Bradford

Naz Shah, the Labour MP for Bradford West, has shared her story of overcoming extreme adversity in a new memoir, revealing a childhood marked by poverty, forced marriage, and homelessness, and a recent mental health struggle.

Several new businesses have recently opened or are set to open at The Broadway shopping centre in Bradford, with expectations of creating around 25 jobs.

Kirkgate Shopping Centre in Bradford is in its final days, with demolition set to begin later this year to make way for a new housing development. The once-premier retail destination, which opened 50 years ago, now sees most visitors using it as a shortcut to The Broadway.

Calum Sunderland has been convicted of manslaughter for his role in a deadly house fire in Bradford in August 2024 that killed a mother and her three children. Sharaz Ali, who set the fire, received a whole-life prison order for the murders and for attempting to murder his ex-girlfriend.

Sharaz Ali was sentenced to a whole life term on March 6, 2026, for murdering Bryonie Gawith and her three children in a deliberately set fire in Bradford on August 21, 2025.