Abandoned Bradford sports centre proposed for national skate park

Plans for Richard Dunn building would make it into versatile space for several recently added Olympic sports

An abandoned sports centre that escaped demolition after being turned into a backup Covid morgue could be set for a new role as the UK’s first national skateboarding park.

Andy McDonald, a skateboarder who was called the “Rad Dad” after competing in the Paris Olympics at the age of 51, is among those backing the proposals to reinvent Bradford’s boarded up brutalist Richard Dunn sports centre.