BRADFORD Council for Mosques has defended its decision to set up a separate company to deliver £200,000 worth of Covid communications after concerns were raised during a Council meeting.

A MARRIED mother tragically died by suicide on a railway in December 2019, an inquest concluded yesterday.

AN 19th Century lodge and situated at the entrance to a 550-acre country estate in the Bradford district is up for sale.

THREE people have been arrested for attempting to steal a quad bike near Bolton Abbey.

POLICE in Huddersfield are urgently appealing for information to help locate an unidentified woman over serious concerns for her welfare.

THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey has stirred a lot of opinion after it was aired in the UK last night.

MOVING stories of how Bradford families have coped with dementia throughout the pandemic have been shared in a new short film.

HOLLYWOOD stars, pop singers and TV celebrities appearing on The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer are set to be scrutinised by a former contestant in her returning weekly Telegraph & Argus column.

WOMEN who want to have care provided by Bradford Maternity Services are being encouraged to fill in a new online self-referral form as soon as they discover they are pregnant.

The new text message will be sent using the Government’s secure Notify service and will show as being sent from ‘NHSvaccine’.

BP is not the only company looking at changing the number of staff working in its offices with HSBC and Lloyds Banking Group announcing similar plans.

A quarter of 25 to 40 year olds responded to the research saying that having children is now more important to them than it was prior to the pandemic.

A TOW truck fire that took place in Holme Wood on Sunday night is being investigated as arson.

The new dates are subject to a review of the Government’s roadmap measures on 5 April.

The findings were made by creating new Instagram accounts simulating the experience of new users.

The Met Office has moved to issue a yellow weather warning for wind across Wednesday March 10 and Thursday March 11.

Today we're heading back to the 1950s. After the war, the decline of the textile industry continued but Bradford’s economy as a whole began to boom.

YORKSHIRE County Cricket Club have appointed Bradford man Mahboob Hussain as their new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager.

A COUPLE who travelled from Buckinghamshire to Keighley to see grandchildren were given a ticket for breaching lockdown restrictions.

POLICE are appealing for information after thousands of bees were killed after beehives were set alight in Embsay.

KIRKLEES Council has brought in a new team of Covid Community Support Officers (CCSO) to work across the borough.

Live coverage as Prime Minister Boris Johnson set to hold press briefing later on the day when stage one of the road map took effect

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POLICE say there is "lots to investigate" after four people were arrested for a range of offences in the Bradford district.

A KEIGHLEY man was arrested this morning after police received reports of people being bitten by a dangerous dog in the area.

A MAN has been jailed for two and a half years for a “horrific” attack in which his victim was struck on the head with a vodka bottle, punched and had fingers pushed in his eyes.

MORE than five motorists were caught speeding by police every day in the Bradford last year, as the hotspot roads around the district have been revealed.

Covid wardens have taken to streets of Kirklees to present what is being described as “a visible presence” to check that businesses are Covid safe.

THE Nightingale hospital at Harrogate Convention Centre is to close next month without treating a single Covid-19 patient.

SCHOOLS from across the Bradford district welcomed pupils back to school today with open arms but also with caution as lateral flow testing started in high schools.

BRADFORD is set to be battered by strong winds of over 40mph later this week as a weather warning for wind is in place on Wednesday and Thursday.

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

A DRUG addict was paid to take part in “a wicked heist” that saw £36,000 worth of TV sets destined for the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic stolen, Bradford Crown Court heard today.

POLICE are appealing for information on the whereabouts of Kamil Musial, who is wanted in connection with a firearms incident in Bradford.

A SUPERMARKET in Bingley is to reopen shortly after a week-long closure.

The burger chain tweeted: “Women belong in the kitchen.”

TWO Bradford councillors are trying to convince businesses to invest in Bradford after they claim that the "high crime rate" is causing reluctance from some firms.

TOWN Investment plans for Shipley and Keighley each worth £25 million are both awaiting a decision from the Government.

A FURTHER one Covid-19-related hospital death has been reported in Bradford today, according to the latest NHS figures.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save the historic Hermit pub in Burley Woodhead.

PEOPLE in Bradford have been urged to be aware of a scam featuring fake coronavirus vaccination emails.

A BRADFORD boy, inspired by Sir Captain Tom Moore, is aiming to walk half a million steps in March to raise money for charity.

Paul Burrell, the former butler to the Princess of Wales appeared on Lorraine Kelly’s ITV1 show on Monday morning.

BRADFORD City has been awarded the 2019/20 EFL Equality Code of Practice.

WEST Yorkshire Police are receiving £1.5 million of a £30 million Home Office package of funding to tackle serious violence hotspots and early interventions to steer young people away from crime .

FIREFIGHTERS extinguised a tow truck fire that took place in Holme Wood last last night.

WHILE many children in schools across the country are returning to school, a boiler problem has forced a nursery school and children's centre in Bradford to close today.

THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex have plunged the monarchy into a crisis, accusing an un-named royal of racism, suggesting the family were jealous of Meghan and revealing how she contemplated taking her own life while pregnant.

IT was always going to a tough test for the new and improved Bradford City and so it proved.

A DRIVER has been reported for a Covid breach after travelling from Oldham for "something to eat".