A BRADFORD MP has slammed wannabe racers calling them a “blight on the city” and is “deeply concerned” after videos of a range of vehicles participating in Fast & Furious-style racing emerged online.

THESE are the 12 Bradford restaurants and takeaways given a five-star food hygiene rating over the past two months.

A NEW £5 million specialist care home for adults with complex needs is to open its doors soon.

A SECOND retrospective planning application for a chai cafe at a Leeds Road car park has been refused by Bradford Council.

A LOCAL Councillor has described plans for a huge warehouse and distribution centre on farmland near Chain Bar as “absolutely monstrous.”

ANYONE who has walked or cycled any distance of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal will know it is a constantly changing landscape.

A TACO Bell restaurant in Bradford could be open from 11pm to 5am.

A BRADFORD man who came here as a refugee is "giving back" by delivering food parcels to others who have also had to flee from war and persecution.

CHANGES campaign groups claim have been made to a key draft Local Plan document about air quality have triggered a row with Calderdale Council in the run up to more hearings into the plan.

Bradford Bulls take on York City Knights this afternoon, as the West Yorkshire side return to Odsal for the first time since September 2019.

HUNDREDS of people gathered in Bradford city centre today to see off a group of riders travelling to Manchester as part of a Free Palestine rally in the north.

As travelling is still uncertain, and many choosing to stay local this bank holiday, how can we make the most of an extra day off?

CONNOR COYLE

BRADFORD Bulls fans were delighted to make a homecoming to Odsal today after nearly two years away from the famous stadium.

A MINI which drove off from police was later found to be stolen, police have found.

Kirklees is a hotspot for the Indian variant of Covid-19, but how bad actually is it, how is it being handled and what does this mean for the future?

A BRADFORD-based logistics firm has taken to the skies by arranging delivery of its "biggest ever shipment of air freight".

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

A STOLEN car has been recovered and given back to its owner.

A BRADFORD-based charity leader says the 2025 City of Culture bid will play a vital role in promoting racial harmony across the district.

BORIS Johnson has married Carrie Symonds in a low-key ceremony planned in strict secrecy.

DID you spot this strange sight in the sky over Bradford last night?

POLICE are looking to trace a missing man.

A TEAM of cyclists from Tong Garden Centre raised more than £6,500 for West Yorkshire mental health charities, ‘Luke's Lads' and ‘Butterflies Mental Health' when they tackled a challenging 80k ride.

POLICE caught two uninsured drivers in the same incident in Bradford after a driver helping his friend whose car had broken down was also stopped by police.

FIVE people have been taken to hospital following a two-car crash in Buttershaw.

GOOD progress has been made at the Greengates crossroads roadworks over the past two weeks as the scheme takes a step closer to completion.

A LOCAL community is being spruced up in a new project that will transform eyesore structures in the area.

A GOVERNMENT transport minister has stopped short of confirming when crucial plans for large rail projects in Yorkshire will be released to the public, insisting it would be “soon”.

BRADFORD has been home to many legends in all sorts of different fields over the years and it is time to honour those who have made the biggest impact.

A BRADFORD man has been sentenced for a house burglary where he stole and damaged a car while the owner slept upstairs.

NEW food hygiene ratings for eateries across the Bradford district have been published by the Food Standards Agency.

Amusingly, three in 100 (3%) non-drivers admit that they are ‘too lazy’ to learn to drive. 

Experts predict that warmer temperatures are on the way this weekend which could bring risk to drivers.

SHIPLEY Glen Tramway, the last of the area’s Victorian and Edwardian attractions, has re-opened after closing in March 2020.

FROM the moment we pull up to our caravan the kids are in heaven. It’s the first proper break we’ve had in over a year and they’re eagerly exploring every nook and cranny of the clean and modern Deluxe unit.

EVERY week, come rain or shine, you will find the Wayfarers out walking somewhere in the Bradford district, or beyond.

THIS summer will see the demolition of two landmark gas storage sites in Bradford.

'THIS project is helping to transform lives'.

PLANS to build more than 700 houses on a site in Otley, are “totally disproportionate”, and will increase the size of the town by nearly a third, community groups have claimed.

OWNERS of commercial vehicles in the district are being encouraged to register their interest for grants to upgrade their vehicles ahead of the launch of Bradford’s Clean Air Zone in January.

THE NHS Covid Vaccination Programme has jabbed more than half of people in their thirties in just over a fortnight, new figures have revealed.

As the Bulls return to Odsal here is a look at some of our archive pictures of Odsal Stadium from years gone by.

Here, Robin Longbottom examines how what was little more than a length of string played a vital part in powering textile machinery

A RAIL museum has reopened following the latest easing of lockdown restrictions.

BATTLING Fat Lads Football Club have kindly donated £190 to Horton Housing Association following their charity football match against West Yorkshire Police and aim to donate a similar amount after their next fixture in June.

THREE men have been released under investigation on suspicion of drug dealing in Bingley.

HIGH profile Bradfordians, including superstar illusionist Dynamo, are backing our bid to be UK City of Culture, as the Government green lights the 2025 competition.

A man who downloaded more than 1,600 "truly depraved and sickening" indecent photographs of children over a decade has been jailed.

A CAR has been seized after police spotted the driver had failed to properly secure three of the children inside it.