Missing Essex teenager could be in Leedspublished at 16:47 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
A missing teenager from Essex is believed to have travelled to Leeds, external.
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Leeds bell-ringers 'reject York Minster plea'
Fresh appeal over 'brutal' fatal attack in Bradford park
Police search for 'big man' after robbery in Bradford
Charity single released in memory of Jo Cox MP
Live updates on Friday 16 December 2016
Missing Essex teenager could be in Leedspublished at 16:47 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
Image source, Yorkshire PostHave your say on Go Ape at Roundhay Parkpublished at 16:37 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
Back in October, Leeds City Council gave the go-ahead for an aerial obstacle course at Roundhay Park. From today you can have your say on whether you think it's a good idea or not.
Image source, Go ApeThe council are asking for the public's views on a "Go Ape" that will be based in the park.
You can give them your two pence worth via their website, external, you have until 7 January to do it.
West Yorkshire in pictures: Elland Bridgepublished at 16:14 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
Here's a great view from the currently closed Elland Bridge.
It was sent to us by one of the stonemasons who are rebuilding it following the Boxing Day floods.
You can send your pictures to BBC Weather Watchers.
Image source, MarkAcres of farmland could be concreted over, but residents fear people don't knowpublished at 16:04 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
Forty acres of open fields could make way for industrial units and 1,100 new homes, yet residents say many people in the Dearne Valley still don’t know about it, external.
Image source, Huddersfield Daily ExaminerMan dies 'fleeing unmarked police car'published at 15:52 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
A man has died apparently fleeing from a police patrol car in West Yorkshire.
Read MoreNo thank you, I live in the proper Leedspublished at 15:38 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
If you live in Leeds, how often do you find yourself shouting at a computer/phone/tablet when you tell the device you live in Leeds?
More often than not it'll gleefully ask you if you mean Leeds village in Kent. NO! Of course I don't. I don't live in the place that's home to 790 people, I live in the place that has 767,000 people.
And now Facebook's at it, this time offering one of our colleagues here at BBC Leeds a hotel in Leeds, but with a picture of Leeds Castle in Kent.
AAAAHHHHHHH!
Image source, FacebookCalderdale has highest number of 'under-performing' primary schoolspublished at 15:20 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
Calderdale Council's been named as having one of the highest number of under-performing primary schools in the country.
Image source, ThinkstockThe figures come from the latest primary school league tables, which are based on the new tougher tests last summer.
Nationally, only 53% of final year pupils passed the SATS and headteachers are urging parents to ignore the results.
Councillor 'should resign' over offensive Jo Cox postpublished at 14:59 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
A councillor who posted an offensive message on social media in the wake of MP Jo Cox's murder should resign, a committee has concluded.
Image source, Beverley Town CouncilDominic Peacock, 60, was expelled from the Conservative party for mocking a fundraising effort in memory of the MP.
East Riding of Yorkshire Council's standards committee called his comments "offensive, crude and disrespectful".
Mr Peacock can continue until the 2019 election. He is yet to comment on the finding.
Demonstration over Orgreave decisionpublished at 14:44 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
Former Yorkshire miners are demonstrating in London today over the decision not to investigate events at the so-called Battle of Orgreave.
Members of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign will be outside the Home Office where, last October, it was decided there was no need for a public inquiry.
The campaign says there are still unanswered questions about the confrontation between thousands of pickets and police during the year-long miners' strike.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said there have been major changes to policing since 1984 and an inquiry would not be in the public interest.
Plans to convert former Leeds Green Flag call centrepublished at 14:15 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
A former call centre in Leeds which employed 750 staff is to be turned into an apartment complex following a £10m investment, external.
Image source, Yorkshire Evening PostSheffield Eagles RL club to play at Wakefieldpublished at 14:03 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
A South Yorkshire rugby league club has said it has been forced to move almost 30 miles away from its home city to a new base in West Yorkshire.
Image source, Wakefield TrinitySheffield Eagles said it had failed to find a venue in the city for the 2017 season, but had reached agreement to use Wakefield Trinity's Belle Vue Stadium.
The club has been without a permanent home since the 2013 demolition of the Don Valley Stadium.
Sheffield City Council said it was working with the club to secure its future in the city.
Weather: Forecast for this afternoonpublished at 13:46 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look NorthIf you're looking for some sunshine this afternoon, forget it.
We've got dull, damp and misty conditions, with a few spots of drizzle possible.
Maximum temperature about 9C (48F).
CCTV protection for Leeds taxi customerspublished at 12:50 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
If you're heading out for your work's Christmas party soon, then you're being promised extra protection if you're getting a taxi home in Leeds.
Image source, GoogleLeeds City Council says it'll be extending the use of CCTV cameras to monitor movements of the cars - and analysing footage to prosecute drivers who breach their licences by illegally plying for hire.
Quote MessageThere has been increased concern for public safety due to severe traffic congestion and unlawful parking as well as plying for hire activity at a number of locations."
Councillor James Lewis, Leeds City Council
West Yorkshire in pictures: Leeds Corn Exchangepublished at 12:24 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
Have you seen the Corn Exchange in Leeds in the last few weeks?
It's been all lit up for Christmas and doesn't it look nice?
It's part of a series of installations across the city which is lighting up buildings.
Leeds and Shanghai universities to work more closelypublished at 11:59 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
The University of Leeds is to strengthen its relationship with one of the big colleges in China - in a move which will also lead to students from both countries working more closely together.
Image source, Peter PotrowlIt's signed a "memorandum of understanding" with Shanghai Jiao Tong University (pictured), which paves the way for more co-operation on research projects, such as engineering, science and humanities.
Leeds University says it hopes the results will have an impact across the world.
Follow @bbcyorkshire on Instagrampublished at 11:40 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
Are you on Instagram? Why not follow us @bbcyorkshire, external for daily stunning images of our region?
You can tag your posts #bbcyorkshire for a chance to be featured too.
Watch: Festive transformation for former phoneboxpublished at 11:19 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
Check out this ex-phonebox in Kirklees which has been turned into a Christmas decoration for everyone to enjoy.
The villagers of Upper Hopton, near Mirfield, have transformed it into a Christmas scene and BT are hoping more imaginative uses for their boxes will follow.
There are more than 200 phones boxes across Yorkshire due to be decommissioned, 50 of them are red and BT are encouraging people to adopt them.
Force refers itself to police watchdog after man's deathpublished at 10:50 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
A 29-year-old man has died after he fled a police patrol car in Shelf last night.
Image source, GoogleThe man, who was driving a red Seat Ibiza, made off from the police car on Halifax Road at about 20:40 on Wednesday.
The car then crashed into a house near Cooper Lane. The man suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.
West Yorkshire Police say an immediate referral has been made to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
'Flood hub' opens in Kirkstallpublished at 10:32 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
A new hub to give people advice on flooding has opened on Kirkstall Road in Leeds, external - an area particularly affected by the flooding which hit parts of West Yorkshire last Christmas.
Image source, Leeds City CouncilThe Team Kirkstall Regeneration Hub will give people easy access to flood resilience advice and provide an opportunity to share local knowledge, according to Leeds City Council.
Across Leeds, the Boxing Day floods affected more than 2,000 homes and 600 businesses.
Phase one of a £50m Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme, external should be complete by summer 2017 and aims to increase protection against flooding from the River Aire and the Hol Beck on Water Lane.
A festive fun frenzy of a forecastpublished at 10:10 Greenwich Mean Time 15 December 2016
Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look NorthI've put together a bit of a festive forecast just for fun.
It includes a quick peak at my Christmas socks.
How could you resist?(!)
