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Yahoo
04-05-2025
- General
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Council to 'naturalise' city's green spaces
Parts of Bradford's parks and green spaces are being left to grow naturally to "attract wildlife and encourage biodiversity" over the spring period. Bradford Council said naturalising specific areas of green space would allow wildflowers to grow and create habitats for pollinators. Signs have appeared to indicate the sections being naturalised as "Nature Friendly Areas" which support bees, butterflies, birds, frogs and hedgehogs. Councillor Sarah Ferriby said: "Whilst the vast majority of the 15.5m sq metres of grass the council cuts every year will continue to be maintained as usual, there are some specific areas which will be naturalised." A spokesperson said the authority's green spaces were divided into various types according to the differing maintenance regimes they required. They said the council cuts areas around cenotaphs and at ornamental areas within parks every week. Ten cuts per year were also carried out on highway verges and at parks, open cemeteries and recreational grounds, with weekly cuts for community sports pitches. Ferriby, the council's portfolio holder for healthy people and places, said: "Loss of wildlife and biodiversity is a national problem, and we want to do our bit to halt or reverse this trend." She said the council managed more than 80 parks, green spaces and woodlands across the district and where feasible, "defined Nature Friendly Areas" would be included "to benefit local wildlife and residents". The council has not said yet which parks and green spaces would be included. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. City centre park opens after major works completed Council to reduce grass cutting for 'biodiversity' Bradford Council
Yahoo
04-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Council to 'naturalise' city's green spaces
Parts of Bradford's parks and green spaces are being left to grow naturally to "attract wildlife and encourage biodiversity" over the spring period. Bradford Council said naturalising specific areas of green space would allow wildflowers to grow and create habitats for pollinators. Signs have appeared to indicate the sections being naturalised as "Nature Friendly Areas" which support bees, butterflies, birds, frogs and hedgehogs. Councillor Sarah Ferriby said: "Whilst the vast majority of the 15.5m sq metres of grass the council cuts every year will continue to be maintained as usual, there are some specific areas which will be naturalised." A spokesperson said the authority's green spaces were divided into various types according to the differing maintenance regimes they required. They said the council cuts areas around cenotaphs and at ornamental areas within parks every week. Ten cuts per year were also carried out on highway verges and at parks, open cemeteries and recreational grounds, with weekly cuts for community sports pitches. Ferriby, the council's portfolio holder for healthy people and places, said: "Loss of wildlife and biodiversity is a national problem, and we want to do our bit to halt or reverse this trend." She said the council managed more than 80 parks, green spaces and woodlands across the district and where feasible, "defined Nature Friendly Areas" would be included "to benefit local wildlife and residents". The council has not said yet which parks and green spaces would be included. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. City centre park opens after major works completed Council to reduce grass cutting for 'biodiversity' Bradford Council
BBC News
19-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Football tournament remembers Bradford City fire tragedy victims
A football tournament paying tribute to the victims of the Bradford City fire disaster is due to be held over the Easter 38th memorial tournament commemorates the 56 people who died when a fire broke out at the Valley Parade ground on 11 May 1985 during a match between Bradford and two-day event will be held at Marley Activities and Coaching Centre in Keighley and will be free to attend, with a minute's silence to be held on both days at 09:00 BST before the matches get under councillor Sarah Ferriby said: "This tournament is an appropriate way to commemorate the Bradford City fire disaster." The blaze at Valley Parade broke out in one of the wooden stands during a match between the Bantams and Lincoln a result, 54 Bradford City fans and two Lincoln City supporters died, with at least 265 others annual event commemmorating the tragedy has been organised by Bradford Council's community sports and activities development unit and is sponsored by the Prison Officers Association.A total of 10 teams are expected to compete in the Under-12s competition on Saturday, followed by the Under-14s tournament on Sunday. The final will be held on Sunday afternoon, with Bradford's Lord Mayor presenting the players with commemorative medals and a trophy to the winning team. Ferriby said: "To see so many young people taking part is fantastic. I wish all of them well, may the best team win." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
12-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
'Extraordinary' Ice Age art to go on show in Keighley
Some of the rarest surviving examples of Ice Age art will go on display in Bradford as part of the 2025 City of Culture Ice Age Art Now exhibition is expected to contain more than 75 objects borrowed from the British Museum as part of a partnership project with Bradford 2025 and Bradford District Museums & Galleries, the council Ferriby, the authority's executive member for healthy people and places, said the collaboration "emphasises our commitment to bringing world-class cultural experiences to people from across the Bradford district and beyond".The exhibition is due to open at the Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley on 21 June, according to the council. A spokesperson said the exhibition would present work by people living in Europe at the end of the last Ice Age, which was between 24,000 and 12,000 years slow recovery from near extinction caused by climate change "stimulated an extraordinary artistic renaissance", they said."Then, as now, art contributed to people's psychological and emotional wellbeing." 'Incredible objects' Shanaz Gulzar, Bradford 2025's creative director, said: "Drawing is our first means of creative expression, and this exhibition proves people have been doing this for millennia."For these incredible objects to be on display here in the North, in the stunning Cliffe Castle, is a proud moment for the Bradford district."As part of the exhibition, visitors would be able to experience an immersive installation recreating the inside of a decorated cavem, the council Cullinan, director of the British Museum, said the exhibition would feature "some of the rarest surviving examples of Ice Age art" as well as "some of the oldest known works of art from the UK".Among the exhibits would be an engraved drawing of a horse on bone, found at Creswell Crags, in Derbyshire, thought to be about 13,500 years items in the collection would include a depiction of two reindeer which were believed to have been drawn on bone about 13,500 years ago, and an engraved bone pendant depicting a wolverine, thought to be between 12,000-13,000 years old. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
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Construction of new crematorium reaches milestone
The steel frame for a new "environment-friendly" crematorium in Bradford has been completed, as work continues to upgrade the city's burial facilities. The new crematorium off Shetcliffe Lane in Bierley - to replace the existing facility at Scholemoor - is set to have two service halls, car parking, state-of-the-art cremators, office space and a waiting room, Bradford Council said. The authority said its existing facilities were past their recommended life span and did not meet modern environmental standards. Coun Sarah Ferriby said: "This work is another step in our strategy to create a modern, sustainable and environment-friendly bereavement service for the people of the district." Ferriby, the council's executive member for healthy people and places, added: "We want to provide practical, sympathetic, convenient and pleasant surroundings for people when they pay their last respects to their loved ones." It is the last step in Bradford Council's bereavement services overhaul, first announced in 2016, after the refurbishment of Oakworth Crematorium and the new crematorium at Shay Grange, which opened in October 2023. The Muslim burial ground at Scholemoor Cemetery has also been extended, while an extension to the burial provision at Bowling Cemetery has been completed. Once the new facility has opened, Scholemoor Crematorium will close but the cemetery will remain open, the council said. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North. Council starts work on city's new crematorium Bradford Council
