Bradford Imams seek action on sexual grooming
7:00am Wednesday 16th May 2012
Imams in Bradford are seeking talks with police chiefs for a plan of action to safeguard girls against sexual grooming.
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Kidnap trial witnesses 'threatened'
2:25pm Wednesday 16th May 2012
Three witnesses have been threatened and warned not to testify in the trial of a gang charged with organising a British five-year-old’s kidnapping in Pakistan, a court heard today.
Four jailed for harassing family member
9:33am Wednesday 16th May 2012
Four men have been jailed for harassing a family member who allegedly had jump leads attached to his nose during a three-year campaign of cruelty.
Royal charter for Islamic centre
9:37am Wednesday 16th May 2012
A centre for the scholarly study of Islam has become the first Islamic organisation to receive a Royal Charter.
Father-in-law who kept son's bride as sex slave jailed
7:00am Tuesday 15th May 2012
A cruel father-in-law who kept his son’s Pakistani bride prisoner in his Bradford home and used her as his sex slave has been jailed for seven years.
Kidnap boy 'not the same'
4:21pm Tuesday 15th May 2012
The father of a British five-year-old kidnapped in Pakistan told a court today that his son is not the same “bubbly kid” since the ordeal.
Black players 'reluctant to complain'
4:24pm Tuesday 15th May 2012
The head of the footballers’ union raised concerns today that black players are reluctant to complain about racism in the wake of the rows about John Terry and Luis Suarez.
Takeaway boss convicted of sex charges
3:54pm Monday 14th May 2012
A takeaway boss in Carlisle has been convicted of attempting to recruit four girls aged 12 to 16 into prostitution.
'Couple plotted kidnap of Oldham boy'
2:10pm Monday 14th May 2012
A married couple plotted the gunpoint kidnapping of five-year-old Oldham schoolboy Sahil Saeed in Pakistan from a Mediterranean seaside town, a court heard.
Call to compensate survivors of NATO airstrikes
1:26pm Monday 14th May 2012
A human rights organisation has called on Nato to compensate survivors of airstrikes in Libya which it says killed dozens of civilians.
Three in court over kidnap of Oldham boy
9:12am Monday 14th May 2012
Three people will appear in court in Spain today over the kidnap of a British boy who was released unharmed after a 12-day ordeal.
New appeal to find Huddersfield blaze suspect
1:45pm Saturday 12th May 2012
A new appeal has been launched by police to mark the 10th anniversary of a house fire that killed three generations of one family.
India to buy Howitzers
1:43pm Saturday 12th May 2012
India has agreed to purchase 145 howitzers from American defence contractor BAE Systems Inc as it pushes to modernise its military.
Rahat, Adnan Sami and Kailash Kher on the BBC
12:10am Saturday 12th May 2012
BBC Asian Network presents an up close and personal experience of three of the world’s most celebrated Asian Music Stars in a special programme due to be broadcast on the BBC Red Button.
Rapper arrested over anti-police song
8:40pm Friday 11th May 2012
A Moroccan court has convicted a rapper of attacking the image of the security services in a song about police corruption and sentenced him to a year in prison.
Man jailed for possessing 'terror magazine'
2:23pm Friday 11th May 2012
A perfume salesman who painted burqas on scantily clad women on advertising posters was today jailed for 14 months for possessing terrorist literature.
HMC ‘was left with six figure bill'
2:20pm Friday 11th May 2012
The Halal Monitoring Committee (HMC) is in the process of being dissolved after it was served with a winding-up order.
Science teachers to use video games
11:34am Friday 11th May 2012
Computer games could be used in science lessons to help increase student engagement and make teaching more relevant.
Terror of jewel-shop woman after raiders put gun to her face
7:00am Thursday 10th May 2012
A woman was left in terror when a sawn off shotgun was pointed in her face during an armed robbery at her jewellery shop, a Court heard.
Man who posed as solicitor in Manningham is sent to prison
9:00am Thursday 10th May 2012
A former law student who posed as a qualified solicitor and set up a “sham” legal practice in Bradford has been jailed for four years and eight months.