POLICE investigating non-recent allegations of child sexual abuse in Bradford have arrested 19 people as part of an arrest operation.

A GOVERNMENT commissioner will be appointed to help turn around Bradford Council’s beleaguered Children’s Services department after concerns were raised at the slow pace of improvement.

This week's MP's column comes from Bradford South MP Judith Cummins

A LOCAL community has rallied round after large piles of rubbish and human waste were left in a park where travellers had been set-up for the past week.

TWO Bradford nursery chains have been recognised as among the best in the country in the latest national Nursery Awards.

PROPOSALS to convert a city centre office building into 76 one-bed flats have been blocked by Bradford Council, with highways officers raising concerns about a lack of cycle parking spaces.

NEW figures have revealed where people moved to Bradford from, and where Bradfordians have left the district to last year.

MORRISONS is giving customers the chance to support children and their families who may struggle with the cost of going back to school by creating stationery Pick Up Packs in store which can be bought and donated in time for the new school year.

POLICE have issued images of two people they would like to identify.

HERE is a look at a house in Bradford that’s due to go under the hammer.

A MAN has been fined for criminal damage at a Bradford district pub.

Which? worked through policies on coronavirus-related disruption which included whether customers would be refunded in the event of lockdown.

THE shirt of a late Bradford City legend is going up for auction, said to be worn in the match which saw football’s most famous fight.

POLICE dealt with 58 animal issues over the weekend, including 13 on the run.

THREE new "start up" workshop units can be built on a prominent site off Leeds Road after new plans were approved.

Bournemouth will host recently relegated West Brom on Friday night live in front of Sky Sports cameras as fans return to the terraces.

A survey commissioned by the bank quizzed 2,000 people to compare perceptions of likely fraud victims to its own data on fraud cases.

At just 12 Sky Brown has now won the US version of ‘Dancing With The Stars: Juniors’ and a bronze medal at the Olympics despite horrifying set-backs.

A DECISION on whether to grant a licence for the Leeds Festival to go ahead this year is set to be made by Leeds City Council decision-makers next week.

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PLANS to build housing on a field in Eldwick have been refused by Bradford Council.

A UNION has called for a council to “do the right thing” and bring its swimming pools and other leisure services back in-house.

BRADFORD (Park Avenue’s) development side played their first-ever game, an entertaining 16-goal thriller against Amaranth Crossgates.

HARRY Hemmingway and Roger Williams led the way as a mixture of Youth and Over-40s events were held at Ripon Motor Club's latest trial.

A BRADFORD care home has been rated ‘inadequate’ and plunged into special measures following a visit from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). 

Police are fighting back against illegal 'throw overs' at prisons.

A defrocked Church of England priest living in Skipton was declared a dangerous sex offender as he was jailed for four years.

A man has been given a ten-year extended jail sentence with a six and a half year custodial term after sending a roofer somersaulting into the road by deliberately driving at him outside a pub.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a Bradford City Fire hero firefighter and much-loved great-grandfather following his death in a tragic accident.

POLICE have appealed for information to trace a 13-year-old girl last seen in Bradford.

EMERGENCY services are at the scene of a crash at a retail park this evening.

NEW images have been released giving people a first look inside a unique £13 million housing development.

DELAYS are expected on the M62 throughout the evening following an earlier lorry fire.

A ROAD in Bradford is closed this afternoon following a crash.

A TEENAGER was arrested after police found around 200 cannabis plants inside his Bradford property.

 

TWO further Covid-19-related hospital deaths were recorded in the Bradford district today, latest NHS figures reveal.

STUDENTS who completed a traineeship have received a new laptop each to encourage their digital knowledge and increase their capabilities at work.

THE BRADFORD district’s independent retailers and points of interest are being celebrated as Sparkling Bradford’s campaign returns for the summer, highlighting the businesses and people that help make every day sparkle.

POLICE are appealing for information after a man was assaulted last night.

POLICE have issued an appeal to trace a man missing from Bradford.

A MAN who sexually abused a primary-aged child over a five-year period in Bradford has been jailed for almost two decades.

A FIFTH of school pupils in Bradford missed school due to coronavirus ahead of the summer break, figures reveal.

BRADFORD based Morrisons has been fined £500 for failing to provide police with the identity of a driver who was alleged to have committed an offence.

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

A CHILDREN'S protection charity says sexual abuse victims must "feel confident that if they speak out they will be listened to", after a paedophile was jailed last week.

EIGHT men have been jailed for a total of more than 100 years for their involvement in a major conspiracy to supply drugs, some of which made their way into West Yorkshire.

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

A BRADFORD MP has hit out at a local biowaste recycling centre after nearby residents had been plagued by a “vile odour” drifting across for several weeks.

"IT was definitely the first time I have seen a wrestler explain the Bible account of David and Goliath."