A man has been jailed for five months for spitting in a police officer’s eye and hurling racist abuse at another during a violent early morning incident in a residential area of Bradford.

A BRADFORD doctor has demonstrated how parents of secondary school children can carry out lateral flow Covid tests at home.

A MAN who has applied for retrospective planning permission for a shed to house his greyhounds has slammed people spreading “false information” about him.

THE number of rough sleepers in Bradford has fallen to its lowest rate in more than a decade in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

IT would be a "huge economic and morale boost" for Bradford if it is selected as the new home of the Treasury North HQ, campaigners have said.

A LOCAL family have raised more than £21,000 for a local mental health charity in memory of their teenage son who tragically died by suicide.

A PLANNING application for a 214 space car park on a Green Belt site in Steeton has been refused by Bradford Council.

People who book into a vaccine centre will be greeted by volunteers who will marshal car parks and register them when they arrive.

The hike comes after the price was increased for the previous three years.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Action Fraud have been informed of the incident.

People will be able to have greater contact with their friends and family from early March.

There are different plans in place across the devolved nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

BRADFORD can expect a mixture of sunshine and showers this weekend.

FIRE crews from Cleckheaton helped to save a horse from drowning after they were called out to a farm yesterday.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was seriously injured in an unprovoked attack in a Wakefield park.

A COUNCILLOR has stressed the importance of fire safety messages after it emerged two of the biggest fires in West Yorkshire in the past year were caused by people playing with fire.

WEST Yorkshire Fire Authority has voted to raise its Council Tax Precept - despite Conservative Councillors proposing an alternative that would freeze the tax rise.

BUSINESSES in Bradford are being encouraged by the local Chamber of Commerce to engage in a testing programme to stem the infection rate of Covid-19.

"INACCURACIES" and a lack of detail have led to the latest application in the conversion of a listed city centre building to be refused.

The Recorder of Bradford, Judge Richard Mansell QC, will sentence two murderers today (Friday).

FUNDS are still available through a campaign to stop children being cold at home during the pandemic and a Bradford headteacher explained how helpful the scheme has been.

A £16m mixed use development planned for Lindley near the M62 at Huddersfield has been unveiled.

Police have released custody pictures of two men this afternoon after the duo were convicted of murder earlier today.

TWO men have been found guilty of the murder of Paul Ackroyd who was attacked at a flat in Bradford and dragged dying into the street.

HUNDREDS of people are reportedly having issues when using Facebook Messenger this afternoon.

POLICE have warned the public about fake versions of a specific baby carrier being sold on a popular online marketplace, revealing they could "cause harm" to parents and their child.

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

A MAN who took a friend’s car and drove at up to 120mph on a Bradford motorway during a police chase has been jailed.

ALMOST 90 per cent of over 65s in the Bradford area have received a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, with almost 122,000 people vaccinated in total

MYSTERY and secrecy surrounds filming at one of Bradford district's beauty spots.

The Government and Ofqual have unveiled how pupils in England will receive their grades after this summer’s GCSE and A-level exams were cancelled.

A man who single-handedly grew two commercial scale cannabis crops worth potentially around a quarter of a million pounds has been jailed for four and a half years.

THERE are now just over 500 with Covid-19 receiving care in hospitals across the region.

HERE are the latest figures showing how many Covid-19 deaths there has been in every area of Bradford.

A DEFIANT salon owner is yet to pay anything towards £17,000 worth of Fixed Penalty Notices imposed for lockdown breaches, Kirklees Council has confirmed.

Boris Johnson was asked about the idea of cutting tax on alcohol served in pubs and adding it onto supermarket alcohol instead.

ASDA has launched consultations with around 5,000 staff over a major restructuring which could put around 3,000 back office store workers at risk.

THE eagerly anticipated return of stock car racing to one of its fabled homes has been pushed back, but a promoter for the sport is still feeling optimistic.

IT is the last opportunity for people across the Bradford district to submit nominations for this year's T&A Education Awards.

TWO Bradford-based supercar hire companies say they are already abiding by the legislation a West Yorkshire MP is trying to force through parliament.

GRITTERS will be out in Bradford overnight tonight as temperatures are set to drop in the district.

POLICE arrested an individual on suspicion of a number of drug offences, after searching four people in a car.

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

FLAGS will fly at half-mast and bells will toll across Bradford on Saturday in honour of Captain Sir Tom Moore and to mark the day of his funeral.

A WOMAN got behind the wheel of a car because she was late for an appointment, even though she had never taken a driving test before.

THE plan for GCSE and A-Level results has been revealed in full this morning by Education Secretary Gavin Williamson.

SOME patients and visitors at Bradford's hospitals will have to pay to park again from the start of March, the NHS trust has announced.

A THREE bedroom house in Bradford up for auction for a £2,000 guide price sold for 30 times that amount.

A 100-year-old war veteran who had cash and bank details stolen from his home has thanked people who have helped raise more than £20,000 on an online fundraising page for him.

A HOST of Bradford business owners, sports stars and entertainers have revealed what they are looking forward to again when the lockdown restrictions ease.