FA CUP NEWS! @BantamsChoir have been given the absolute honour of singing Abide with Me, a song woven into the history & heart of the FA Cup for generations & to lead the National Anthem before millions watching around the world on Saturday! #BCAFC

EEK! We’re super excited to announce that we’ve released our first single with @chris_kammy #Sing4England to celebrate the 2026 World Cup! Pre- save the link and help us get into the charts! distrokid.com/hyperfollow/ch… We’re raising funds for Bradford Burns Unit & @andysmanclubuk

Looking forward to our wedding anniversary celebrations with @billybragg at The Halifax Piece Hall this evening…admitting our parents were probably right!

Assuming that @Nigel_Farage and all his security paid for their tickets today @HomeOfCricket - disappointing to see someone who so disturbs life in Bradford so feted by members and friends. At least his team who I spoke to were less assured of his goodness.

SO, this just happened in Bradford! 😮 @BBCLeeds @BBCMorningLive @officialbantams @chris_kammy @garrettsgossip @bradford2025 @jsillsmusic #BantamOfTheOpera #bcafc

We're delighted to have won the Leisure Venue of the Year at the #RLHA24, and congratulations to The Underground and Nightrain, who were also on our shortlist, which are also amazing venues.

We're delighted to be at the #RLHA24 tonight, nominated amongst some amazing Bradford retail, leisure and hospitality venues and businesses.

Proud of our young people Trisha & Iqra for joining the #RemembranceSunday service in Bradford alongside @LordMayorBD @toby_howarth @AndyBowerman, Mufti Zubair & other reps.They found the day very poignant, learning so much about their forefathers contributions #lesttheyforget

📣💚We are Shaftesbury - Celebrating 180 years of heritage 💚📣 Shaftesbury is the new name for disability charity Livability, in honour of our renowned Victorian founder, the seventh Earl of Shaftesbury. We’re excited about how our new name can give impetus to the charity’s mission: to make more lives add up, for people with disabilities. Working on growth drew our attention more closely to Livability’s valuable heritage. In our 180th year, the history and stories of one of our founding organisations – The Shaftesbury Society – revealed a huge potential, always motivated by doing better for the people we support. As Shaftesbury, telling the stories of our work over the centuries, in relation to disability and disadvantage, will power our future. shaftesburygroup.org/rename

You can watch it back now on @BBCiPlayer from 2:46 at bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0… #Bradford2025

Eclectic day continued with Hanukkah and 150th celebrations at Bradford Synagogue and then Belfry Carols York Minster

With @RevJohnBav at St John’s Great Horton and that’s our @Bfdcathedral Finance Director rocking the bass guitar.

We're delighted to be here at the #YPTourism Awards 2023, as one of the finalists in the 'Culture Award' category. Good luck to all the finalists this evening! Here is our 'designated driver', Dean Andy, with our Director of Education and Visitors Maggie Myers.

The world’s leaders will soon arrive in Dubai for COP28. Find out more about the links between conflict and climate change with the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East #Anglicans #COP28

After a busy but wonderful day @Bfdcathedral now off of to sing along to legend that is @billybragg - thinking he’d be an ideal invitee for @bradford2025 at the Cathedral, for a second go at ‘the gospel according too’ with our Cathedral choir on accompaniment.

(2/2) Morning Prayer is held from 9am – 9:30am, and Evening Prayer is held from 5:30pm – 6pm. For more information, please follow our website link: bradfordcathedral.org.uk/wor… #churchofengland #bradford #cathedral #bradfordcathedral #prayer #worship #dailyprayer #scripture

(1/2) ✝️ Update to Prayer ✝️ At the heart of our new vision is a commitment to being a community of prayer and study. All are invited and most welcome to join the Cathedral Clergy for prayer and the reading of the scriptures on Mondays – Saturdays.

A new guide explaining how Christians can get involved in #COP28UAE has been published by the Church of England. Tips include prayer suggestions; letters to MPs and ways to raise awareness and get your church involved. Read more: churchofengland.org/about/en…

An Open letter to those negotiating the Plastic Treaty in Nairobi Rev Dennis Nthenge is in Nairobi representing Tearfund and sharing the letter, signed by more than 80 church leaders from 12 African countries docs.google.com/document/d/1…

Today (on Friday 6th October, 2023) Pakistan’s notable Daily paper ‘The News’ carrie’s the headlines about our interim government’s claim that minorities enjoy equal rights in Pakistan. In Jaraanwala we still smell the acid in the air and see the evidence of freshly burnt buildings that smell nothing like equal rights . I wish to remind our Caretaker Government and those seeking future prominence in upcoming elections that equal rights for religious minorities should reflect in actions rather than statements for public consumption. It's unfortunate that while our government leaders repeatedly claim that non-Muslim Pakistanis are equal citizens of the country, these statements become meaningless when we see the government's indifferent attitude towards our legitimate demands for justice and due acknowledgement of our concerns for protection from religiously-motivated violence, prejudice, discrimination etc. Will the honourable CM please explain why his government has refused to initiate a judicial inquiry into the Jaranwala incident? Do we not have the right to know who is responsible for ransacking our churches and homes? Do we not have the right to demand accountability of the officials responsible for inaction against the rioters who looted and plundered our properties in front of their eyes yet they acted as silent spectators? Moreover, Christians in Jaranwala pursuing the terrorism cases are being threatened by various quarters to back down while many of those arrested for rioting are being let off on bails. There is no assurance of protection for us yet we are being told that the onus of these cases being unsuccessful will also be on us. In such circumstances do we really want others to believe that minorities are equal citizens of Pakistan? Is restoration of historical buildings of religious significance more important than protection of life and property of minority citizens? Perhaps it's time now for our government to set its priorities right!