BBC Travel

If you're heading into Leeds this morning and planning to use the A65 Kirkstall Road - think again...

An accident overnight means the road's closed and there are major delays due to queuing traffic in both directions between the Milford Place junction and the Barnbrough Street junction.

There's currently serious congestion inbound to the B6157 Bridge Road junction and outbound to the Wellington Bridge Street junction.  

There are major traffic problems in Leeds this morning after a serious accident on the A65 Kirkstall Road overnight.

As a result of the accident, the road is going to be closed until at least 10:00, according to police.

And, of course, that means only one thing: gridlock. This is the scene on one road near Kirkstall Road.

I'm being told it's "absolute gridlock" with traffic at an absolute standstill.

Sarah Wakefield
BBC Radio Leeds News

The top stories from Leeds and West Yorkshire so far this morning include:

• There are big problems on one of the busiest routes into Leeds this morning after a serious accident, with the A65 Kirkstall Road closed since last night
• The government has confirmed the route for the second phase of the high-speed HS2 rail line from the West Midlands to Leeds and Crewe to Manchester
• It's day two of the trial of the man accused of murdering Batley and Spen MP MP Jo Cox in June

Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, Leeds

More on the news that a major route into Leeds city centre has been closed as police investigate a serious accident.

The A65 Kirkstall Road is currently closed between Milford Place and Bamburgh Street near Cardigan Fields in the Burley area.  

This was the scene near the road closure a little earlier:

I've been told by West Yorkshire Police that two vehicles have collided with a building and two people are believed to be seriously hurt.

The road is expected to be closed throughout the rush hour.

Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, Leeds

Good morning and welcome to our live feed of news, sport, weather and travel for West Yorkshire - I'll bring you updates throughout the day.

As you may have seen, there are big problems on the way into Leeds on the A65 this morning because of an accident overnight. 

Kirkstall Road is currently closed in both directions and as a result it's already pretty much gridlock on this main route into the city.

This was the scene a little earlier this morning:

The road's due to remain closed until at least 10:00, according to West Yorkshire Police. 

I'll bring you all the latest details from there as I get them.

Oli Woodcock
BBC Local Live, Leeds

Thanks for being with us today, posts will continue to update you on traffic and breaking news throughout the evening.

In the meantime let's look back at five things we didn't know when we woke up this morning:

• A jury's sworn in for the trial of the man accused of murdering Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox
• A bus company apologises for disruption across West Yorkshire as hundreds of its drivers go on strike
• Championship rugby league club Bradford Bulls are placed in administration for the third time
• Skywatchers are preparing for the latest "supermoon" as Earth's satellite makes its closest approach since 1948
• Plus, the former Labour MP for Morley and Outwood, Ed Balls, survives another week in Strictly Come Dancing.. An interesting watch..

If you spot something happening where you live, which you think we should know about, you can always get in touch with us by email.

Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

Cloudy and mild with a little hill drizzle, perhaps longer outbreaks of rain onto the Pennines by dawn. Minimum temperature of about 10C (50F).

A cloudy start to Tuesday with patchy outbreaks of rain more especially in the west, becoming dry and bright through the morning with afternoon sunshine developing. Maximum temperature of about 14C (57F). Moderate westerly wind.

Dave Fletcher
BBC West Yorkshire Sport

Bradford City manager Stuart McCall says Billy Clarke deserves the plaudits following his 100th appearance for the club at the weekend.

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The Irishman scored the Bantams' first goal and set up the second in their 4-0 win against Rochdale. 

McCall says: "He's got a fantastic attitude to training. He trains like he plays and leads by example. He's determined and, above all, he's a good, good player and on top of his form.

"I'm delighted for him. Not only for the goal he got, but also the delivery. I'm very pleased."

Police are appealing for information following a knife point robbery at a Leeds shop.

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At about 14.40 on Sunday 13 November a man entered Sheikh's Store, in Beeston Road, and pushed the lone 28-year-old female member of staff to the floor, threatened her with a kitchen knife and demanded cash.

The man grabbed a quantity of cigarettes from the behind the counter and ran from store.　

He was described as white, aged 28 to 35, about 5ft 5ins tall, skinny, with short hair.

Two rare envelopes sent by author Charlotte Bronte to her life-long friend are expected to fetch up to £1,200 when they go under the hammer.

Friends of a woman originally from Bradford - who has been missing for more than four weeks - have travelled to Merseyside to join efforts to find her.

Mother-of-one Anita Stevenson, 39, was last seen by her partner at their home in Tranmere, Wirral on 18 October.

A 41-year-old man from Birkenhead was arrested on suspicion of murder and later released on bail.

BBC Travel

Very slow traffic and queuing traffic on the A660 Otley Road, in both directions, between the Drummond Avenue junction and the Ashwood Villas junction in Leeds. In the roadworks area.

BBC Radio Leeds has travel and traffic updates throughout the afternoon to keep you moving.  

Skywatchers are preparing for the latest "supermoon" as Earth's satellite makes its closest approach since 1948.

The UK's best chance to see it will be on Monday evening, with the moon set to rise at 16:43 GMT in Edinburgh and at 16:44 in London.

To observers, it will appear about 7% larger than normal and about 15% brighter - although the human eye is barely able to discern that difference.

A man shouted "Britain First" as he shot and stabbed Labour MP Jo Cox to death in a "cowardly attack", the Old Bailey has heard.

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Thomas Mair, 53, allegedly murdered Mrs Cox outside her constituency surgery in Birstall, near Leeds, on 16 June.

On the opening day of his trial, the prosecution told jurors the 41-year-old was "brutally murdered... in what was a planned and pre-meditated murder for a political and/or ideological cause".

Dementia, including Alzheimer's Disease, has overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death in England and Wales, latest figures reveal.

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Last year, more than 61,000 people died of dementia - 11.6% of all recorded deaths.

The Office for National Statistics, external says the change is largely due to an ageing population.

Oli Woodcock
BBC Local Live, Leeds

Did you catch Strictly over the weekend?

The former Labour MP for Morley and Outwood, Ed Balls, and Katya Jones, danced the salsa to 'Gangnam Style' by Psy.

He's through to Blackpool..

Halifax Courier

Firefighters from across the, external county were called to a derelict industrial site in Gas Works Lane, after being called to the incident at about 05:45 on Sunday.

Image source, Halifax Courier

BBC Radio Leeds

Drink-fuelled crime's risen sharply in Leeds, with an extra extra 200 offences reported in the city centre in the space of a year.

It's happening at weekends in the Call Lane area, known as a "red zone" because of the number of pubs and bars there.

West Yorkshire Police say violent crime is four times higher in Call Lane than Leeds' other red zones.

Insp Andy Berriman explains more to BBC Radio Leeds reporter Richard Edwards:

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

A cloudy but mild afternoon with some sunny spells, particularly further east, with temperatures responding nicely.

Cloud may be thick enough at times to produce the odd spot of drizzle with temperature highs of about 13C (55F).

Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale is named first-team coach, following Jason Gillespie's exit at the end of last season.