GRASS will be allowed to grow at some Bradford Council-owned sites in Keighley and across the district as part of No Mow May.

More than 80 locations district-wide – including parks, recreation grounds, cemeteries, roadside verges and other green areas – will see cutting paused as part of the national campaign, run by conservation charity Plantlife.

The initiative encourages people to leave their lawns uncut for the month to support wildlife.

According to Plantlife, around 97 per cent of the country's meadows have been lost since the 1930s, affecting food for pollinators such as bees and butterflies.

Catherine Smith, Bradford Council's street cleansing and parks service manager, says: "No Mow May is a great way to bring nature back to our parks and green spaces.

"We are looking to implement 'no mow' on some of our sites to sustain biodiverse areas and natural preservation. We all need to do what we can to create a more sustainable district."

A number of council-owned sites are left uncut for longer during the spring and summer.

Where there are significant numbers of bulbs planted, the grass is left until June or July and wildflower or annual seed areas can grow naturally all summer.