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New plan to entice passengers back onto buses

7:00am Tuesday 26th June 2012

Bus operators across West Yorkshire could soon be subject to new regulation and public control under plans proposed by the transport authority Metro to turn the tide of falling passenger numbers.

Plan 'could deprive Bradford NHS of £100m'

12:00pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

More than £100 million a year would be snatched from the NHS in Bradford if a new funding formula is forced through, a study has warned.

Buttershaw boy, 5, had life-saving surgery after horse kicked his head

Harlie Thompson showing the scars on his head after his life-saving surgery

7:00am Friday 18th May 2012

A five-year-old boy has undergone life-saving surgery after being kicked in the head by a horse which was illegally tethered near a children’s play area in Bradford.

Haworth joy as clamping ban law gets Royal Assent

The Changegate car park in Haworth

7:10am Wednesday 16th May 2012

Wheel clampers who act like “modern-day Dick Turpins” will be banned from operating on private land under a new law welcomed by former Speaker of the Commons Betty Boothroyd, businesses and visitor attractions in one of Bradford district’s most important tourist honeypots.

'Inhumane' cuts will force poorest from homes, says Council's Labour leader

Rennie Outhwaite fears having to move house after his partner died

7:00am Monday 14th May 2012

Controversial welfare reforms that will see thousands of the poorest people in the Bradford district forced to move out of their homes following Government cuts to housing benefit have been branded “inhumane” by the Council’s new Labour leader.

Public service workers in Bradford picket over pensions

Strikers outside Bradford College today

10:03am Thursday 10th May 2012

Public sector workers were picketing their work places in the Bradford district today in a long-running row over pensions.

Campaigners call time on pub closures

CAMRA branch secretary John Bell

9:50am Tuesday 8th May 2012

Real ale lovers in Bradford fear a rising number of pub closures is “ripping the heart out of the community” after a report revealed 21 locals in West Yorkshire have closed in six months.

Fury at David Hockney's tirade against anti-smoking campaign

David Hockney, a keen smoker

7:00am Tuesday 17th April 2012

A health chief has reacted to a bitter tirade by Bradford-born artist David Hockney slamming the Government's “draconian” anti-smoking legislation.

Upset at new bid for store

7:00am Friday 13th April 2012

Supermarket giant Tesco has submitted new plans for a convenience store in Idle – after a proposal rejected in January provoked fierce opposition.

Plans for Thornton wind mast approved despite huge opposition

Protesters outside the meeting today

5:30pm Wednesday 11th April 2012

An energy firm has claimed a victory in the first battle to build a wind farm on “one of the world’s most famous landscapes” on moorland in Bronte country.

Closure of Bradford West, Shipley and Bingley delivery offices confirmed

8:50am Wednesday 11th April 2012

Royal Mail has confirmed three of its delivery offices in the district will be closed by next February.

Anger over 'snub' to College's excellence

The curry cuisine courses at Bradford College

10:00am Tuesday 10th April 2012

Bradford College has criticised the Government for snubbing the district for one of its landmark Asian and Oriental Centres of Excellence.

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