AN MP is set to try and change the law to reduce the age someone can be given a whole life sentence – after the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber escaped the toughest prison term.

“I am again extremely frustrated and disappointed that the entire Bradford District has been kept in a local lockdown for a further week.

Two district MPs campaigning to stop a controversial incinerator getting the final green light have submitted a ten-page document to the Environment Agency setting out why it should not be allowed to go ahead.

An MP is warning people not to provide any payment details from fraudsters claiming to be from NHS Test and Trace – as scammers try to cash in on the pandemic.

AN MP has warned Government it must be on the side of the Police and not criminals and increase sentences for assaults - as attacks on West Yorkshire Police rise to nearly 200 a month.

AN MP has vowed to fight for Post Office services to remain in Baildon as bosses confirm local businesses have expressed interest in taking it over.

Shipley MP Philip Davies said the town centre needed the facility and leaving it without a Post Office was unacceptable.

Anyone guilty of assaulting an emergency worker across West Yorkshire could face two years behind bars as Government launches a consultation into doubling the sentence – two years after Shipley MP Philip Davies demanded change.

AN MP fears plans to slash tax on foods and non-alcoholic drinks will disproportionately affect pubs not serving food – in turn damaging trade further.

Businesses across Shipley and Saltaire are being asked their views on how Government supported them throughout the pandemic and what more needs to be done to keep staff in jobs as the country begins to reopen.

Assaulting a shop worker should be made a criminal offence in its own right – as is the case with emergency workers, an MP has said.