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There were hundreds of instances of car crime in the Bradford district over the past six months BRADFORD’S worst areas for car crime over the last six months have been revealed through a new crime map. The map, put together by Co-op Insurance, uses data from the Home Office to map out every incident of car crime in the district in the past six months. The data reveals more than 1,300 incidents of car crime occurred in the district over the period, more than 200 a month – more than seven crimes a day. The Eccleshill and Ravenscliffe estate area comes out on top as the biggest hotsp...

A CONVICTED burglar has been jailed for trying to bite a police officer after demanding a mask when he was under arrest in a patrol car. Anthony Murgatroyd had been apprehended and handcuffed on suspicion of attacking his former partner, Bradford Crown Court heard. When the police officers were unable to provide him with a mask, he became agitated and had to be removed from the vehicle and then taken to the ground. He was being put into the back of a police van by a number of officers when he went limp and tried to bite the male officer on the arm.