Huge fire breaks out at Islamic girls’ school in Bradford

Huge fire breaks out at Islamic girls’ school in Bradford sending thick plume of smoke over city Firefighters are battling fire at Islamic girls school in Clayton in Bradford   Six crews are currently trying to tackle fire and bus services have been diverted   Iman Abu Sulaym said that there were no staff or students inside … Read more

Gigi Hadid shows off Zayn Malik’s custom made Bradford Football Club cake for his 28th birthday

He celebrated his 28th birthday with an arcade 90s themed bash on Tuesday.  And Zayn Malik’s girlfriend Gigi Hadid shared more snaps from the celebrations on Wednesday.  The model, 25, proudly showed off a custom-made cake of Zayn’s football team Bradford.  Birthday boy: Gigi Hadid showed off Zayn Malik’s custom made Bradford Football Club cake … Read more

Gigi Hadid shows off Zayn Malik’s custom made Bradford Football Club cake for his 28th birthday

He celebrated his 28th birthday with an arcade 90s themed bash on Tuesday.  And Zayn Malik’s girlfriend Gigi Hadid shared more snaps from the celebrations on Wednesday.  The model, 25, proudly showed off a custom-made cake of Zayn’s football team Bradford.  Birthday boy: Gigi Hadid showed off Zayn Malik’s custom made Bradford Football Club cake … Read more

How Bradford led the way with free school meals 114 years ago

One of the more heartwarming stories of 2020 was footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign on free school meals which prompted a Government U-turn to provide them to disadvantaged children over the holidays. Now, a fascinating series of photographs has revealed the fight for free school meals dates back more than a century to 1907 when Bradford … Read more

BBC Radio Bradford presenter dancing video leaves social media users in hysterics

Christmas rapping! BBC Radio Bradford presenter caught on camera dancing and singing enthusiastically to Gangsters’ Paradise in the studio leaves social media users in hysterics BBC broadcaster Rima Ahmed,  from Bradford, shared hilarious clip on Twitter In the video, she can be seen dancing enthusiastically to Gangster’s Paradise Stands up from her chair and boogies around … Read more

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Bradford heir wins approval of marriage… through Zoom 

His parents, the Earl and Countess of Bradford, brought him up on the family’s 12,000-acre ancestral estate; hers endured life under Soviet communism — until they left for a fresh start in New Zealand. But from now on, Alexander, Viscount Newport, and Eliza Liepina will forge a shared destiny — becoming engaged a year after … Read more

Firefighters tackle huge Bradford blaze at go-kart track once probed for ‘illegally’ storing tyres

Chaos in Bradford as hundreds of firefighters tackle huge blaze at go-kart track that had been probed for ‘illegally’ storing 50,000 tyres with schools forced to close and rail services cancelled  Huge fire started around 3am this morning in East Bowling area of Bradford  The site of the blaze is confirmed to be a former … Read more

Coronavirus: Bradford NHS hospital cancels operations as cases spike

NHS hospitals in Bradford have become the latest to start cancelling operations after seeing a spike in admissions of Covid-19 patients. Bradford Teaching Hospitals revealed in a statement it will suspend some non-urgent surgery and outpatient appointments for two weeks from next Tuesday. It runs both the Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke’s Hospital, as … Read more

NHS hospital in Bradford becomes latest to cancel operations amid spike in Covid-19 patients 

NHS hospitals in Bradford have become the latest to start cancelling operations after seeing a spike in admissions of Covid-19 patients. Bradford Teaching Hospitals said in a statement it will suspend some non-urgent surgery and outpatient appointments for two weeks from Tuesday, October 20. It runs the Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke’s hospital and … Read more

Coronavirus: Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford and York face Tier Three

Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford, Kirklees and York could get £55million between them if they are next to face the strictest Tier Three lockdown rules amid surging coronavirus infection rates. The Yorkshire towns and cities may be in the firing line for Tier Three rules which ban people from socialising indoors or in gardens and can force … Read more