Jackie Weaver, one of the protagonists of the viral Handforth Parish Council Zoom meeting. Pic: PA AFTER a Zoom meeting of a parish council went viral after descending into chaos last night, we have looked through the archives to find five times council meetings in Bradford suffered a similar fate. The meeting of Handforth Parish Council - which has made internet celebrities of chair Brian Tolver, official Jackie Weaver and the rest of the village s councillors - went viral online last night after arguing and shouting saw the council s chair and vice-chair booted out of the meeting by Ms Weaver, from Cheshire Association of Local Councils.
Bradford should focus on growth industries like Green energy, not fast food, to help emerge from Covid recession - professor claims
Dean of the School of Management Professor Zahir Irani
BRADFORD needs to gradually move away from reliance on industries such as take away and fast food and focus on other growth industries if it wants to bounce back after the Covid pandemic - according to a local professor. Professor Zahir Irani, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Bradford was speaking to Councillors about the District’s Economic Recovery Plan, a document he helped draw up, this week. In a presentation to the Regeneration and Environment Scrutiny Committee, Prof Irani, chair of the Economic Recovery Board, said increased support for sectors likely to grow in the coming years, such as green energy, would help Bradford’s Covid recovery.
Scenes from an afternoon in Lister Park. THE lack of access to parks and green spaces for families living in some areas of the Bradford District has been described as a “cause for concern.” The importance of local green spaces has been highlighted during the Covid pandemic, when people have been urged to remain local when they leave the home for exercises. But a recent briefing by Bradford Council has pointed out that in many areas of Bradford, families do not have access to quality parks or outdoor facilities. And these areas are also the most likely to ones where residents live in cramped housing, often with no garden.