West Yorkshire

Bradford councillors urge Mayor of West Yorkshire to keep £2 bus fare cap

West Yorkshire’s Mayor has been urged to keep the cheaper “Mayor’s Fares” despite a £2 ticket cap being scrapped nationally. Tracy Brabin announced the £2...

West Yorkshire Police announces week of action to reduce knife crime and robbery

Robbers who threaten victims with weapons are being targeted across West Yorkshire as part of a national initiative to reduce knife crime. West Yorkshire Police...

First Bus and Combined Authority complete further £11.2m upgrade at Bramley depot

First Bus and West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) have completed a further £11.2m investment in the operator’s Bramley depot which makes half the fleet...

£1m seized from criminals to fund new community safety projects in West Yorkshire

A million pounds of cash recovered from criminals is to be re-invested into community safety projects. From today (Monday 11 November) organisations across West Yorkshire...

Twenty men jailed for non-recent child sexual abuse in Calderdale

Twenty men have been jailed for more than 219 years combined after being found guilty of raping and abusing young girls. Through a series...

Green councillors urge Mayor of West Yorkshire to keep bus fares down

Green councillors have urged the Labour Mayor of West Yorkshire to keep £2 bus fare cap. In a letter to Tracy Brabin, Green Party councillors have...

West Yorkshire Mayor and Home Secretary help celebrate major milestone for Victim Support

The Mayor of West Yorkshire joined the Home Secretary last week to celebrate a major milestone for Victim Support in Castleford. Tracy Brabin has invested...

Mayor of West Yorkshire responds to the Autumn Budget

Responding to the Budget delivered by Rachel Reeves today (Wednesday 30 October), West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin said, “Today is a significant moment for our...

West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership works to remove the ‘Cloud’ surrounding online harms

Artificial Intelligence, virtual reality, deep fakes and misinformation. Just some of the subjects which young people want more support around, according to the latest report. In...

Fire service responds to 70 fires in West Yorkshire prisons since April

Firefighters have been called out to West Yorkshire’s prisons 70 times since April, Councillors have been told. And during July alone the fire service responded...

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