Summary

  • 'Halloween ride-out' CCTV images released

  • Vandals smash police vans' windscreens

  • Two arrested over gunshots in Harehills

  • Robbers attack woman with hammer

  • Live updates on Friday 9 December 2016

  1. West Yorkshire's weather forecastpublished at 12:21 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2016

    Owain Wyn Evans
    Weather presenter, BBC Look North

    The rain will move away through the course of lunchtime into the afternoon, with brighter conditions to come this afternoon

    We will hang on to a lot of cloud, with light winds and temperature highs of up to 13C (55F).  

    Weather
  2. Travel update: Problems on the M62published at 11:59 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2016

    BBC Travel

    A lorry fire is causing some problems on the M62 this lunchtime. The eastbound carriageway is closed, with traffic being routed around the junction and back on again, between J22, (A672 Rishworth Moor) and J24 (A629 Ainley Top).

    It's having a knock-on with the westbound carriageway too, with smoke blowing across the road and people slowing to look.

    TrafficImage source, Highways England/Crown Copyright
  3. Man sparks 'carnage' on road in Ossettpublished at 11:42 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2016

    This was the scene on Spa Road in Ossett yesterday after a man caused what police are describing as "carnage".

    According to West Yorkshire Police, the man responsible ran off from the scene after this multi-vehicle crash.

    Officers soon caught up with him, however, and he's now being dealt with, they say.

    CrashImage source, West Yorkshire Police
    CrashImage source, West Yorkshire Police
  4. A third of pregnant women transferred from Pontefract to Wakefieldpublished at 11:01 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2016

    Almost a third of women admitted to give birth in a midwife-only unit in Pontefract end up having to be transferred to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, the BBC has learned.

    Pinderfields hospital

    There's a full maternity unit with consultants at the Wakefield unit, which means that if there are any problems with a birth more doctors are on hand. 

    It comes two years after official guidelines said midwife-led units are the safest for low risk births.   

    But the Birth Trauma Association is now warning there isn't the evidence to back up that claim and says it's concerned women are being misled.

  5. Two Bradford men jailed over drugs worth almost £1mpublished at 10:16 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2016

    Two men in Bradford have been jailed for being in possession of drugs worth almost £1m, external.

    CompositeImage source, West Yorkshire Police

    Kamran Hanif, 35, of Sewell Road, and Matthew Hurd, 24, of Woodview Terrace, were both arrested in June and have been sentenced at Bradford Crown Court to a total of 16 years in prison.

    Hanif was arrested carrying 15kg of heroin worth £937,500.

    Both men admitted a charge of conspiracy to supply class A drugs. Hurd also admitted possession with intent to supply cannabis.

    HeroinImage source, West Yorkshire Police
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    I hope the sentences passed to Hurd and Hanif reassure the public that we continue to be committed to tackling drug dealing. We will do everything within our power to bring [drug dealers] to justice."

    Det Ch Insp Warren Stevenson, West Yorkshire Police

  6. Watch: A fishy tale about a dress made from sea creaturespublished at 09:54 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2016

    Lady Gaga famously wore a dress made out of meat and, let's be honest, that's going to smell. 

    What could be worse? How about a dress made out of fish? Yes, that would be worse.

    Well it's happened, and it's happened in Wakefield with a dress designer creating an outfit from sea creatures.

    There are prawns, squid, mackerel to name just a few.

    But it's all for a good cause:

  7. Leeds United: Massimo Cellino 'surprised' by reports of 18-month banpublished at 09:26 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2016

    Leeds owner Massimo Cellino says he'll defend himself at a tribunal following reports the Football Association is to fine and ban him.

    CellinoImage source, Getty Images

    The Daily Mail reported, external Cellino will be banned for 18 months and fined £250,000 for breaching football agent rules.

    Cellino, 60, and the club have already been charged over the sale of Ross McCormack to Fulham in August 2014.

    If the Italian is banned, it will be the third time since he took over the Championship club in April 2014.

  8. Travel update: Problems on M1 northboundpublished at 09:07 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2016

    We're just getting reports of an accident on the M1 northbound at J36. This is the scene just before the junction:

    M1Image source, Crown copyright/Highways England
  9. Travel update: Problems on the A629published at 09:01 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2016

    BBC Travel

    We've got some queues on the A629 Halifax Road in both directions in Denholme at the Old Road junction. It's in the roadworks area.

  10. MP calls for 'honest debate' on post-Brexit immigrationpublished at 08:56 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2016

    It's time for people to tell politicians what they want to see done about immigration in Britain after the country leaves the EU, according to West Yorkshire Labour MP Yvette Cooper,

    Yvette CooperImage source, Getty Images

    The Pontefract and Castleford MP is to lead a group which will travel around the country asking our opinions about the rules we'd like to see in place following Brexit.

    Ms Cooper says: "We should be having a really honest debate all round the country about what sorts of reforms, what kinds of controls people want to see."

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    What it [the EU referendum] wasn't a debate about was what kinds of reforms people want, what kinds of controls on immigration what kinds of trade relationship we need. If we don't get a consensus around the final Brexit deal it will unravel."

    Yvette Cooper, MP for Pontefract and Castleford

  11. Travel update: Rain causing problems on public transportpublished at 08:33 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2016

    It's slow-going on the buses this morning:

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  12. Watch: West Yorkshire's weather forecastpublished at 08:12 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2016

    Owain Wyn Evans
    Weather presenter, BBC Look North

    It's a pretty wet start this morning, but will it be the same for the rest of the day?

    Watch my full forecast below:

  13. Good morning: Latest West Yorkshire updatespublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 8 December 2016

    Nick Wilmshurst
    BBC Local Live, Leeds

    Welcome to a wet and warmer than normal live stream of news, sport and weather for West Yorkshire. I'll be here until 18:00 with all the latest.

    It is unusually warm this morning: I took the gamble and left my big thick coat at home, and I feel liberated. Who needs coats?

    Weather

    But it is a wet one out there.. Here's the M62 looking very damp just after J24:

    M62Image source, Crown Copyright/Highways England
  14. Cellino 'surprised' by ban reportspublished at 18:41 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2016
    Breaking

    Leeds owner Massimo Cellino says he will "defend himself" after reports that the FA will fine and ban him.

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  15. Santa gives girl 'magical' sign messagepublished at 18:13 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2016

    A girl has a "magical" surprise when a Father Christmas begins to talk with her using sign language.

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  16. Five things that happened todaypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 7 December 2016

    Nick Wilmshurst
    BBC Local Live, Leeds

    That's it from me for today, I'll be back from 08:00 tomorrow morning. Updates on breaking news and travel will continue throughout the night.

    Before I go, let's have a look back at five of our best stories from the day:

    1. If you drive around Bradford, best invest in some beefed up bumpers
    2. They were cool in the 1920s but trams will probably never grace the streets of Leeds again
    3. Behind every padlock on a bridge, there's a story
    4. Beards aren't just the preserve of hipsters, they can do work for good as well
    5. My word, 1999 looks like a long time ago now.

    See you tomorrow!

    LUFCImage source, Getty Images