POLICE officers in West Yorkshire are being forced to use food banks amid low wages and pay cuts, the vice-chairman of West Yorkshire Police Federation says.

TWELVE men, most of whom are from the Keighley and Bradford district, are due to appear before Bradford Magistrates tomorrow charged with child sexual offences which took in the late 1990s.

This year has seen a whole host of household of price increases costing your family hundreds or even thousands of pounds extra per year.

WITH food, electricity and gas prices going through the roof, many foodbanks are struggling to cope with demand to supply Bradford residents with the parcels they need.

A BRADFORD restaurant has been fined for failing to comply with previous Covid restrictions.

A passenger train operator has been accused of "finger-pointing" after blaming a late-running freight train for delays to services on a key West Yorkshire route.

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A PERSON had to be extricated from a vehicle following a two-car crash last night.

DANGEROUS knives have been seized from the streets of Huddersfield as part of a national week of action to raise awareness of knife crime.

A £2.8 MILLION pot of cash awarded to Bradford by the Government to boost cycling and walking will help improve a key city centre street and canal towpaths.

Plans to overhaul a busy junction between Bradford and Leeds will slash congestion, highways chiefs believe.

A BRADFORD store which sells surplus products has helped its members collectively save more than £4.5 million on their grocery shopping in the last 12 months.

CITY have announced a new five-figure sponsorship deal with long-term backers TL Dallas Group.

THE floor above a popular Syrian restaurant can be converted into a café after highways officers claimed the business would not cause parking pressures on Leeds Road.

A leading professor has warned the Clean Air Zone (CAZ) is the only way to dramatically stop Bradford’s children breathing in toxic and illegal levels of air pollution.

Bradford motorists travelling along the M606 this weekend may face delays as roadworks continue.

WHEN I heard the sad news about Kay Mellor this week, I was reminded of how I felt when Victoria Wood died.

Preparations are in full swing across the Bradford Council’s residential resource centres, extra housing care schemes and community care operations as people look forward to marking Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

PEOPLE are being urged not to delay bowel cancer screening.

FEARS have been voiced after the closure of the public helpdesk at Keighley police station.

The stronger version of the classic Brewdog Punk IPA beer will be available in 330ml bottles

Here's a selection of BBQs and pizza ovens that are ideal for Platinum Jubilee celebrations in your garden.

Here's a selection of things you'll find in Aldi and Lidl middle aisles from Thursday, May 19.

Aldi's popular garden water feature is back in stock. How to get yours.

The new regal pack comes with 30 beautifully presented cards showing iconic moments from across Queen Elizabeth II's life and reign.

Currently, 64% of adults are overweight or obese, with figures climbing each year.

The new rules are planned to tackle a rise in violence and disorder at sports matches.

There have been nearly 100 cases of a foreign object – including drill bits – left inside NHS patients by mistake in the last year.

Yesterday it was announced that inflation has risen to 9% in April, with it rising at the fastest rate in 40 years.

Hints and answer for today's Wordle.

Pre-sale tickets for N-Dubz's reunion Back To The Future go on sale today.

Iceland has revealed that it will be launching a discount across its stores.

Milk alternatives have been all the rage in recent years, with many leaving behind dairy milk and making the swap to plant-based alternatives.

A 'UFO' has been photographed hovering over the Bradford district.

A MISSING 70-year-old woman has been found safe and well.

A MAN accused of stalking a woman allegedly sent her an unwanted bank transfer and turned up at her beauty appointment.

POLICE want to speak with these woman following a series of thefts in Bradford city centre.

This will be the view from the roof terrace of the One City Park development once it is completed.

A Bradford man found with more than 35,000 “vile” indecent of children images on his computer has been jailed.

COUNCIL workers have had to beef up measures to stop people “tombstoning” from Ilkley’s suspension bridge after vandals tore down safety barriers to allow them to perform dangerous leaps into the River Wharfe.

A MISSING teenager from Keighley has been found safe and well.

Well-known media personality and former glamour model, Katie Price was spotted at two Bradford salons.

A SERIOUSLY injured dog believed to be involved in fighting was dumped, staggered into a garden in Bradford and collapsed in a pool of blood.

A ROAD in the Bradford district is partially blocked following an accident near a pub.

A COUNCIL’s attempt for police removal of travellers, after caravans appeared on Woodhall Playing Fields, near Pudsey and Calverley, has been rejected.

COUNCILLORS are calling on Bradford Council to take action after travellers took advantage of a broken barrier to set up camp in Ilkley.

POLICE said a teenager arrested after an attack in Pudsey was on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, being drunk and disorderly and possessing cocaine.

BRADFORD West MP Naz Shah has raised huge concerns over a school in the city with Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information following a fatal collision near Lothersdale yesterday.

BRADFORD has appointed its first Green Lord Mayor, and he will be joined in his civic year by a Green Deputy Mayor.