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Charles and Camilla arrive in Bradford to mark City of Culture celebrations

Crowds had gathered alongside crash barriers outside the venue Bradford Live to see the royal couple arrive.

Evening Standard

Landscape that inspired Brontë sisters’ books made a nature reserve

The vast expanse of 1,270 acres encompasses peat bogs, heaths and wetlands

The Independent UK

Brontë country to become protected national nature reserve

The 1,274-hectare Bradford Pennine Gateway links eight nature sites and includes landscape that inspired sisters

The Guardian - UK

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Landscape near Bradford that inspired Bronte sisters is declared nature reserve

The area of 1,274 hectares is on the doorstep of Bradford, one of the UK’s most nature-deprived cities, Natural England said.

Evening Standard

Unforgotten: The Bradford City Fire review – teases a daring tale of humanity out of a devastating inferno

The last day of the 1984/85 football season saw 56 people die in a fire. Forty years on, this film tries to find hope amid the tragedy

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: the horrific murders of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman explored

A documentary exploring how police misconduct compounded a horrific double murder in 2020. Plus, a harrowing but ultimately uplifting commemoration of the Bradford City fire and the 2025 TV Baftas. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

‘The whole city was touched’: Bradford prepares to mark 40 years since Valley Parade fire

On 11 May 1985, 56 football supporters lost their lives and hundreds more were injured at Valley Parade. The city came together that day and its unity since has been a constant source of pride

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‘If it isn’t recorded it will disappear’: the Muslim photographer shining a light on Bradford’s Jewish community

When Nudrat Afza learned that her friend’s synagogue was closing she began a multi-year project to document the city’s declining Jewish population. ‘In Bradford people from different communities respect each other,’ she says

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a northern sound, it gives you hope that it can happen to you’: how bassline bounced back

Once maligned as a scene marred by violence, bassline is booming once again thanks to pioneers such as Big Ang, Jamie Duggan and a T2 track that changed everything

The Guardian - UK

Who is shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2025? Check out the four artists

A guide to the artists nominated for the 2025 Turner Prize, with the exhibition taking place in Bradford this year...

Evening Standard

'Turner's spirit of innovation is still alive': Shortlisted artists announced for 2025 Turner Prize

From huge paintings to complex installations, this year's shortlisted artists for the Turner Prize embrace the 250-year-old artist's ambition.

Euronews

Playwright Asif Khan: ‘When people think about theatre, they think white people and Shakespeare’

Sisters 360, Khan’s new play for children, tells the story of two hijab-wearing skateboarding sisters in Bradford. He hopes it will upend lazy ideas around Muslim girls – and bring new audiences to the theatre

The Guardian - UK

‘We just go to the park’: making the most of Easter in a child-poverty hotspot

In Manningham in Bradford 72% of children live below the poverty line. The national average is 22%

The Guardian - UK

Drugs gang caught red-handed at holiday resort in dramatic caravan raid

A Bradford drugs gang were caught by police inside their caravan hideaway at a popular holiday park near Skegness in September, newly-released footage shows.

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‘My players are Olympians’: meet Bradford legends the Black Dyke Brass Band

They’re amateur musicians who have played the Proms and Glastonbury – and won Oscar and Grammy nominations. But community is always at the heart of their mission

Evening Standard

Teenage boy dies after being hit by car while crossing the road

The collision occurred on Friday evening in Eccleshill, near Bradford.

The Guardian - UK

‘A mutual love affair’: David Hockney 25 retrospective makes a splash in Paris

Exhibition of 456 works by the Bradford-born Francophile underscores Paris’s efforts to reclaim its status as Europe’s art capital

The Guardian - UK

‘I want to help’: Somewhere Boy actor launches drama school in Bradford

Samuel Bottomley, 23, to teach at West Yorkshire Workshop, aimed at working-class actors in north of England

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The Guardian - UK

Bradford Live is not dead: new operator found for troubled Yorkshire venue

The art deco former theatre escaped demolition, but has been closed since its recent £50m renovation

The Guardian - UK

Ravers, Rastas and rugby league stars: why the story of Black British culture is about more than just London

Black Britons altered the DNA of music, fashion and sport in this country. But why is it framed as a London story? Bradford-born writer Lanre Bakare explores how it reaches far beyond the capital – and farther back in time

The Conversation

Banning first cousin marriage would be eugenic and ineffective – expert view

A bill that proposes to ban first-cousin marriage in the UK will receive its second reading in the House of Commons on March 7.

Evening Standard

Man charged with murdering family in house fire appears in court from hospital

Bryonie Gawith, 29, Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle died after a blaze at their home in Bradford last year.

The Independent UK

Third man charged with murdering mother and three children in Bradford house fire

Sharaz Ali, 39, has been charged with four counts of murder following the blaze in August last year

Evening Standard

Third man charged with murdering mother and three children in house fire

Sharaz Ali, 39, is due to appear at Bradford Magistrates’ Court on Monday, West Yorkshire Police said.

AAP

From Bradford to Townsville, Bateman feeling at home

Englishman John Bateman says he's quickly settled in life with the Cowboys in Townsville, with the north Queensland city reminding him of Yorkshire.

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