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West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is celebrating after securing over £80,000 of funding from the Kirklees New Homes Bonus (NHB).

A series of events to support National Road Safety Week 2018, organised by the road safety charity Brake, are taking place across Bradford district this week.

Two men have been arrested in connection with modern slavery offences in Greater Manchester.

A man has been charged with the murder of a three-year-old boy in Huddersfield.

Stonework repairs on Bradford’s iconic St George’s Hall have been unveiled.

A survey conducted by police for the Bradford East team has revealed "burglary and vehicle crime" is a preferred community priority in the area.

Two rival gang members have been jailed for their part in a large fight which saw a man get shot in Bolton.

The public is being asked for their views about a proposed Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) which aims to reduce the nuisance use of vehicles in Bradford District.

A Bradford school has made a special song to mark anti-bullying week.

Police are appealing for information after a man was shot in a carpark in Oldham.

More than 3,000 people have signed a petition seeking to end “unstunned halal meat” being served in schools in Kirklees.

Detectives are appealing for information after a man was shot and injured in an incident in Leeds.

A Bradford woman has celebrated her 106th birthday.

A man was stabbed multiple times in a fight in Manchester’s Chinatown.

New research has revealed that relatively poor health in the North of England is affecting the local economy.

A man has been arrested after another man was seriously injured on a Leeds street.

If you want to purchase a piece of David Hockney history but don’t have the millions of pounds needed to buy one of his paintings, you may just be in luck.

Bradford City Hall has been lighting up green to support the NSPCC’s “Light for every childhood” Christmas campaign, which will this year focus on child neglect.

A man has been jailed after speaking to paedophile hunters posing as children online.

Nine men arrested over two incidents of disorder in Bradford have been released by police.

Unsung heroes in Leeds will be recognised for their contribution to the city at the Compassionate City Awards on Thursday 22 November.

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has released a stark message to young drivers for National Road Safety Week.

A man was shot in the stomach outside of a pub in Hattersley.

Thieves stole games consoles in a ram raid at a toy shop in Leeds.

A team of clinicians from Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is on an African mission to help those in need.

Analysis by Brake, the road safety charity, has found that in Yorkshire and the Humber 17 bike riders are killed or seriously injured every week on the region’s roads.

Manchester landlords found to be in breach of property management regulations have been fined £97,500 in the last seven months.

Gladys Rhodes White OBE will be taking on the role of Interim Strategic Director of Children’s Services in Bradford.

Bradford Industrial Museum will once again host its annual Victorian Christmas Market.

A man has been charged after damage was caused to two betting shops in Bradford.

Cash, drugs and gold bars were recovered during raids in Rochdale.

Police investigating a kidnap in Dewsbury have arrested a man.

This week, 12-16 November, is National School Meals Week (NSMW) and schools in Bradford are being encouraged to get involved.

Women from Bradford's South Asian community are being urged to help boost the “shockingly low” uptake of cancer screening.

Manchester City Council is set to prosecute the owners of a Rusholme shisha café following their repeated flouting of smoking laws.

A man who injured four people during 10 seconds of carnage in Bradford has been jailed.

Bradford Literature Festival has picked up an accolade from a Yorkshire awards ceremony.

Detectives are appealing for information following a knifepoint robbery at a Leeds carpark.

Greater Manchester Police are investigating two incidents of suspected attempted child abduction in Bolton and Bury.

A road was closed in Keighley after a body was found in a church graveyard.

A young outpatient at Bradford Teaching Hospitals has used the time he’s spent receiving treatment to become an expert in the Japanese art of origami.

Health services in Bradford have revealed their budget deficit for this year has risen to £21 million.

Greater Manchester Police have arrested a man over suspected explosives in Collyhurst.

A man has been arrested following police negotiations in Leeds.

A new report into tourism in the Bradford district shows that it is living up to the ‘Emerging Luxury Destination in Europe Award’ that it received from The Luxury Travel Guide earlier this year.

Two men are to appear in court charged in relation to a night of destruction in Baildon and Shipley.

Emergency services were called out to Manchester city centre after a pedestrian was struck by a coach.

Police are appealing for information after a boy was injured in an incident involving a firework in Bingley.

Bradford Council has announced Councillor Ian Greenwood has passed away.

Millions of pounds are to be set aside to repair potholes in Bradford.

Greater Manchester Police have arrested three youths after recovering firearms and other weapons from a property in Partington.

A man from Halifax has been sentenced to a total of 11 years at Leeds Crown Court for setting fire to his own house.

A century-old flag made by a teenage girl to celebrate the end of the First World War has gone on display in Leeds to mark the centenary of the armistice.

West Yorkshire Police are appealing for information after a child was threatened at knifepoint during a robbery of Asian gold jewellery in Leeds.

Undercover staff are set to patrol Manchester’s Metrolink tram system.

The head of Bradford Council’s Children’s Services has announced he will be leaving the role.

People living in the Bradford district are being invited to share and celebrate the work of local patient participation groups (PPGs).

Cars belonging to a family in Keighley have been destroyed in a suspected arson attack.

Two men were injured after crashing a van onto tram tracks in Greater Manchester.

A Bradford student has been jailed following a high-speed pursuit where the front wheel of the vehicle he was driving fell off.

Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted theft of a car in a robbery in Heckmondwike

The Rugby League World Cup trophy, which was lost for more than 20 years, has been fitted with a GPS tracking device.

Yorkshire Water has received a written warning after pollution caused Bradford Beck to turn black.

Two men have been charged with murder and attempted murder following a fatal shooting in Ashton-under-Lyne.

Police have charged a 21-year-old man from Bradford with robberies at McDonalds.

Remembrance Day events are taking place across the Bradford district to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War.

Thousands of people are still affected by unsafe cladding more than a year after the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

Greater Manchester Police are appealing for information after a man was viciously attacked and his car stolen in Rochdale.

A school in Keighley has announced it will close its sixth form.

The residents of Scholemoor and Lidget Green were ‘bowled over’ with the royal opening of a new sports complex.

Police in Bradford have launched an investigation into a series of incidents which occurred on Bonfire Night in the Great Horton area.

Police investigating modern day slavery in Greater Manchester have raided a car wash in Levenshulme.

A Bradford man has been jailed for attempting to murder his newborn son.

A day of festive fun is planned for Bradford city centre.

A college in Bradford is looking into a firework incident involving a pupil last week.

Greater Manchester Police are investigating a circulated video which appears to show women laying bacon at the door of a mosque.

An investigation has been launched after a man was found seriously injured in Bradford.

A university in Leeds has committed to eradicate single-use plastics from its campus by 2023.

Three people were arrested after police discovered two stolen vehicles in Baildon.

Greater Manchester Police have formally identified the body of a man found in Marsh Green.

A man has been jailed over an attack involving a spiked hammer at a shop in Bradford.

The holidays are coming, but perhaps not for Bradford.

Bradford’s iconic Salts Mill has been listed in the top 200 influential civil engineering projects that shaped the world.

A firework allegedly landed on two toddlers on board a bus after being thrown through the window of the vehicle on Manchester’s curry mile.

A man has died following a road traffic collision in Shepley.

A group of young artists from Bradford have had their WWI project recognised at a parliamentary reception.

Concerns over noise have been raised in connection with the relocation of a mosque in Bradford.

Police investigating the stabbing of a 17-year-old boy in Hulme have made two further arrests.

Police in Bradford are appealing for information after an elderly woman was admitted to hospital with serious injuries.

A unique construction to limit motorway traffic noise is to be built on the M1 in West Yorkshire.

A court has ruled that a mother who is in a permanent vegetative state will be allowed to die.

Manchester City Council has revealed the cost of a new arts venue has risen to over £20 million – with the project now expected to come in at over £130m in total.

Detectives are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a taxi office in Leeds.

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) and West Yorkshire Police are urging people to play it safe by going to an organised bonfire and fireworks display this year.

A man was taken to hospital after crashing through a roundabout at high speed in Steeton.

Greater Manchester Police have arrested a man in connection with a murder in Flixton over the weekend.

Police are hunting a man in connection with three separate armed robberies at a McDonalds in Bradford.

Officers trained in the latest police tactics to disrupt criminals and counter terrorism are to deploy across Leeds following a trial of a cutting edge policing project.

A holocaust survivor was given a surprise birthday party at a school in Bingley.

Detectives are appealing for information following an assault in Huddersfield.

Police are appealing for information following reports of a large group of bikers riding dangerously through the streets of Manchester.

Bradford’s high streets have been named as amongst the unhealthiest in the UK.

Members of the Sudanese community in Bradford are to screen a documentary film they have made at a festival in America.

Police discovered 100 cannabis plants at an address in Bradford.

Police are investigating reports of a shooting near Manchester College in Harpurhey.

Four men who were part of a grooming gang in Huddersfield have been jailed for raping and abusing three girls.

As a token of appreciation for their work around this busy time of the year, fire-fighters in Bradford were handed a huge ‘Thank You’ card made by Bradford Council.

A shop assistant in Scholemoor was injured in a firework attack.

A man has been charged following a series of arson attacks in Tameside.

A Keighley man who created a film exposing drug crime claims he has been subjected to abuse and criminal damage.

The Dutch-owned Fugro Equator is the last remaining ship still looking for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370.

Isaac Blamires of Parrot Street, Tong, Bradford has been sentenced to 22 months after crashing a stolen car into metal railings during a police chase across central Bradford.

Shortly after 8.20pm on Sunday 27 November 2016 three men, one armed with a knife and one with a crowbar, entered the One Stop Shop on Lostock Road in Davyhulme.

Britain is facing Christmas strike chaos after unions have announced walk-outs at UK’s 300 largest Post Offices - which handle 20 per cent of all post.

POLICE are currently investigating 249 crimes across the Bradford districts that have links to child sexual exploitation.