We’re definitely flying the flag for Yorkshire!

That’s the message from a baffled Bradford Council after a campaign group accused it of snubbing the county’s flag on Yorkshire Day.

The Yorkshire Devolution Movement, which campaigns for a regional parliament, claimed Bradford would be one of many local authorities where the blue-and-white flag would not be flying on August 1.

In a statement, spokesman Stewart Arnold said: “It is very disappointing that so few councils will be flying the Yorkshire flag on Yorkshire Day and even fewer intend to fly it all year round.

“This suggests an apparent lack of pride many councils have in the county and all this barely a year on from when Yorkshire sportsmen and women did so magnificently in the London Olympics.

“It is hard to imagine the same disinterest in Scotland and Wales where public buildings fly the St Andrew’s Cross and Welsh Dragon with justifiable pride.”

He said the only authorities flying the flag ould be Rotherham, Calderdale, Saddleworth, Scarborough, Doncaster, Harrogate, and the East Riding of Yorkshire.

But, as the Telegraph and Argus reported yesterday, the flag will be flying proudly in Centenary Square, Bradford, on the day. People are even being encouraged to come along wearing white roses and waving the county’s flag themselves.

A Council spokesman said: “We have proudly flown the Yorkshire Flag on Yorkshire Day for many years now. We would like to encourage people to come along to any of the events, bring their own Yorkshire flags and sing along to the county’s anthem On Ilkla Moor Baht at.”

Mr Arnold said he was delighted and would be adjusting his records.