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Bradford News 16th March 2023

Keighley firefighter who saved children remembered 40 years on
on 20th March 2023 at 6:22 pm
FORTY years ago Keighley firefighter Jeff Naylor ran into a burning building and gave his life in a bid to save others.
Person injured in Shelf crash involving vehicle and parked car
on 20th March 2023 at 5:22 pm
EMERGENCY services are at the scene of a crash involving a vehicle that smashed into parked cars in Shelf.
Silsden pub Red Lion forced to close its doors for good
on 20th March 2023 at 4:47 pm
A POPULAR Bradford district pub has been forced to close its doors for good today.
What are clean air zones and are you exempt from the charges
on 20th March 2023 at 4:40 pm
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Missing Elland man Paul Newbold has been found safe
on 20th March 2023 at 4:39 pm
A MISSING man from Calderdale has been found.

Maggie Eisner obituary
by Maggie Helliwell on 16th March 2023 at 5:35 pm
My friend Maggie Eisner, who has died aged 75, was a GP in Yorkshire who gave her utmost to her patients, her practice and to her young colleagues. Within her practice in Shipley she established a service for home births in Bradford and led the GP training scheme, under which many cohorts of trainees benefited from her teaching. With patients she had a great personal touch, characterised by openness and a willingness to listen. For all of her work over the years she was honoured with a […]
Somaiya Begum: man jailed for life for murder of niece who refused marriage
by Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent on 15th March 2023 at 5:56 pm
Mohammed Taroos Khan killed 20-year-old at home in Bradford after she would not marry man in Pakistan A man who killed his niece after she refused to marry a man in Pakistan has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for her murder. Mohammed Taroos Khan killed 20-year-old Somaiya Begum in an attack at her home in Bradford, West Yorkshire, on 25 June last year. He then dumped her body on waste ground, where it was found decomposed 11 days later. Continue reading...
Morrisons plans to ditch at least 80 maintenance suppliers, many in its Bradford home
by Sarah Butler on 5th March 2023 at 12:00 pm
Exclusive: Local firms angry as debt-laden supermarket shifts to a single property maintenance provider Morrisons is planning to ditch at least 83 property maintenance suppliers, many based in its home city of Bradford, putting more than 1,000 jobs at risk as it shifts to a single provider for repairs. The debt-laden supermarket chain, which is battling to save costs after a takeover in October 2021 by the American private equity group Clayton Dubilier & Rice, is also likely to lay off up […]
Police car collision causes major damage to row of shops in Bradford
by Mark Brown North of England correspondent on 27th February 2023 at 5:52 pm
Occupant of flat above shop says crash involving two police vehicles was ‘like a bomb’ going off A collision involving two police cars has caused major structural damage to a parade of shops in Bradford, with one resident describing it as “like a bomb” going off. Pictures and video show the ground and first floors of the shops in Frizinghall extensively damaged after the incident on Monday morning. Continue reading...
‘We need to change, whether we like it or not’: London’s Ulez expansion
by Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent on 27th February 2023 at 8:00 am
Clean air zone will cover whole capital from 29 August, pitting health against household finances Sheffield is latest city to implement clean air zone As the old prayer might have put it: Lord, give us cleaner air – but not just yet. To the joy of some and the dismay of others, six months from now, London’s ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) will extend across the entire capital. Few recent political decisions aside from Brexit have proved so divisive. Is it a difficult but necessary move that […]

Imber 'lost village' Easter 2023 opening dates and times announced
on 17th March 2023 at 5:00 am
HUNDREDS of residents and visitors will once again be given the opportunity to visit a small but isolated Wiltshire ‘lost village’ located on Salisbury Plain.
Cazoo closure latest as Wiltshire factory staff are made redundant
on 16th March 2023 at 4:49 pm
FORMER employees of the Cazoo vehicle preparation centre in Westbury plan to say ‘goodbye’ at a farewell party on Friday (March 17) on the day their site is to close.
Bradford on Avon boater 'will set fire to boat armed with garden fork'
on 16th March 2023 at 5:00 am
A vulnerable man facing eviction from the Kennet & Avon Canal has threatened to barricade himself on board his workboat armed with a garden fork and then set fire to it.
Bowood House and Gardens to celebrate 48th spring reopening
on 15th March 2023 at 4:34 am
A luxury Wiltshire estate is celebrating its 48th year of reopening its house and gardens ready for spring visitors.
Parents of Wiltshire boy who died from Strep A warn of ‘silent killer’
on 14th March 2023 at 5:00 am
THE death of a three-year-old boy from Strep A has prompted his heartbroken family to call for greater awareness of how quickly the bacterial infection can turn into fatal illness.