Bradford City Hall. ALTHOUGH major political parties make up the bulk of the 90 members of Bradford Council, independents and smaller parties have had a major impact on the Council in recent years. And at tomorrow’s elections, where 33 seats are up for grabs, there will be a number of candidates either not aligned to any political party, or acting as sole candidate for their party in the district. And some standing independent Councillors are hoping to retain their seats. Running as a candidate for one of the major political parties is the route most prospective Councillors follow, and it gives candidates the support and resources of a national organisation.
It is 12 months to the day since the first case of Covid-19 was found in the Bradford district TODAY marks one year since the first case of Covid-19 was reported in the Bradford district. On March 1, 2020, a woman in her 50s from the Ilkley area became the first known case of Coronavirus in the district. The woman developed symptoms of the virus after returning home from a family holiday in Italy, and drove herself to hospital to be tested before self-isolating at home with her family. At this time, there had been just a handful of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the UK, and signalled the arrival of the deadly virus in Bradford.
ILKLEY district councillors Kyle Green (Con, Ilkley) and Anne Hawkesworth (Ind, Ilkley) were joined by Robbie Moore MP and over 100 concerned residents at a town meeting to discuss the emerging local plan proposed by Bradford Council The Local Plan proposes 300 houses be built in Ilkley and Ben Rhydding, including on three Green Belt sites. With both councillors having been left horrified by the local plans and having been contacted by many residents wanting to know more, the councillors organised a Zoom meeting to gather feedback on the plans and to provide more information to those attending about the current issues surrounding the plans.