Last shift at Kellingley Colliery brings deep mining to an end
Eleven men guilty of child sex offences in Bradford
Two jailed after car driven into Bradford nightclub queue
Leeds City Art Gallery to close for a year to allow roof repairs
Updates on Friday 18 December 2015
Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, Leeds
That's the end of our live updates for today.Thanks very much for being with us on what's been an emotional day for all those involved in the mining industry in Yorkshire as the last shift took place at Kellingley Colliery:
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Image source, PAJoin us again from 08:00 on Monday, 21 December for more news, sport, travel and weather updates from across West Yorkshire.
BBC Look North, Yorkshire
Join Look North tonight at 18:30 on BBC One as Harry Gration broadcasts live from Kellingley Colliery on its last day of production. He'll be speaking to some of the people who have been working there over the past 50 years and asking why it's closing with 50 more years of reserves still underground.
Tonight any rain and drizzle will die away for most. Variable cloud and a moderate breeze. Another mild night with temperatures dropping to 12C (54F)
Tomorrow it'll be cloudy, with rain spreading into the west. Showery bursts further east at times too but some drier, brighter spells here as well, especially during the morning. Exceptionally mild.
Manchester United legend Paul Scholes and England rugby union World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson back former Leeds Rhinos captain Kevin Sinfield to clinch the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award this Sunday.
(The fact we're sharing this doesn't mean that we don't love you any more Lizzie Armitstead!)
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The top stories in West Yorkshire so far today include:
Charles Heslett
Journalist, BBC Radio Leeds
The closure of Kellingley colliery and the loss of 450 jobs will have a devastating effect on the local communities that surround what was the UK's last deep mine.
No-one knows that better than Paul Green, the steward of Kellingley Miners' Welfare Scheme Social Club in nearby Knottingley, which has just taken its last free delivery of coal from the pit to run its heating.
I spoke to Paul, he told me that the club will struggle to survive.
On the last day of production at Kellingley colliery, the Yorkshire Post comments on the symbolism, external of the closure on the pit.
Eleven men have been convicted of sex offences against an underage girlin West Yorkshire.
Image source, PAThe group, all from Bradford and Keighley, had denied assaulting the teenage girl between 2011 and 2012.
The jury heard the girl, aged 13 and 14 at the time, had been exploited and used for sex in various locations including an underground car park.
Three others were acquitted following a five-week trial at Bradford Crown Court.
It's long been a closely guarded secret, but now BBC Local Live can reveal what presenters do whilst a song is playing.
It's not pretty.
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If you've been wondering how steep the decline in the UK's coal industry has been, here's a very enlightening graphic.
As the Kellingley colliery produces its last coal, here's a chance to see what life was like for the miners at the coalface:
Dave Fletcher
BBC West Yorkshire Sport
Huddersfield Town defender Joel Lynch has admitted that training under new head coach David Wagner is tougher than he and his team mates are used to.
The squad are being put through double sessions and at times they are not used to.
But Lynch says that the ends, in terms of results, will justify the means
Leeds Art Gallery is to close for more than a year, external from 10 January so that "essential repairs to the original roof" can be made.
Image source, Malcolm MorrisAccording to Leeds City Council, more than 150 paintings and sculptures will go on loan to over 70 international, national and regional venues.
The gallery is set to reopen in spring 2017
A drunk driver who caused catastrophic injuries to a father-of-three, external when he deliberately ploughed into a group of people outside a Bradford nightclub has been jailed for 11 years.
Image source, Telegraph and ArgusThe latest headlines in West Yorkshire this lunchtime:
It may be the end of an era at the Kellingley pit, but some will keep it close for the rest of their lives.
The final shift has finished at the Kellingley colliery, ending 50 years of deep coal mining.
The last few miners are coming to the surface at Kellingley colliery today. The final shift ends at 12:45 today.
Image source, Getty ImagesAbout £150m worth of redundant mining equipment will be buried underground in sealed shafts once the last shift finshes at Kellingley Colliery, near Castleford, later today.
Colliery manager Shaun McLoughlin says investment at the site over the years has gone into state-of-the-art equipment, but because of wider pit closures there's now no demand for it.
Mr McLoughlin says: "It'll just be sealed underground. It costs too much to salvage it and there's no market even if we did salvage it. We've got some good mining machinery on the surface we've tried selling and we just can't, so that's going in the scrap bin for scrap value."
A miner leaves his last shift at Kellingley during the pit's final day of operation:
Image source, Getty ImagesThe colliery began production in 1965 and is the UK's last fully operational deep coal mine.
