A KILLER and sex attacker serving a life sentence caused almost £25,000-worth of damage to prison cells over a six-week period.

Here are just eight Bradford district restaurants and cafes that are opening their outdoor areas this April:

FIGURES have revealed how many people are thought to have contracted Covid-19 in the district’s hospitals.

THE promotion company bringing stock car racing back to Bradford has raised more than £13,000 to help transform Odsal Stadium into the "Wembley of the North".

THE Grade II* listed former Red House museum could undergo a major refurbishment to become luxury holiday accommodation.

SOME of Bradford’s best-loved cultural and creative organisations are to receive a share of millions of pounds in funding as they look to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

BRADFORD has provided the backdrop for countless films over the years, from period dramas to classic comedies.

INSTAGRAM has restored images of nipple tattooing to breast cancer survivors who have undergone mastectomies posted by a charity after they were earlier 'removed in error'.

IT'S Easter weekend so you might be looking to call up for a takeaway as lockdown continues.

BRADFORD-based Morrisons has donated hundreds of Easter Eggs to the Bradford Soup Run to spread some cheer.

TRADESPEOPLE from Bradford have been given the chance to win £5,000 worth of prizes through a competition from Toolstation.

A MAN has made the incredible gesture of allowing the family, who was devastated by their house alighting in Queensbury earlier this week, to stay in one of his properties for free.

RESTART Grants and a further round of Additional Restrictions Grants to help businesses across the Bradford District to reopen will become available from Bradford Council during the next three weeks.

A FORMER CID chief and BBC investigator is preparing to mark his 70th birthday by trekking from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise funds for Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice.

VIRTUAL council meetings could come to an end in May, with local authorities forced to return to pre-coronavirus arrangements.

MORE than 715,000 trees have now been planted across the district as part of Forest of Bradford’s goal of one million.

A MAN has been jailed after he was arrested by armed police for pointing an imitation gun in the face of a hospital porter at Bradford Royal Infirmary.

A CORONER today issued a verdict of suicide at an inquest into the death of Bradford doctor Mohammad Nadeem Khan who died in October last year.

THE death of a 14-year-old boy at a Bradford beauty spot has been described as a "tragedy", with people urged to take extra precautions.

AN INQUEST into the death of a 17-year-old Bradford girl who died following a road traffic incident in 2019 has been suspended for further police inquiries.

A SKIP wagon driver who was stopped by police then "tested positive for cocaine" and was arrested.

THREE men arrested after electric scooters worth a total £95,000 were stolen in Bradford have been bailed, as police enquiries continue.

LIDL has given an update on when of its popular stores is due to re-open.

A FAILED asylum-seeker has been jailed for two years and three months after the police busted a £350,000 cannabis farm in Bradford.

Here are all of the Greene King pub gardens in West Yorkshire that will be open on 12 April.

A 14-YEAR OLD boy has passed away after an incident at a waterfall near Cullingworth, West Yorkshire Police has confirmed this morning.

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

FLY tippers dumped over 220 tyres at one of the District's most popular beauty spots.

PEOPLE in the Bradford district and Craven are being urged to remember their second Covid-19 vaccination.

A FARMER from Addingham is backing a campaign which calls for visitors to the countryside to keep their dogs under control.

POLICE seized a number of vehicles and issued and recorded several offences in an operation in Shipley yesterday.

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

THERE have been more than 80 incidents involving animals reported to police since last Friday.

POLICE have issued an image of a person they would like to identify.

POLICE searching for Stanningley man Ian Kowalczyk have made a renewed appeal for information after his car was seen on CCTV in the Pudsey area on the day he went missing.

Here’s everything you need to know about power cuts in West Yorkshire- including what to do if you find yourself in one.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a woman was punched and kicked in an attempted robbery in Wibsey Park.

BRADFORD Council community testing teams will be back out across the district today handing out home testing kits to help people get tested for Covid-19.

The mortgage guarantee scheme will be available to current home-owners as well as first-time buyers and will be available in April.

TWO men have revealed how gaming helped them overcome the trauma and grief of cancer and are campaigning for more support for cancer patients and their family members who are part of the LBGTQ+ community.

PLANS for a Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) station in Bradford city centre would be a ‘game changer’, according to the city’s businesses bosses.

A BRADFORD-based golf professional is taking on a gruelling charity trek to Mount Everest base camp with his dad in honour of his daughter.

BRADFORD'S Race Equality Network (REN) has responded to the "landmark" report by the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities.

A BRADFORD hairdresser turned successful producer will launch his TV music channel this weekend.

A DJ and a tailor helped deliver donated Easter eggs to the Bradford district’s hospitals.

POLICE have issued an image of a person they would like to speak to in connection with a shop theft in Calderdale.

BRADFORD has been ranked as the ninth UK city where people swear the most online, according to a study.

JET2holidays has continued its industry-leading position when it comes to looking after customers during the pandemic, by signing up to BBC Watchdog’s ‘Package Holiday Pledge’.

TEENAGERS across Kirklees have been protected by police from falling into the clutches of criminals seeking to exploit them.

PEOPLE in Bradford have been given a last-minute reminder to fill out their Census 2021 this Easter.