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Updates on Thursday 3 December 2015
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
It'll remain cloudy with some drizzle for a time, but it will become drier throughout the course of the afternoon.
There'll even be a few bright and sunny spells this afternoon before persistent rain returns later.
Temperatures could reach highs of about 12C (54F).
A fire at a business park in Elland near Halifax, external, which at its height was being tackled by about 50 firefighters, is now under control, the fire service says.
The fire, at North Dean Business Park on Stainland Road, involved batteries which were in the process of being recycled.
Rebecca Dent has sent us this video which clearly shows many small explosions taking place on the site as a result of the fire.
BBC Look North, Yorkshire
Join us on BBC One at 18:30 for Look North as we take a closer look at the West Yorkshire hospital trust which has been judged "inadequate" for patient safety.
Government health watchdog inspectors went into Pinderfields Hospital, Pontefract General Infirmary and Dewsbury District Hospital.
Overall they found the hospitals required improvement - and safety is said to be a particular concern.
As more than 50 firefighters continue to tackle a blaze on an industrial estate in Elland, external, rail services in West Yorkshire are being affected.
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Liam Ward
BBC Local Live, Leeds
The top stories in Leeds and West Yorkshire this afternoon include:
More than 50 firefighters are tackling a blaze on an industrial estate in Elland, external which is causing disruption on bus and rail routes running close to the affected area.
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Ian White
Journalist, BBC Look North
I'm at the funeral in Keighley for Vikki Thompson, the Leeds transgender prisoner who died while in Armley Jail.
Vikki, 21, died at the all-male jail on 13 November. She had said she would kill herself if sent to a male prison.
Image source, Ian WhiteDrivers are being warned to expect delays and disruption just outside Halifax owing to a fire in the Copley Lane/Wakefield Road area.
Police are urging local residents to keep their windows closed and stay away from the area., external
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Over 50 firefighters are tackling a big blaze on an industrial estate in Halifax, external.
The fire has broken out at a commercial building on the North Dean business park in Elland.
BBC Radio Leeds has heard unconfirmed reports of explosions being heard in the area.
The fire broke out about 10:30 this morning, and crews from all over West Yorkshire are at the scene. Nobody is believed to be injured.
Two women and a teenage girl have been treated by paramedics after suffering from the effects of breathing in smoke during a flat fire in Bradford, external.
Image source, GoogleThe blaze started in a bedroom in the fourth floor flat in Underwood House (pictured), in the North Wing area of Bradford, at about 04:00 this morning.
Firefighters from Bradford, Idle, Odsal and Leeds tackled the fire.
Two of the females were later taken to hospital as a precautionary measure.
Jason McCartney MP has offered his congratulations to former Leeds Rhinos captain Kevin Sinfield on his BBC Sports Personality of the Year nomination during a sitting of the Sports Select Committee.
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Sinfield finished his rugby league career on a high, featuring in Leeds Rhinos' treble-securing Super League Grand Final win against Wigan.
Jason McCartney also questioned the government on its plans to support rugby league and the bid for the Rugby League World Cup in 2021.
Alex Ewing
BBC West Yorkshire Sport
Defending Yorkshire's title for the second time will be "a hell of a challenge", Andrew Gale tells me as he reflects on next season's fixture list.
Image source, Getty ImagesYorkshire will start their bid for a third successive County Championship title against Hampshire at Headingley on Sunday 17 April.
Gale captained Yorkshire to a second consecutive Championship title in September against Middlesex at Lord's.
Quote MessageIt's going to be a hell of a challenge for us. It'll be more challenging this year than any other year, everyone will be out to stop us winning three in a row but we're going to put the work in throughout the winter, there's a lot of hard work ahead, but we're willing to roll our sleeves up."
Andrew Gale, Yorkshire County Cricket Club captain
Richard Edwards
Journalist, BBC Radio Leeds
I'm at Bridgewater Place in Leeds this morning.
I've learned the safety work needed to control the high winds around Yorkshire's tallest building has yet to start.
Two years ago a coroner said lives would be put at risk if these works weren't undertaken quickly.
The decision to close Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre in Cleckheaton was "faulty", the Local Government Ombudsman has found - a finding being supported by Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox., external
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Safety at hospitals run by the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS trust has been rated "inadequate", and overall the trust "requires improvement", according to a health watchdog report, external.
Image source, Bill Henderson/GeographSerious concerns over nurse staffing shortages at the trust, which runs hospitals in Dewsbury, Wakefield, and Pontefract, are highlighted in a recent report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Some improvement has been made in the last 12 months, but more needs to be done, according to the CQC.
Four gang members have been jailed, external after loaded firearms were seized from a "safe house" in Leeds on a night when guns were being openly carried on the streets of the city.
Image source, Yorkshire Evening PostBBC Look North's weather presenter Owain Wyn Evans has been inundated with questions from people asking where the winter chill's gone.
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Liam Ward
BBC Local Live, Leeds
The top stories in Leeds and West Yorkshire this morning include:
Leeds Labour MP Richard Burgon has told BBC Radio Leeds air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria can't stop terrorist attacks in Europe.
The first British airstrikes have been carried out over Syria, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Four RAF Tornados set off from Cyprus immediately after last night'sCommons vote to approve military action.
Richard Burgon, the Labour MP for Leeds East, joined party leader Jeremy Corbyn in voting against air strikes.
Quote MessageI don't believe bombing Syria can stop murderous terrorist fanatical lunatics in Paris or anywhere else, walking into a cinema, a concert hall or onto a beach and carrying out the unforgivable act of murdering civilians in cold blood."
Richard Burgon, Leeds East Labour MP
A new route from Leeds Bradford Airport to Newquay will be launched next year, the Department for Transport has confirmed, external.
Image source, Department for TransportFlights between Leeds Bradford and Newquay are set to begin in Spring 2016 and are part of a plan, announced by George Osborne in last week's Spending Review, external, to offer faster journey times within the UK.
The airport is one of 11 successful bidders to be awarded £7m of support from the Regional Air Connectivity Fund.
