Summary

  • We Are Bradford runs from Monday 11 March to Friday 15 March.

  • The BBC is asking people in the city what stories matter to them.

  • These stories are featuring on TV, radio and online.

  • A pop-up BBC newsroom is in The Broadway shopping centre throughout the week.

  • You can suggest stories via email to wearebradford@bbc.co.uk or via message/WhatsApp to 07720 078 939.

  • You can also visit www.bbc.co.uk/wearebradford to suggest a story or find out more.

  • For more info about We Are Bradford follow #BBCWeAreBradford on social media.

  1. 'No point in school if there's no future'published at 17:01 GMT 15 March 2019

    Young people walk out of schools and colleges across England to protest over climate change.

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  2. Reading lessons from across the citypublished at 16:34 GMT 15 March 2019

    Volunteers offer 30 minutes of their time every week to help a child with their reading online.

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  3. ‘Rap music is a universal language’published at 16:19 GMT 15 March 2019

    Five rappers from Bradford discuss their passion, friendships and how their city has changed in recent years.

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  4. Alone and cold: Life in the tower blockpublished at 13:57 GMT 15 March 2019

    Margaret has spent half her life in the tower block, with the site now due to be demolished.

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  5. ‘It’s like an art gallery for cars’published at 11:27 GMT 15 March 2019

    A Bradford car lover has turned his hobby into his profession in the car-mad city.

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  6. Where it all began...published at 10:41 GMT 15 March 2019

    Today is the final day of the pop-up newsroom in the Broadway shopping centre in Bradford.

    You can tell us your stories in person from 11:00 until 18:00 today.

    The idea for We Are Bradford came from BBC media and arts correspondent David Sillito following a conversation with the National Science and Media Museum.

    You can find out more below:

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  7. ‘One conversation changes everything’published at 09:40 GMT 15 March 2019

    Children in Bradford are learning how to support each other with mental health.

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  8. Yorkshire schoolchildren climate change walk-outpublished at 09:40 GMT 15 March 2019

    Schoolchildren across Yorkshire are planning a second walk-out to call for urgent action on climate change.

    Striking students

    Last month more than 15,000 young people turned out at demonstrations across the country.

    Students in Sheffield are set to demonstrate outside the Town Hall today and almost 2,000 pupils are expected to walk out in Leeds.

    Meanwhile, there'll also be demonstrations in Bradford and Hebden Bridge and pupils across York and North Yorkshire are also expected to join the national climate change protest later.

    There'll gather in St Helen's square in York from 11:00.

  9. 'The road is my catwalk'published at 17:55 GMT 14 March 2019

    Afzal Kahn's business has grown from a place in Bradford to London and the Middle East.

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  10. 'Proud to be Bradford's Bangla Bantams'published at 16:44 GMT 14 March 2019

    The football fan group was established in 2015 to bring 'inclusivity and diversity' to the stands.

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  11. Prince Edward arrives at Bradford synagoguepublished at 15:56 GMT 14 March 2019

    Luxmy Gopal
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    The Earl of Wessex has arrived in Bradford to take part in a special service at a synagogue.

    Bradford Reform Synagogue almost closed six years ago, but was saved from closure thanks to a fundraising campaign by local businesses and community groups.

    Prince Edward is there to celebrate the city's interfaith work:

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  12. In pictures: Bradford's Bhangra daytimerspublished at 14:54 GMT 14 March 2019

    Hundreds of teenagers snuck out of school to dance to their favourite songs during the daytime.

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  13. The monks who made Bradford their homepublished at 14:27 GMT 14 March 2019

    Bradford might not be where you expect a group of Franciscan Friars to be living, but since 2005 an order that originally formed in New York, set up St. Pio Friary in the city.

    Franciscan friar in Bradford

    The six monks rely on donations from the public to feed themselves and run a regular soup kitchen.

    BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Nihal Arthanayake went to meet them and hear their stories.

    You can read more here.

  14. What's the weather?published at 13:31 GMT 14 March 2019

    As part of We Are Bradford, BBC Weather are in town.

    They have a display in the Broadway in the city centre.

    You can have a go at presenting the weather as well as finding out more about their work.

    They're also creating a special Bradford-only weather forecast each weekday this week.

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  15. Local and national radio together in Bradfordpublished at 13:19 GMT 14 March 2019

    Many parts of the BBC are working together to bring Bradford stories to a bigger audience.

    You can see how Radio Leeds and Radio 5 Live are getting along below:

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  16. 'Some children have not seen many trees'published at 12:58 GMT 14 March 2019

    A Bradford nursery school helps children learn by taking them on trips to nearby woodlands.

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  17. The crime author killing it with Yorkshire noirpublished at 12:29 GMT 14 March 2019

    Bradford writer AA Dhand is the first British Asian author to write a crime novel series.

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  18. 'Why I went from solicitor to samosa-maker'published at 12:01 GMT 14 March 2019

    Yasmin Iqbal reveals why she left her law job to make samosas for a living.

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  19. Royal visit for historic Bradford synagoguepublished at 12:01 GMT 14 March 2019

    A synagogue in West Yorkshire is getting ready to welcome a royal visitor later.

    Bradford synagogueImage source, Geograph/Betty Longbottom

    Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, is due to visit the Bradford Reform Synagogue

    The historic building, on Bowland Street, was founded in 1880 by German Jews who came to the city to work in the wool trade.

    It was threatened with closure in 2013 and work is still needed to secure the building's long-term future.

    During today's visit, Prince Edward is expected to take part in a special service and will hear about how the synagogue became a meeting place for all faiths.

    The synagogue is though to be the only one in the world to have a member of the Muslim community on the Council of Trustees.

  20. Out and about in the citypublished at 10:00 GMT 14 March 2019

    As well as the pop-up newsroom in the Broadway shopping centre, BBC teams have been out and about across the city.

    Here's a few examples below:

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