Complex sentence: Modern Thornton acts both as a radial commuter village for Bradford and as a village in its own right, with its own places of employment and cultural life, specifically a thriving arts center located at South Square on Thornton Road.
Split into simpler sentences: Modern Thornton acts both as a radial commuter village for Bradford and as a village in its own right, with its own places of employment and cultural life. Specifically a thriving arts center located at South Square on Thornton Road.