Summary

  • Updates on Monday 11 May 2015

  • More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Tuesday

  1. Good eveningpublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 11 May 2015

    That's all for today from BBC Local Live in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

    We'll be back again from 08:00 tomorrow with the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates from across the county.

  2. Coming up on BBC Onepublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 11 May 2015

    Phil Bodmer
    Presenter, BBC Look North

    Join me and Amy Garcia at 18:30 for BBC Look North as we report live from Valley Parade on the 30th anniversary of the Bradford fire disaster.

    Floral tributesImage source, PA

    Today the city remembered those who lost their lives in what is football's worst fire tragedy.

    We'll be talking to some of the survivors and witnesses, and looking at the legacy of the disaster to find out what's changed in these last 30 years.

  3. A cloudy and mostly dry nightpublished at 17:48 British Summer Time 11 May 2015

    Paul Hudson
    Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

    Tonight will be mostly dry with variable amounts of cloud and a minimum temperature of about 8C (46F).

    Weather forecast

    Tuesday will be bright and breezy with variable amounts of cloud and a scattering of showers.

    The top temperature will be about 15C (59F).

  4. MP 'just amazed' to be at Parliamentpublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 11 May 2015

    Andrea Jenkyns, the Conservative MP who won the Morley and Outwood seat from Labour shadow chancellor Ed Balls, says she's "excited" to have arrived at Westminster today.

    Andrew JenkynsImage source, PA

    She's told the BBC she's "over the moon" to be at the Houses of Parliament, and is now "trying to figure out" how to work her new tablet computer which is being issued to all new MPs.

    "I don't think it's fully sunk in yet. All weekend I was pinching myself, thinking I can't believe this is happening. I'm just amazed," she says.

  5. City's dignity on fire anniversarypublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 11 May 2015

    Daragh Corcoran
    Reporter, BBC Radio Leeds

    At this morning's service to mark the 30th anniversary of the the Bradford City fire disaster, it was clear people in the community had stuck together and worked through the pain in a very dignified way.

    Floral tributesImage source, PA

    Today, they were once again at the modest city centre memorial with heads bowed, some looking stoically ahead. Many wore a commemorative hoody in the claret and amber of the club and bearing the words Always Remembered.

    The Bishop of Bradford seemed to go to the heart of the matter when he said how the city responded to the tragedy and told the world "lessons have been learned, but they need to go on being learned" to avoid a similar disaster happening again.

  6. Appeal after train passengers attackedpublished at 17:21 British Summer Time 11 May 2015

    Two men (pictured) are being sought by police after three men, including a father and son, were assaulted on a train between Skipton and Bradford Forster Square last month, external.

    CCTV imagesImage source, British Transport Police

    The incident happened at about 21:15 on Saturday 4 April as the train made its way to Crossflatts station. The father and son, aged 51 and 20, were attacked after asking a group of men, who were being noisy, to quieten down.

    A passenger who intervened was himself assaulted. The attackers got off the train at Crossflatts. Anyone with information is being asked to contact British Transport Police.

  7. City's 'trouble spots' revealedpublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 11 May 2015

    Telegraph & Argus

    Bosses of Bradford bars say they are working with the authorities to cut down on drunken anti-social behaviour, after new figures revealed hotspots for offences, external.

  8. Football fan's death at riot markedpublished at 16:24 British Summer Time 11 May 2015

    The father of a teenage fan fatally injured 30 years ago during fighting between Birmingham City and Leeds United fans has said safety at grounds has come "a very long way" since then.

    Rioting at football match

    A wall collapsed on to Ian Hambridge, a 15-year-old Leeds fan, during the trouble at St Andrews on 11 May 1985.

    His death was overshadowed by the Bradford City fire on the same day.

  9. Cook signs new Leeds dealpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 11 May 2015

    Adam Pope
    Leeds United Commentator

    Leeds United have confirmed that midfielder Lewis Cook has agreed a new two-year deal at Elland Road.

    The 18-year-old Academy graduate, who had a year remaining on his deal, has extended his stay until at least summer 2017.

    In a statement, club chairman Massimo Cellino says, external Cook was "one of the most exciting players last season".

  10. Council to get new leaderpublished at 15:01 British Summer Time 11 May 2015

    A new leader of Leeds City Council will be elected this evening.

    Councillor Keith WakefieldImage source, Leeds City Council
    Image caption,

    Keith Wakefield is stepping down at the leader of the Labour group on Leeds City Council

    Current Labour leader Keith Wakefield (pictured) announced last month that he was stepping down.

    Labour councillors will vote later today to see who becomes the next leader of the authority.

  11. Yorkshire v Hampshirepublished at 14:31 British Summer Time 11 May 2015

    BBC Sport

    Yorkshire's latest County Championship match is finely poised after the reigning champions were bowled out this morning.

    Bresnan in actionImage source, ALLSPORT/GETTY IMAGES

    The home side were all out for 370 before Tim Bresnan took an early wicket to leave Hampshire on 21 for 1 at lunch.

    Get all the latest from Headingley with our scorecard and listen to live commentary here.

  12. West Yorks MPs in shadow cabinetpublished at 14:04 British Summer Time 11 May 2015

    Leeds MP Hilary Benn has been appointed as shadow foreign secretary as part of Labour's new shadow cabinet.

    Hilary Benn

    Meanwhile, Pontefract and Castleford MP Yvette Cooper remains in charge of her home affairs brief, and Wakefield's Mary Creagh stays at International Development.

    Hemsworth MP Jon Trickett has been made Minister without Portfolio and Deputy Chairman of the party, while former Shipley MP Chris Leslie assumes the role of shadow chancellor.