Armley vet guilty of animal cruelty after animals found in 'dungeon'
Transport chiefs urged to speed up Leeds-Bradford Airport rail link plans
Yorkshire farmers may get EU funds to pay for anti-flooding measures
Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth sculptures given listed status
Updates on Friday 22 January 2016
More than 30,000 people have now signed an online petition against Huddersfield losing its accident and emergency service.
NHS bosses are consulting on whether A+E should be centralised in Halifax, meaning people living in Huddersfield would have to travel there, or to Leeds and Barnsley.
A vet and his assistant have been found guilty of neglect, external after police found 12 husky dogs "living in squalor" under a trap door in the cellar of their Leeds surgery.
Image source, Ross Parry AgencyIf you were a council, how many shovels would you buy to clean up the streets after the floods? Luckily, Calderdale Council has supplied the answer.
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Adam Pope
BBC West Yorkshire Sport
Leeds United winger Stuart Dallas says nobody at Elland Road is writing the season off yet.
Jenny Eells
MyBradford Producer, BBC Radio Leeds
Children who have been excluded from school in Bradford are being warned off a life of crime through street art.
Bradford Centre of Excellence has teamed up with Bristol-based graffiti artist and tutor Nick Halahan to teach them the realities of living on the wrong side of the law.
You can find out more here:
The top stories in West Yorkshire this morning include:
The Holme Valley had a taste of the Arctic at dusk on Wednesday, external with the appearance of the Northern Lights., external
Eagle-eyed photographer Matthew Woodhall captured the lights from Holme Moss after tracking the sun’s particles.
Image source, Matthew WoodhallIf you've been wondering what all those tents are doing in Millennium Square in Leeds, this is why.
The Ice Cube ice skating rink is back, external from today. Would you believe it's now in its 16th year?
Image source, Leeds City CouncilMore on the news that 41 pieces of post-war public art around the UK, including this example in Leeds, have been given Grade II protected status.
Image source, Historic EnglandA Celebration of Engineering Sciences sits above the entrance to the Mechanical Engineering Building at the University of Leeds.
Image source, Historic EnglandAnother work given listed status is Henry Moore's Knife Edge Two Piece (pictured above),which sits opposite the Houses of Parliament, in London. Castleford-born Moore has been described as "one of England's most important avant-garde artists".
Reason to be smug if you live in Bradford and your council have done their sums correctly!
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Richard Edwards
Journalist, BBC Radio Leeds
I'm in Elland today, reporting on the footbridge that will open at 4pm, but an unsafe bridge isn't the only thing the flood waters left behind.
As you can see below, the rubbish that remains in the River Calder is still plain to see.
Warnings have been issued over the long-term impact of the Boxing Day floods, external on Yorkshire’s economy amid new evidence of the scale of damage on the worst-hit communities.
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BBC Travel
The A646 Burnley Road in Mytholmroyd is partially blocked and is causing delays in both directions between the B6138 New Road junction and the Brearley Lane junction. All down to an accident.
Details are emerging of plans to pay farmers in Yorkshire who manage their land in a way that helps prevent flooding in towns and cities.
Image source, PAThe Environment Secretary, Liz Truss, says she will use EU farm grants to incentivise English landowners to catch water on their fields.
Farmers in areas vulnerable to flash floods might be paid to turn pastureland to woodland, or they may allow mini-dams to be built to hold water until rains subside.
Works by West Yorkshire sculptors Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore have been given Grade II protected status.
Image source, Historic EnglandHepworth's Winged Figure on London's Oxford Street and Single Form (Memorial) in Battersea Park (both above), along with 39 others by various artists, were listed on advice from Historic England.
Quote MessageNot only are they magnificent sculptures but they are also an important part of our history."
Tracey Crouch, Heritage minister
The top stories in West Yorkshire this morning include:
There are calls for plans for a future rail link to Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) to be brought forward.
A consultation is currently under way on two options for a link road to LBA, but the rail link idea is only mentioned as part of "longer term planning".
We asked people who had been to see the plans what they thought:
Kay Crewdson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
A cloudy morning with outbreaks of rain, heavy at times, pushing in from the west along with strong and gusty winds. It'll get much milder, afternoon temperatures reaching 10C (50F).
Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, Leeds
Welcome to today's live coverage for Leeds and West Yorkshire, get your shorts on, it's going to be a tropical 10C today!
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