Updates on Monday 11 May 2015
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The Lord Mayor's chaplain, Reverend Canon Phil Gray, now reads from the Gospel according to St John: "The light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not overcome it."
The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Mike Gibbons, says he's "pleased and grateful" to see so many people attending the service to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bradford fire "on this poignant day".
The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Mike Gibbons, is attending the memorial service to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bradford fire which killed 56 people.
The Mayor and Mayoress of Lincoln, Brent Charlesworth and Kathleen Brothwell, will represent the city at the event. Bradford were playing Lincoln on that tragic day in 1985.
The service will be conducted by the chaplain to Bradford City AFC, the Reverend Andy Greiff and the Lord Mayor's chaplain, the Reverend Canon Philip Gray.
Phil Bodmer
Presenter, BBC Look North
Take a look at just how many people are in Centenary Square, Bradford, for the service to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bradford fire disaster.
The guard of honour is arriving at Centenary Square for the service to mark the 30th anniversary of the Bradford fire disaster at Valley Parade.
The service to mark exactly 30 years since the Bradford fire disaster is due to start at 11:00 in Centenary Square.
As part of the service, bells will be rung for each of the 56 victims of the fire as their names are read out, followed by a minute's silence.
After the minute's silence, the City of Bradford Brass Band will play You'll Never Walk Alone while wreaths are laid.
Bradford City fan Martin Fuller is among the people gathering in Bradford this morning to pay tribute to the 56 victims of the Valley Parade fire exactly 30 years ago today.
Martin would have been at the match against Lincoln if he hadn't had a wedding to go to. He lost his friend Craig Stockman in the fire, among others.
He says: "We just saw all the smoke but didn't know anything for a few days - that Craig was still in there."
Phil Bodmer
Presenter, BBC Look North
Here's the scene in Bradford's Centenary Square as people gather for the service to mark the 30th anniversary of the fire at Valley Parade which took the lives of 56 people and injured hundreds others.
The service is due to start at 11:00. Bells will be rung for each victim as their names are read out, followed by a minute's silence.
Bradford City fans and players have been recounting their memories as the city prepares to mark the 30th anniversary of the Valley Parade fire.
Image source, PAA total of 56 fans died and more than 250 were injured when the blaze tore through the ground in 1985, as Bradford should have been celebrating promotion.
Bradford City player, John Hendrie, has told BBC Radio Leeds: "It was a nightmare scene, chaotic. The black cloud, the heat, the silence - and more than anything else the screaming."
Ahead of today's service commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Bradford City fire tragedy, the chairman of the FA says people must continue to mark the disaster.
Image source, ALLSPORT/GETTY IMAGESGreg Dyke says it "matters" that the deaths of 56 people as a result of the fire at Valley Parade must be remembered three decades on.
"You have to pay tribute and it's important to pay tribute. Bradford will never forget it, and because of that it's right that every so often people from all walks of footballing life pay tribute to those fans," he says.
BBC Travel
There's currently queuing traffic on the A650 Shipley Airedale Road in Bradford at the A658 Barkerend Road traffic lights junction. Drivers are warned to expect delays.
Adam Pope
Leeds United Commentator
Leeds United's majority shareholder Massimo Cellino has told BBC Radio Leeds he doesn't want to sell the club. It comes as reports link several parties, including Red Bull, to buying United.
Image source, PACellino categorically denied to me on Sunday that he's talking to the energy drinks giant or any other potential buyer, telling me: "I am not selling".
The club's minority shareholders, GFH Capital, also told me neither they nor their parent company GFH had been approached by Red Bull last week.
Martin Coldrick
BBC Local Live
Today's top stories on BBC Local Live in Leeds and West Yorkshire so far are:
Election held for new Leeds council leader
Super League leaders Leeds Rhinos were beaten at Widnes yesterday, with on-loan Vikings forward Chris Clarkson scoring a try against his parent club.
Image source, Getty ImagesLeeds began the game knowing a win would take them four points clear at the top of the table.
But Clarkson (pictured) went over for one of seven Widnes tries as the hosts moved within a point of a place in the top eight.
Yorkshire Evening Post
A former wartime evacuee has paid an emotional visit to Leeds to meet a relative of the family who cared for her over 70 years ago, external.
Image source, Yorkshire Evening PostFormer MP George Galloway has announced he has started legal proceedings to challenge his general election defeat.
Image source, APMr Galloway, leader of the Respect Party, lost his Bradford West seat to Labour's Naz Shah, who he has alleged made "false statements" during the campaign to affect the result.
A Labour spokesman has said the action is "pathetic and without any foundation".
Police in Leeds are appealing for witnesses following a sexual assault on a woman in Burley on Saturday night, external.
The attack took place at about 20:35 on St Michael's Lane, Burley, after a man grabbed a 23-year-old woman in the road and attempted to assault her.
She resisted and he ran from the scene. The suspect's described as a dark-skinned or Asian male around 6ft in height, with short dark brown hair and wearing a dark hooded top.
Bradford today marks 30 years since the Valley Parade fire.
Image source, ALLSPORT/GETTY IMAGESCrowds will gather in Centenary Square at 11:00 to commemorate the disaster, which left 56 dead and more than 250 injured.
Bradford City were supposed to be celebrating on 11 May 1985, with the team being presented with the Division Three championship trophy. Instead it turned into a day of appalling tragedy.
BBC Travel
There's currently heavy traffic on the A638 Bradford Road northbound in Cleckheaton at the M62 junction.
Martin Coldrick
BBC Local Live
Today's top stories on BBC Local Live in Leeds and West Yorkshire so far are:
Election held for new Leeds council leader