LOCAL councillors and family members of the mother-of-five who was killed in a hit and run have expressed their shock and devastation.

A MAJOR bypass has been closed for police investigation after a crash.

AMAZON are rumoured to be behind plans for a huge storage and distribution warehouse which could be built at Chain Bar Junction 26 of the M62.

MAJOR disruption is anticipated as around 1,000 drivers are expected to take part in a taxi strike in Bradford from 6am to 6pm tomorrow.

HERE are some photos of the huge thunderstorm and lightning strikes that lit up the skies of Bradford and Yorkshire on Tuesday night.

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

A WOMAN who died in a Bradford park last week has now officially been named.

THE first in-person meeting of Bradford Council since the beginning of the Covid pandemic will take place in the Alhambra Theatre next week.

SIR - I travelled to Bradford Forster Square railway station yesterday and was appalled by the state of the slope leading from the station to the Midland Hotel. The rubbish bins were overflowing and litter was scattered everywhere.

POLICE are appealing for information to locate missing teenager Halima Ali from Halifax.

CORONERS Officers are appealing for help in tracing the relatives of William Dunning, from Bradford.

CRIMINALS are continuing to capitalise on the pandemic, but looking out for so many convincing scams can be incredibly daunting for motorists, including those in Bradford.

BANKS in the Bradford district are among those where domestic abuse survivors will be able to access “safe spaces”.

A PONTEFRACT man has been sentenced to eight and a half years imprisonment after being found guilty of a catalogue of sexual offences against a girl in the 1970s.

POLICE have released the name of a man who died after his car collided with a bridge in Wakefield.

A DOMESTIC garage in Dewsbury with a car inside was on fire following a reported lightening strike last night.

PLANS to refurbish a building on one of Bradford's main shopping streets have been approved by Bradford Council.

A brilliant burst of summer colour is on its way to Bradford city centre.

TWO empty units on Keighley’s iconic Cavendish Street can be converted into a restaurant and take away after new plans were approved.

Boris Johnson thanked the public for their sacrifices amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A POLICE patrol vehicle did a brilliant job to spot a car speeding on the M62 yesterday.

It will be the first major public appearance for the Queen since the passing of her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the age of 99 last month.

Mary was reported missing on January 6 1968 and has never been found.

It was hoped a crackdown on online scams would be part of the Online Safety Bill but it was not mentioned in the Queen’s speech.

New rules from May 31 will see changes to its payment system and new restrictions on controversial listings. 

The news comes as 12 countries were added to the ‘green list’ on May 7 - including Gibraltar, Australia and Portugal.

UP to 300 trees will be planted at a site in Cullingworth after a new housing application was approved.

WYKE thrower Joe Cullen stole the headlines on Saturday evening, hitting gold on the ITV show, “Bullseye”, hosted by Alan Carr.

AN exciting virtual talk is set to be hosted by a popular Bradford history society tomorrow.

THE man who was arrested after a fatal collision in Barkerend is now being held on suspicion of murder, police have revealed.

A WOMAN who was killed in a hit and run in Barkerend has been locally named as Iram Shezadhi - a mother of five children.

A BRADFORD man has been jailed for 19 years after being found guilty of a string of sexual offences against children.

A NINE-YEAR-OLD has died after being struck by lightning on a football field.

A Neighbourhood Policing Team officer had hundreds of indecent images of children stored on his phone, including a picture of a baby that was bound and abused, a jury heard today.

A POLICE cordon is in place on a commuter road just days after a car flipped onto its roof.

A BRADFORD man who tried to murder a vulnerable woman has had his sentence increased following an intervention by the Solicitor General.

POLICE seem to have changed their focus as to where the incident of the woman killed by a hit and run took place in Barkerend.

A POLICE cordon and floral tributes are at the scene of a hit and run in Barkerend where a women died yesterday afternoon.

SEVEN areas of Bradford ranked among the worst 30 areas of the UK for ‘crash for cash’ incidents, with two areas ranked in the top five.

A 24-YEAR-OLD man who was arrested following the circulation of a video on social media purporting to show footballer Oli McBurnie in an altercation with a man in the street has been released on bail.

AN American fast food chain will return to the UK next month after two decades - and is ready to compete with the likes of Burger King and McDonald's.

The Telegraph & Argus has opened this online book of condolence following the sad death of a woman in a hit and run crash in Bradford.

ASPIRING actors with dreams of the silver screen or stage shows can book into a free audition this weekend in Leeds.

Princess Olga Romanoff made the remark when appearing on Monday morning’s instalment of Lorraine.

A FASCINATING historic artefact discovered during roadworks is to be rejuvenated and permanently displayed after the improvement works are completed.

YEADON-based Jet2 says confidence about travel has climbed sharply after the publication of the UK Government’s ‘green list ‘on Friday last week.

BORIS Johnson faced criticism following the Queen's Speech today, as the lack of a plan for social care was branded "an insult to the nation".

HERE is a look inside a flat in Bradford that’s currently on the market for a £7,000 guide price.

A WOMAN from Pudsey was one of eight people arrested this morning in a series of raids in a National Crime Agency money laundering investigation.

NINE people from Bradford have been fined or given curfews for stealing items from Asda supermarkets.