BBC Local Live: Leeds and West Yorkshire on Friday 8 April 2016

Summary

Animal welfare charity puts up graphic sheep posters in West Yorkshire
Council set to tighten off-licence rules to cut street drinking in Armley
FC Halifax Town fans snapping up tickets for FA Trophy final at Wembley
Updates on Friday 8 April 2016

Live Reporting

Nick Wilmshurst

Animal welfare charity's sheep-shearing poster: Your reactionpublished at 11:50 British Summer Time 8 April 2016
Lots of you have been getting in touch on Radio Leeds' Facebook page, external, about the posters that have gone up in Halifax and Wakefield, claiming that sheep shearing can be cruel.
The animal welfare charity, PETA, has put up the posters, and they depict what appears to be a sheared sheep with a broken leg.
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Sheep grow wool if they were not sheared they would become so heavy like the one they found in Australia, and the tail end becomes infected with fly eggs that turn into lava, and start eating at the flesh.
Marylynn Asquith
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Farmers in this country are Quality controlled regularly,there is very little abuse to sheep as most are left to roam on out moors and are gathered in and looked after quite well
Andrew Lubelski
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In this imperfect world we live in, if we all became vegan, ALL animals currently bred for food would be killed as we would need the land for production of food. frown emoticon
Sandra Hunnebell
Travel update: Accident blocks J25 exit slip on M62 westboundpublished at 11:14 British Summer Time 8 April 2016
BBC Travel
Just one to watch out for if you're leaving the M62 at J25 westbound. There's an accident involving a lorry which has blocked the hard shoulder on the exit slip road.
Time's up! £1m winning lottery ticket goes unclaimedpublished at 10:38 British Summer Time 8 April 2016
Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, Leeds
All week we've been trying to find the winner of an unclaimed £1m winning lottery ticket. Believe me, we've been through the bins and down the back of the sofa here too.
Image source, Camelot
Unfortunately, for whoever has it, the deadline for the winner to claim the prize has now come and gone. Camelot says the money will go to help National Lottery-funded projects across the UK.
So if you find it today, I suspect you might have mixed feelings; you've just donated a large wadge of cash to charity. Good. You have to go back to work on Monday. Bad.
Streets to be named after miners who worked therepublished at 10:29 British Summer Time 8 April 2016
Streets on a new estate in Pontefract are to bear the names of some of the miners who once worked at the site.
Image source, Redrow
The Prince of Wales mine in Pontefract was founded in 1980 and closed in 2002. It's now being redeveloped for housing.
The names of three new roads have been chosen by miners who used to work there.
Today Colin Butterwick Square will be unveiled. It's been named in honour of a former under manager who worked at the pit from its opening. He'll be guest of honour at the ceremony.
Town fans snap up tickets for Wembleypublished at 10:02 British Summer Time 8 April 2016
Halifax Courier
FC Halifax Town fans have been snapping up tickets for the club’s FA Trophy final clash, external at Wembley - with 6,000 sold so far.
Image source, Halifax Courier
Listen: Shearing sheep 'no worse than haircut' says former MPpublished at 09:50 British Summer Time 8 April 2016
More on the posters that have been put up by an animal welfare charity in Wakefield and Halifax of the sheep, which they claim, have been badly beaten whilst being sheared.
PETA says it has put the posters up on billboards because the county of West Yorkshire was once known as "the wool capital of the world".
Former Batley and Spen MP Elizabeth Peacock, who has been associated with West Yorkshire's wool trade for decades, says PETA "should declare where the picture was taken".
Leeds student who suffered stroke mid-race prepares to run againpublished at 09:36 British Summer Time 8 April 2016
Yorkshire Evening Post
A young runner who suffered a stroke on a half marathon and had to have part of his skull removed is preparing to compete again, external after a brave recovery.
Image source, Yorkshire Evening Post
Your views: Will stricter off-licence rules cut street drinking in Armley?published at 09:27 British Summer Time 8 April 2016
Do you live in Armley? Have you noticed a problem with street drinking? A consultation on plans to deal with people who are getting drunk in public ends today.
Image source, Google
If approved by Leeds Council, it will mean that new off-licences will find it much more difficult to open on Town Street.
Existing shops will also be monitored more closely to ensure they're selling alcohol responsibly.
Do you think it'll make a difference? Drop me a line, let me know.
Travel update: Broken-down vehicle J30 M62 westboundpublished at 09:25 British Summer Time 8 April 2016
BBC Travel
That broken-down vehicle on the M62 westbound at J30 seems to have gone, so we're back to free flowing Friday everyone!
Latest headlines: Graphic posters on display in Halifax and Wakefield and consultation into problem drink hot-spot endspublished at 09:00 British Summer Time 8 April 2016
Here are the latest headlines from West Yorkshire:
- Shocking posters showing a badly-treated sheep have been unveiled by a nationwide anti-wool trade campaign in West Yorkshire
- A consultation on plans to deal with Armley's street drinking problem ends today
- Streets on a new estate in Pontefract are being named after the miners who used to work there when it was a pit
Graphic posters put up in West Yorkshirepublished at 08:46 British Summer Time 8 April 2016
If you're in Wakefield or Halifax you might have seen this poster on billboards around town.
Image source, peta
They've been put up by the PETA, the animal welfare charity, and are part of its anti-wool campaign. They show a sheep which has just been sheared and has had its leg broken.
We've cropped the image, but some have branded the image and campaign as "disgusting".
Travel update: One lane closed M62 Westbound J30published at 08:20 British Summer Time 8 April 2016
BBC Travel
Good news for commuters so far this morning, looks like it's a fairly light morning on the roads. For now.
Just one slight snag on the M62, where we've got one lane closed westbound between J30 (A642 Rothwell) and J29 (M1 Lofthouse). Nothing sinister, it's a broken-down vehicle.
Below is a map of our area, the grey boxes mean minor delays, the red ones mean something more severe.
Weather: Bright start will continue throughout the daypublished at 08:09 British Summer Time 8 April 2016
Kay Crewdson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
A dry and fine morning with patchy mist and fog clearing. For most a largely dry and bright day with light winds and feeling pleasant in the sunshine Afternoon highs around 12C (54F).
Good morning: Our live coverage for the daypublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 8 April 2016
Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, Leeds
Good morning one, good morning all! Welcome to your live feed of news, sport, weather and travel in West Yorkshire for Friday.
To illustrate how excited we are that it's Friday, here's a pic of how Brian Blessed might feel on a Friday..
Image source, EQview
If you spot anything we should be talking about, please feel free to drop me an email.