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Fan arrested after alleged racial abuse at Bradford City game
A FAN in the away section has been arrested after an allegation of racist abuse at the University of Bradford stadium today. City confirmed that one of their players was targeted and police swiftly removed the individual in question from the Luton section at Valley Parade. A club statement said: 'Bradford City AFC strongly condemns racism and discrimination in all forms. We have a zero tolerance policy to such, unacceptable behaviour. 'We will fully cooperate with all ongoing police investigations.' Bantams boss Graham Alexander said: 'We saw it last night in the Liverpool game. It's got to be zero tolerance. 'There's no excuse for it at all, whoever says it. There's no place for it. 'I think the football world is handling that quite well and quite strictly and rightly so. 'Fingers crossed, it does get stamped out eventually by everybody. It's a societal problem. 'I'm sure it will be dealt with in the right way. I had a conversation with the referee straight after the game so hopefully that will be sorted. 'There's no place for it and I think it's a bad look on any club. It's nothing to do with Bradford City or Luton Town, it's one person saying the wrong thing in a wrong way.'
BBC News
06-08-2025
- Entertainment
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Dig in Bradford park uncovers treasures from 1904 exhibition
In 1904, more than two million people attended an event in a Bradford park that showcased the might of what had become an industrial City of Bradford Exhibition, held in Lister Park to mark the opening of Cartwright Hall within its grounds, drew huge crowds and had installations that were vast in scale - yet has been almost lost to a team of University of Bradford archaeologists have been excavating the exhibition site and have uncovered the foundations of the temporary concert hall and a recreation of an African Chris Gaffney said the dig was helping to rediscover "a lost period in the history of the city of Bradford". The exhibition ran from May until October that year, and celebrated industry through displays such as a gravity railway and a water chute on the park's events were popular in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, the most famous being the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. The "world fairs" showcased industrial and cultural achievements, and often had a colonial had a Somali village, in which 57 people were transported from the Horn of Africa to live and work in Lister Park. The group built their own huts and demonstrated dancing, spear-throwing and archery to of the objects uncovered by the excavation team was a glass bottle of Garton's HP brown sauce that pre-dates the exhibition. Found near the Somali village's location behind Cartwright Hall, Prof Gaffney said it provided a "time marker" for the fair."One of the things that we're learning is that people care about this particular festival, even though they don't know very much about it."But they're intrigued to find out why people from east Africa were living in the park, and what elements were left there."Glassware, ceramics and remnants from the construction of the concert hall have also been Gaffney explained that the Somali villagers were paid for their appearance at the exhibition but that their role would be "problematic" through a modern lens."People were contracted and paid to be in the Somali village and you had to pay extra to see them."There's a lot of agency in there, and I think although we do have to view it in terms of this colonial view, it is by uncovering more of the evidence that we'll be able to understand more about this story." After the exhibition closed, the structures, including the concert hall, were dismantled and sold, and much of the event's legacy faded from public the excavation continues, archaeologists are optimistic that further discoveries will shed more light on this "fascinating" and "amazing" chapter of Bradford's industrial and cultural Gaffney added: "We didn't really have anything apart from just one or two archives."Now, we are able to consider a larger research strategy for investigating the exhibition as a whole, but also there's the possibility of talking to the museums and art galleries in Bradford to try and work out how the story can also be told in terms of Cartwright Hall and its beginnings in Bradford." The findings from the dig are part of the University of Bradford's broader efforts to celebrate heritage as part of the Bradford 2025 City of Culture project, titled Uncovering the Bradford 1904 Exhibition, is also a collaboration with Prof Fozia Bora from the University of Leeds and the Somali Village charity. Together, they are working to digitise and preserve materials related to the 1904 exhibition, including photographs, postcards, and other is hoped the work will ultimately help create digital reconstructions of the exhibition's key features, allowing the public to experience the event in a new way. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
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Woman who fled Ukraine gets degree from University of Bradford
A Ukrainian woman who fled her home country following the invasion by Russian forces in February 2022 has graduated from the University of Bodnar, 20, left her home in Donetsk with her parents and younger brother following the outbreak of family moved to Wiltshire to live with a host family and Elina, who had always dreamed of one day designing video games, secured a place to study graphics for who graduated with a first-class degree despite struggling with her English at the start of her course, said: "I feel very excited for my future." Remembering the start of the conflict, she said: "Lots of bombs landed around, it was very, very loud. Very scary."Sometimes you could just wake up in the middle of the night and see a big explosion. It was really, really scary."The family moved to Lviv, closer to the Polish when the opportunity came on 15 July 2022 - a week before Elina's 18th birthday - for Elina, her brother Oleksii, and her mum, Yana, to move to the UK, they took it. "At the start it was very difficult, first of all, because of the language barrier," said Elina, whose English is now said she would never have imagined that she would be graduating from an English university with a first-class degree when thinks back to her time at school in Ukraine. "I thought that maybe one day in the future I would visit England, because I really wanted to," she said."I never thought that I was going to ended up finishing university in the UK with quite a high mark." Elina said she and her classmates are now looking to their futures and some of them have teamed up to make their dreams of designing video games for a living become a reality. Elina is part of a group that has entered the Tranzfuser competition, a UK Games Fund scheme that supports graduates to build successful video game development have created a role-playing adventure game set in a 3D pixel-art world rooted in Slavic team received a £7,500 prize upon entering the competition, which was intended to cover initial expenses like travel, accommodation, and game development will go to Dundee to present their project in September, which provides an opportunity to pitch for grant support from the UK Games said she hoped that following the competition, she could extend her visa and settle in the UK. "My plan for the future is to try to settle in the UK and find a really nice job," she said."Obviously I will visit Ukraine and my family, but only for a holiday. "I'm not seeing my future as being actually in Ukraine. "I think that here in the UK I have more of a way to grow and a way to improve my skills and actually do what I want to do." Dr Fin Caton-Rose interviewed Elina more than three years ago when she applied for the course."Since she's joined us, she's been an asset to the entire university," he said."She's really engaged with not just the course, but also extra-curricular activities." He said her time at the university had included many highlights, but one in particular was a trip to a partner university in studying, Elina stayed with Anne-Marie Edwardes in Bingley."She's a wonderful lady," Mrs Edwardes said."She's a great cook, she's taught us lots of Ukrainian dishes at home."To think she came into the country just over three years ago and look where she is now, it's brilliant."Elina's mum, Yana said she was "very proud" of her daughter."It was a very difficult time for us, but Elina's graduation is very special and I'm really, really happy." "I still cannot believe that it has actually happened," Elina said."It feels like I just entered the university yesterday."But she said that her "full focus" is on the Tranzfuser competition and securing work in the UK."Life starts right now", she said. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
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03-07-2025
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John Hegley writes special poem to celebrate Bradford City of Culture
TOPIC Folk Club is celebrating Bradford's year as UK City of Culture by featuring a monthly guest with a connection to the district. One July 11 John Hegley, University of Bradford alumnus, will take to the stage. Says Tony Charnock at the club: "John's first visit to the Topic Folk Club was in 1976 as a student, to see Nic Jones. Since then he's performed at Cambridge and many other folk festivals with his animal songs, love poems and tales of his half French father (the bottom half). He sang on two John Peel sessions with The Popticians and was poet in residence at London's Keats House. He has produced 12 books and has written a poem to celebrate Bradford 2025: A Celebration of a Nation's City of Culture. Before his performance, at Shipley's Hullabaloo bar, John will perform a free short set, Keats with Seats, with priority for those unable to attend the main event or who have access difficulties." Visit
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02-07-2025
- Health
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Project to boost cancer screening uptake for South Asian Muslim women
A University of Bradford research project has sought to increase cancer screening uptake among South Asian Muslim women in Bradford, by engaging men in their families. The three-year Muslim Families Screening For Life project, funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research, asked South Asian Muslim men to speak to women in their family about the importance of attending cancer screening appointments. The project was delivered in partnership with organisations including Faith in Communities, Bradford Institute for Health Research, Sharing Voices Bradford, and the British Islamic Medical Association. A total of 1,072 males aged 16 and over took part, and 58 workshops were held at Bradford district venues, including mosques, gyms, and community centres. Findings of the project were presented at an event held at the University of Bradford on Tuesday, June 24. Dr Mel Cooper, reader in maternity and migrant health at the University of Bradford and joint project lead, said: "This project has seen grassroots-level organisations working together with the same purpose. "We are delighted to reach 1,072 men, which was above our target of 1,000. "We hope the word has spread through the communities and more women have taken up screenings after this project and we have helped to save lives." Participants were encouraged to speak with six women in their families about the importance of attending cancer screenings. Cancer screening rates for breast, cervical, and bowel cancer among Muslim women in Bradford are thought to be relatively low: in the BD2, 3, 5, 7, and 8 postcode areas alone, 18,500 screenings are currently overdue, according to a spokesperson from the University of Bradford. Zahid Khan, a community development worker with Sharing Voices Bradford, who helped to deliver the workshops, said: "The men have been receptive. "Men have come up to us after the sessions and said the project is important and they were glad that we're talking about it." Sixth form students at Bradford schools and colleges, and students at the University of Bradford, also contributed to the research, which included questionnaires and interviews to assess knowledge and understanding of the need for the project. Dr Stuart Griffiths, director of research at Yorkshire Cancer Research, said: "The government must fund and quickly introduce innovations in screening to help reduce health inequalities so more people in Yorkshire live longer, healthier lives, free of cancer." Early findings have been analysed by the University of Bradford and will inform future projects.
