NEW powers to tackle the anti social behaviour, drug taking and “tomb-stoning” around a District beauty spot could be approved next week.

TODAY is World Book Day and its heart is reading for pleasure - and how that can change lives.

THE University of Bradford topped a new university league table based on its impact on improving students’ social mobility.

AN inquest has ruled that exposure to asbestos throughout his working life caused the life of a fit and active grandfather to be cut cruelly short.

CHANGING business needs and improving technology make it "inevitable" that a Bradford mill will need to be converted from offices to flats - according to a property developer.

AN Albanian man caught guarding a Bradford cannabis factory might have believed the streets of Britain were paved with gold, the judge jailing him said yesterday.

The founder of a PR company with an office in West Yorkshire has resigned as chairman over a social media post where he said the firm does not hire “blacks, gays or Catholics”.

A WEST YORKSHIRE landlord who breached Covid restrictions faces a wait to discover whether he will be allowed to keep his licence.

MORE than 200 staff and postgraduate researchers at the University of Leeds have asked a cabinet minister to 'call in' the decision on Leeds Bradford Airport.

A CCTV appeal has been launched after an attempted burglary at a popular music venue and cafe in Bradford.

THE founder of a Bradford consultancy which aims to tackle radicalisation has called for "early intervention" amid claims that online grooming is increasing as a result of lockdown.

WORK has begun on installing new cladding to the Richmond and Horton buildings at the University of Bradford.

A LONG empty former allotment site in Keighley can be transformed through an industrial development after Bradford Council approved the scheme.

PLANS to covert a former bar in the "top of town" area of Bradford city centre have been submitted to Bradford Council.

HEALTHCARE provider Medicspot has launched an exciting competition to promote mask-wearing, challenging primary school pupils across Bradford to put their creative skills to the test and design their own face mask.

AS pupils prepare for a return to the classroom on March 8, a Bradford Garden Centre has helped a local school create a role play area.

A SENIOR Leeds politician has claimed the council’s decision to scrap it’s annual Christmas lights event, but continue to spend money on the Leeds 2023 culture programme is “ridiculous”.

KEIGHLEY introduced razzmatazz to rugby league long before the arrival of Super League and they are still acting as pioneers three decades on.

NORTHERN Rail have said 35 stations, including Shipley, Skipton, Horsforth, Guiseley, Hebden Bridge and Halifax have all been provided with a makeover.

CCTV cameras fitted in all Craven taxis by next month is to be revisited following calls for their installation to be put on hold.

A night-time burglar who ransacked a Bradford balloon shop to raid property worth £5,000 has been spared an immediate prison sentence.

PLANS for a future new hospital in Bradford have been revealed after a funding bid has been prepared.

A man stalked a mental health services worker, bombarding her with Facebook messages and sending gifts to her family, Bradford Crown Court heard.

A CARAVAN draped in graffiti has been abandoned on a patch of grass in Shipley.

A WOMAN pedestrian has suffered serious injuries following a crash involving two cars in Bradford.

A MAN who used to serve in the Army has been jailed for three years and five months for punching a man and stealing his car and taking a phone from a taxi driver.

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

POLICE have fined the driver of a truck full of carrots for having an over weight load in the vehicle.

A MAN was arrested for a public order offence after police were called to a disturbance in Park Lane, Clayton, at about 6.12pm on Monday.

POLICE are currently in attendance at a serious injury road traffic collision in Tong Drive, Farnley.

CAMPAIGNERS have reacted with mixed emotions to the Government's announcement that Treasury North will be based in Darlington.

The Chancellor announced a “mortgage guarantee”, as he detailed the government’s spending plans in Wednesday’s budget..

DARLINGTON has been confirmed as the new location for the Government’s new Treasury North.

Follow all the latest updates from today's Budget announcement, and all the reaction, here.

A FIRE at Oxford Bingo Club in Undercliffe on Sunday is being treated as arson.

BRADFORD'S MPs say decision to move Treasury North to Darlington is "disappointing", adding that "it was not potential or ability that mattered to the Chancellor".

NO further Covid-19-related hospital deaths have been reported today in Bradford.

POLICE are appealing for information to trace wanted man George Runicman in Bradford.

POLICE have renewed their appeal for information to find a missing man with links to Bradford.

THESE are some of the houses around Bradford that could be yours thanks to the Government’s new five per cent deposit loan scheme - but there's a catch.

A MOTORIST from Batley who killed his passenger when his Volkswagen Golf collided with a tractor in Wakefield has been jailed for 11 and a half years.

POLICE have arrested two more men in connection with the disorder in Keighley.

ULTRA-low deposit mortgages are set to make a comeback with a new five per cent deposit home loan guarantee scheme to get more people on the housing ladder.

A POWER CUT has left more than 1,200 properties in Brighouse without electricity this morning.

A MISSING woman from Leeds has been found safe and well, police have confirmed this morning.

A BLACK cat who was dumped outside a cat rescue with "simply catastrophic" injuries has touched the hearts of many Bradfordians.

BRADFORD Council has recently set its 2021/22 budget and with its typical disregard for hard-pressed local residents has again raised the council tax by the maximum amount allowed – 4.99 per cent.

PUB regulars are set to be given the financial backing to save their beloved struggling locals in today’s Budget with the announcement of a new £150 million Community Ownership Fund.

THE current economic crisis "can be re-purposed to Bradford's advantage" - according to the man behind a newly published recovery plan for the District.

BRADFORD City continued their charge under Mark Trueman and Conor Sellars with a magnificent fifth successive League One victory.