BRADFORD has been home to many legends in all sorts of different fields over the years and it is time to honour those who have made the biggest impact.
This is the return of a feature with the latest three inductees into the Telegraph & Argus Bradford Hall of Fame, part 15 of the series.
NIRMAL SINGH
Nirmal Singh MBE is a Bradford businessman with an inspirational backstory.
Mr Singh came to England from India as a teenager with just £3 in his pocket, and has gone on to become one of the city’s biggest success stories.
He has set up numerous businesses, including clothing stores and the Sekhon Group, which owns 800 properties across Bradford, including many in Little Germany, and the rest of the UK.
He has been involved in high profile charity campaigns and with Asian business groups.
Speaking to the Telegraph & Argus when he was given an honorary fellowship from the University of Bradford in December 2017, Mr Singh said: “I’m very proud to be getting this.
"It means I’m not just a man, I’m a Bradford man.
"I have put in a lot of effort and hard work in, and I want to make Bradford more successful."
VERITY RUSHWORTH
The Bradford-born actress played Donna Windsor between 1998 and 2009. She returned to the role for a five-month stint in 2014.
Rushworth has also forged out a successful stage career, appearing in productions of Hairspray, Annie and Chicago.
She appeared in BBC's daytime drama Doctors as Lily Walker but left last year and tweeted about a previous meeting with fellow Bradfordian Dynamo.
Verity even advertised the sale of her house in Bedfordshire via her Twitter last month.
JUNIOR WITTER
The Bradford-born boxer, nicknamed 'The Hitter' held the WBC light welterweight title between 2006 and 2008 and also challenged for the IBF light welterweight title in 2000.
He competed in the ring between 1997 and 2015 and his biggest moment came in 2006 with his light welterweight title win.
A unanimous decision crowned Witter WBC world champion, a feat that had not been achieved by a British fighter since Lennox Lewis collected the heavyweight version almost a decade previously.
Witter, now aged 48, trained at the Bradford Police Boys amateur boxing club.
Witter was the first and only boxing world champion to come out of Bradford.
He dedicated the victory in 2006 to his former trainer Alec Allen, who had dragged him off the streets to begin his journey at the Bradford Police Boys Club.
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