Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Live updates for Leeds and West Yorkshire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Friday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates from across the area.
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Updates on Thursday 5 November 2015
News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 Friday
Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
West Yorkshire's Bonfire Night weather forecastpublished at 17:54
Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look NorthThis evening will be cloudy with rain at first, becoming mostly dry overnight but with some fog and low cloud, and a minimum temperature of about 10C (50F).
Friday will be mostly cloudy with showers or longer spells of rain - with some drier, brighter spells too.
The maximum temperature will be about 15C (59F).
More news from West Yorkshire: Coming up on BBC Look Northpublished at 17;46
Harry Gration
Presenter, BBC Look NorthJoin me on BBC One at 18:30 for Look North as I report from Bradford on the day the city's infamous "hole" finally became a shopping centre.
Eleven years late and on a smaller scale than originally planned the Broadway Centre is here.
It's shiny and brand new and the crowds have been flocking to see it.
Bradford Broadway Centre opening: What a difference a decade makespublished at 17:39
On the day the £260m Bradford Broadway Centre finally opened, it's perhaps worth remembering how things have changed.
These two pictures say it all... one dating from when the site was just "the hole" which blighted the city centre for a decade, the other taken today in almost exactly the same spot.
Image source, PAOpen University strike action 'won't lead to anything positive'published at 17:27
Strike action planned by Open University (OU) staff over the closure of several regional offices, including one in Leeds, "will not lead to anything positive", the OU says.
A total of seven offices are earmarked for closure with up to 500 job losses.
An OU spokesman says: "The proposals to replace seven smaller support centres in England with three larger centres would allow us to invest more in student support."
Calder Valley flood sirens put to the test next weekpublished at 17:22
People in the Upper Calder Valley are being warned not to be alarmed if they hear flood sirens going off next Thursday - they're being tested by the Environment Agency, external.
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Ahead of Bonfire Night tonight, West Yorkshire Fire Service has issued this reminder to stay safe.
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End of twitter postLatest headlines: Man arrested over 1995 murder and Open University staff to strikepublished at 17:04
Martin Coldrick
BBC Local LiveThe top stories in Leeds and West Yorkshire today include:
- Man arrested over Leeds postman's murder in 1995
- Open University staff vote to strike
- Bradford's Broadway centre finally opens its doors
'Broadway is the frame, now we need to fill the jigsaw' - council leaderpublished at 16:54
Danni Hewson
Business Correspondent, BBC Look North"Bradford's new Broadway shopping centre is the frame, now we just need to fill in the jigsaw," says the leader of Bradford Council.
But exactly what should the final picture look like?
It's very clear whatever the right answer might be in 2015, it's unlikely to be the same in 2020. Over the last 10 years shopping has changed beyond most of our imaginations.
Certainly Broadway's design is nothing like the plans of old and has adapted to include large click-and-collect areas, but is that enough? Success will need the public to buy in - and changing the habits of people who've gone elsewhere will be a tough ask.
X Factor star to switch on Keighley Christmas lightspublished at 16:41
An X Factor star will help switch on Keighley's Christmas lights, external, but the identity of the singer, a contestant in the current series of the hit TV talent show, can't yet be revealed.
Watch: What the first shoppers at Bradford's Broadway Centre think of the placepublished at 16:32
Now Bradford's brand new £260m Broadway Shopping Centre is open, people in Bradford, - who've been waiting more than a decade for this day to come - have been telling us what they think.
Travel update: Delays on A64 York Road after accidentpublished at 16:20
BBC TravelThe A64 York Road is closed and there's queuing traffic eastbound between the Thorner Lane junction in Scholes and the A1(M) J44 Bramham junction in Bramham because of an accident involving two vehicles.
Your West Yorkshire Pictures: Autumn mists at Holme Mosspublished at 16:13
Martin Coldrick
BBC Local LiveThanks to Sandie Nicholson for sending in this spectacular shot of mists wreathed around Holme Moss this week.
Image source, Sandie NicholsonWe always love to feature the best pictures you've taken of West Yorkshire. Why not email or tweet, external your photographs to us?
Keighley forum demands urgent action in taxi rowpublished at 16:02
Urgent action is being demanded to stop cabs from across the Pennines operating in Keighley, external and other parts of Bradford district.
Open University staff back strike action in row over closurespublished at 15:40
Staff at the Open University have voted to strike in a row over job losses and the closure of regional offices - including one in Leeds.
The University and College Union says, external just under three quarters of members who took part in a ballot backed strike action.
Leeds is one of seven centres earmarked for closure, plans which the union says have been "widely criticised by staff, students and MPs".
Star-studded MOBOs after party descends into brawlpublished at 15:22
Police were called after a mass brawl broke out at a bar staging a star-studded after party, external for the MOBO Awards in Leeds.
Image source, Yorkshire Evening PostLatest headlines: Man arrested over 1995 murder and Bradford's Broadway Centre openspublished at 15:01
Martin Coldrick
BBC Local LiveThe top stories in Leeds and West Yorkshire this afternoon include:
- Man arrested, external over Leeds postman's murder in 1995
- Bradford's Broadway centre finally opens its doors
- Morrisons reports another fall in sales
Your views: What do you think of Bradford's Broadway Centre?published at 14:39
With the doors open at Bradford's Broadway Centre, you've been telling us on Facebook what you think, external:
Quote MessageI'm a Bradfordian through and through and this will be the final nail in the coffin for the city centre
Yeasu Kenwood via Facebook
Quote MessageBradford used to be such a lovely city - with fabulous shops and great places to eat. Lets hope this is the rebirth of my home town
Judy Popley
David Wagner named new Huddersfield head coachpublished at 14:19
BBC SportHuddersfield Town have appointed former Borussia Dortmund coach David Wagneras their new head coach.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 44-year-old replaces Chris Powell, who was sacked on Wednesday.
Academy manager Mark Lillis will be in charge of the team for Saturday's Championship derby against Leeds, with Wagner to take over on Monday.
Man arrested over Leeds postman's murder in 1995published at 14:07
A 45-year-old man's been arrested on suspicion of murder, external following the death of a Leeds postman 20 years ago.
Andrew Batten died from serious head injuries after being punched as he waited in a taxi queue in Vicar Lane, Leeds, on Friday 13 October 1995.
