Cabbies face insurance crackdownpublished at 13:47 British Summer Time 11 May 2015
Telegraph & Argus
A crackdown has started on a licensing loophole which Bradford Council bosses believe could leave some minicab drivers not fully insured, external.
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Martin Coldrick
Telegraph & Argus
A crackdown has started on a licensing loophole which Bradford Council bosses believe could leave some minicab drivers not fully insured, external.
Dark BBC One drama Happy Valley, which is set in the Calder Valley, won the Top Drama Series award at this year's Baftas.
Written and partly directed by Sally Wainwright, it stars Sarah Lancashire (pictured) as police sergeant Catherine Cawood, who stumbles on a kidnap plot as she pursues a man she holds responsible for her daughter's rape and suicide.
The drama, filmed in and around Hebden Bridge, will return for a new series later this year.
Keighley News
Thousands of rugby league fans gathered at Keighley's Cougar Park to pay their respects to Danny Jones, external who died last week from a heart attack at the age of 29.
Lisa Gallagher
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
It'll be a dry and fine afternoon with plenty of sunshine.
There will be some gusty southwest wind at times, though.
The top temperature will be about 19C (66F).
James Mason, chief operating officer of Bradford City FC, says today is a "difficult day" for the club and the city on the 30th anniversary of the Valley Parade fire which claimed 56 lives.
"The victims will never be forgotten in Bradford or further afield," says Mr Mason (pictured).
"We've had messages of condolence from across the world and the victims should not be forgotten."
Peter Jackson, who was the captain of Bradford City on the day of the fire tragedy at Valley Parade exactly 30 years ago today in which 56 people died, said the experience was "horrendous".
He said it came on a day which should have seen celebrations as the club marked its return to the second tier of English football for the first time in decades.
"I just remember feeling so excited with such a big crowd and it ended in such a disaster," he said.
There's been a lot of response on social media to the service in Bradford to mark the 30th anniversary of the Valley Parade disaster.
Reece Harrison tweets, external: Just attended the memorial services in Bradford for the fire, 30 years has passed and the city still stands together
Matthew Metcalfe tweets, external: Always a sad date but more poignant today, 30 years on. Forget irrelevant worries today - remember the 56
Unofficially BCAFC tweets, external: 30 years ago joy turned to horror. Remembering the 56 we lost, and those who were there who have been suffering since
Dave Fletcher
Bradford City commentator, BBC Radio Leeds
Today's ceremony in Centenary Square marking the 30th anniversary of the Bradford fire really brought people together.
They came to commemorate the tragedy 30 years on in what may have been the biggest gathering of people involved since the day of the disaster at Valley Parade.
There were one or two tears among the vast crowd. It really got the emotions.
Members of Bradford City's squad, wearing their team tracksuits, were among the hundreds of people in Centenary Square for the service.
The Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverend Toby Howarth, gives a final blessing to the victims of the Bradford City fire and to those left behind. He also blesses the cities of Bradford and Lincoln.
The City of Bradford Brass Band is now accompanying the singing of Abide With Me, as the ceremony in Centenary Square draws to a close.
Wreaths and floral tributes have been laid at the memorial in the square in remembrance of those who died.
Fire engines are also parked on Centenary Square for the Bradford City Fire disaster 30th anniversary service.
A garland of flowers has also been placed on the Memorial Bell at the top of the civic staircase in City Hall.
The bell was donated to the city by the fire service as it came from the first fire engine to arrive on the scene at Valley Parade on 11 May 1985.
Workers on building sites around Centenary Square stopped work while the names of the 56 victims of the Bradford City fire were read out.
Flags fly at half mast as the Lord Mayor of Bradford now leads a wreath-laying ceremony.
He places a tribute on behalf of the city and the district. Wreaths laid by the Mayor and Sheriff of Lincoln and the Oberburgermeister of Hamm follow.
Bereaved families will also lay their tributes along with a Bradford City AFC representative and officers from the emergency services.
After the minute's silence, the City of Bradford Brass Band and Opera North soprano Victoria Sharp are now performing You'll Never Walk Alone.
A minute's silence followed the reading out of the victims' names during the service to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bradford City fire.
The names of the 56 people who died in the Bradford City fire are now being read out at the service in Centenary Square.
The bells of City Hall are tolling once for each person who lost their life.
Reading out the names are John Helm, who commentated on the match, Shaun Harvey, the chief executive of the FA, Phil Parkinson, manager of Bradford City and Stephen Darby, Bradford City captain.
These are the prayers being said at the service to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bradford City fire disaster.
Speaking at the service marking the 30th anniversary of the Bradford fire tragedy, the Right Reverend Doctor Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford, praises the city's "ability to handle pain, to pick itself up and go on with dignity and humour".
He adds: "We do not walk alone."
Prayers now follow, remembering all those who died in the fire tragedy on 11 May 1985.
At the ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bradford City fire, The Right Reverend Doctor Toby Haworth, Bishop of Bradford, says: "That day turned into an appalling tragedy in which 56 lost their lives, 265 were injured, and left many, many more lives with enormous pain."
That pain, he says, does not go away: "The number of people here 30 years on speaks for itself."