Barrister and councillor to go head-to-head to woo Tory members for West Yorkshire mayoral pick

One of the candidates bidding to be the Conservative pick for the West Yorkshire mayoral race has said he was not concerned by the rapidly approaching election after turning around a General Election campaign “within weeks” in 2019. Bradford-born barrister Narinder Sekhon, who is currently fighting coronavirus, was revealed yesterday as one of the two […]

Inside the £12.5m block of flats up for sale in Huddersfield

Take a look inside the large student apartment complex worth £12.5m currently on the market in Huddersfield. Rightmove have uploaded the pictures of The Palace Studios in Huddersfield town centre to their website, where it has been listed by Fleming & Co (Estates) Ltd for an eye watering £12,583,000. The property has been redeveloped in […]

Guests from all faiths enjoy celebratory Vaisakhi dinner at the Dubrovnik Hotel

DIGNITARIES and guests from all faiths attended a special Vaisakhi celebration dinner at the Dubrovnik Hotel, in Bradford, this evening. The event had been organised by the Yorkshire Sikh Forum. The forum’s chairman Nirmal Singh said he was very proud to welcome guests to the celebration. He said: “We extend a very warm welcome to […]

Bradford City of Film goes behind scenes of Jay’s Yorkshire Workshop

From organising catering to providing accommodation for the crew, City of Film was there to make sure Jay’s Yorkshire Workshop ran smoothly during shooting in the pandemic. Presented by Jay Blades from TV hit The Repair Shop, the new series, which started on BBC1 this week, was filmed at a warehouse in Bradford, where Peaky […]

Bradford entrepreneur among those being honoured by university

FIGURES from the world of business, politics and health will be honoured at the University of Bradford’s winter graduation ceremonies next week. The ceremonies take place on Wednesday and Thursday in the Great Hall of the city campus, where Chancellor Kate Swann and Vice-Chancellor Professor Brian Cantor will present the honorary degrees and fellowships. Those […]

Nirmal Singh Sekon elected Yorkshire Sikh Forum chairman

THREE men have been appointed to committee positions at a local group. The Yorkshire Sikh Forum held committee elections on August 28 which saw Bradford businessman Nirmal Singh Sekhon MBE FRSA (middle) appointed as chairman. Also elected were Hardev Singh Sidhu (right) as general secretary and Dalbir Singh Kundi (left) as treasurer. A spokesperson said: […]

Plan to turn ‘pigeon-infested’ city centre building into flats have been revealed

A PIGEON-infested city centre building that was gutted by fire almost eight years ago could soon be refurbished and converted into flats. The former offices of William Hicks Solicitors on Piccadilly was recently flagged up by Bradford Civic Society as one of the top 10 buildings in the district that urgently needed to be regenerated. […]

Conservative Friends of India Reception

Proud to be with our indian and Bangladeshi high commissioners we will always lobby those in power to do the right thing for our people. Some things have to be resolved with force but others with amicable relations through table talk and connectivity. We must always feed back to the people in power so they […]

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