A MAN who shone a laser beam at a police helicopter carrying out a missing persons search has been branded an idiot by a judge.

THERE was not a dry eye in the city when we put rivalry aside to cheer on Leeds Rhinos legend Kevin Sinfield in the final few moments of his seven marathons in as many days challenge late last year, which raised over £2.5 million for ex-teammate Rob...

A man has joined his brother in jail for unprovoked street violence in which he punched a gay man unconscious.

“SOMETIMES, when it’s snowing, I will ask Paul ‘Do you want a lift to work?’” and I know what he will say.”

A GREENGATES man has turned to his roots to start a popular new food takeaway business serving Caribbean food - and has plenty of admirers.

EVERY active firefighter working for West Yorkshire Fire Service attended a huge tyre blaze in Bradford at some point - Councillors have been told.

THE decision to close a breakfast and after school club has left parents "devastated".

THIS is the horrendous fly-tipped mess blighting part of the Holme Wood estate, with one resident branding it “diabolical”.

A FUNDRAISING campaign has begun to install a memorial bench in Saltaire in memory of much-loved villager.

AFTER Bradford was voted in the top three UK cities for takeaway service in a survey this week, you might be looking for a break from cooking in the restrictions and opting instead to call up for an takeaway meal.

HERE is a look inside a six-bedroom house in Shipley that's up for sale.

A SECOND World War-era plane will soar over Captain Sir Tom Moore's funeral service today in honour of the veteran and NHS charity fundraiser.

PLANS to convert a derelict city centre building into flats look to finally be back on track over a decade after they first emerged.

Mother’s Day celebrates one of the most special relationships there is.

Tens of thousands of households in Bradford will be impacted if the £20-a-week uplifts to Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit are not extended in the Budget, analysis suggests.

BRADFORD Council is asking parents, carers and professionals to be aware of private fostering arrangements and make sure that it is properly reported.

HOME builder Barratt Developments Yorkshire West has donated £3,000 to three community organisations in Bradford as part of its Community Fund initiative.

NORTHERN'S new trains have reached a new milestone, having travelled 10 million miles across the network.

A man and a teenager have been given life sentences for the brutal murder of a Bradford builder who was dragged into the street while unconscious and left to die.

Police have today released a custody picture of a man jailed for helping an offender.

AN "incident" in Bierley is causing problems to a bus service this evening.

The Recorder of Bradford, Judge Richard Mansell QC, said that Paul Ackroyd was just 37 years of age when he lost his life in the early hours of Sunday, February 23, 2019.

A moving and heartfelt statement from Paul Ackroyd’s family was read out in court today by prosecution barrister Peter Moulson QC.

A murder trial judge today thanks jurors who deliberated over the case for nearly 19 hours.

A man has been jailed for five months for spitting in a police officer’s eye and hurling racist abuse at another during a violent early morning incident in a residential area of Bradford.

The Government has sold the last remnants of its stake in Bradford & Bingley and NRAM, the firm formerly called Northern Rock, which were nationalised during the financial crisis more than a decade ago.

HERE is Friday's latest breakdown, area-by-area, of positive cases of COVID-19 in Bradford.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock will lead today's Downing Street Covid-19 press conference

STARS and film crews have been hard at work filming a new series of Gentleman Jack in the district.

NEW figures have revealed how many people have been vaccinated in every area around Bradford since the Covid-19 vaccine rollout began.

A YORKSHIRE police force has warned that online child abuse activist groups are risking ongoing police investigations and risking justice.

ENTHUSIASTIC pupils at Greengates Primary Academy have taken a leaf out of Captain Tom’s book and vowed to undertake a series of exercises to raise money for the NHS.

The Health Secretary is expected to confirm when younger age groups can expect to receive their jab, starting with under 50s.

A BRADFORD man has appeared in court today after previously failing to attend an earlier court appearance in the Midlands.

FIVE further Covid-19-related hospital deaths have been reported in the Bradford district today.

BRADFORD BID has launched a series of safe walking tours to help people rediscover their city centre and keep active during lockdown.

IT was set to be an East Riding Council meeting like any other.

BRADFORD group Bad Boy Chiller Crew will play a homecoming tour date at St George's Hall later this year, one of the group's biggest gigs to date.

A BRADFORD doctor has demonstrated how parents of secondary school children can carry out lateral flow Covid tests at home.

A MAN who has applied for retrospective planning permission for a shed to house his greyhounds has slammed people spreading “false information” about him.

THE number of rough sleepers in Bradford has fallen to its lowest rate in more than a decade in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

IT would be a "huge economic and morale boost" for Bradford if it is selected as the new home of the Treasury North HQ, campaigners have said.

A LOCAL family have raised more than £21,000 for a local mental health charity in memory of their teenage son who tragically died by suicide.

A PLANNING application for a 214 space car park on a Green Belt site in Steeton has been refused by Bradford Council.

NORTHERN'S new trains have reached a milestone, having travelled 10 million miles across the network.

IN a supermarket first, Morrisons has launched The Best Shorthorn Steak Pie in time for British Pie Week, which starts on March 1.

SPECSAVERS has teamed up with the Jo Cox Foundation to encourage people to look after their hearing and sight to connect with others.

A KEEN fieldsports man who has been visiting the Bolton Abbey Estate for 35 years, has defended the shooting fraternity after a runner on the moor came across a dead cat and fox near snares and what appeared to be a ‘stink pit’ on the estate.

FOUR fake sickness fraudsters from Middlesbrough have been sentenced to four months in prison, after conspiring to issue fraudulent compensation claims for gastric illness against Jet2holidays.

POLICE have arrested six men from the Leeds and Kirklees area as part of a large-scale operation to track down 330,000 rounds of stolen ammunition.