Bradford & Keighley

Bradford Libraries to celebrate 150 years of serving the community

This year Bradford Libraries will be celebrating 150 years of serving the people of Bradford. When it first opened in June 1872, Bradford Public Library...

“With a little bit of skill and a lot of drive, you can move mountains” says marketing CEO

After being made redundant from a marketing job in 2007, Jag Panesar launched his own digital marketing firm, Xpand. Now in its fifteenth year, the...

Methodist parish remember Shanti Nager destruction twenty-five years on

A Methodist church in Undercliffe has remembered the plight Christians in the Shanti Nager village of Pakistan went through in 1997 in a special...

Architect Shiraaz Ali among three artists to take up artist residency at Bradford City Hall

Three creatives from the Bradford district are about to be taken on as Artists in Residence at Bradford City Hall in a project funded...

Recruitment drive for adult social care workers in Bradford begins

Bradford Council is looking for people to join their adult social care team in a new recruitment drive. The council is looking for people to...

Police issue warning following criminals telephone banking scamming incidents

Police in Bradford District are warning people to be vigilant after recent incidents of banking customers being contacted by people purporting to be police...

Meet the sport coach empowering Bradford mothers through exercise and activity sessions

A sports coach has spoken out about her incredible journey from an Asylum Seeker in Germany to becoming the founder and director of a...

Residents of Bradford Moor “heartbroken” over continuous fly-tipping in local park

Bradford Moor Park has been used again as a dumping ground by fly-tippers. Usually, it is stale bread and mouldy chapattis that is ditched, but...

From watching Suits to wearing one, an apprentice solicitor speaks on his journey into law

As National Apprenticeship Week comes to an end, Asian Standard has spoken to a 22-year-old solicitor apprentice from Bradford about his untraditional journey into...

Memorial garden for the late Lord Mayor opens in Keighley

A memorial garden to honour Councillor Abid Hussain, the former Lord Mayor of Bradford between 2017-18, who passed away at the age of 61...

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