Landscape is put back on the map

Dovestones Reservoir in Greenfield near Oldham

10:06am Monday 20th May 2013

Emma Clayton on a drive to raise the profile of the South Pennine area

Is joining forces to form a super authority in city’s interest?

Councillor David Green

8:59am Friday 17th May 2013

Bradford is considering joining forces with Leeds, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield to create a super authority on transport and regeneration matters. Public consultation ends today.

Emporium of Dreams helps give careers advice and helps young pursue ambitions

Sculptor Craig Dyson, whose work is featured at the Emporium of Dreams in Bradford

9:45am Thursday 16th May 2013

Gideon Seymour’s ideas tend to involve artistic talent – and now he is channelling that into helping people gain employment.

Vital role played by the local press

Lord Leveson with the report into press standards

9:09am Wednesday 15th May 2013

After a high-profile and long-running inquiry chaired by Lord Leveson which saw celebrities, media moguls and tabloid editors paraded in front of the cameras to debate the behaviour of the national press, the findings were finally published at the end of last year.

Putting a stop to doorstep scams in the district

Each year £3.5 billion is lost to scammers, but not every incident is reported

8:51am Tuesday 14th May 2013

Almost everyone will, at some time, have been approached by a scammer.

Serving the district with the facts

Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, who believes there remains an important place for well-informed local journalism that speaks about the issues and concerns of the local community

8:41am Monday 13th May 2013

The recent focus on the press by the Leveson Inquiry has shone a light into the shadowy corners of newspaper activities.

Bradford's comminity groups putting sex grooming in the spotlight

The Right Reverend Nick Baines

12:49pm Friday 10th May 2013

Today a meeting takes place at Manningham Mills Community Centre which has been described by the Bishop of Bradford’s advisor as important and brave.

Beanstalk helps confidence grow and improve literacy skills

Literacy charity Beanstalk’s patron the Duchess of Cornwall offers some reading help to a young pupil

8:57am Thursday 9th May 2013

Last year, one in six children left primary school in Bradford unable to read to the required standard.

Families facing up to addiction

Katie Peacock of Barnado’s (left) with Inspector Kevin Pickles and Drugs Intervention Programme team manager Maz Morgan

10:52am Wednesday 8th May 2013

"I have had a seven-year-old describe how her mother puts pins in the blue lines on her arms.”

'Make sure you don't lose your home'

Richard Banks, chief executive of UK Asset Resolution, based at Crossflatts

9:52am Tuesday 7th May 2013

Paying off the mortgage on your property is one of those important objectives in life.

St Paul’s Church in Birkenshaw putting food in the mouths of the needy

Reg and Pat Trueman with Sheila Snee and Michael Taylor at St Paul’s Church, Birkenshaw, where food has been collected to support local food banks

9:29am Tuesday 7th May 2013

New figures have revealed that the number of people receiving emergency supplies from Trussell Trust foodbanks has grown more than fivefold in the past few years.

'Sky is the limit' for Green Solutions

From the left, Simon Duarri, Ian Brown and Steve Ruddy at the Green Solutions facility

8:57am Friday 3rd May 2013

In a quiet Bradford cul-de-sac stands a shipping container.

Easing the plight of the honey bee

A bee collecting nectar from a flower

9:03am Thursday 2nd May 2013

Britain’s bee population could soon be in crisis.

Former pupils' lessons in life

Students hearing from former pupils about what life has to offer after school as part of Future First’s programme

9:01am Wednesday 1st May 2013

The country’s future prosperity relies largely on today’s schoolchildren going on to build successful careers in a variety of industries.

Pooling ideas on handling floods with FloodResilienCity

Council principal drainage engineer Tony Poole with the Dutch visitors to Bradford

8:43am Tuesday 30th April 2013

It is hard to imagine that Bradford Beck would have anything in common with the sweeping expanses of the River Rhine in mainland Europe.

Prince's Trust gives jobs hope to young people

The Prince’s Trust’s Enterprise programme has created more than £600,000 of ‘social value’ in the city helping young people gain skills and confidence needed to start up a business or find work

9:00am Monday 29th April 2013

A scheme by the Prince’s Trust, helping jobless young people start up in business, has created more than £600,000 in ‘social value’ in Bradford, according to new analysis.

Putting Yorkshire back on the map

A typical rural Yorkshire image

9:58am Friday 26th April 2013

On Friday, July 19, the Yorkshire Ridings Society hopes that hundreds of people will take part in a 640-mile walk round the old county boundary of Yorkshire.

Looking at the bigger picture for the city's future

The opening of City Park saw thousands of people flock to the city centre

9:16am Thursday 25th April 2013

In 2009, Bradford Civic Society published a booklet called Common Sense Regeneration which outlined what the society thought should be done to regenerate the city and make it prosperous once again.

Focus on future of People’s Centre for elderly

Jean Walker (right), pictured with Sarah Cartin at the launch of The Picnic Parlour, at Handmade in Bradford, which is moving premises next week

9:16am Wednesday 24th April 2013

Five years ago, Bradford pensioner Jean Walker told the nation about her vision.

Bradford District Care Trust Working Women’s Service scheme offers bags of positivity

Some of the designs created with Bagz of Inspiration

8:56am Tuesday 23rd April 2013

Regret, hope, danger, laughter.

How can we keep Bradford's traffic moving?

The Travel to Work Census shows there has been a 14 per cent increase in car journeys

8:50am Friday 19th April 2013

Despite plans for congestion-busting schemes across the district, motorists continue to face gridlocked traffic on a daily basis.

Storm building over proposals

Opinions are split over proposals to cut unnecessary bureaucracy by allowing certain home extensions to be built without planning permission

8:52am Thursday 18th April 2013

Size does matter, as the Government’s larger-than-life Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government was told several times in the House of Commons.

Heaton Township Association are keeping spirit of community alive

Sonja McNally, Geoffrey Eccles and Sue Brown of the Heaton Township Association

9:01am Wednesday 17th April 2013

On Saturday, local people will gather in a Bradford village for a community event.

Dispelling myths of child services

Patrick Wilkings, a social work team manager who is helping to shed a more positive light on the work he and his colleagues undertake

9:03am Tuesday 16th April 2013

'We are at the sharp end of pain and sorrow. We are involved with moving children from their homes.”

The dangerous game of playing online

Children are running up unexpected bills – often totalling hundreds of pounds – by making in-game purchases linked to parents’ accounts

8:49am Monday 15th April 2013

More than 80 per cent of nine to 16-year-olds are said to be using the internet for gaming.

The heat or eat dilemma facing many

An image from one of the Emmaus Community’s campaigns to highlight the plight of the homeless. Emmaus is developing St Mary’s RC Church in Barkerend to provide 24-bed accommodation

9:02am Friday 12th April 2013

Circumstances can change lives in an instant.

City politicians recall the Thatcher era

Baroness Thatcher at what is now the National Media Museum in 1990, with Eric Pickles, on her right

8:29am Wednesday 10th April 2013

One Bradford MP who says he won’t be taking part in today’s Parliamentary tributes to Baroness Thatcher is George Galloway.

Warming to idea of energy clubs

Organisations have grouped together to help householders save on energy in the face of price rises

8:58am Tuesday 9th April 2013

With fuel bills expected to soar, households across the country are cutting back on the use of electricity and gas.

MMR vaccination could save your child's life

The measles, mumps and rubella vaccination offers protection against complications caused by these diseases

9:24am Monday 8th April 2013

An urgent appeal for parents to ensure their children have the measles, mumps and rubella jab has gone out, as the number of confirmed cases of measles rose to more than 500.

'Cannabis laws need to be overhauled'

A former cannabis user says the Government is ‘naive’ when it comes to drug legislation

9:49am Friday 5th April 2013

Like many teenagers in the early 1990s, Rob was caught up in the rave culture which went hand-in-hand with drug use.

The search for 'forever families'

Claire and Richard, who were impressed that the adoption process took a matter of months, when they anticipated it might take years

8:44am Thursday 4th April 2013

Four-year-old Mandy was placed into care a year ago after suffering from neglect.

Easing the pressure on healthcare

Carol (left) with winter support co-ordinator Jacqueline Howcutt, who makes daily phone calls to Carol as part of the Live@Home ‘Good Neighbours’ project at the Rockwell Centre in Thorpe Edge

8:49am Wednesday 3rd April 2013

With the NHS straining to deliver healthcare to Britain’s increasing population, alternative projects are helping to relieve the pressure.

Benefit reforms all set to bite

People on benefits, the Council and the voluntary sector are all facing massive challenges

9:18am Tuesday 2nd April 2013

For many people on welfare benefits, April will indeed be the cruellest month. Along with the arrival of the latest council tax bill for the coming 12 months, reforms to a range of welfare benefits will be as welcome as broken Easter eggs.

Can clubs return to good old days?

A typical working men's club scene from the past

9:15am Tuesday 2nd April 2013

With membership dwindling and social clubs joining pubs in a general demise, it seems a traditional night out at a working men’s club is becoming a thing of the past.

Police commisioner Mark Burns-Williamson sets out crime plan

Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire, Mark Burns-Williamson

9:02am Friday 29th March 2013

The thin blue line is set to get thinner... but can the Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire, Mark Burns-Williamson, effectively fight crime with resources dwindling due to Government cuts?

Devastating toll of the icy blast is felt on district's farms

Sheep and lambs struggle to survive in the snow and icy winds

9:11am Thursday 28th March 2013

March is said to come in like a lion and go out like a lamb.

Could the UK really close its doors?

Prime Minister David Cameron, delivers his speech on immigration at the University Campus Suffolk, in Ipswich

9:13am Wednesday 27th March 2013

In the 1980s a Conservative Government minister came to address the Bradford East-West Conservative Association in Bradford on the subject of the proposed DNA testing of immigrants.

Nowhere to hide for Bradford's blue badge cheats

Council warden Michael Young and Matthew Taylor, a counter fraud officer from the Corporate Fraud unit at Bradford Council, check for evidence of blue badge fraud in parked cars in Bradford

9:37am Tuesday 26th March 2013

Blue badge fraud is one of society’s greatest bugbears, but those who believe they can get away with it should think again...

Rise in calls for Bradford food bank help

Volunteers help put together food parcels for the Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank

9:59am Monday 25th March 2013

Increasing numbers of low-income families are using food banks, prompting the Government to investigate why there has been such a dramatic rise in handouts.

‘Damaging’ impact of Legal Aid cuts

Liz Williams, head of family at Eatons Solicitorsin Bradfor

9:20am Friday 22nd March 2013

The impact of the pending Legal Aid cuts could be far-reaching.

Youngsters who self-harm needn’t suffer in silence

One in 12 children young people are said to self-harm, a report has revealed 	(Picture, posed by a model, by Jon Challicom)

8:56am Thursday 21st March 2013

Self-harming is affecting younger children than ever before.

Is this the last chapter for our libraries?

The public library which was set up in Bolling Hall earlier this year – the first of its kind in the district

8:55am Wednesday 20th March 2013

Sophie Pullan loves taking her children to the local library.

Cat-lovers' purr-fect plan

Katie Hart and Vickie Helme with some of the cats they have taken in with Came In From The Cold Cat Rescue

9:12am Tuesday 19th March 2013

Vickie Helme and Katie Hart live at opposite sides of West Yorkshire, but a love of animals brought them together to set up a much-needed service.

Giving offenders a second chance

Philip Briggs, crime prevention team leader with Bradford Council’s Youth Offending Team

9:04am Tuesday 19th March 2013

Anti-social behaviour blights communities.

Does maths add up for adults?

Children often excel at early maths, but then struggle with the subject in later life as adults

8:40am Monday 18th March 2013

To someone who struggled with maths at school, their argument might be: when do you use algebra and fractions to buy bread?

Preparing for an older population

By 2030, there will be twice as many people aged over 85 than in 2010, a House of Lords  report predicts

12:12pm Friday 15th March 2013

We know we have an ageing population, but when it comes to preparing for the future it seems we are, in fact, “woefully unprepared”.

Time to take reins on horse problem

Volunteers from the struggling Roleystone Horse and Pony Sanctuary in Wrose – Steve Cullum, Catherine Patyk, Karen Patyk-Roylance and Gillian Greenwood

10:33am Wednesday 13th March 2013

The sight of tatty, scrawny horses tethered on roadsides and patches of grass has become commonplace across the Bradford district.

Helping to put an end to child exploitation

More is being done to tackle child grooming and the recent jailing of two perpetrators is a sure sign that positive action is being taken 	Picture posed by models

8:47am Friday 8th March 2013

The drugging and raping of vulnerable schoolgirls in our city and district will prompt many of us to pull our children closer.

Celebrating city’s women of success

Barnado’s Dot Jarvis

8:31am Thursday 7th March 2013

Tomorrow is a day of global celebration, marking the economic, social and political achievements of women, past, present and future.

Cameras roll on film partnership

Trevor Griffiths, associate director of innovation and projects at Bradford College, pictured receiving an honorary fellowship from Whistling Woods International

9:11am Wednesday 6th March 2013

Bradford is the city most commonly associated with wool textiles. But since the late 19th century it was also a city of photography and film.



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