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Christmas can be a difficult time for people and with the latest universal credit cuts alongside the damaging impacts of COVID, this Christmas will…

A VACANT unit in Bradford city centre could be converted into a new restaurant if a planning application is approved.

FOR much of Bradford’s history it has been known as the city of wool, its staple industry on which its original wealth was built.

The arches near Forster Square station A HOMELESS man has been sentenced to a community order for harassing a woman in Bradford city centre. Liam Bulpitt, 44, of no fixed address, was sentenced by Bradford and Keighley magistrates for the offence committed on April 28 at the arches (pictured) on Cheapside, on the approach to Forster Square rail station from the direction of the Midland Hotel. He also admitted being in breach of a conditional discharge for criminal damage. Bulpitt is banned from the city’s Forster Square area except to obtain free meals from a homeless food organisat...

A COMPETITION to design an "urban park" in Bradford city centre could be held as part of a push to "Green the District." And the large, empty plot of land near Forster Square rail station could be a possible location for the new green space. Last week the Bradford District Economic Recovery Plan was published - detailing how Bradford could emerge from the Covid pandemic and the resulting economic downturn. One section of the plan focuses on creating new green space, particularly in inner city areas, where residents may not have access to gardens or parks. The plan says the pandemic,...