BRADFORD Council has made a £20 million bid to the Government to help fund a long planned swimming pool and leisure centre.

A MAN who drowned in a reservoir was on his way home with a companion when he stopped off for a dip.

POLICE have seized three separate vans and reported their drivers for various offences including dangerous parts and lying to insurers.

ALMOST 40 per cent of new cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19 are in people under the age of 18, Bradford’s health chief has said. 

A DECISION on whether to allow an eye-catching new restaurant to be built on Wakefield Road will be made by Councillors next week.

THE Lord Mayor of Bradford officially opened the newly refurbished play area at Lister Park yesterday.

TWO men who grew cannabis with a street value of £500,000 between them have been jailed for a total of 40 months.

BRADFORD City fans are already planning their trips for the months ahead after the release of the club’s fixtures for next season.

POLICE have arrested a man in connection with a reported assault where an officer had his throat sliced.

A PROGRAMME set up to support young people after a year of disruption has provided 90 young people in Bradford with access to specialist GCSE tutors.

YOUNG people in Bradford are invited to add their voices, music and ideas to a new computer game which re-imagines areas of the district as futuristic 'dream neighbourhoods'.

THESE are the holiday destinations which could be added to the UK’s travel green list today as the Government reviews its list.

THE founder of Bradford-based campaign One Britain One Nation has appeared on national television to defend the event.

A BRADFORD man has appeared in court after stealing meat from a city supermarket.

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

YOUNG people across the Bradford District will be guaranteed help to get into employment, education or training under a new Bradford Council initiative.

BRADFORD boxer Hamed Ghaz says his ultimate goal is to fight for a title in his home city as he gears up for his latest bout.

BRADFORD (Park Avenue) have made a massive step forward as its young guns will play in a national league set-up next season, according to its academy chief.

METAL barriers have been installed on Ilkley's suspension bridge in a bid to deter 'tombstoning'.

COUNCILLORS have given the green light to create a brand new Covid-19 memorial woodland on the site of a former golf course in South Leeds.

AN application to create new dining space at a popular Bradford food venue has been refused.

INSIDE a landmark Keighley building as you've never seen it before.

Czajka Care Group’s Currergate Nursing Home is celebrating receiving the highest award possible by the department of health and wellbeing, after 100% of its team received their first Covid-19 vaccination.

BRADFORD schoolchildren who wrote a song promoting their country have found themselves at the centre of an extraordinary row.

A MAN has been released on bail after being arrested following a report of a rape in Bradford.

Final preparations are in full swing for the Yorkshire Motorsport Festival – and organisers have issued some important updates for visitors.

AN arrest has been made after reports of gunshots being heard and a vehicle damaged in Bradford.

Bradford police have appealed for information after a Haworth crash which left two officers injured.

An inquest is to open into the death of a man at Ponden Reservoir.

The Neighbourhood Watch network is urging people to be vigilant against a Covid-19 passport scam.

The research analysed Freedom of Information data on the number of dog thefts people have reported in the last five years.

Lloyds announced 29 Lloyds Bank and 15 Halifax branches will close, as customers carry out “significantly” fewer transactions at these locations.

Future food shortages at supermarkets could be 'inevitable' according to industry experts.

The Government has supported a campaign by a former police officer which aims to instil pride in Britain through a celebratory day this week.

The 78-year-old was hurt rehearsing a fight scene.

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

THE jury is continuing to deliberate verdicts in the trial of six men accused of historic sexual offences against a teenage girl from Keighley.

THE founder of Bradford-based campaign One Britain One Nation has staunchly defended his creation after it drew heavy criticism online for promoting British values.

LEEDS Bradford Airport (LBA) has joined today's 'Travel Day of Action' to urge the Government to safely reopen the hard-hit sector.

A HUGE cannabis factory with a CCTV system was set up by criminals inside a former Sikh temple building in Bradford.

THE Government is continuing to consider “all options” for a planned fast rail link across the North, a transport minister has said amid reports the project could be ditched.

FIREFIGHTERS were called out to tackle a blaze at the former Yorkshire Martyrs school site in Tong.

Bradford schools have urged parents to be vigilant amid concerns about a rise in the number of Delta Covid-19 cases.

This week's MP's column comes Imran Hussain, Labour MP for Bradford East

A FORMER factory site in Bradford could soon be used as for the treatment of up to 150,000 tonnes of waste a year.

A FORMER Bradford maths teacher has been banned from the classroom after being convicted of voyeurism and possessing indecent images of children.

A 24-HOUR opening at the newest Bradford branch of a fast food giant could add to the late night anti-social behaviour problems experienced in the area - according to Council officers.

A couple were attacked as they stood at the taxi rank outside York railway station.

POLICE are appealing for information after a man was seriously injured in an incident involving machetes in Leeds today.

NO further Covid-19 deaths have been recorded in the Bradford district's hospitals today.