Tag: Asian Express
KASHMIR: Pakistan PM Imran Khan leads solidarity rallies
Imran Khan has vowed to raise allegations of violations in the disputed region of Kashmir perpetrated by India with the Human...
VAPING: First death reported from lung illness linked to e-cigarette
Officials in the USA have said that a person who had recently used an e-cigarette and was hospitalised with severe lung...
Teenager stabbed housemate when asked to be quiet
A man who knifed his housemate in a late night row over noise after turning up at 3am with a bunch of...
“Making money is always secondary in any business…”
Award-winning oud and specialist perfume retailer Ilyas Salim is a man of many talents.
Having had a successful career in business, healthcare and also in...
Beauty and Beyond… Leeds to play host to cosmetics festival
Leeds will host its first ever city-wide cosmetics festival that aims to look beyond beauty, and it seems some of the city’s biggest retailers...
INCEST: Bradford pensioner jailed for fathering three children with daughter
A "dishonourable and wicked" pensioner who fathered three children with his own daughter has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.
Ashraf Khan, now 81, of Kirkburn...
Dripping with crystal chandeliers and Versace walls, Fanoosh on Street Lane,...
"The international language of food unites us all..."
Street Lane in Leeds is renowned somewhat as a...
Record breaking three-year-old musical star
Gifted Laasya becomes youngest to play most number of tunes by memory on her Xylophone
“We needed a reference letter to send off to the...
ABRAR-UL-HAQ: “I was in the process of buying a private jet…”
Hailed as one of Pakistan's most-loved pop, bhangra and folk singers, Abrar-ul-Haq says that through his music helping those who don't have access to...
Syrian refugees in Leeds speak to Asian Express out about experiences...
The horrors of Aleppo
There’s no shortage of widespread media coverage of the Syrian refugee crisis with haunting tales of despair, desperation and destruction.
We’ve heard...
COMPETITION: WIN TWO TICKETS FOR THE #AdnanSami CONCERT IN #Leeds THIS...
To enter the competition to win a pair of tickets to see #AdnanSami Live in concert at #LeedsFirstDirectArena this Saturday 18th March, you need...
Gurinder Chadha braves up and questions historical narrative of 1947 India-Pakistan...
“The version of history portrayed in Attenborough’s seminal film ‘Ghandhi.’ But now if you look at the evidence, that is a very one-sided interpretation.”...
2016 A YEAR IN REVIEW: A look back at what’s been...
January – February: 2016 didn’t start the way many Yorkshire residents would have hoped for as the Boxing Day floods continued to take their...
Legendary food since 1978: Cairo Zaks is THE place to nab...
Cairo Zaks doesn’t need much of an introduction. It’s been serving top notch kebabs for over 38 years to happy customers on White Abbey...
Eid Mubarak from the Asian Express: Celebrations begin as Ramadan draws...
It’s that time of year once again where Muslims around the world come together to celebrate Eid al-Fitr as the month of Ramadan comes...
EXCLUSIVE: Bake off star talks to the Asian Express
Nadiya talks highlights and struggles in the UK’s most famous kitchen
From prestigious ‘Hollywood handshakes’ to the odd ‘wobbly bottom’, this year’s Great British Bake...
PARKLANE PROPERTIES: Investment opportunities not to be missed
As Leeds continues to build on its ever-growing reputation as the ‘capital of the north’, exciting investment opportunities continue to arise with a helping...