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Tracy Brabin re-elected as Mayor of West Yorkshire
Labour's Ms Brabin will stand for a second term after she came out on top by gaining over half of the votes.
She got 275,430 votes (50.38 per cent) ahead of Conservative Arnold Craven (15.14 per cent), and Andrew Cooper (Green) on 12.19 per cent.
There was a Labour majority of 192,673 (35.24 per cent) and a turnout of 32.38 per cent.
See how the Bradford district voted by clicking here.
Kittens left in cage outside struggling cat rescue
Early morning vet appointments, emergency call-outs, and conversations with people looking to give up eight cats at a time.
These are just part of Tracie Satterley’s 12-hour-long days as a volunteer for Allerton Cat Rescue.
Founded by her mum Brenda at her home on Allerton Road, the charity has saved thousands of cats who would otherwise be left suffering on the streets.
But the cat rescue has now hit capacity and is ÂŁ11,000 in debt with vet bills.
Read more on this from Natasha Meek here.
MP speaks on Bradford health inequalities
A Bradford MP has urged the Government to get “serious” about tackling rising health inequalities in the district.
Imran Hussain MP (Bradford East, Labour) spoke in Parliament about the impact of the cost of living crisis and council cuts on his constituents’ health.
It comes more than a year after a ÂŁ20 million bid to transform three community centres into wellbeing hubs was rejected.
See what he had to say here.
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Huge emergency response scramble to industrial estate fire
A large emergency presence scrambled to a fire in a Bradford district industrial estate.
A dozen fire crews from across West Yorkshire are tackled the blaze at Jubilee Way Industrial Estate, off Thackley Old Road, in Shipley.
Crews responded to reports of the fire, which was at a single-storey building, at 5.13am on Saturday.
Read more on this here.
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