A BRADFORD charity is taking legal action following the launch of an inquiry by the Charity Commission amid concerns about its governance and financial management.

This week's MP's column comes from Philip Davies, Conservative MP for Shipley

A TOP Bradford artist is painting a large mural along a blank corridor at a hospital to deliver a boost to dedicated staff.

A NEW creative initiative has been launched to encourage take-up of Covid-19 vaccines among youngsters.

CITY fans, dare you dream?

POLICE and fire crews were called out to a car on fire last night, in what is believed to have been a "deliberate ignition".

A COUNCIL has been accused of questionable behaviour after it emerged that senior figures asked for public consultation on a controversial industrial development to be delayed until after May’s local elections.

A DRUNKEN man who punched his girlfriend in the face and took an axe to her front door, has received a 16 month jail sentence.

DARWIN Group Ltd has started work to deliver a new project including a 15-bed high dependency unit (HDU) and a 30-bed general acute ward at Airedale Hospital.

A CREMATORIUM could be built on an industrial site off one of Bradford’s busiest roads if new plans are approved.

A BRADFORD-based joiners and shopfitters is bouncing back from the pandemic with £3 million worth of orders on its books.

RACHEL Whipp loves her place of work - named after a ‘celebrity’ cow.

RESEARCHERS at the University of Bradford say they are close to perfecting a new technique which could restore sight to people who have been blinded due to injuries to their cornea.

FAMILIES in Keighley are being invited to enjoy a bee-themed picnic event in Cliffe Castle Park today.

A BRADFORD based company is helping to keep the city working, through the most challenging of circumstances, with low-cost and reliable wireless business broadband.

INDUSTRIAL units can be built on a vacant site in Keighley after plans were scaled back.

THE widow of a Bradford soldier killed in Afghanistan has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanding to know why the UK initially entered the conflict as the Taliban starts to seize control.

A RESTAURANT has told customers they will not tolerate their staff getting abused following an unsavoury incident.

A DROP-in vaccination clinic is being held at The Acapulo Club in Halifax this Sunday from 12noon until 4pm.

Yorkshire authorities are preparing the way for an influx of Afghan refugees following the Taliban takeover.

A PERSON died on the train line linking Bradford to Halifax this afternoon, British Transport Police (BTP) have confirmed.

TRAINS operating between Bradford Interchange and Halifax have been cancelled this afternoon as emergency services deal with an incident on the line.

A POLICE inspector has said an arson attack on a 5G mast in Bradford presented a "significant risk to the public".

A MAN was arrested in Bradford this morning on suspicion of both assaulting a woman and a police officer.

ARSON is suspected after a 5G phone mast fire in Bradford last night.

THE HEAD of a Bradford school has called out criticism of record high grades and said it is "numbingly predictable and irksome like a drizzly Bank Holiday".

IT WAS a tale of supreme sporting and academic success at one Bradford school on GCSE Results Day.

A STACEY Dooley-fronted documentary filmed in a Bradford hospital during lockdown last year has been nominated for an award.

TWO cars crashed on a key Bradford road this afternoon.

THREE crews were called to put out a mattress which had caught fire in a basement of a Bradford house this morning.

It has emerged that Bradford Council has paid out over £219.5 million in Covid-19 business grants since the start of the pandemic.

THE family of a woman who was murdered in Leeds have released her photo as detectives continue to try trace her husband after he was seen in Aberdeen.

A GO-KART was amongst four vehicles seized in Shipley this morning.

A GROUP of village residents who campaigned to buy their local pub are celebrating success after it officially reopened this week.

A CAR was seized by police last night after the driver nearly drove down a one-way road in Bradford.

FIREFIGHTERS are damping down after a fire at a house in the Clayton area of Bradford this morning.

A NUMBER of people have been hit with fines at Bradford Magistrates’ Court for breaching Covid-19 rules.

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

A SCHOOL pupil has spoke of his pride at "emerging on the bright side" of a tumultuous year-and-a-half.

A STUDENT who got the top grade in Astronomy during his spare time has secured a further 10 GCSEs.

THE Principal of a Bradford school has heaped praise on all her students for their GCSE results and said she "couldn't be prouder".

AN emeritus professor at the University of Bradford has described the Taliban’s quick seizure of power in Afghanistan as a “huge intelligence failure”.

A CRAVEN resident who only moved to her Coniston Cold home eight weeks ago, said she may have had a change of mind about buying a home there if she had known of the speeding traffic at all times of the day and night.

Eurovision singer James Newman has won a High Court battle against a former The Voice UK contestant who accused him of copying one of her songs.

MINOR injuries were caused following a collision between a bicycle and car in Bradford this afternoon.

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

A NATIONWIDE hunt is under way for a mother who has gone into hiding with her 10-year-old son after care proceedings were launched.

BRADFORD has been ranked among the top 15 UK cities for cycling, according to a study.

POLICE are asking for help to identify a person in connection with a public order offence in Bradford.

BRADFORD rugby league star John Bateman is auctioning off his match shirt to raise money to support the children of Matthew Keenan, with the bidding now open.