Andleeb Hanif

From a tiny 28-seat restaurant on Bradford’s Leeds Road to one of Britain’s best-known Pakistani restaurant brands, Shabir Hussain changed the way a nation experienced South Asian food. As the Leeds Road Festival returns this August, his daughters are carrying forward a remarkable legacy built on family, ambition and an enduring love for the road where it all began. For Shabir Hussain, Leeds Road was never simply an address. It was home. It was opportunity.

For decades, Leeds Road has been one of Bradford’s busiest commercial corridors. Home to some of Yorkshire’s most recognisable South Asian businesses, it has generated millions of pounds for the local economy while feeding generations of families across the region. Yet despite its commercial success, the area has rarely been recognised as the economic powerhouse it truly is. Now one businessman is determined to change that.

Transport for London has licensed a fleet of autonomous all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles, with more than 100,000 people already signed up to experience the UK’s robotaxi revolution (Credit: Wayve) The future of travel is about to arrive on London’s streets after the capital gave the green light to its first fleet of robotaxis, with more than 100,000 people already signing up for the chance to experience a journey driven by artificial intelligence.