JULY 2ND EDITION 2020 Yorkshire & Lancashire A group of local cyclists have set without access to basic amenities such as themselves a mission of cycling 127-miles food, medical treatment and clean water. 25 men to ride 127 miles from from Liverpool to Leeds in a bid to raise The 25 men raising money for Yemen are funds for the Akhirah Team Yemen projects. a group of mixed-ability riders, ranging from After almost five years of war, around 14 19 to forty-years-old. They’ll be taking on the Liverpool to Leeds to raise money million people in the war-torn country are gruelling 15-hour bike ride from Liverpool facing starvation, and it’s estimated over to Leeds on Sunday 9th August, streaming it 85,000 children have already died from live across their social media channels. for desperate Yemeni refugees extreme hunger since 2015. Displaced families struggle every day Continued on page 8 Amjad Hussain, Naheem Yacub and Nasser Khan ‘A Team’ to the rescue 2 Local www.asianexpress.co.uk July 2020 - 2nd Edition DISCOUNT: People can get up to £10 off per head if they eat out from Monday to Wednesday (Picture courtesy of Fanoosh the Indian in Street Lane, Leeds) Sunak warns of “profound economic challenges” as he unveils a £30bn package of measures to tackle the crisis discount can be used unlimited times during August and applies to participating restaurants, cafés, and pubs across the UK. 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These include: • A £1,000 bonus for each worker that companies bring back from furlough and employ through to January next year; • A "kickstart scheme" to directly pay firms to create jobs for 16 to 24-year-olds; • Cash for businesses to take on trainees and apprentices; • An eight-month temporary cut in stamp duty, with no charge on property transactions below £500,000; • A cut in VAT on food, accommodation and attractions from 20% to 5% until 12 January; • An "Eat Out to Help Out" discount of up to £10 per head to get Britons back to restaurants, cafes and pubs. July 2020 - 2nd Edition www.asianexpress.co.uk Local 3 We’re lovin’it McDonald’s reopened all of its 1,061 For now, McDonald’s branches will Drive Thrus in the UK and Ireland for continue to offer a limited menu, which drive-through or delivery last month, as does not include breakfast or shakes, it returned to trading after the owing to smaller teams working in each Bradford McDonald’s coronavirus shutdown. location. With many offering the McDelivery The restaurants have reduced service, the Bradford burger chain had opening hours 11am-10pm, and been working with the local authority in customers are asked to use contactless the run-up to the reopenings after payment methods if possible and confident with almost two months’ closure. spending is capped at £25 per vehicle. Customers and McDonald’s staff are For those visiting our Drive Thrus, protected by perspex screens installed you can browse the menu, order and at the drive-through windows, and pay ahead using the My McDonald’s further measures are in place to protect App. workers inside the restaurant’s kitchens. reopened stores Each employee has their temperature Saj Shah checked with a contactless thermometer when they arrive for a shift, and is given protective equipment including masks and gloves. They’ve also introduced physical distancing inside the restaurants, including floor markings in each branch. Bradford franchisee, Saj Shah, said: “I am delighted with the support from the community in Bradford, and I would like to thank both staff and customers for their continued support and patience. “Since 4th June when we reopened, all employees are being asked to confirm they are fit and able to work, and are carrying on with conducting wellness-checks and risk assessments. “We would like to assure you that social distancing is maintained in the kitchens, and service areas to help create a safe working environment for restaurant teams. We are glad to be back.” 4 Local www.asianexpress.co.uk July 2020 - 2nd Edition The Great Yorkshire Maze With the easing of lockdown restrictions, budding footballers can take aim at the a brand-new attraction for all the family has giant velcro dartboard and show off their the go-ahead to open in North Yorkshire striking skills – and win a prize every time! this summer. There will be picnic tables and benches Nestled in beautiful countryside at the socially-distanced around the fairground 10-year-old girl killed by father using her belt and manteau foot of the Yorkshire Wolds, The Great and inside the Big Top for visitors to relax Yorkshire Maze will ‘crop up’ at Sherburn, and enjoy a range of family-friendly live midway between Scarborough and Malton entertainment at set times throughout the Iran International TV has for an eye" provision, murder is Islamic law. over the summer holidays, opening on day, with a cuppa and cake, a Berry Best Ice reported that a ten-year-old punishable by death; however, Some local media suggested Wednesday 22 July. Cream, or a barbecued bite from our girl named Hadith Orujlu was the penal code offers that if the child-protection law With ‘Good to Go’ approval from Visit wooden food cabin. killed by her father, after exemptions for the killing of a had passed earlier, it could England, the event promises a field full of Organiser of The Great Yorkshire Maze, forensic reports found that child by the legal guardian, have saved the lives of both fun with two mazes, a Vintage Funfair, Georgina Wood says “We are very excited the young girl had died from which generally refers to the Romina and Hadith. Football Darts and a Big Top with live to be able to bring a fabulous new event to asphyxiation after being child's father or paternal However, while moderate entertainment for families. families in Yorkshire and beyond. We strangled. grandfather. progress has been made to The larger of the two mazes, the specially planted the maize back in May in a sea of The young girl’s father, Raha Bahreini, the Iran protect children from violence, designed Yorkshire Rose Maze, comprises uncertainty, hoping the Covid-19 pandemic Hussein Alef, confessed to Researcher at Amnesty the Iranian government is yet to nine acres of maize plants – that’s 55,000 would have abated so we could provide fun strangling Hadith with a belt International told Fox News: enact draft legislation authored seeds – and over two miles of paths to and entertainment of the highest quality and her manteau, an Iranian "Fathers or paternal over nine years ago that would challenge the navigation skills, while for over the summer, in a safe environment, for jacket which falls down to the grandfathers who kill their criminalise gender-based younger adventurers there’s the two-acre families who have had a long period in knees in agreement with Iran’s children or grandchildren are violence which is widespread in Scarecrow Mini-Maze with its colourful isolation.” modesty laws.