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BBC News
22-07-2025
- BBC News
Man suffers suspected stab wounds in Shipley street fight
A man has been taken to hospital with suspected stab wounds following a fight in of the public reported seeing two men fighting at the junction of Alma Street and Leeds Road just after15:40 BST on Yorkshire Police said officers deployed to the scene found a man with injuries believed to have been caused by a bladed weapon. He was later taken to hospital for treatment.A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of affray and remains in custody, the force said. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
08-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Bradford: Campaign grows for curbs on 'stench' factory
A campaign demanding urgent action to deal with what people living nearby say is an "unbearable stench" coming from a Bradford factory is gathering Waddingtons plant, off Leeds Road, converts dead livestock, zoo animals and roadkill from across the country into biofuels and other by-products. A meeting was held at the weekend to discuss the situation during which Muhammed Ibraheem, who lives nearby, said: "The stench is like rancid garbage."JG Pears, the parent company of the Waddingtons plant, said it makes "great efforts to minimise odours beyond the site boundary" and operates "within the strict requirements" of its permit. However, residents say the odour is so strong it forces them indoors, affects their mental health and undermines community are also claims possibly toxic residue from the plant regularly floats onto parked cars nearby. Some people have conducted their own lab is now mounting on the authorities to act - and to throw out an upcoming licence review for the factory - following the public those demanding action were members of the Leeds Road Hindu have submitted a letter to Bradford Council highlighting the "intolerable" situation and "foul smell" which they said visiting dignitaries had commented on. 'Fishy, meaty' A petition has doubled its signatures since the Ummer Daraz, who has an office nearby, has been spearheading the growing campaign and is now seeking legal advice and gathering environmental regeneration projects like a new city centre railway station in the pipeline, he said tackling the matter was even more urgent."Can you imagine people coming off the train and being hit by this fishy, meaty, horrible stench?" he recalled that when he lived in the area himself "it was so overwhelming it gave me physical convulsions". The plant has been operating since 1947 and was previously an holds a Defra (department for environment, food and rural affairs) category 1 rendering licence, allowing it to process diseased animal Alistair Collins said: "Facilities like ours play a vital role in making livestock production sustainable and in preventing animal disease outbreaks. "We convert material not suitable for food into safe, reusable resources such as biofuels."He said the factory uses modern technology compliant with current Bat (best available techniques) standards, adding: "The installation is regularly inspected by environmental health officers from [the council] and we work with them constructively to ensure compliant operations."The factory operates under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016, enforced by Bradford Council to control pollution and odour. However objectors - some from within Bradford Council - said such a facility, one of 26 across the country, had no place in a densely populated area. A council committee last year made recommendations including lobbying Defra to accelerate new odour standards and commissioning an independent health impact study. When asked for a comment, a council spokesperson said: "An investigation is currently ongoing into Waddingtons which has not concluded, therefore we are unable to comment at this time."However Imran Khan, the council's deputy leader, and Rizwana Jamil, its environment scrutiny board chair, were both at the public meeting at Laisterdyke Community Centre on Saturday where they faced a barrage of Khan said: "There's no denying there is a problem."There is a foul stench and there are perceived health issues as well."Quite frankly, it can't be allowed to continue."He added the plant was run "based on legislation developed 20 years ago which hasn't been updated".He said: "I understand it is in the process of being updated now."We are trying to feed into that process to reflect the needs of people and businesses around it."We've not had the legal power to be able to do more with it up to now."Many of those at the meeting said "enough is enough" - especially with Bradford in its City of Culture year and a flagship festival celebrating the vibrant wider Leeds Road area due at the end of Mahmood, who runs the Mahmood's burger shop near the factory, said: "Our business attracts people from outside and we are investing a lot of money into the area. "It reflects really negatively on us as a city." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
13-05-2025
- BBC News
Attempted murder arrest after double stabbing in Bradford
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two people were stabbed in were called to Seymour Street, off Leeds Road, at about 22:15 BST on Sunday and two men were taken to hospital, with one man's injuries described as "serious".West Yorkshire Police said the 36-year-old arrested man remains in custody, with investigations continuing. The second injured man's injuries were described as not life-threatening, with a damaged vehicle found at the scene seized by officers. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
