Journalists from around the world have descended on Bradford to see how the city has moved on a year after the Manningham riots.

The trip was organised by the team behind a recent peace conference called Bradford Celebrates which marked the city's cultural diversity.

That event was the brainchild of the then Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverend David Smith, who wanted to show how the city had moved on after last year's riots.

About 200 journalists from across the UK and from other countries attended Bradford Celebrates last month.

And a group of overseas journalists who were unable to attend at the time have now visited the district for a special fact-finding trip.

The group of 16 journalists, from countries including India, Kuwait, Syria, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Kenya, met representatives of Bradford Vision, West Yorkshire Police, the district's Capital of Culture team and the Bradford and Keighley Youth Parliament when they enjoyed a Bradford curry at the Sweet Centre in Lumb Lane.

The party, which stayed at The Hilton in Bradford, also went on a walking tour of Saltaire and visited Thornbury Family Centre, the Police Community Project at Girlington, and Cartwright Hall.

It was the first trip to Bradford for Gitau wa Njenga from Kenya, a correspondent for the East African Standard, and he was keen to see how the city had coped after the riots.

"The riots made the news all over the world. In Africa it made the headlines," he said. "Bradford suddenly became known in places where people had never heard of it before.

"We have heard so much about it and it's interesting to come here and see how things have moved on. I have been learning about the work being done by different groups to try to strengthen community relations."

Sam Randall, assistant to the Bishop of Bradford, said the visit was aimed at showing the world the positives in Bradford.