Rita, Sue and 'high-quality' housing too

THE site of the pub where one of the most shocking films of the 1980s was written could be transformed into high-quality flats for the UK's City of Culture.

- Paul Jeeves

The Beacon pub on Bradford's Buttershaw Estate found fame thanks to the work of Andrea Dunbar and features in the classic Rita, Sue And Bob Too released in 1987.

The play-turned-film and other pieces by Ms Dunbar are based on the sprawling council estate, one of Britain's most deprived neighbourhoods, and her work was praised for shining a light on the dark underbelly of society.