Victims of terror attack provided with clean water

HUDDERSFIELD New College hosted the sixth Kirklees STEM conference.

The event was based on science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines with a focus this year on the opportunities for school and college leavers.

New college worked alongside Royds Hall Community School and Honley High School to bring the conference together.

Careers identified included popular and competitive professions such as medicine, midwifery and physiotherapy.

More specialised routes were also looked at, including those into engineering maintenance and animal and equine management.

School pupils and college students were able to attend a variety of presentations, talks and demonstrations led by STEM professionals and academics.

The event was a big success, with more than 250 young people and their parents taking part. Canon Yaqub Masih, centre, at the opening of a water plant in Badshai mosque with the archbishop of Lahore and imam of the mosque capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab, canon Masih was joined by Haji Aslam of the Aagrah group of companies in Bradford, who sponsored the plant in the church.

Mr Aslam said: “We want to stand with Yaqub and Bishop Tony and thank them for the work they have been doing under New Horizons in Pakistan to promote a better understanding between Muslims and Christians.

“Whether it is helping those after terror attacks or those suffering after natural disasters, they have both been at the forefront of helping them.”

New Horizons, an international initiative based on peace and tolerance and chaired by the Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Revd Tony Robinson, has also been working on the clean water project.

In January, Canon Masih was presented with an MBE by the Prince of Wales for his services to community cohesion and inter-faith relations.