Local and National News

The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Asghar Khan, marked Walk to School Week by visiting Gledhow Primary School and joining in with a pedestrian skills class.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was seriously injured in a fail to stop collision in Bradford.

A new community allotment has been set up to encourage all those green fingered volunteers to come forward.

There’s only two weeks left to uncover the fascinating world of codebreaking, cyber security and secret communications at the free exhibition, Top Secret: From Ciphers to Cyber Security

A whole host of fun and creative activities and events are being held at Bradford libraries across the whole district to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Twelve men from the Bradford District Area are due to appear before Bradford Magistrates on Friday 20 May charged with non recent child sexual offences.

A major review into the UK Government’s handling of the pandemic and its impact on the NHS, the health of the population, and doctors, has been undertaken by the BMA. The first two reports conclude that the UK Government failed in its duty of care to protect doctors and the wider healthcare workforce from avoidable harm and suffering in its management of the COVID-19 pandemic. This failure is evidenced in detail and published today by the BMA.

People in Bradford and beyond will be invited to travel through place and time to uncover untold stories from the local area

Planning is underway for safer and healthier streets around three schools in Calderdale, and local people are invited to share their thoughts.

At a formal opening ceremony on Monday 16 May Councillor James Lewis, Leader of Leeds City Council, opened Newmarket House the new home for the city’s refuse and street cleansing services.

Bradford Council’s Bradford District Museums and Galleries Service have been combing their archives for items, photos and objects relating to Her Majesty the Queen, her Coronation in 1953 and her visits to the Bradford district to create displays in each of their venues to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee.

A delegation from Bradford is in London today for the final stage of UK City of Culture 2025 contest, marking the last opportunity to make the case for the district to win the coveted title.

Two men from Bradford have been charged with Modern Day Slavery Offences and Conspiracy to Commit Theft

Winners are now revealed for the Britain’s Asian Wedding Awards 2022 Chapter 2, following the stunning awards ceremony on Thursday 12th May 2022 at Holiday Inn Bolton Centre.

A new system of broadcasting is due to descend on Blackburn, Burnley and Darwen. OFCOM has awarded the Small-Scale Digital Radio (SSDAB) Multiplex for the area to BBD Digital Media Limited.

Residents of the Bradford District are being urged to head to the polls on Thursday, 5 May and have their say.

A major crash involving 5 vehicles occurred late last night (3rd May) on Shipley Airedale Road

Enquires are ongoing after a man was seriously injured in an attack in Bradford.

Time is running out to take part in the public consultation on changes to Parliamentary constituencies in England.

The family of a teenager who died following a road traffic collision in Dewsbury have paid tribute to a ‘kind and affectionate soul’.

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.