Bradford, England News

So far we've had a 15,000ft parachute jumper, a dress-down day at a supermarket giant, charity dinners and generous donations from major Yorkshire societies.

A Zulu dance group from Africa are appearing in Bradford with help from a man who was locked up in Zambia for a murder he did not commit five years ago.

The male driver of the car, the sole occupant of the vehicle, was treated at the scene for shock, but was otherwise uninjured.

The following planning applications have been lodged with Bradford Council: Addingham : change of use from butcher's shop and storage to form two flat units, J Dixon and Sons, Butchers, 127 Main Street.

The swoops by Border Force officers this week were the latest in a series across the district in the last 12 months as a major crackdown continues.

As Bradford's National Media Museum celebrates 100 years of Indian cinema, Irna Qureshi looks back at how immigrant mill and foundry workers from across the north used to come to the city to catch a Bollywood film on their day off A detail from an image used by Bollywood Icons: 100 years of Indian cinema at the National Media Museum in Bradford ... (more)

Manningham Mills are the new leaders of the JCT 600 Bradford League First Division after gaining maximum points as they beat Baildon by 88 runs at Scotchman Road.

Rawdon firefighters were alerted at 1.50am to the fire at the A 1 million Victorian house, which stands in secluded grounds.

Two men, accused of robbery, sexual assault and blackmail in connection with a raid at a family's home in Emm Lane, Heaton , Bradford, have appeared in court in connection with a number of other robberies.

A group of Bradford children will be taken to watch Bradford City's play-off final at Wembley by a think-tank wanting to capitalise on Bantams' extraordinary cup and league exploits this season.

The disappearance, between Friday night and Saturday morning, of two Yorkshire stone flags from the boundary wall surrounding Jamia Massid Yarsoolallah building in Leeds Old Road has shocked worshippers.

A convicted paedophile, who tricked a 13-year-old girl into stripping off on an internet webcam, has admitted allowing prostitutes to use his home for sex.

Officers have recommended that all five applications - including controversial plans on fields at Keighley and Steeton - are approved at a meeting on Monday.

Officers want to hear from witnesses to a robbery which occurred on Hindley Walk at Horton Bank Top in the early hours of yesterday .

A takeaway which uses the basements of two nearby properties to bake and store food has landed in hot water with planners.

In the latest incident on April 15, a 56-year-old man was subject to an assault at flats on Walmer Villas in Manningham.

Five illegal workers face deportation and a Bradford supermarket could be fined up to A 50,000 after an immigration raid following a tip-off. Illegal staff from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India were arrested after a Home Office Immigration Enforcement operation at the Al Falaah supermarket in Manningham Lane yesterday.

Enforcement officers have stepped in over concerns the historic interior of a grade II-listed Bradford pub is being ripped out without permission.

Rawdon firefighters were alerted at 1.50am to the fire at the A 1 million Victorian house, which stands in secluded grounds.

Staff at Morrisons ' Bradford headquarters 'dressed down for a pound' yesterday to raise an impressive A 1,846 for the A 1 million Telegraph & Argus Bradford Crocus Cancer Appeal.