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BBC News
01-04-2025
- Sport
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Strides made in Bradford to combat harassment of runners
More than 1,000 people have taken part in a training programme to help tackle the harassment of female runners in Yorkshire Police launched the JogOn initiative in March 2024 after a national survey found 60% of female runners had experienced some form of force said its Active Bystander training helped to identify how people can intervene when an incident is unfolding in front of Insp Nick Haigh from Bradford District Police, who is leading the initiative, said: "Pipping horns, shouting out of car windows and harassing women out running isn't acceptable and will not be tolerated." The BBC has previously reported on how joggers in the city had been victims of regular whistling, name-calling and abuse as they made their way around.A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said the programme had also seen "a number of enforcement operations and tickets issued to anyone who breached the Public Space Protection Order".In October the force said four cars had been seized as part of a crackdown on scheme's success meant other forces across the country were thinking of following suit, the spokesperson Insp Haigh said harassment of female runners "can have a significant negative impact" on them and "can also lead to women avoiding the sport altogether".Horse riders and cyclists have also reported harassment to the police and requested action, the spokesperson Council's portfolio holder for neighbourhoods and community safety, Kamran Hussain, said the JogOn initiative was "both a timely and necessary one"."There is of course still more to do, and we have a strong foundation to build on for the future." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
07-03-2025
- BBC News
More arrests in hunt for absconded Keighley sex offenders
Two more people have been arrested as police search for a pair of convicted sex offenders who absconded before their trial Fayaz and Imtiaz Ahmed, aged 45 and 62, were convicted of raping a girl in Keighley in the 1990s, when she was 13 or were handed prison sentences in their absence earlier this year, of seven-and-a-half years and nine years respectively.A 24-year-old man and 37-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, West Yorkshire Police said. It follows the arrest of six men and two women, aged between 26 and 76, who were arrested on suspicion of the same offence last month. Speaking then, Det Ch Insp Vicky Greenbank of Bradford District Police said: "Our focus remains on ensuring that two serious sexual offenders are located and apprehended so that justice is served."Extensive inquiries remain ongoing to locate Fayaz and Imtiaz and we are working with our partners the Crown Prosecution Service and National Crime Agency to find them."The brothers were sentenced in their absence at Bradford Crown Court on 17 January, alongside Ibrar Hussain, 47, who did was jailed for six-and-a-half three men were sentenced following a series of trials involving eight men and two victims. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
26-02-2025
- BBC News
Eight arrested in hunt for absconded Keighley sex offenders
Eight people have been arrested as police search for two convicted sex offenders who absconded before their trial Fayaz and Imtiaz Ahmed, aged 45 and 62, were convicted of raping a girl in Keighley in the 1990s, when she was 13 or were jailed in their absence last month for seven-and-a-half years and nine years respectively. They fled and were believed to be Yorkshire Police confirmed on Wednesday that six men and two women, aged between 26 and 76, had been arrested in Keighley, Shipley and the Nelson area of Lancashire, on suspicion of assisting an offender. 'Inquiries remain ongoing' Det Ch Insp Vicky Greenbank of Bradford District Police said: "Our focus remains on ensuring that two serious sexual offenders are located and apprehended so that justice is served."Extensive inquiries remain ongoing to locate Fayaz and Imtiaz and we are working with our partners the Crown Prosecution Service and National Crime Agency to find them." The brothers were sentenced in their absence at Bradford Crown Court on 17 January, alongside Ibrar Hussain, 47, who did was jailed for six-and-a-half three men were sentenced following a series of trials involving eight men and two this month, Keighley and Ilkley MP Robbie Moore wrote to the Attorney General to complain about the sentences handed to all eight said: "These men committed horrific crimes: rape, exploitation, and the sustained abuse of two 13- and 16-year-old girls in our town."They received pathetically short sentences, which have finally been deemed weak enough to be challenged under the Unduly Lenient Sentence (ULS) Scheme."Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
