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The initiative is to run for one month and promote community literacies – with an equal focus on speaking and reading to recognise the important tradition of oral storytelling in Bradford.

Flags will fly at half-mast and bells will toll across Bradford on Saturday (27 February) in honour of Captain Sir Tom Moore and to mark the day of his funeral.

A newly launched School Staff Wellbeing Support Service (SSWSS) for education professionals, funded by the Bradford Opportunity Area, has been rolled out across schools in Bradford, to provide school staff with free and anonymous support.

Bradford Council issued the following statement in response to the Government announcement made on 22 February 2021 to changes to COVID-19 restrictions.

A man has been arrested following a sexual assault in Fallowfield.

Detectives are appealing for information following a firearms discharge in Leeds.

Police are appealing for witnesses following reports of assault at a park in Calderdale.

A man who murdered his wife at their home in Leeds was jailed for life yesterday.

Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a wanted man from Rochdale.

Severe structural deterioration at Halifax Pool unfortunately means that for the safety of its staff and users, it won’t be possible for the facility to reopen.

Vicar Lane in central Leeds will reopen to bus traffic going both ways on Sunday 21 February, improving reliability and journey times by removing a bottleneck on The Headrow at New Briggate.

A man has been jailed for 23 months, suspended for two years after he illegally sublet numerous properties set aside to support people who have been homeless, or in genuine need of housing.

Residents and businesses around the Brighouse area, as well as those living or working along the A641 from Bradford to Kirklees, are being asked to share further feedback to help inform plans for infrastructure investment.

Police in Bradford are appealing for information to trace a missing teenager who is vulnerable.

Residents in parts of Leeds are being asked to take part in a new programme of testing designed to help national research into the potential spread of COVID-19 variants.

Enhanced community testing will begin in parts of Moston and Harpurhey after a case of a mutated form of Covid-19 was detected in the city.

Wakefield Council is investing an additional £150k to tackle potholes in the district - as its response to the extreme rainfall and freezing temperatures that have impacted on roads up and down the country.

The Office for National Statistics – which runs Census 2021 – is working with Bradford Council to deliver a successful census and help local services to fully meet future needs.

Once hailed as the most beautiful woman in England and a famously close confidant of The Prince of Wales, Lady Isabella Hertford was certainly no stranger to the finer things in life.

A man has been jailed for more than 6 years for an aggravated burglary at a property in Halifax.

Work to repair surface damage on Elland Road, Brighouse is due to take place on Thursday 18 February 2021 – requiring the road to be fully closed.

Manchester City Council and Far East Consortium (FEC) have submitted plans for the first phase of the regeneration of Collyhurst Village as part of the city’s £4bn Northern Gateway project

More than 20 people received fixed penalty notices for breaching Coronavirus regulations after police were called to reports of an ongoing party at a location in Shipley.

Bradford Council is preparing a new Local Plan which sets out how the district will grow sustainably over the next 15-20 years and what it means for local communities.

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.