A BRADFORD councillor has called for youths committing crime and nuisance behaviour to be punished more severely after residents were left fuming when a ‘drugs den’ appeared near school grounds.

THE family of a Bradford mum left severely disabled after being sent home from hospital following a stroke have revealed how their ‘lives have changed forever’.

THE sky-high cost of weddings is putting couples off getting married, a study found.

DO you think you could conquer an eating challenge featuring a two-foot long sweet treat and more than 5,000 calories at Heathfield Farm, Birkenshaw?

THE owners of an eyesore site in Saltaire have been ordered to remove the derelict buildings that have blighted the area for years.

THE producer of the sequel to the much-loved film The Railway Children said there is a “huge sense of responsibility” in bringing the story back to life for a new audience.

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

AS a rather obsessive lifelong Coronation Street fan, I could tell you the residents of every house - and who else has lived there over the decades. My dad used to joke that my dream home would be on the Street.

IT’S OFFICIAL: trainspotting is cool.

DOG poo is nasty - that’s a given. It has a gut-churningly awful stench, it’s unsightly and it’s a health hazard. And with around 8.5 million dogs now in the UK, there’s a lot of it about. About 900 tonnes of it, apparently.

PEOPLE are being encouraged to take part in a national campaign to clean up public spaces as lockdown lifts.

Fantastic performance, a gorgeous interior and high levels of comfort make the Audi S3 Sportback a hugely-desirable car.

A BALLOON release is to be held in memory of a "much-loved" man who tragically died in a lift shaft fall in a block of flats.

PEOPLE in Bradford are being urged to get the Covid-19 vaccine to avoid the district being hit hard by the Indian variant like Blackburn and Bolton.

A fantasist paedophile who tried to blackmail other men on depraved file-sharing internet sites has been jailed for 27 months and recalled to prison on a life licence.

A NEW 'Yorkshire variant' of Covid-19 has been detected in the UK, with 49 cases identified so far.

Rail services in part of the Bradford district are behind disrupted tonight after a passenger was taken ill.

THE NHS in Bradford District and Craven is urging anyone eligible for a Covid vaccination to book an appointment without delay.

TRAFFIC is being diverted off a motorway in Bradford following a collision.

BRADFORD Council leader Susan Hinchcliffe has urged the Government to provide stronger support amid fears the Indian variant of Covid-19 could have a “devastating” impact on the district if it spreads.

A SHIPLEY woman whose premature twin girls spent 92 days in hospital after their birth will take on a challenge of walking 5K a day for 92 days to raise money to benefit the people who cared for her babies.

A BRADFORD company which offers Covid-19 travel tests has been inundated with complaints.

A BRADFORD primary school has entered a competition to win a shade sail .

LATEST figures show a reduction in the number of people in hospital with Covid-19.

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

POLICE stopped the driver of a purple Lamborghini because it was ‘accelerating hard’ between speed bumps along Station Road in Cross Hills, heard Skipton Magistrates Court.

A GRATEFUL family whose nephew and cousin spent four months on Bradford Royal Infirmary’s neonatal unit are this summer walking the Leeds and Liverpool Canal towpath to raise vital funds for Bradford Hospitals’ Charity.

A DRUGS driver appeared to throw items out of his car before being stopped by police on New Year’s Day on the A629 at Bradley, heard Skipton Magistrates Court.

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

A MAN has undergone a potentially life and sight-saving operation after an optometrist at Specsavers Bradford Broadway helped identify signs of a serious condition.

RESTAURANTS are back up and running in Bradford, but which are the district's most popular?

BRADFORD demolition firm Thomas Crompton were called in to assist at the site of a fire in Legrams Lane which gutted an old mill earlier this week.

NETWORK Rail engineers have begun work to improve the drainage and reduce the risk of flooding around Guiseley station.

TWO primary schools in Bradfod have had to be closed to pupils today.

A BRADFORD TV doctor says the Duke of Sussex needs to be applauded for talking about his mental health in a new interview.

TODAY, three West Yorkshire teenagers will hand-deliver a petition signed by over 54,000 people to the Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick, on behalf of the Group for Action on Leeds Bradford Airport (GALBA).

CONTROVERSIAL proposals to turn a Bradford pub into shops and flats have been approved by Bradford Council after being amended to better reflect the building’s heritage.

A NEW 10 year cultural strategy for the Bradford District will begin with a number of events this Summer.

MORE motorists in Bradford are switching to greener electric vehicles, but the uptake of low emission vehicles is still less than half the national average.

YORKSHIRE Building Society has been crowned double winners at the National Centre for Diversity FREDIE Awards 2021.

SUTTON-in-Craven resident Martin Pearson has spoken of his relief now that permission has been given so he can finish off his shed.

WORK has started on a new £15 million care home in Skipton which will create up to 100 jobs.

THE leader of Kirklees Council has been re-elected.

A BLUE Peter report from Bradford Festival, a mass vaccination in a 1960s polio epidemic and a ‘thunderstorm census’ are among snippets of local life in archive television footage released by the BBC.

AN international horror film festival is to take place in a Bradford micro pub.

BRADFORD's six official parkrun events will not resume on June 5 despite Bradford Council giving permission for them to go ahead once again.

SHIPLEY Glen Tramway, which had to cancel 125th anniversary celebrations due to the pandemic, is to re-open this weekend.

BRADFORD residents could save £144.82 in electricity bills each year by installing solar panels – but this is still one of the UK’s lowest savings.

ISRAEL has agreed a ceasefire with Palestinian militant group Hamas after 11 days of bombing in Gaza which has killed 240 people including children.

Popular destinations including Spain, France, Italy and Greece currently remain on the amber list.