BRADFORD had its busiest week since the pandemic took hold as restrictions eased and shoppers rushed back to the city centre.

BRADFORDIANS with no previous acting experience have the chance to be cast in a major new feature film.

DRIVERS have been warned over rush hour delays following an accident in Bradford.

A MOTORIST has spoken of his shock after capturing a dangerous driver overtaking him and others at speed on a Bradford road.

A £1 MILLION scheme to breathe new life into a long-derelict landmark building in the centre of Keighley should be complete within months.

MORE then 5,000 driving tests in the Bradford district were cancelled last year because of the Covid-19 crisis, it has been revealed.

PLANS to make Shipley town centre less car-centric have been labelled as "ludicrous" and "anti-motorist" by local MP Philip Davies.

A WEDDING venue, which was closed down for breaching Covid rules, has been allowed to retain an events marquee that was at the centre of the allegations.

WITH lockdown restrictions lifting, a number of the Bradford District’s most picturesque sites are preparing for a possible boom in camping holidays and “staycations.”

THE NHS in Bradford District and Craven is urging people aged 16 and over who provide vital care and support for others to come forward for their vaccination.

THE RSPCA has rescued a family of six marmosets in West Yorkshire after their owner contacted the charity to ask for help.

YOUNGSTERS in Bradford are being given the chance to help their communities through a new social venture programme.

A WOMAN was helped by fire crews and taken to hospital after suffering a suspected broken hip when she slipped in the shower.

A CITY centre shop that is unrecognisable from its traditional 19th Century origins could be given a more sympathetic frontage.

The Queen lost her husband on Friday April 9 at the age of 99, before he was buried last weekend at the St George’s Chapel.

The Prime Minister said he expects the roadmap to go ahead as planned but warned "there will be another wave of Covid" this year.

Morrisons is one of the UK's 'big six' supermarkets alongside Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Aldi and Lidl.

Consumer experts have compiled a list of the 20 most sought-after degrees by employers.

Across the UK’s millions of homes, those with at least one TV waste a staggering £432 million on unnecessary energy every year.

PLANS to spend more than £10m on three city centre green space schemes in Leeds – including a new bridge over the River Aire – are now one step closer following approval from senior Leeds City Council decision-makers.

THE £4.7 million restoration and redevelopment of Skipton Town Hall, turning it into a cultural hub for the whole of Craven, will be revealed to the public this summer.

Customers will be able to enter the pubs to gain access to the outside area and also to use toilets.

AN Ilkley Town legend has sadly passed away after a long battle with cancer.

A BREAK-IN at The Picture House won't scupper the Keighley cinema's planned reopening on May 17.

POLICE are appealing for help from the public to track down three Bradford men wanted in relation to drug offences.

A BRADFORD police officer charged with rape and sexual assault has pleaded not guilty to the allegations and will stand trial next year.

A seven-year-old West Yorkshire boy who one day dreams of becoming an RAF pilot has taken his first flying lesson - and even flew the plane for a few seconds.

MEMBERS of the public have responded in horror after a badger was killed and burned in Bradford.

PRIME Minister Boris Johnson has criticised Bradford Council for failing to deliver on a Shipley Eastern Bypass - and a Bradford MP has pointed out this comes despite council chiefs telling Government a feasibility study into the much-needed schem...

POLICE have launched an appeal to find the owners of 48 dogs which were lost or stolen and moved by a country-wide network.

ONE MAN has been arrested after armed police descended on a Bradford house yesterday evening, West Yorkshire Police has confirmed today.

A SEA of floral tributes has been left in memory of a man killed in a crash on Great Horton Road.

Police called to an ongoing burglary found the house door smashed and cannabis plants strewn over the steps, Bradford Crown Court heard today.

A MCLAREN with its front registration plate missing was stopped by police on the M62 this afternoon, with the car seized after the driver was also found to be uninsured.

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

A BRADFORD community figure has welcomed the guilty verdict handed down to ex-American police officer Derek Chauvin after the murder of George Floyd last year, but says there are still "lessons to be learned" on both sides of the Atlantic when it...

AS new research finds 150 minutes of exercise a week can cut the risk of dying from Covid-19, here are some of the quirky sports on offer in Bradford.

BRADFORD, Shipley and Keighley are amongst colleges across the region offering free career-enhancing (re)boot courses.

ONE further Covid-19-related hospital deaths has been reported today in Bradford.

WITH Tom Cruise in Yorkshire filming the latest Mission Impossible, we take a look back at the times acting royalty came to Bradford for filming.

POLICE have confirmed the body of an adult male was found in Bramley, Leeds with the death believed to be a medical episode.

POLICE feared that some of the 22 dogs being kept in "shocking conditions" in one home would have to be put down, but all have now been rehomed.

POLICE have issued an appeal to find a man who is on licence from prison and is wanted in relation to multiple offences.

MORRISONS has become the first UK supermarket to launch an own-brand range of shampoo and conditioner bars into its permanent haircare range.

THE opening hours of two reopened Wetherspoon branches in the Bradford district will be extended as more of its pubs return.

WEST Yorkshire Police is looking to “establish the circumstances” surrounding a picture that appeared to show that a PCSO had gone on a day trip hiking with seven other people.

THE re-opening of Bradford's Mirror Pool has been delayed by the pandemic's impact on global trade.

A COURT date has been set for a lockdown-defying salon owner.

A HUSBAND and wife from Queensbury, who have raised almost £10,000 in memory of their late son, are pleased to see their local rugby club recognise their charitable efforts.

SOME of Bradford’s most prominent buildings will be lit up in orange tonight to show support for those people affected by leukaemia.