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Live as police search for Isa, 13, missing from West Yorkshire
He was last seen wearing a grey tracksuit with a bit of blue on the bottom and shoulders and a black coat.

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Girl, 10, dies after car hits her and another girl in Bradford
The two girls, 10 and 16, were taken to hospital by ambulance


Child fights for life after car crashes into two children - man in custody
Child left with life-threatening injures after being hit by car in Bradford

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Urinating in doorways, drugs and people in tents but locals hope City of Culture could change this
Business owners in the city centre hope the programme will bring some much needed change to Bradford


Government approves Bradford council tax increase of almost 10 per cent
The council submitted a request to the government in January


Leeds prisoner found dead in cell after being moved to wing with no TV
Inmate Akash Akeel took his own life while serving a sentence at Leeds prison


Connor O'Sullivan missing in Bradford live updates as police search launched
Connor O'Sullivan was last seen in the city centre


Stars of BBC's 'new Happy Valley' crime drama series Virdee on Yorkshire's next big TV show
Virdee led star Staz Nair 'nobody is going to complain about being compared to something like Happy Valley'


Yorkshire Co-op ram-raided by thieves who scarpered with cash machine
The thieves used two cars and a telehandler to ram the shop

'Drug dealing' at cab firm office leads to operator losing licence
THE operator of a cab company based in a Victorian rail station has been stripped of his licence after a court heard Class A drug dealing took place on the premises.
February half term family days out up to half price with Family Pass £1 trial
What to do with the kids is often a challenge over the February Half Term. Family Pass has a £1 trial with discounts on days out across the country.
'Virdee will show world how sexy Bradford can be!’ City premiere for crime thriller
“Virdee is my love letter to Bradford,” declared AA Dhand, at the city centre premiere of his gripping TV thriller.
End of an era as demolition of town's last gas holder begins
A WEST Yorkshire town's skyline is changing forever as the town’s last remaining gas holder is in the process of being pulled down.
Man jailed for more than eight years for sexual activity with a child
A Bradford man has been jailed for more than eight years for offences of sexual activity with a child.
Asian families being targeted in spate of high value jewellery burglaries
Thieves have been targeting high value jewellery of victims who are families of Asian heritage in a spate of more than 50 residential burglary offences across the Bradford district.
Work begins to fell Otley oak tree after months of delays and protests
A week after protesters successfully stopped the felling of an oak tree in Otley, contractors working for Leeds City Council have finally been able to move in with their chainsaws this morning.
Yorkshire takeaway boss fined after 'ostrich' curry turned out to be sheep meat
Abdul Malik Ali, of Amalik Café Ltd, Thirsk, fined for selling sheep curry which had been advertised as containing ostrich.

BBC Virdee filming locations in Bradford giving new series 'Gotham-esque feel'
'We are using Bradford as a beautiful backdrop'

'Peacemaker' stabbed in the eye in 'terrifying and brutal' attack
A man who stabbed another man in the eye in a "terrifying, brutal, and sustained attack" has been locked up for seven years.
'Spine roads' to kick-start faster building of 3,000 homes in 'garden communities'
A COUNCIL will borrow to fund “spine roads” seen as key to kick-starting faster building of around 3,000 new homes in two garden communities, if senior councillors agree.