A JUDGE says he would have banned a "third strike" Bradford danger driver for life and locked him up for longer if he could.

AN inspection found "insufficient" improvements had been made at an ‘inadequate’ Bradford mental health hospital which was plunged into special measures.

AN INDEPENDENT ambulance provider in the district is no longer legally allowed to provide services.

RAIL passengers can now receive alerts by WhatsApp when their train is delayed or cancelled.

THE Government is seeking advice on whether to make possession of laughing gas a crime.

BRADFORD can expect dry and cloudy conditions this weekend, ahead of warm and sunny weather next week.

POLICE are appealing for information to help trace a 13-year-old girl who has gone missing from the Bramley area of Leeds.

THE family and friends of a Bradford teenager were shocked and saddened by his passing to suicide.

FINAL preparations are being made ahead of the inaugural Bradford Dance Festival at Odsal on Saturday.

THE CO-OP has confirmed that it will move from its current space in Saltaire into a new build unit on the same street - if planning permission is granted.

MORRISONS has teamed up with Yorkshire Cricket Club to deliver more than 12,000 meals to needy children in the county, including Bradford, during the summer holidays.

CAN the summer holidays be over already? As youngsters prepare for a new term, we’re going back to school over years gone by. Recognise anyone in these photos of schools in the district?

RECYCLED tyres have been used to re-lay a Bradford District road in a project thought to be the first of its kind in the region.

TWO brothers from West Yorkshire are hoping to raise £10,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association by walking 192 miles along Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Path.

DEMAND for private rented housing in Yorkshire and The Humber is the highest in England and Wales, according to a new survey for the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA).

It comes after E.On and Scottish Power told customers standard tariffs will jump by around £139 a year.

It features collaborations with artists including 21 Savage, Future, Lil Baby, Jay-Z and Travis Scott.

The savoury range includes a brand new addition to Costa’s classic toastie range for 2021.

TRANSPORT officials have defended their decision to not extend the closure of Skipton High Street on market days.

The increase in tax is to pay for an overhaul to social care and to bring down NHS waiting lists.

The increase in tax is to pay for an overhaul to social care and to bring down NHS waiting lists.

A TOWN Councillor and keen cyclist has said that it is “unacceptable” that a multi million pound cycle way has been allowed to become overgrown and “difficult to use.”

A leading barrister has questioned why public money should be spent on trying to claw back drugs money from a man with no assets who is serving a life sentence for murder.

ELEVEN people have been fined more than £8,800 for attending illegal gatherings in Bradford during the third Covid-19 lockdown earlier this year.

THE Retail, Leisure & Hospitality Awards are returning this year after what has been an incredibly difficult time for the sector.

THE staff and customers of a popular Bradford pub have been left devastated following a burglary in which charity boxes were stolen.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a teenage boy being taken to hospital after some type of skin irritant was splashed on his legs at Leeds Festival.

AN avid collector has been given a suspended prison sentence for possessing a collection of firearms including handguns and pistols.

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

A man without a license was arrested after he drove into two parked cars.

A FURTHER eight Covid-19 hospital deaths have been recorded in the Bradford district in the past two days, as 314 have been seen nationally.

A BRADFORD woman has appeared in court charged with stealing meat and wine from a district shop.

BRADFORD is to feel the heat again next week with a mini-heatwave.

POLICE in West Yorkshire used Tasers more than 800 times in a year – and disproportionately against black people, figures suggest.

HAPPY couples will be able to tie the knot at a popular Bradford sports venue if new plans are approved.

A NEW cafe and dessert parlour with a youthful flavour run by two cousins has opened its doors.

A BRADFORD man was furious after he discovered three yobs were trying to steal a catalytic converter from his car which was parked directly in front of his house.

A CITY museum preserving the history of crime and policing in Bradford is holding an open day to recruit new volunteers.

A fundraiser for a Bradford (Park Avenue) football player that was injured during a game at the weekend has almost reached £5000 in 4 days.

STUDENTS from the University of Bradford interviewed gold medal-winning Paralympic athlete Hannah Cockroft.

A gigantic model railway collection amassed by a train enthusiast with strong links to the Bradford district is on track to fetch a whopping £70,000 at auction.

MANCHESTER United footballer Aaron Wan-Bissaka is due to appear at Skipton Magistrates' Court to face a speeding matter next month.

TESCO has apologised after shoppers at its Skipton store were led to believe they had to spend a minimum of £70 - or risk a fine.

ANGER has been voiced at continued delays to a new £4.6 million car park.

PEOPLE have just a few days left to comment on plans that could see swathes of Bradford city centre pedestrianised.

A FORMER Brexit Party candidate has blamed the UK’s departure from the EU for helping to “cripple” the taxi industry. 

BRADFORD should welcome those who are fleeing the "terrifying" situation in Afghanistan with "open arms", two local charities have said.

FIREFIGHTERS in West Yorkshire were called out to more than 300 incidents involving stranded animals or stuck objects last year, figures reveal.

POLICE have issued an image of a person they would like to identify.

A TEENAGE cyclist was left with a serious head injury following a crash as he was travelling towards Leeds City Centre.