the best is still yet to come.

With a fleet of luxury cars growing just as quick as their reputation, you can be guaranteed that there is a vehicle for just about every occasion on offer at Enzo Prestige.

Top-of-the-range car models such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes and Ranger Rover are all on show and available to drive away today, with clients safe in the knowledge that their wheels will certainly stand out in the crowd.

Competitive prices are available for every customer so whether you need a motor for just one day or a whole month, you will be sure to find something that matches your needs at Enzo Prestige.

Fancy something a little bit more special?

Why not treat yourself, or someone else, to a supercar experience that will never be forgotten.

Amongst the growing fleet of cars available for hire are Audi R8, Bentley, Porsche and many more – all subject to availability, which not only ooze in luxury but also in style.

As well as providing cars for day-to-day use, the company is one of the leading and

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longest established prestige wedding fleet specialists in the UK, catering for all the travel arrangements on the big day whether it be Asian themed or English.

With a dedicated experienced team available by your side throughout the planning process, you can be assured that everything will go the way you want it to on your special day.

Rolls Royce Ghost and Phantom models, as well as Limousines and 4x4’s, can all be hired from very competitive rates.

Yasar Iqbal, director of Enzo Prestige explained why he set up the company a decade ago and how the name Enzo Prestige has become synonymous, not only with quality, but with customer satisfaction.

“I believe Enzo in essence is all about sharing our passion for cars with our clients,” he said.

“Each car is individually chosen so you can experience a special feeling time after time and we promise your expectations will not only be met but exceeded.

“Vehicles can be same from company to company – but the service cannot. We want you to explore the individuality of the whole Enzo brand. Any car you hire from us will be the best in its league as we believe, here at Enzo, that it’s either the best or nothing.”

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Hasan’s Restaurant A passion for flavour ccess to premium contemporary Indian dining is closer than you may think as Hasan’s Restaurant, on Kirkstall Road, continues to serve up the finest meals in the heart of Leeds.

With the capability to cater for more than 80 diners at any time, the restaurant has quickly become one of the most favoured dining hotspots in the city with people travelling from across the North of England to taste the delectable dishes.

The restaurant offers an extensive selection of traditional Punjabi cuisine such as Nihari, full tender lamb shanks cooked on the bone on a slow heat in different herbs and spices, whilst just a selection of the most popular dishes on the menu include the king prawn grills, lamb chops and Chicken Masala Desi.

Those that like meat on the bone often opt for dishes such as the Chicken Handi that is marinated and cooked with garlic, ginger, yogurt, tomatoes, herbs and spices.

Fish lovers will delight in dishes such as the Fish Lasan cooked with baby cloves. In terms of desserts, the restaurant offers ten different flavours of Movenpick ice cream and dishes such as chocolate brownie, strawberry cheese cake and the traditional Indian favourite Ras Malai.

Owner and chef, Hasan Chaudhry, has always had a passion for food, having grown up in a family, which owned restaurants.

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establishment four years ago and has never looked back as Hasan’s Restaurant has grown from strength to strength every year.

With a loyal customer base and new faces appearing every day, the restaurant is proud to serve its diners the highest quality food every evening. Hasan added that to see his customers enjoying their meals was one of the best sights for him personally.

how food-lovers should begin booking their tables now so not to be disappointed when the big day arrives.

“Valentine’s Day is less than a month away now and I recommend that people who are interested in dining here to get their bookings in now because I don’t want anybody to be disheartened.

“It is perhaps the busiest time of the year for restaurants up and down the

“I am passionate about everything that happens in my restaurant and that is why I enjoy my job so much.”

“I am passionate about everything that happens in my restaurant and that is why I enjoy my job so much,” he said.

“I take part in it all, from cooking, to front of house, to serving, I enjoy every little bit of it. The customers are so important to us, we value them all and thank them for their loyalty because at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how many awards a restaurant has, just how satisfied the diners are when the visit.”

Hasan’s Restaurant has established itself as a leader in contemporary Indian dining and often requires reservations during busy periods.

With the ‘holiday of love’ set to arrive next month, Hasan explained

country and here at Hasan’s we will of course have our special menu for couples to enjoy.”

Book your table now by phoning the restaurant on 0113 278 8990 and keep an eye out on all social media platforms where fantastic offers and prizes can be won on a regular basis.

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COURT: 33-year-old mother of five, Rosdeep Kular, will appear in court on Monday in relation to the death of her son, Mikaeel

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An Iranian bank plans to file a claim worth hundreds of millions of pounds against the British government next month as part of efforts by Iranian companies to dismantle Western sanctions against them, a lawyer for the bank said.

Bank Mellat will demand at least £500million in a filing at Britain's Commercial Court on the 7th February, after the Supreme Court ruled last year that the government was wrong to slap sanctions on it, said the lawyer, Sarosh Zaiwalla.

It is the first time that an Iranian plaintiff against sanctions in Europe has reached the stage of claiming damages after a top court found in its favour, he said.

By making British taxpayers potentially liable, the case may put pressure on Western governments to ease their measures against Iranian firms in general, added London-based Zaiwalla, who represented Bank Mellat in its appeal to the Supreme Court.

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Body of missing Edinburgh boy found Mother due to appear in court in connection with son’s death The major two-day search for a toddler in Edinburgh ended in heartbreak in the early hours of Saturday morning as the body of Mikaeel Kular was found in woodlands near his aunt’s house.

His mother, Rosdeep Kular, 33, has been detained by police in connection with the death and is due to appear in court on Monday 20th January.

The three-year-old was reported missing from his home,

in Drylaw, Edinburgh, on Thursday morning, sparking a huge search by police and local residents with the initial theory that the youngster had just got up and left his home during the previous night.

On Friday, just before midnight, police confirmed they had found a body, believed to be that of Mikaeel, buried 34 miles away from the family home in a woodland area in Kirkcaldy, Fife.

Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham confirmed the news at a 1am press briefing.

He said: “The investigation into the disappearance of Mikaeel Kular has been wide-ranging and fast moving.

“As a result of inquiries the body of a young child was recovered in Fife just before midnight.

“We strongly believe this to be the body of Mikaeel.

“A person has been detained in connection with the recovery of the body and members of Mikaeel’s family have been informed.

“Our thoughts and sympathies are with them at this time.”

Members of the public had earlier reported seeing a small boy alone close to Mikaeel’s home which had given hope to the initial theory that he had simply walked out of his home.

However, despite CCTV footage backing up the claim that small boy was walking alone, the images were not clear enough to identify anybody.

More than 200 volunteers from the local community had helped in the search for the local boy and there were tearful tributes left upon the announcement of the discovery of an infant’s body.

Soft toys, candles and floral tributes were all left outside the family home following the incident.

Rosdeep Kular is expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

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SNEH JOSHI

March 21st - April 20th

You could be exceptionally emotional this week - especially if things between you and someone important (a lover or boss) are not in the condition you'd hoped them to be. You may well need both extra support and someone to 'take you out of yourself'. Don't under-estimate your need to do your own thing presently. Someone older (or a very long term friend) will surely understand and give you the space you need to access your creative self.

TAURUS

REPOSSESSED: The property sits in a super-expensive street called Bishop’s Avenue dubbed 'Billionaire's row'

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A mansion on one of the world's most expensive streets has been put on the market for a whopping £30 million in what has been dubbed the UK's most expensive repossession.

Dryades is located in the centre of The Bishops Avenue, a leafy street dubbed Billionaires' Row. The owner of the property former senator Waqar Ahmed Khan, has had it seized by the bank following a lengthy High Court battle.

The home was bought for around £12 million in 2005 by the family of Waqar Ahmed Khan as they looked to invest in the London property market.

In 2007 it was used to secure a £50 million loan with Deutsche Bank, but a lengthy debt and possession dispute between both parties resulted in the family losing the home earlier this year.

The home has now been put on the market by the bank but anyone who buys it won't live in the 8,000 sq/ft pad.

Instead it's set to be knocked down and replaced with the UK's largest new home. Under the approved proposals, the multimillion pound home can be replaced with a staggering 46,000 sq/ft property - 50 times the size of a typical home.

Despite being minutes from the busiest parts of London, it will boast 21 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms and 12 reception rooms when completed and have 1.5 acres of gardens.

The front will have a 63-metre frontage and there will also be staff quarters, an orangery and a huge centrally-positioned staircase reached by walking through a grand vestibule.

As with many mansions, the property will also have a lavish basement, which will feature an underground car park, swimming pool, sauna, gym, steam room, billiards room, cinema, bar and bowling alley.

Its value could be approaching the £100 million mark when completed, making it one of the country¹s most valuable new residences.

April 21st - May 21th

Just where you're going - both career-wise and within the family - will surely now have priority. It may be that you're now carrying different responsibilities. It's very likely that you are now in a situation you'd never expected and that this is throwing both you and those close to you into something of a spin. There may be people around you who are over-emotional. Midst all this, you may decide it's time to alter your diet.

£30 million mansion, formerly owned by Pakistan Senator Waqar Ahmed Khan, seized BATTLE LOST: Pakistani Senator Waqar Ahmed Khan and his family lost the battle with Deutsche bank following a lengthy High Court battle

GEMINI

May 22nd - June 21st

Financial matters could have your undivided attention from about Tuesday. The process might require that you change your mind about a commitment made some time ago and yes, that could create tension between you and someone who was relying on you to go ahead. Perhaps not unconnected, involvement in group buying and the many discounts available through bulk purchase could find you putting together a team before the weekend.

CANCER

June 22nd - July 22st

It’s likely then that you could soon 'push your own boat out'. This isn't so much a re-launch or re-branding exercise and more likely to be a first venture into the unknown. It's perhaps inevitable that you'll experience some stress and so appreciate support. The good news is that your sense of humour doesn't seem to stray so far from the surface - which should endear you to more than one person who finds value in having you on their team.

LEO

July 23st - August 23rd

Generally you are at your best when you know exactly where you stand, when others keep to arrangements and where an objective is clear. This week it appears there's more disunity than harmony. You may find that relatives or property (or both) are extra demanding and that you're required to give more in terms of time, effort and, probably money, but with no guarantee of return. You could view this as a test of faith and in your ability to be just a little flexible. Your creative thinking is challenged.

VIRGO

August 24th - September 23rd

LIBRA

September 24th - October 23rd

Perhaps more than many others you know the value of people pulling together and working as a team. You may find that people are more emotional than usual and that this outpouring of feelings and thoughts threatens to get in the way of getting things done. No doubt patience will be needed. These same conditions offer good conditions for identifying weaknesses and strengths however. It's likely too that your particular efficiency will be noted.

It's very, very likely that this will be one of the more creative months of your year. You could take your career off in a new direction. Repairs and redecoration are running themes throughout the month. One way and another you could feel quite over-stretched. It might be as well to think about how best to conserve energy (which is not the same as being lazy or procrastinating) so that you're well placed to take advantage of a unique and even slightly crazy - opportunity that could come your way before the weekend.

SCORPIO

October 24th - November 22nd

You have a reputation for being persistent and, even, at times, dogmatic. Yet you have been known to change direction and with a speed that takes even those who think they know you well by surprise. It may be that you're about to do just that. Whilst others are processing their deeply-felt emotions they may be temporarily oblivious to the fact that you're considering taking a new direction. So, you could ambush and take certain individuals totally by surprise before the weekend.

SAGITTARIUS

November 23rd - December 21st

Those who've been in any way thwarted in their early plans for 2014 are likely to be highly emotional. Whilst shying away from involvement with a group, you're likely to be drawn to those who are taking practical action. There's high probability of news from afar (shock information at some level) requiring you to think about making a journey. A twist on this would be making ticket arrangements for someone to visit you.

Either way, and before the weekend, you could be very busy indeed.

CAPRICORN

The receivers, Eddisons, have appointed the Knight Frank estate agency to sell Dryades.

It currently lies boarded up on The Bishops Avenue and the grounds are beginning to look overgrown.

Grant Alexson, head of Knight Frank¹s Hampstead office, called the property ‘an exceptional opportunity’.

He said: “The house, which is currently quite modest, is set in 1.5 acres of prime land on The Bishops Avenue.

“The value is in the planning permission. A piece of land like this is worth a lot more if you can build on it.

“It would be the largest home on The Bishops Avenue and one of the

largest new homes in the UK. “It is an exceptional opportunity to buy one of the finest pieces of land on The Bishops Avenue and it is likely to appeal to an international client.

“It has just come onto the market and there is already a lot of interest.”

The Bishops Avenue, dubbed Billionaires' Row, is one of the world's most well-known residential streets. It is a favourite among oligarchs and oil magnates and is sought after because of the size of the homes and the large plots of land that they occupy.

The Saudi Royal Family recently cashed in on the street, selling their ten homes to an investment group for a reported £80 million.

December 22nd - January 20th

You could be caught in the eye of a relationship storm that concerns friends, family and loyalty. It's usually not hard for you to be pragmatic. In this instance however, what's said may be deeply disturbing. It may be that you feel someone is unable to fight their own corner. It's work matters that could have your seriously undivided attention before the weekend though - and possibly because someone is determined you should be on their team. This could be a career break.

AQUARIUS

January 21st - February 19th

You may now be thinking more clearly now than you have for a while. Property matters may well be of primary concern. However, contact with a group may form new friendships. In turn these could lead to interesting career development. Perhaps someone you haven't worked with before - but who is well placed within an organisation - will be willing to do you a favour. This could lead to a remarkable and unusual invitation before the weekend.

PISCES

February 20th - March 20th

You may be far closer to solutions to some problems than you think. It seems there's at least one person willing to pull strings on your behalf. You could see your affairs put in the spotlight and problems addressed. It seems that logic and practical assistance will be applied. One strong possibility is that you'll give thought as to how you could work from home - requiring a review of how you use living space.

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National SUPPORT: Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association, Andrew Copson, believes it is great to see Britain ‘leading the way’ in such an important issue

Afghanistan Asylum Britain is believed to have become the first nation in the world to grant asylum to an atheist from Afghanistan, over fears the individual would be prosecuted upon return to his homeland.

The unnamed man was told he would be allowed to stay in the country after abandoning his faith whilst settling in Britain.

The man was brought up as a Muslim in Afghanistan and arrived in Britain in 2007 at the age of 16, yet lost his faith during his time in the country, and feared returning ‘home’ would put his life in danger.

In the case, taken up by Kent Law Clinic, a free service provided by University of Kent students in England and supervised by qualified lawyers, second-year law student Claire Spawn

Nation leads by example in case of atheist Afghan

represented the individual and prepared the case under the supervision of clinic solicitor Sheona York.

Speaking after the decision Ms Splawn said: “We argued that an atheist should be entitled to protection from persecution on the grounds of their belief in the same way as a religious person is protected.”

Ms York added: “The decision represents an important recognition that a lack of religious belief is in itself a thoughtful and seriouslyheld philosophical position.”

National body, the British Humanist Association, said the case may well have a claim to be a first in being based on nonreligious beliefs.

Chief executive of the organisation, Andrew Copson, explained: “Freedom of belief for humanists, atheists and other non-religious people is as important as freedom of belief for the religious but it is too often neglected by Western governments who focus too narrowly on the rights of Christians abroad, as we have seen recently.

“It is great to see Britain showing a lead in defending the human rights of the nonreligious in the same way.

“Increasingly in the last two years our Foreign Office is speaking up for the rights of non-religious people abroad - to now see the Home Office extending the UK's protection to non-religious refugees within our borders is something we can all be proud of.”

Following the presentation of the case, lawyers concluded that the man's return could result in a death sentence for being an apostate unless he remained discreet about his atheist beliefs.

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Labour MP Tom Watson and Lord Indarjit Singh had demanded an explanation after recently declassified documents indicated that Britain's Special Air Service (SAS) officials had been dispatched to help India on the planning on the raid of the Golden Temple to flush out militants from the shrine, an operation left more than 1,000 people dead.

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Become an entrepreneur today Support initiative acts as catalyst for local business growth

ENTREPRENEUR: Kauser Parveen launched her own recruitment agency thanks to the financial support of Enterprise Catalyst

Free expert advice and grants of up to £50,000, are being offered to small business owners and would-be entrepreneurs by Birmingham City Council’s new Enterprise Catalyst Business Support initiative.

The £9.3 million scheme is part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and is helping to build an entrepreneurial culture in key communities; and provide dedicated support to social enterprises and existing businesses in some of the city’s most disadvantaged areas.

As part of the Council’s drive to regenerate priority neighbourhoods, Enterprise Catalyst will, over the next two years, support 3,500 businesses and entrepreneurs with free independent expert advice, as well as provide up to 50 per cent grant investment - to help get businesses off the ground and grow.

One happy business owner who took advantage of the scheme was former solicitor, Kauser Parveen, who launched her own recruitment agency after spotting a gap in the supply of locum doctors in the NHS as well as private hospitals in the Middle East.

Initially, unsure whether her idea could turn into a business, Kauser was given a confidence boost by some of her early clients who praised the service they received.

After just months of work, Kauser got in touch with the team at Enterprise Catalyst, who helped shape her future plans with match-funding of more than £10,000 to handle the growing demand of the business.

Now, just two years later, Kauser employs eight workers and supplies staff across a range of sectors.

Enterprise Catalyst’s next Support Roadshow is taking place at the Beaufort Sports & Social Club in Hodge Hill, Birmingham on 29th January between 10am and 2pm, to support individuals looking to start their own business or develop an existing venture.

To be eligible for Enterprise Catalyst support; individuals must live, or have a business trading in northwest, central and southeast Birmingham, which makes up the scheme’s target boundary. As part of the eligibility criteria, businesses must demonstrate that they are or will trade within eligible ERDF business activity areas.

Councillor Tahir Ali, Cabinet Member for Development, Jobs and Skills said: “Entrepreneurs and small businesses that create growth are one of the keys to economic recovery.

“For us to be an Enterprise City, we need to encourage greater growth in private sector businesses and social enterprises that employ and train local people and make a positive contribution to the communities in which they operate”.

Financial backing can often be the most daunting prospect to overcome, which is why Enterprise Catalyst not only provides financial support for entrepreneurs and start-ups at varying stages of the business development journey, it also offers much needed mentoring and advice throughout the whole process.

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Charges admitted

A former British military intelligence officer denied at a public inquiry on Thursday that he had made death threats and fired shots while questioning Iraqi detainees in 2004.

He described shouting and using a tent peg to bang on a table as part of a range of methods to disorient detainees and maintain the "shock of capture", but denied beating or physically threatening the Iraqis.

The man, referred to only as "M004" because of his intelligence background, was giving evidence at the long-running AlSweady inquiry into events during and after a battle in southern Iraq on 14th May, 2004.

It is trying to get to the bottom of allegations by local Iraqis that British soldiers captured up to 20 men alive and later killed them at an army camp, and separately that they mistreated up to nine detainees.

The British soldiers say the 20 died fighting on the battlefield, and deny any mistreatment.

Football ground hate crime

Police have arrested a man after pages were torn from the Quran and thrown during a football match.

The incident was reported to police by a match steward working the Birmingham City and Middlesbrough game at St Andrew’s on Saturday 7th December.

On 21st December a 25-year-old man from Bicton Heath in Shrewsbury was arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred. He has since been bailed while the police investigation continues.

Whilst on bail the man has been banned from attending the St Andrews ground, barred from attending any football matches and must not visit any city where Middlesbrough FC are playing.

Between April and December 2013 2,267 hate crimes were investigated by police across the West Midlands. This is up by 1,882 offences compared with the same period the year before.

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Judge fears for missing sisters MISSING: The three sisters aged, 15, five and four have flown out of the UK from Heathrow via PIA unaccompanied by an adult

Three young girls, under the age of 16, are believed to have been sent to Pakistan for fear that they’d be taken into care It’s believed that three young sisters have been put on a plane unaccompanied by an adult and sent to Pakistan, after their parents feared that they’d be taken into care.

The High Court heard how Alyssa Din, 15, and her sisters Safia, five, and Amani, then three but now four, flew to Karachi via Islamabad in October last year after leaving their home in Preston, Lancashire.

Their whereabouts remain unknown, a judge was told.

Mr Justice Hayden described the missing girls' ordeal as "alarming", "brutal" and "almost impossible to imagine".

Details emerged at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court, as the judge ruled that the identities of the children and their parents could be revealed in the hope that publicity might lead to the youngsters being found.

Sources close to the case said the girls had flown from Heathrow. The airport refused to comment on the matter.

Mr Justice Hayden said the girls' father, Ilyas Din, and mother, Mazeley Din, are in prison for contempt of court after failing to provide information about the children's whereabouts.

Mr Din, who is in his late 40s, was given a 12-month term and Mrs Din, who is in her 30s, a sixmonth sentence.

The couple, who have other children and have been together for 17 years, were jailed following a hearing in Liverpool in December.

Mr Justice Hayden had decided at that stage not to reveal the family's identities because he thought publicity might harm any children still in England.

But at the latest hearing, in London yesterday, he said he had changed his mind - concluding that the balance had been tipped in favour of the media's right to "freedom of expression".

Following the December hearing, Mr Justice Hayden

published a written ruling.

"What is clear in this case is that, on the 7th and 8th of October, three of the children were flown out to Pakistan," he said.

"There has been much discussion about how those children came to be put on that plane in that alarming and, in my view, quite brutal manner.

"What seems likely, doing the best I can on the evidence available to me, is that they were put on the plane without any adult to accompany them. The burden for looking after the two younger ones appears to have been placed on the 15-year-old.

"The children's final destination was Karachi. That took them by Islamabad. One cannot begin to imagine the anxiety that that trip must have caused to those children.

"It is not difficult for any adult member of the public to understand why, when a family feels the local authority to be circling in, they might panic and run away together to evade the consequences of intervention. I do not for a moment condone that, of course. But I do understand it.

"What is far more difficult to understand is the parents who would put a three-year-old on a plane to an alien continent in this way. They must both have become very removed from their children's most basic emotional needs."

He added yesterday's hearing: "It is almost impossible to imagine how traumatic this experience will have been to these children."

The couple appeared at the hearing yesterday via video-links from jail.

"What am I supposed to do?"

Mrs Din asked the court.

"I am trying to get my children back but nobody is helping me get my children back. You have just put me in prison."

Mr Din apologised, and said he had been in contact with a relative in Pakistan and hoped that the

three children would soon be returned to England.

"There has been a mistake down to our panic," Mr Din told the judge. "We are loving parents but we were afraid because we were threatened by social workers."

He added: "We are not bad people. We just made a mistake.

People do make mistakes. We do apologise."

A lawyer representing Lancashire County Council's social services department told the judge that the local authority had been "simply seeking to make inquiries regarding the children's welfare".

She said there had been no application to remove the children "prior to the parents' actions".

A Heathrow spokeswoman said today: "Unfortunately we can't comment on individual cases but parents can book children as unaccompanied minors with an airline and the airline's staff would then escort them through security."

She could not say whether Heathrow had carried out an internal inquiry.

Mr Justice Hayden told yesterday's hearing that the "mother's will had been subjugated by the father".

And he outlined some of the background to the case.

The judge said people had been "so concerned" about the "noise of violence" coming from the Din home that they had twice called police.

He said Mr Din had stood trial accused of causing grievous bodily harm to Mrs Din but had been acquitted after Mrs Din told jurors that there had been a "terrible accident".

Prior to the judge entering court for the hearing yesterday, Mr Din could be heard speaking via the video-link.

He said: "You are going to witness some crazy stuff going on in this court... in the name of our great nation, England."

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Police chiefs should be consulted over changing the law to allow greater positive discrimination to boost the number of black and Asian officers in their forces, Labour has said.

The party would also make forces, including the Metropolitan Police, follow in the footsteps of the New York Police Department by setting "active" recruitment policies to increase diversity, which could include creating teams of black and minority ethnic (BME) recruiters to target particular communities.

It comes after heightened tensions in parts of London when a jury last week concluded that Mark Duggan, whose death sparked riots across the country in 2011, was lawfully killed by police.

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the Government must take action because progress in making forces more representatives of the areas they police has stalled.

Around five per cent of police officers in England and Wales are from an ethnic minority background compared to around 14 per cent of the population, according to Labour.

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Syrian funds

The United States will provide an additional £230million in humanitarian assistance to help those affected by the war in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry announced Wednesday.

“The humanitarian situation in Syria is an outrage that should offend every reasonable conscience, and the anguish of the Syrian people demands our collective action,” Kerry said at a donors' conference in Kuwait.

“The Syrian people

desperately need the global community to provide urgent humanitarian support, to press for a political solution that will put a stop to the violence, once and for all.”

Kerry said the latest pledge brings the total American commitment to more than £1billion.

The money will fund relief for people inside Syria, as well as refugees and host communities in neighboring countries.

Nations taking part in Wednesday's conference pledged more than a £800million.

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POLIO: In 2009 India accounted for over half of the global polio burden

Country achieves the oncethought impossible milestone of global eradication of the disease

victory.

Despite the success, isolated anush@asianexpress.co.uk polio outbreaks in the Horn of Africa and war-wrecked Syria emerged as new causes for India marks three years since its last reported polio case on this concern in 2013.

To celebrate India's success, the week, meaning it will soon be Rotary International charity, certified as having defeated the ancient scourge in a huge advance which has been a key donor, will illuminate the India Gate and for global eradication efforts.

Red Fort monuments in New The milestone confirms one of Delhi with a message of India's biggest public health congratulations. success stories, achieving India ‘proved to the world how something once thought to conquer this disease’ despite its impossible, thanks to a massive population density and sanitation and sustained vaccination problems, said Nicole Deutsch, programme.

India's health minister Ghulam head of polio operations for UN children's arm UNICEF in India.

Nabi Azad, along with global Countries are certified by the groups who have been working to WHO as being polio-free if they eradicate the virus, hailed the go 12 months without a case, and three years as "a monumental are then said to have eradicated it milestone". after a period of three years "In 2009 India accounted for without new infections. India will over half of the global polio likely receive this endorsement burden and today is the historic only in March. day when we have completed There also remain reasons for three years without a single case caution, with the virus still of wild polio," the minister told considered endemic in reporters in the capital. neighbouring Pakistan, where With the number of cases in vaccinators are being killed by decline in Nigeria and the Taliban which views them as Afghanistan, two of only three possible spies. countries where polio is still A fake vaccination programme endemic, world efforts to consign was used by the CIA to provide the crippling virus to history are cover for operatives tracking Al making steady progress.

"In 2012, there were the fewest Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, who was killed in Pakistan by US numbers of cases in endemic countries as ever before. So far in Special Forces in May 2011.

Hopes of progress were given a 2013 (records are still being boost last month when Pakistani checked), there were even less," cricketer-turned-politician Imran Hamid Jafari, global polio expert at the World Health Organisation Khan pledged to personally spearhead vaccination efforts in said. the troubled northwest of the "If the current trends of country. progress continue we could very In India, the wretched sight of easily see the end of polio in Afghanistan and Nigeria in 2014," crippled street hawkers or beggars on wheeled trolleys will added Jafari, hailed as having also remain as a legacy of the played a crucial role in India's

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country’s time as an epicentre of the disease.

In the absence of any official data, most experts agree there are several million survivors left with withered legs or twisted spines who face discrimination and often live on the very margins of Indian society.

The country's success was built on a huge vaccination programme that began in the mid-1990s with the backing of the central government and a coalition of charities, private donors, and UN agencies.

An army of more than two million vaccinators, backed by local religious and community leaders, canvassed villages, slums, train stations and public gatherings in even the most remote parts of the country.

The country reported 150,000 cases of paralytic polio in 1985, and it still accounted for half of all cases globally in 2009, with 741 infections that led to paralysis.

In 2010, the number of victims fell to double figures before the last case on January 13, 2011, when an 18-month-old girl in a Kolkata slum was found to have contracted it. The girl, Rukshar Khatoon, is now attending school and leads a "normal life", although she still suffers pain in her right leg from the disease.

Jafari from the WHO highlighted the immense knockon benefits for India, which is still afflicted by other preventable diseases, widespread malnutrition and poor sanitation.

"India has now set other important public health goals as a result of the confidence that the country has got from the successful eradication of polio," he said, citing a new measles eradication goal.

A Buddhist mob has torn through a town in an isolated corner of Burma, hacking Muslim women and children with knives and killing more than a dozen, reports say.

A government official said the situation was tense, but denied any deaths.

Burma, a predominantly Buddhist nation of 60million people, has been grappling with sectarian violence for nearly two years. More than 240 people have been killed and another 140,000, mostly Muslims, forced to

flee their homes.

Chris Lewa of the Arakan Project, an advocacy group that has been documenting abuses against members of the Rohinyga Muslim minority for more than a decade, said the violence occurred on Tuesday in northern Rakhine state.

She said tensions have been building in the region since last month, when monks from a Buddhist extremist movement known as 969 toured the area and gave sermons by loudspeaker advocating the expulsion of all Rohinygya.

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Scorching temperatures cause bushfires

More than 80 bushfires were burning across Victoria and South Australia states last week as temperatures continued to top 40C for yet another week.

Both states have endured several days of scorching temperatures, with winds helping to increase the speed of the fires.

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay said one person died at their home in Roses Gap in the Grampians region, northwest of Melbourne, adding the death was fire-

related, but gave no other details.

Victoria Fire Commissioner Craig Lapsley said a blaze burning over 52,000 acres of woodland near the Grampians generated a seven-mile high convection column - a column of rising hot air - that was triggering lightning and sparking spot fires.

Residents in the region had been advised to evacuate their homes, but several people decided to stay and protect their properties, he said.

Syrian death toll continues rise

Nearly 700 people have been killed in nine days of fierce clashes between an al Qaeda affiliate and other Islamist and rebel groups, activists said last weekend.

Forces from the al Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and Syria have increasingly come into conflict with Free Syrian Army fighters and other hard-line factions opposing the Syrian regime, while ISIS attempts to impose its strict form of Islamic Sharia law on areas coming under

its control in northern Syria.

In just nine days, 697 people have been killed in the fighting, activists said, with many being children and civilians.

The victims include 351 combatants from the Islamist and non-Islamist rebel battalions, 246 ISIS fighters, and 100 civilians, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

The activist group said the deaths took place between 3rd January and 12th January.

Egyptians vote on the future of their country

Referendum Ever since former Egyptian president, Mohammed Morsi, was ousted from his seat in July 2013, debate has run wild in the country in regard to who should rightfully be considered as the ‘leader’.

Egypt’s current Militarylead authority ordered a referendum to put the matter to bed yet when the opposition party boycotted the vote, it was always going to be a one horse race.

The referendum was held on Tuesday and Wednesday last week, with a turnout rate of just 39 per cent in most

as Muslim provinces supporters Brotherhood declined the opportunity to vote.

The government had hoped for a larger turnout from the 53million registered voters who had initially approved a constitution under Morsi in 2012.

In comparison, the Muslim Brotherhood had hoped a low turnout would send a message of discontent over Morsi's overthrow and the crackdown on his supporters.

On Tuesday, clashes between Morsi supporters and

their opponents and police killed at least nine people and at least 444 people were arrested for protesting and disrupting polling, officials said.

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the army chief who toppled Morsi mass protests following against his one-year rule, was also monitoring the vote for a sign of support as he mulls running for the presidency.

It was the first vote since Morsi's ouster, and authorities say the new constitution provides greater protection for freedom of speech and

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The president's spokesman Ehab Badawy remarked, on the ‘high turnout in the referendum’, that it was a ‘beautiful day for Egypt and democracy’. was also a “This referendum on June 30,” said government spokesman Hany Salah, referring to the day when millions of protesters took to the streets demanding Morsi's resignation.

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Colonel Bayaaz lands top job

Policewoman takes charge in male dominated industry

An Afghan policewoman was appointed as head officer in a major city last week, with such an unusual move illustrated by the fact she was issued four bodyguards upon appointment.

Colonel Jamila Bayaaz joined the force more than 30 years ago and will now head one of Kabul's busiest shopping districts.

Interviewed on Wednesday, Bayaaz said she hoped to inspire other women and improve paltry numbers in police ranks in the post-Taliban era, despite highly publicised recruitment drives.

One aspiring officer, she said, had already visited her office with an application.

“She was very excited and told me that when she saw me on television she was encouraged to serve as a policewoman. I was surprised,” Bayaaz said in her office, bedecked with flowers from well-wishers. “My priority is to protect women and help them recruit in the police force through this job.”

Joining the police force is a brave but risky move.

Working alongside unrelated men in a deeply conservative society exposes women to criticism and most will suffer some form of abuse from male colleagues.

Hence the four bodyguards, twice the number usually allotted to a comparable male officer. And the armoured car.

“I know there are dangers and threats in this job, but I don't worry about them. I focus on my job, how to make things better,” Bayaaz said.

Creating a female police force was considered an important victory for Western efforts to promote equality after a U.S.-led military coalition toppled the Taliban in 2001.

Forced by the Taliban to wear the head-to-toe burqa, unable to leave home on their own and barred from schools, women were supposed to secure basic freedoms. But gains have been limited.

Colonel Bayaaz added that she was completely dedicated to the role and would not be stepping down any time soon, despite a number of possible obstacles.

She said: “People's mindset has changed a lot towards women and become more radical,” she said.

“My children and husband are worried about my job, but I can't quit simply because they say so.”

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World’s most deadly reservoir

The World Health Organization on Friday declared Pakistan's troubled northwestern city of Peshawar as the world's "largest reservoir" of polio and called for urgent action to boost vaccination.

Almost every polio case in 2013 in Pakistan, one of only three countries where the crippling disease remains endemic, could be linked genetically to strains of the virus circulating in Peshawar, said the WHO.

LEADER: Incumbent Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, was sworn back into power last weekend after a landslide victory during violent elections

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, of which Peshawar is the capital, and adjoining tribal districts where Taliban and al-Qaida linked militants have hideouts are particular polio hotspots.

Efforts to stamp out the disease have been hampered by opposition from militant groups, who see vaccination campaigns as cover for espionage, as well as long-running rumours about the drops causing infertility.

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Hasina remains in power after violenceplagued election

Bangladesh's new government was finally sworn in on Sunday 12th January, a week after the ruling party had won a turbulent election.

With the opposition party boycotting the votes, there were a host of international calls for a fresh and inclusive poll which never occured.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ‘Awami League’ ended with more than twothirds of seats in a contest that was shunned by international observers as flawed and derided as a farce by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

With fewer than half the seats contested, the outcome was never in doubt, much like last week’s referendum vote in Egypt.

The new cabinet were sworn in on Sunday afternoon, with Hasina, 64, taking oath as Prime Minister for the third term.

The BNP, led by former premier and Hasina's bitter rival Begum Khaleda Zia, said the new government was not legitimate, but an

‘autocratic dictatorial government devoid of the representation of the people’.

On Saturday, Khaleda, left her residence for a meeting with Chinese Ambassador Lee Jung after two weeks of under virtual ‘house arrest’, which the government denied.

Mashiur Rahman, an adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said the week prior that Khaleda had been prevented from leaving her residence because she had called on activists to carry out violence to resist the election Both heirs to political dynasties, Hasina and Khaleda have alternated as prime minister for all but two of the past 22 years.

The United States has called on the new government and opposition to engage in immediate dialogue to find a way to hold ‘free, fair, peaceful, and credible’ elections as soon as possible.

Hasina has vowed tougher action in a bid to end violence that is also threatening the country's $22billion garment export industry. Nearly 150 people were killed in election violence in recent months.

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Al-Jazeera journalists to face charges DETAINED: (l-r) Baher Mohamed, Mohamed Fahmy and Peter Greste were detained on the 29th December

Clouds cast over freedom of press in Egypt

Three journalists from AlJazeera are still being detained by prosecutors in Egypt on suspicion of the group using unlicensed equipment, broadcasting false news and possessing fake footage.

Baher Mohamed, Mohamed Fahmy and Peter Greste were detained on 29th December. In a statement, issued by the Egyptian prosecutors, they said that the journalists had been gathering material with the intention of tampering with it so as to not truly reflect reality.

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The prosecutor continued by adding that the network had the “objective of distorting Egypt's image abroad, damaging its political standing, and making the international public believe that the unreal footage showed what was happening in Egypt and that the country was witnessing a civil war.

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In its statement, Al-Jazeera said: “Our detained team had been working in Cairo for some time and people can still watch their work online.

“It was all of the highest journalistic standards and integrity, as has been all our output since the start of the momentous events in Egypt three years ago.”

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A letter signed by more than 40 editors and journalists earlier this week appealed for an end to their ‘arbitrary imprisonment’ and said the arrests had ‘cast a cloud over press and media freedom in Egypt’.

The current Egyptian ruling have long believed that Al-Jazeera are in support of opposition party, Muslim Brotherhood, and therefore may be frowned upon in such a case as this.

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COMPLAINTS: Albert Square’s newest resident, Shabnam Masood, has already been causing controversy in the BBC soap since returning last week

In what seems like a recordbreaking week for Asian storylines, three of the most watched programmes on television have all focused in on the new families on the block.

Perhaps most notably, on Wednesday 15th January, the longawaited return of the controversial Kumar’s finally arrived. With almost 400,000 people tuning in to Sky One, Madhuri and the gang returned to evening entertainment for the first time since 2006 when they left BBC2.

The only difference now is that the family no longer resides in their Wembley home but above the father’s Hounslow gift shop. Guests on the opening show included Daniel Radcliffe, Olivia Colman and a rare appearance from Chevy Chase.

Seven years ago the general consensus was that ‘you either love them or hate them’, and now it seems nothing’s changed with a huge variation of responses on social media about the Kumar’s.

Elsewhere, back on terrestrial TV, Rakhee Thakrar debuted as Shabnam Masood on Eastenders as the character made a return to Albert Square for the first time since leaving in 2008.

Zahra Ahmadi, who used to play the role, left after just 14 months because of a lack of storylines yet the new Shabnam already looks to be offering a new venture for the outspoken resident.

On Tuesday, Shabnam told her father, Masood Ahmed, that he

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shouldn’t have dated a white woman (Carol). Cue the complaints.

The BBC acknowledged the complaints yet stuck by the storyline adding that the matter is due to be tackled in upcoming episodes.

“We received complaints from some viewers who were unhappy with a comment made by Shabnam…,” a BBC statement read.

“Shabnam has returned from Pakistan with a renewed religious faith, devoutness and with some strong views. In this episode, Shabnam's comments came from her personal beliefs, but as viewers will see in future episodes, she is strongly challenged on her views by her father Masood.”

With both shows showing heightened interest it is Coronation Street which will be welcoming a piece of history to their soap next as the street’s first Muslim family gets ready to move in next month.

Jimi Mistry, who currently plays fitness trainer Kal, will welcome his family to ITV’s most famous cobbles as Corrie prepares to open its doors to some new cast members.

Marc Anwar, who recently appeared in Hollywood blockbuster Captain Phillips, is the only named family member so far, and will play Kal’s father, Sharif.

With Asian television stars rising up the ladder, watch out for exclusive interviews in upcoming issues of the Asian Express with some of the screen’s biggest names.

Kumars, Eastenders and Corrie welcome new faces to enhance their storylines

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DRIVEN: Pakistan’s emergence of new blood into filmmaking sees Iram Parveen Bilal as the Director of the movie gathering much-acclaim ‘Josh’

Pakistani cinema has been in the midst of a metamorphosis with an emergence of new talent and an independent film scene.

Steering this change has been an upcoming breed of new filmmakers who are not only creative but driven to mobilising all the resources to raise funds, crew and a camera or two.

This is the new cinema of Pakistan’s filmschool generation, out to change an outdated narrative, one small film at a time.

Iram Parveen Bilal is one such filmmaker, and her first film ‘Josh’ made history as Pakistan’s first film to be showcased at the London Indian Film Festival, last year.

Originally studying to become an

engineer, Iram says that she was far too impatient to wait for a scientific discovery that would help mankind, and desired a more immediate reaction to her work.

Starring two of Pakistani television’s finest actors, and real-life power couple, Aamina Sheikh and Mohib Mirza, ‘Josh’ tells the story of a high school teacher living in Karachi, whose blissful ignorance about the realities of life in rural Pakistan is shattered when her nanny goes missing.

The film is about class separation, education, women’s rights, feudalism and the youth movement. The gripping tale has its fair share of twists and turns, but which ultimately sends out both a powerful and positive message.

Commenting on being a new talent in Pakistan’s film industry, Iram said: “The most important thing is that it’s a movement from the ground up. It’s no longer just people from film families making films. That will hopefully lead to a greater variety of films, and ultimately a cinema which is thick and strong.

“Many of these new films have been largely focussed on powerful social narratives. Pakistan is always in turmoil and so you can either focus on the turmoil or go completely escapist in your narratives. But we’ve only just restarted the process of making films, and the more that are made, the wider the spectrum will get.”

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‘BABY GIRL’ He’s a man on a mission, as another taster from the forthcoming album by Roach Killa is unleashed!

One of the most talented artists in the music industry, Roach Killa will be going all out to make history in another genre by trying to chart his new release into the UK mainstream charts on the 19th January 2014.

Supported by a very healthy campaign, the release of his forthcoming single, ‘Baby Girl’ has been generating a whirlpool of growing

interest in the singers diverse talent.

The Canadian star currently residing and working in the UK, is very excited about this release as it will be a real test to see how strong his fan base is here in the UK. Voted by the public at the recent Brit Asia Awards as the ‘Best Urban Asian Artist’ two years running is a major achievement for this very focused and hard working artist.

Having clocked up nearly 200,000 legitimate Facebook ‘likes’ and over

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Serving up an intriguing tale of romance, the sequel to the award-winning Indian romantic-thriller 'Ishqiya', Madhuri talks to the Asian Express about her role in ‘Dedh Isqshiya’ - a movie filled with deception and rage, which was released on 15th January.

The film which follows events after 'Ishqiya' where Khalujan (Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad Warsi) become involved in another escapade, where the widowed Begum of Mahmudabad (Madhuri Dixit-Nene) has announced a festival of poetry at her mansion. The grapevine suggests she's looking for a new husband - preferably one with poetic talents. The tale is filled with twists and mysterious turns and also stars Huma Qureshi as Muniraalias Muniya.

We asked Madhuri what it was like playing the role of the Begum. She said: “It definitely challenged me as a kind of role, as there are not a lot of histrionics there.

“There's no shouting and screaming. It's not very obvious acting.

“With Begum it was like performing on a tightrope as I had to deliver a character who wants people to perceive her different to what she really is. The role had to be underplayed and under-toned.”

On meeting up to the acclaim of ‘Ishqia’ and the pressure of doing a sequel, Madhuri said: “Sequels have to be better and the interest is very high, yet should also look like a different movie.

“Dedh Ishqiya is completely different in terms of story, culture, atmosphere... We now have these two conmen characters from the first film, put into a haveli setting.

The comedy comes off very beautifully. I feel we achieved what we set out to do. It's a very poetical film, but the Urdu is not that complicated that the common man won't understand.”

Roach Killa to unleash his new single and video release

21,000 Twitter followers, he is now ready to exploit his current offering ‘Baby Girl’ from the forthcoming album ‘Verified’ which will contain 15 tracks in total.

His album showcases the versatility and uniquely different styles of Roach Killa and this single would be his first release into the mainstream by Birmingham-based Wizard Records.

It’s anticipated to enter the UK Top 40 Mainstream charts. Watch this space…

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FILM: Vaalu DIRECTED BY: Vijay Chandar GENRE: Comedy, Drama STAR CAST: Santhanam, Brahmanandam, Hansika Motwani, Simbu

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RELEASE DATE: 20/12/2013 Tamil superstar duo Simbu and Santhanam reunite for more memorable escapades in this energetic comedy romance. Following their collaboration in the critically acclaimed Vanaam (2011), the dynamic duo return to our screens in Valuu.

The directorial debut of Vijay Chandar, Vaalu is the funny and uplifting story of a youngster who lives in the railway quarters in Chennai.

With Sambu and Santhanam providing excellent comic relief as an unforgettable double act, glamour is added by the radiant Hansika Motwani in the role of the love interest. Fresh from his success in the hit Podaa Podi (2012), Sambu brings effortless star appeal to his leading role with priceless comedy support from Brahmanandam, while S. Thaman's beautiful musical score plays on the heartstrings.

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FILM: Dhoom 3 DIRECTED BY: Vijay Krishna Acharya GENRE: Action, Drama STAR CAST: Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan plays the bad guy in the third incredible, stunt-filled 'Dhoom' movie. In Chicago, police are baffled by two daring bank robberies. In each case, a message is left in Hindi along with an image of a smiling clown face.

No-nonsense cop ACP Jai Dixit (Abhishek Bachchan) and his comedy sidekick Ali Akbar (Uday Chopra) figure that they need to make the clown thief rob again in order to catch him. But devious and resourceful gymnast Sahir (Aamir Khan) is a master

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of disguise and deception. He's also accompanied by sexy acrobat diva Aaliya (Katrina Kaif). Vijay Krishna Acharya, writer of the first two 'Dhoom' films, makes his directorial debut with this eagerly anticipated third instalment.

He fills the screen with breathtaking high-speed chases and astonishing stunts. Such was Aamir Khan's commitment to his amazing athletic role that the megastar went on a strict diet for two years and underwent rigorous circus training!

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RELEASE DATE: 07/01/2014 FILM: Madha Gaja Raja DIRECTED BY: Sundar C GENRE: Comedy, Thriller STAR CAST: Vishal, Anjali, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Prakash Raj Tamil filmmaking legend Sundar C. returns with a crowd-pleasing masala comedy. Having taken a brief break from directing, the multitalented Tamil returns with a bang with last year's hit 'Kalakalappu'.

Now he delivers another of his trademark crowdpleasing family comedies.

Versatile Vishal is the male lead, while accomplished actress and model Anjali takes the leading female role. They're joined by Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, who builds upon her award-winning debut in Podaa Podi.

The antagonist is Sonu Sood, who's fast becoming the go-to bad boy of Tamil cinema after 'Osthe'. He plays a scheming industrialist who attempts a move into politics both to further his business interests and also to get his hands on the reins of power.

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FILM: Dedh Ishqiya DIRECTED BY: Abhishek Chaubey GENRE: Romance, Thriller STAR CAST: Arshad Warsi, Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit

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Khalujaan (Naseeruddin Shah)and Babban (Arshad Warsi), the two romantic thieves are back in Dedh Ishqiya, sequel to the acclaimed and successful Ishqiya with their romantic adventures.

And this time love will take

them through the SEVEN STAGES OF LOVE... with the beautiful and dangerous Madhuri Dixit as Begum Para and Huma Qureshi as Munniya.

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FILM: Veeram DIRECTED BY: Sivakumar Jayakumar GENRE: Action, Drama STAR CAST: Ajith Kumar, Tamannaah, Santhanam, Ramesh Khanna

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Popular, multiple award-winning Indian actor Ajith Kumar plays the eldest of five brothers in this family entertainer. Exploring the affection

between siblings, it's a village-based drama boasting an excellent ensemble supporting cast.

Vidharth of 'Mynaa' fame plays one of Ajith's brothers. Also cast as brothers are Munish, who appeared in 'Naanga', and Bala. Himself a keen motor racing driver, Ajith brought on

RELEASE DATE: 09/01/2014 board Suhail Chandhok, brother of former Formula One racer Karun Chandhok, after being impressed by his performance in a short film.

Making her comeback to Tamil cinema after a three year sabbatical, Tamannah was selected to play Ajith's love interest.

FILM: Karle Pyaar Karle DIRECTED BY: Rajesh Pandey GENRE: Action, Drama, Romance STAR CAST: Shiv Darshan, Aham Sharma, Tanya RELEASE Malik, Sanjay Sharma Newcomers Shiv Darshan and Hasleen star as two rebels in love in this action-filled Hindi romance. From early childhood, Kabir (Shiv Darshan) and Preet (Hasleen) responded to their unstable environment by playing dangerous games together.

But at the age of eight, Kabir went one step too far and faced incarceration in a juvenile home. Seeking to spare him this terrible punishment, his mother decided to leave town. For the next 12 years, the family moved from city to city.

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FILM: Kochadaiiyaan (also in 3D) DIRECTED BY: Soundarya Rajnikanth Ashwin GENRE: Action, Drama STAR CAST: Rajinikanth, Deepika Padukone, R. Sarathkumar, Jackie Shroff Rajinikanth showcases a stunning new avatar as a fierce warrior bent on revenge in India's first performance capture movie.

Rana (Rajinikanth) is a mighty, ruthless warrior who returns to his homeland on a very personal mission.

He intends to avenge the death of his father Kochadaiiyaan, who was unjustly executed on the orders of the king of Kotaipattinam. But fulfilling

FILM: Jai Ho DIRECTED BY: Sohail Khan GENRE: Action, Drama STAR CAST: Salman Khan, Tabu, Danny Denzongpa, Daisy Shah, Nadira Babbar

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his destiny will take Rana down a treacherous path of love and war, filled with conflicting emotions.

First-time director Soundarya Rajnikanth Ashwin directs her own father Rajinikanth in this epic historical spectacle. It's the first Indian film to make use of the photorealistic performance capture technology that James Cameron deployed so effectively on 'Avatar'.

Salman Khan stars as a honest man waging war on corruption and injustice in this explosive Bollywood action-drama. Jai (Salman Khan) is an incorruptible former army officer with a simple philosophy.

Each time he helps someone, he requests that they help somebody else, creating an ever-expanding circle of goodwill.

But fate leads Jai into conflict with a powerful politician and his nasty family. Unwilling to shy away from a battle, no matter how unequal, our hero takes on

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the violent goons unleashed against him.

Realising the terrible consequences this could have for the rest of their family, his sister Geeta persuades Jai to make peace with his enemy. But when this results in humiliation, he loses his composure and launches an all-out, one-man war! Sohail Khan directs his older brother, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, in this adrenaline-pumping remake of the Telugu film 'Stalin'.

Music is by Sajid-Wajid, Devi Sri Prasad and Amal Malik.

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Now they're back home and Kabir and Preet are renewing their relationship, with romance added to the volatile mix of crazy dares and fun. Kabir firmly believes that by sticking together they will be safe.

However, Preet fears they are ill-fated, and tries to tear herself away. Shiv Darshan, son of veteran Bollywood filmmaker Suneel Darshan, makes his acting debut opposite fellow newcomer Hasleen in this thrilling actionromance.

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SjEaPnT 2014 THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY STARRING: BEN STILLER, KRISTEN WIIG, SEAN PENN, SHIRLEY MACLAINE DIRECTOR: BEN STILLER GENRE: COMEDY, DRAMA Ben Stiller directs and stars in a inspirational fable about a daydreaming everyman who goes on an incredible adventure. Walter Mitty (Ben Stiller) works in the photographic department of the legendary 'Life' magazine, whose iconic covers feed his rich fantasy life.

This lonely singleton is attracted to recently separated co-worker Cheryl (Kristen Wiig), but too withdrawn to express his feelings. Now both their jobs are threatened as the magazine

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CERT prepares to cease publication and become a digital product.

When Walter loses an image from star photographer Sean O'Connell (Sean Penn) that was to grace the cover of the last issue, he is finally forced to act. Embarking on a breathtaking journey to track down the elusive snapper, Walter learns to live the dream as he travels as far afield as Volcanic Iceland and the Himalayas.

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STARRING: CHRISTIAN BALE, AMY ADAMS, JENNIFER LAWRENCE, BRADLEY COOPER, ROBERT DE NIRO DIRECTOR: DAVID O. RUSSEL UK RELE ASE DAT GENRE: THRILLER E: 3 Drama TBC 'American Hustle' CERT is a fast-paced thrill ride through the 1970s FBI sting operation known as Abscam, following a conman forced to assist the feds in snaring corrupt public officials.

In this fictionalised account of the famous scandal, Bradley Cooper

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Keanu Reeves stars in an epic fantasy reworking of the incredible true story of 47 brave samurai who face impossible odds.

When evil Lord Kira (Tadanobu Asano) slaughters their master and banishes them, 47 samurai warriors are dispersed across the land.

In order to exact revenge and restore honour, their leader Oishi (Hiroyuki Sanada) recognises that they will need the

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help of exiled and enslaved outcast halfbreed Kai (Keanu Reeves).

But even with Kai's inspirational heroics, this determined band of rebels are massively outnumbered. As they battle their way across a hostile world, they also face many supernatural foes.

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MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM

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STARRING: IDRIS ELBA, NAOMIE HARRIS, TONY KGOROGE, RIAAD MOOSA DIRECTOR: JUSTIN CHADWICK GENRE: DRAMA, DOCUMENTARY This epic motion picture spans UK RELE ASE Mandela's 0 3/01/20DATE: extraordinary life, 14 from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected President of South Africa.

MANDELA is the thrilling story of an ordinary man who rose to the challenge of his times and triumphed an intimate portrait of the making of a modern icon.

THE RAILWAY MAN STARRING: COLIN FIRTH, NICOLE KIDMAN, STELLAN SKARSGARD, JEREMY IRVINE TBC DIRECTOR: JONATHAN TEPLITZKY CERT GENRE: DRAMA Adapted from the bestselling autobiography

by Eric Lomax, 'The Railway Man' tells the story of a British soldier haunted by his experience as a prisoner of war during WWII. Colin Firth takes the

lead as Lt. Eric Lomax, a former prisoner of war scarred by his memories of working on the ThaiBurma Railway (a.k.a. the Death Railway).

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traumatic events and under the guidance of his wife - he decides to face up to his Japanese tormentor.

'The Railway Man' also stars Nicole Kidman and Stellan Skarsgard.

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CERT STARRING: MICHAEL DOUGLAS, ROBERT DE NIRO, MORGAN FREEMAN, KEVIN KLINE DIRECTOR: JON TURTELTAUB GENRE: COMEDY Billy (Michael Douglas), Paddy (Robert De Niro), Archie (Morgan Freeman) and Sam (Kevin Kline) have been best friends since childhood. So when Billy, the group's sworn bachelor, finally proposes to his thirty-something (of course) girlfriend, the four head to Las Vegas with a plan to stop acting their age and relive their glory days.

However, upon

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Twelve years a slave is based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom.

In the pre-Civil War United States.

Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by

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arriving, the four quickly realize that the decades have transformed Sin City and tested their friendship in ways they never imagined.

The Rat Pack may have once played the Sands and Cirque du Soleil may now rule the Strip, but it’s these four who are taking over Vegas.

Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian UK RELE ASE abolitionist 1 0/01/20DATE: (Brad Pitt) will 14 forever alter his life.

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JACK RYAN: SHADOW TBC RECRUIT CERT STARRING: CHRIS PINE, KEIRA KNIGHTLEY, KEVIN COSTNER DIRECTOR: KENNETH BRANAGH GENRE: ACTION, DRAMA, THRILLER UK RELE AS

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STARRING: LEONARDO DICAPRIO, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY, JOANNA LUMLEY, JONAH HILL DIRECTOR: MARTIN SCORSESE 18 GENRE: DRAMA, COMEDY CERT Based on a true story, 'The Wolf of Wall Street' lifts the lid on a massive 1990's securities fraud scandal, which was orchestrated by a hard-partying stockbroker.

Jordan Belfort appears to have it all: fast cars, luxury yachts and endless

reserves of money earned by ruthlessly swindling investors. But his high-flying lifestyle won't last forever, as FBI agents cotton on to the dodgy dealings at his firm and the dynamic banker looks set to face federal prison.

Based on the CIA analyst created by espionage master Tom Clancy, "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" is a blistering action thriller that follows Ryan (Chris Pine, "Star Trek") from his quiet double-life as a veteranturned-Wall Street executive to his all-out initiation as a hunted American agent on the trail of a massive terrorist plot in Moscow.

Ryan appears to be just another New York executive to his friends and loved ones, but his enlistment into the CIA secretly goes back years. He was brought in as a brainy Ph.D. who crunches global data - but when Ryan

ferrets out a meticulously planned scheme to collapse the U.S. economy and spark global chaos, he becomes the only man with the skills to stop it.

Now, he's gone fully operational, thrust into a world of mounting suspicion, deception and deadly force.

Caught between his tight-lipped handler Harper (Academy Awardwinner Kevin Costner), his in-thedark fiancee Cathy (Keira Knightley) and a brilliant Russian oligarch (Kenneth Branagh), Jack must confront a new reality where no one can seem to be trusted, yet the fate of millions rests on his finding the truth.

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY STARRING: MERYL STREEP, JULIA ROBERTS, EWAN MCGREGOR, CHRIS COOPER DIRECTOR: JOHN WELLS GENRE: COMEDY, DRAMA August: Osage County tells the dark, hilarious and deeply touching story of the Weston family. Meryl Streep stars as Violet, the sharptongued matriarch of the Weston's.

August begins on the night that Violet's husband of 30 years, Beverly, mysteriously vanishes without a trace.

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GROUP HEAD OF FINANCE

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A high calibre Group Head of Finance required by an international food manufacturer and supplier based in South Wales. Must have first-class technical accounting skills, strong qualifications (ACA) with good commercial acumen and minimum10 years’ experience. Applicant will be responsible for all financial aspects of the Group’s business and provide strategic leadership. Full time position. Travelling necessary (UK and aboard). Salary negotiable on experience.

SALES REPRESENTATIVES REQUIRED

HGV DRIVERS, HGV FITTER & TRANSPORT MANAGER

Euro Foods Group Ltd, a leading food manufacturer and supplier urgently requires experienced sales representatives, for our London, Birmingham and Sunderland depots.

Competitive rates.

Leading food distributor urgently requires experienced HGV Class 1 and 2, and 7.5 tonnes drivers for multi-drop deliveries for our London, Birmingham and Sunderland depots.

Also recruiting a HGV Fitter and an experienced Transport Manager with strong logistic background.

Competitive rates.

Please forward CV and detailed cover letter to shahid@eurofoods.co.uk.

Head Office: Langland Way, Reevesland Park Ind Estate, Newport, Gwent, NP19 4PT, United Kingdom T: 01633 636 000 • www.eurofoods.co.uk

Please forward CV and detailed cover letter to jobs@eurofoods.co.uk.

Head Office: Langland Way, Reevesland Park Ind Estate, Newport, Gwent, NP19 4PT, United Kingdom T: 01633 636 000 • www.eurofoods.co.uk

Please forward CV and detailed cover letter to jobs@eurofoods.co.uk.

Head Office: Langland Way, Reevesland Park Ind Estate, Newport, Gwent, NP19 4PT, United Kingdom T: 01633 636 000 • www.eurofoods.co.uk

ADVERTISING SALES EXECUTIVES

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

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

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

Immediate start if you can answer yes to: Do you have a full UK drivers licence?

Can you work of your own initiative?

Do you have a thirst for money and success?

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

We are looking for

We are looking for an

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WEST YORKSHIRE to work for a growing company in the following areas:

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

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

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PERSON to work for a growing company in the newspaper and magazine industry.

Immediate start if you can answer yes to: Can you work of your own initiative?

Do you make a good cup of tea?

Are you PC Literate?

Can you Type?

Good at Filing?

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

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SALES working for a growing company in the newspaper and magazine industry.

Responsibilities: • Answering enquiries via the website, telephone and incoming emails and respond accordingly.

• Introducing marketing and sales initiatives to the target markets, using your experience and product knowledge.

• Have internal sales / customer services experience.

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

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By Anush Ansari anush@asianexpress.co.uk

It seems like only yesterday when the last WRX STI was sold in the UK amid an outcry of sentiment on the sad loss of this iconic model. Less than one year on, Subaru UK confirms the new WRX STI is coming to these shores in summer.

The good news for performance

car fans around the country is that as a result of the recent movements in exchange rates, the new model will be priced at a highly competitive £28,995 when it hits showrooms in May, some £4,000 cheaper than its predecessor.

Unveiled at the Detroit motor show earlier this week (14 January) the new WRX STI is based on the WRX saloon car launched at the LA show in November, but with some significant enhancements.

Extensive testing on Germany's Nürburgring circuit has tested its 2.5 litre turbo-charged Subaru Boxer four-pot engine, which in STI guise, produces 305hp and 290lb/ft of torque. The six-speed gearbox has been reinforced and now adopts even shorter throw and slicker, sportier shift feel.

Subaru’s trademark Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive employs the latest vehicle dynamics control (VDC) and Active Torque Vectoring for

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maximum control and driver engagement. Spring and damper rates have been meticulously retuned to provide a more compliant ride while retaining body composure, and the electronic power steering is now mounted on a more rigid steering gearbox mount for improved fuel efficiency and more ‘direct’ feel and response.

A lot of work has also gone into improving the perceived quality of

the WRX STI interior. For the new model, highlights include a new Dshaped steering wheel of smaller diameter and designed to give the driver maximum feel. Soft touch materials are used in key areas while new dials and carbon effect and metal trim is also employed to give the STI both a suitably sporty feel and more upmarket ambience.

UK buyers can expect a comprehensive standard spec, with a starting price of around £28,995.

Return of the WRX Improved model of Subaru WRX STI to make a comeback on the roads

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Mighty little beast The Mercedes AMG Mercedes-Benz is making GLA a dynamic45 statement with it new GLA 45 AMG in the stronglystatement growing segment making a dynamic of the compact SUV. In addition to the Mercedes A 45 AMG and CLA 45 AMG, the GLA 45 AMG is the third vehicle with the four-cylinder turbo engine to appeal to a young target group.

It stands as the most powerful series-production fourcylinder engine in the world puts 360 hp of power and 450 Newton metres of torque on the road. The new GLA 45 AMG high-performance SUV also shines with regard to emissions and fuel consumption figures.

With a fuel consumption of 37.6 mpg (NEDC combined; CO2: 175 g/km) and compliance with EU 6 emissions standards the GLA 45 AMG once more provides proof that at Mercedes-AMG maximum performance does not come at the expense of environmental compatibility.

The SUV also holds the pole position with regard to driving dynamics - it accelerates from zero to 62 mph in 4.8 seconds and reaches a top speed of 155 mph (electronically limited).

Mercedes-AMG addresses the basic challenge with regard to the throttle response of a small-capacity turbo engine by using a twin-scroll turbocharger, maximum dethrottling of the exhaust system and an innovative injection strategy.

Twin-scroll technology provides for a more spontaneous build-up of charge pressure: utilisation of the exhaust back-pressure, exhaust-gas temperature and exhaust-gas pulse has a positive impact. This results in a faster build-up of torque at low engine speeds.

Thanks to the combination of standard-fit performance-oriented AMG 4MATIC all-wheel-drive and the AMG SPEEDSHIFT DCT 7-speed sports transmission, the GLA 45 AMG impresses with its equally sporty and efficient drive system concept.

Tobias Moers, Chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-AMG GmbH: "The response to the Concept GLA 45 AMG during the world première at the Los Angeles International Auto Show has reaffirmed our decision to launch this new AMG model.

“Currently there is no segment growing faster than that of compact SUVs. For Mercedes-AMG it is therefore a logical step to make a dynamic statement in this segment with the GLA 45 AMG. “Our new high-performance-SUV not only offers the world's most powerful series-production four-cylinder engine, but also impressively low fuel consumption and emissions figures. Not least on account of the performance-oriented AMG 4MATIC all-wheel drive, the GLA 45 AMG is a true AMG when it comes to driving dynamics."

The Q50 Eau Rouge, a high-performance design concept based on Infiniti’s Q50 premium sports saloon, draws inspiration for aerodynamic design from the technical collaboration between Infiniti and four-time Formula One World Champions Infiniti Red Bull Racing.

It will have its world premiere at the 2014 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on January 13.

Major bodywork components have been redesigned with aerodynamics in mind and manufactured carbon fibre, Q50 Eau Rouge is lower and wider – only the roof and door profiles remain unchanged from the production Q50.

Lexus, this week, revealed the RC F, a high-performance version of its new RC coupe, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which coincided with the 25th anniversary of the Lexus brand.

The great visual impact of the RC F is matched by the impressive power of its new 5.0-litre engine. Generating well in excess of 450bhp, it makes the RC F the most powerful V8 performance model Lexus has yet produced.

To harness the engine’s potential with the best possible efficiency, the RC F uses a newly calibrated eight-speed transmission and, in a world first for a front engine/rear-wheel drive car, a Torque Vectoring Differential to secure higher levels of traction and vehicle control.

At the heart of the new RC F is a 5.0-

litre 32-valve engine developing more than 450bhp and 520Nm of torque. Its cylinder heads and all moving parts have been newly designed to deliver more power at higher engine revs than has previously been possible.

The specially calibrated eight-speed Sports Direct Shift transmission improves linear response to accelerator pedal inputs, giving the driver more precise control of power and torque delivery.

The RC F driving experience is further heightened by a new system that regulates induction and exhaust sound, creating a deep tone up to 3,000rpm, and a higher-pitched note at as revs rise beyond

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6,000rpm under hard acceleration.

The RC F marks a world-first for a front engine/rear-wheel drive car with its use of a Torque Vectoring Differential. Designed to raise driving enjoyment by increasing traction and control, the system has three operating modes: Standard, for a balance of agile performance and high-speed stability; Slalom, for an emphasis on nimble response to steering inputs and Track, for consistent, stable cornering in circuit driving, with optimum driver control.

As in the Lexus LFA supercar, the RC F is fitted with an active rear wing, incorporated in the bootlid, this provides additional downforce at speeds above 50mph

RC F: The most powerful Lexus V8 performance car yet Infiniti reveals its Q50 Eau Rouge which features dramatic aerodynamic styling Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge highlights include deep and detailed carbon fibre front splitter, rear diffuser and side sill skirts; carbon fibre roof and door mirror casings; 21inch lightweight forged alloy wheels and a dual-exit exhaust sports system below a large integrated rear

spoiler.

The Infiniti design team, led by Executive Design Director Alfonso Albaisa, was influenced by the aerodynamic styling approach taken by their colleagues at Infiniti Red Bull Racing.

“From our shared passion for performance with Infiniti Red Bull Racing grew a collective desire to produce a vision of what a highperformance Infiniti Q50 could look like,” said Albaisa.

“The design has a number of distinctive Formula One inspired touches. In particular, the sculpted front wing assembly and the rear aerodynamic packaging take their cues from the RB9 race car,” added Albaisa.

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United 4 Community FC

TEAM: The United 4 Community Under 16’s side currently competes in the Sheffield and District Division F, and is made up of players from all nationalities and backgrounds

Rotherham side breaking down barriers in football

By Ashley Grint ashley@asianexpress.co.uk

Just a stone’s throw away from the old Millmoor Stadium, a community football club has been making great strides in resurrecting the sport in the area, with a specific focus on BME players.

United 4 Community FC was setup three years ago to allow prospective Asian football players the chance to get involved with football and with up to 40 players training every week, it’s fair to say the club has become a success.

Created off the back of research conducted between 2009 and 2010, the Rotherham-based club has already become an important hub for prospective Asian footballers in the local area.

Players travel from surrounding areas such as Eastwood, Ferham, and PROUD: United 4 Masbrough and represent a Community FC wide demographic from manager, Nathan Carlin Pakistani to Slovak, and Afghani to Yemeni.

An under 16 setup was even launched last year to move players from grassroots to club participation level.

The team currently competes in the Sheffield and District league Division F, in what is the first of many competitive teams

“We have a big rang abilities in the squade of everybody really enjobut taking part in the ga ys and training and it is mes g to see them improvinreat g every week.”

which will hopefully takeoff in the near future.

Team manager and one of the founders of the club, Nathan Carlin, has been delighted with the side’s performances so far this season, despite a ‘tricky start’ to 11-aside competition.

“I am really enjoying it and so are all the lads,” he explained. “Initially, when we first launched, there wasn’t a bug rush to get involved because a lot of the players have never actually played 11-aside at a competitive level.

“We have a big range of abilities in the squad but everybody really enjoys taking part in the games and training and it is great to see them improving every week.”

Mark Cummins, inclusion officer at Rotherham United Community Sport Trust, added that the football club is actually more than just a sports team and serves a valued role in the local community.

He said: “United 4 Community is more than a club; it is a vehicle for a much wider project.

“The players we have training with us also have the chance to attend youth clubs on Thursday night instead of just standing around on the streets.

“Likewise, we have held classes to teach them about the right lifestyles for professional athletes and to educate them in a way which is not only informative but also interesting.”

Players training with the team often come from working-class backgrounds and may struggle to pay for necessities in the sport such as

travelling to games and kits.

United 4 Community FC therefore provides free travel to all its players for away games whilst the kits were kindly donated by local Rotherham Councillors.

A truly community club, based in one of the most deprived areas of Rotherham, United 4 Community pride themselves on their inclusive player policy. Zanib Rasool, Community Manager at Rotherham United Community Sports Trust, believes this approach has not only proved beneficial for the players but also for the whole community.

She said: “The club has gone a long way to tackling the barriers that were highlighted in our 2011 short film titles ‘They play cricket don’t they?’.

“It looked at issues faced by British Asians in grassroots and professional football, such as racism and cultural problems, yet United 4 Community is working hard to eradicate these issues.”

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MIXED FORTUNES FOR THE WARRIOR MAGIC MAN! Continued from back page Hussain was winning both rounds comfortably with the aid of his quick feet, feigned moves and fast precise punching with a touch of the evasive American Pauli Malanaggi style, which is so slick, and frustrates so many fighters, keeping Rocky at a distance.

Everything seemed to be going so smooth, even head coach/trainer and brother Wahid Hussain looked on course for a double national title winning victory as his other charge and stable mate, Reece Cartwright, had won the national ABA title at 75 kilo’s in the middle weight division earlier that day.

However, disaster hit as Zahid’s right hand was injured during the fight making it affectively useless for the rest of the contest leaving him at a complete disadvantage.

Zahid said later: “I could not believe it, but to be fair I did take a gamble on this as I believed I damaged the right hand in the semifinal against the kid I met, and incidentally beat in the semi final last year, Leon Stockwood of Leicester City.

“I thought a week of light punching and training would be enough rest for it to recover. But I knew something was wrong. The day of the final in the changing room when I was warming up on the pads my coach said ‘you should save your hand for another day and pull out’, but I said no.

“It had been so hard to get there and then there were the fans and people I brought down to see me

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who bought tickets.

My mind set was Y.O.L.O (you only live once).

“It’s the Grand National Final, the reason for me being here speaks for it’s self.

I am good enough and I am PROUD: Coach Wahid Hussain shows off new champs going for it. So I did Reece Cartwright (left) and Zahid ‘Magic Man’ Hussain (right) and nearly pulled it off.

“I beat him with one hand for two being out of the ring as I waited a him. year for the championship “But as I said, I wish Rocky all the rounds but come the third I hit this didn’t help, I believe I best and I hope we can meet again southpaw boxer with a perfect right would have beaten in the future.” hand, POW!!! But when I connected It has certainly been quite an I went ‘ouch’!!! eventful year for the Magic Man “The pain was so intense I knew Hussain, particularly after last year’s the hand had gone and I knew I disappointment in being could no longer use it in this fight. controversially pulled out of the I knew at this level of competition championship final by Sharkey’s that’s suicide, and I sensed he knew Amateur Boxing Academy in Leeds. that too.

Through a malicious, ignorant and “The fight then became selfish act, Zahid ‘The messy over the next two Magic Man’ Hussain, rounds and boy did reining Yorkshire he close that ABA Champion distance between and National us down fast. My ABA 60kg chance had 2012/2013 clearly gone. novice “I still think finalist, the fight could w a s have gone denied either way but his title fair play to chance. him. He is Even though champion he had won and now but I am beaten all the not making MAGIC CONNECTION: competition leading any excuses.

Kid Galahad (right) with up to the 60kg Had my right British champ, Zahid national semi-final hand been ok, combined Hussain, as they prepare his most spectacular with my inactivity of to be stable mates

win was the semi-final contest in which he defeated the tournament favourite, the hard punching Leon Stockwood by a lopsided unanimous decision.

Sharkey’s Amateur Boxing Academy in Leeds, who Hussain represented at the time, withdrew him from the tournament’s final a few days before after a disagreement with a Hussain family member in which Zahid was punished for no reason of his own but out of sheer spite and the politics of amateur boxing.

Sadly this forced him to leave Leeds and the Yorkshire area to relocate over the Pennines and to compete for Northside ABC Manchester; a move which I think is quite sad. He went on to represent and win the North Western Counties championship and it was this, which put him through to the National Finals for the second year in a row.

And so ends this chapter for the talented boxer Zahid Hussain.

We can only wait and look forward in anticipation to see what happens next with the one they call ‘The Magic Man’.

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Time’s running out for Olympic hopefuls

READY: Indian Luger, Shiva Keshavan, seen here with his Gold Medal from the Asian Games, will travel to Russia next month for the Winter Olympics

With the Winter Olympics set to start next month, Indian athletes are still waiting to see whether they will be able to travel to Russia as funding remains an issue for the South Asian giants.

Three athletes received some funding last week which would cover the costs of travel to the highly decorated Games, yet two are still waiting for more government support to help with the purchase of equipment needed to compete in Sochi.

Luger, Shiva Keshavan, raised money through sponsors to buy his own equipment and is ready to face the chilly conditions in February, yet

India’s men’s hockey team succumbed to a disappointing 7-2 defeat at the hands of Australia last week as the side crashed out of the World League Final in Delhi.

Despite taking a 2-0 lead, the hosts were unable to handle the power of their opponents who ran away with a convincing victory after Russell Ford top scored with a brace.

It all started so well for India who, after just 11 minutes, stormed into a shock 2-0 lead.

First, Birenda Lakra opened the scoring in the sixth minute before Yuvraj Walmiki sent the home crowd into dreamland, catching the Aussies on a counter-attack before firing in a second just five minutes later.

The world’s second best side were in unknown territory yet like any good team they soon regrouped and took the game to their opponents.

Nicholas Budgeon reduced India’s lead to the single goal, converting from a penalty corner and setting the visitors on their way to a big score.

Jason Wilson equalized five minutes later before Glenn Turner marked his 100th cap with a fine effort to give Australia the lead just prior to the half time whistle.

Three goals in the space of six second half minutes finished the game off for the dominant Kookaburras as a double from Russell Ford were sandwiched in-between a Simon Orchard strike.

Jacob Whetton rounded off the scoring, taking the score to 7-2 and cementing Australia’s place in the semi-finals.

“The physiological make-up of the Indian players needs to develop further,” Walsh said.

“Our players are up against big, strong men and when it is like that, fatigue sets in.”

India will now be hoping to finish the tournament strongly as they face-off in the fiftheighth semi-finals (teams who were eliminated in the quarter finals).

DEFEAT: Yuvraj Walmiki’s early strike was not enough to prevent India falling to a heavy 7-2 defeat to a rampant Australia side

Indian athletes out in the cold as Games approach

for Alpine skier, Himanshu Thakur, and cross-country skier, Nadeem Iqbal, their participation remains in doubt just three weeks before the tournament begins.

It is up to the Sports Ministry to clear costs for the nation’s athletes yet time appears to be running out.

However, even with such little time left in build up to the Games, Winter Games Federation of India (WGFI), secretary general Roshan Lal Thakur, said he remains optimistic that funding will be found for the

nation’s athletes.

Speaking to Reuters he said: “They (the Sports Ministry) have cleared the travel costs, sports kit and daily allowances but are yet to announce funds for equipment.

“I have been asked to submit fresh details of our requirements today and I'm hopeful they'd clear it soon.

“It's late but in India, things get done in the end and I'm optimistic it would be in this case too.”

The Sports Ministry said the delay was due to the WGFI failing to apply

at least 90 days before the start of the Games, as is the norm for any event, for any equipment costs.

Mr Thakur, who claimed the federation had placed their orders on time, also allayed fears it was too late for the skiers to practice with their new gear ahead of the opening of the Games on the 7th February.

“If we can procure them soon, that should not be a problem,” he added.

“It's a matter of millimeters. In qualifying tournaments, they are more tolerant but in the Olympics, it has to fit into the exact specifications.

Adjustment should not be an issue.”

The Indian trio will compete in Sochi under the Olympic flag as the country serves an Olympic ban for electing corruption-tainted officials to its national committee in late 2012.

England prepare for Rio With less than six months to go before all eyes focus in on the World Cup, England have announced their three friendly matches which will hopefully put them in top form before jetting off to Brazil.

Peru will be the only side to visit the national stadium as they head to Wembley on Friday 30th May before Roy Hodgson’s men travel to Miami for two games at the Sunlife Stadium.

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On the 4th June, England will first face off against Ecuador before coming up against Honduras three days later.

The three games will give Hodgson one last chance to try and find the winning formula before England’s campaign begins in the jungle heat of Manaus on the 14th June.

However, too much can’t be read into the pretournament friendlies, as can be seen with the 2010 and

2006 examples.

Four years ago the Three Lions looked unbeatable going into the tournament, winning three games in a row, only to struggle to squeeze through the group stage before suffering a thrashing at the hands of the Germans.

Four years earlier, Peter Crouch was the Wembley hero, bagging a hat-trick in a 6-0 demolition of Jamaica in the final warm up game.

However, even the Golden Generation couldn’t manage any better than the quarterfinals as they succumbed to a penalty defeat to Cristiano Ronaldo and his merry men.

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