Councillor Abid Hussain (Lab, Keighley Central) died of Covid 19 on Christmas Eve. And Councillor Mike Ellis (Cons, Bingley Rural) died earlier this week following a battle with cancer. Both men have sat on Bradford Council s Regulatory and Appeals Committee - a planning panel that makes decisions on the biggest planning applications. At the latest meeting of the Committee yesterday Chair Councillor David Warburton paid tribute to the late Councillors. Of Abid Hussain, who recently served as Lord Mayor of Bradford, he said: he was a close friend and fellow Labour party members for many, many years. He will sorely missed, and our thoughts go to his family and friends.