How Muslim headscarves became a fashion empire
Muhammad Zameer She’s a Malaysian celebrity with millions of fans. Every time she appears on screen, her adoring fans immediately rush to buy whatever she…
Former care home to become net zero housing
A former care home which has seen no residents for eight years is to be converted into housing. Dormers, in Foxon Lane, Caterham, was closed…
Wolverhampton takeaway boss ‘must run bouncer risk assessment’
Local Democracy Reporting Service Mohammad Chohan, from Betsy’s X LDS, had applied for permission to open his Broad Street business until 05:00 on Fridays and…
Anti-Islam UKIP leadership candidate ‘demonised’
Shutterstock Anne Marie Waters says Islam in Britain has made society “censorious” A controversial anti-Islam campaigner running for the UKIP leadership has been “demonised”, according…
How a serious accident led to business success
Susanne Najafi says that it is important to “follow your own path” in life It was in the wake of a terrible skiing accident that…
10 things to know about sleep as the clocks change
Getty Images 1. We’re told to get our eight hours We often hear that we should all be getting eight hours’ sleep a night. Organisations…
Seven takeaways from our Harpenden and Berkhamsted debate
BBC Five of the six candidates in the constituency joined our presenter Jonathan Vernon-Smith for a live debate Our final election constituency debate featured some…
How modern singing was invented
Alamy Modern singing – whether on the charts or Eurovision – is radically different to the kind familiar to our ancestors. There was hysteria in…
Apples remain at the core of city’s tourism
BBC John Nicholson says what that started off as a pip in the pot is now a major business A descendant of the original Bramley…
Gove goads Boris and the BBC faces ‘backlash’
Getty Images Michael Gove has been deemed “desperate” for his “personal attacks” against rival Boris Johnson It says he made “a series of personal attacks…