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Last Friday, your Pulse team was joined by Shoaib and Bessima from the Islamic Society, who came to speak to us about their upcoming 'Muslim Women of Today: Divided By Culture, United by Faith' conference.

First off, Shoaib outlined for us what topics the Conference would be discussing:

Having established what topics the Conference would be addressing, we also asked Shoaib to outline the various speakers who would be at the Conference, and what each of them would be contributing:

Funds raised from the tickets for the event, are going to the organisation Peace trail, something which Shoaib told us more about:

Finally, Shoaib gave us a key outline for why what being discussed is a pertinent issue and the relevance that it has to the modern world today:

You can buy your tickets for what promises to be a fantastic event either beforehand from the Islamic Society or on the day itself, for a price of just £15. The event is being held on Saturday 8th February in Coates Road Auditorium, and you can find more details and video content demonstrating what the event will be discussing on the facebook event; https://www.facebook.com/events/1426057894277822/

Today on The Pulse we looked at the rise of new eating habits and considered why more people are opting for part-time diets. The lastest month to be re-branded is January with the latest craze Veganism. What do you get? Veganuary of course.

According to the organizers 3,200 people have committed to go vegan for the first month of 2014. For those of you who don’t know what a Vegan is it is someone who does eat dairy or meat. Some do this because of their opinions on animal cruelty others do it as a way to keep up a healthy diet. Even celebrities like Beyonce and Jay Z have got involved.

I asked today’s reporters what they think of Veganism and whether they have ever considered becoming one.

Ash Simpson who has been a Vegan for two and a half years spoke to us about Veganary and his thoughts on the new craze of ‘part-time’ diets.

Veganism isn’t something that gets discussed very often and I certainly found it interesting to hear what Ash had to say on the matter. You guys seemed interested too. Here are some texts we had from our listeners:

Less meat consumption is a) healthier for the individual and b) better for everyone as it would reduce carbon dioxide emissions.