PLANS for a Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) station in Bradford city centre would be a ‘game changer’, according to the city’s businesses bosses. Bradford Business Improvement District (BID) has backed the proposal, saying it would bring investment and jobs to the district. Earlier this month, Bradford Council Leader, Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe, unveiled plans for a new railway station in Bradford that would extend the city centre and open in 2030. The plans are supported by the T&A which launched its On The Right Track campaign last month. The new station, which would replace Bradford Interchange, would be located where Saint James’s Market currently is, off Wakefield Road and Essex Street. It would form a vital part of NPR - an ambitious project to connect the north with a new rail network.
Councillor Mike Ellis, retaining his Council seat at the 2014 election Tributes have been paid to a “widely known and well liked” Bradford Councillor who died this morning. Conservative Councillor Mike Ellis, who represented the Bingley Rural ward had been fighting cancer. As well as being active in his ward, Cllr Ellis also sat on planning panels, scrutiny committees, and as a council representative on outside bodies looking at key issues such as transport and flooding. He was also the whip of the Conservative opposition. The party’s leader on the Council said that his main priority was “always his family, who he always spoke of with affection and pride.”
She said: He was a lovely guy, he was a joy. I put him forward as Lord Mayor and was so happy to serve as his deputy. He was so lovely, he has a lovely wife and a lovely family and he was a really good friend to me. I always felt like part of his family, he always made you feel welcome and I m really upset by this, it s so shocking I still can t believe its true. I thought he was starting to get better; it s a shock. He will be truly missed, I went to Pakistan with him last year and it was such a good time, we laughed every day.
Tragedy as wonderful former Lord Mayor of Bradford Abid Hussain dies
His death has been described as such a loss to Keighley
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice A former Lord Mayor of Bradford has tragically died a day before Christmas.
Bradford Council announced the news on Christmas Eve that Councillor Abid Hussain had sadly passed away.
BRADFORD Council has welcomed the Government’s announcement confirming that a rapid testing programme is to be rolled out in the Bradford district, to help protect those most at risk from Covid-19. The Council has been working to find suitable locations for new testing facilities which will be using the rapid, Lateral Flow tests. The roll out of this latest programme of testing for those with no symptoms of the virus is part of the UK-wide continued drive to increase the availability of testing.
How will the programme work? This programme of testing aims to help protect those at highest risk by helping to identify people who have high levels of the virus but who do not have symptoms and would not otherwise be coming forward for a test. It will also provide vital information to help inform further roll out of the mass testing technology in future.