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
Wow, check this out. It's what the Emley Moor transmitter would look like were it in an 80s band that only did ballads.
Thanks to Lee Ward for sending this in to BBC Weather Watchers.
Image source, Lee Ward
BBC West Yorkshire Sport
Tonight Huddersfield Town are away at Burton Albion and the Terriers have no new injury concerns as they hope for consecutive wins for the first time since October.
Sean Scannell (leg), Mark Hudson (hamstring) and Joe Lolley (foot) are long-term absentees who remain out for David Wagner's side.
Kick-off's at 19:45
Image source, Getty ImagesMatch facts
Earlier I was telling you about the number drivers arrested for being drunk since West Yorkshire Police launched this year's anti drink-drive appeal. (It was 100 if you weren't paying attention.)
Well these photos show the result of having had a few too many and trying to drive home:
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceThis happened in Guiseley in Leeds and the driver has been arrested.
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceBradford needs to get rid of sugary drinks in places like swimming pools, to tackle its obesity crisis.
Image source, PAThat's according to Liberal Democrat councillors in Bradford who will today propose a motion to start getting rid of high calorie drinks in all council buildings, including local authority schools.
The leader of Bradford Council's Conservatives, Simon Cooke, is an outspoken critic of the proposal, calling it the "nanny state in action".
But Lib Dem councillor Alun Griffiths, who is also a GP, has hit back saying the council has a responsibility to look after children.
Leeds midfielder Kalvin Phillips (pictured) will miss tonight's clash between Leeds and Reading as he serves a one-match suspension after his red card in Friday's defeat by Brighton.
Image source, Getty ImagesFellow midfielder Eunan O'Kane is struggling with a groin injury, and forward Pablo Hernandez is still out with a hamstring strain.
Kick-off's at 19:45.
Match facts
Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
This afternoon will see cloud and outbreaks of light rain continuing to affect most areas.
It will, perhaps, become more isolated and turn to drizzle by dusk.
Top temperatures will be about 9C (48F).
BBC Radio Leeds
The top stories from Leeds and West Yorkshire this lunchtime include:
A man from Wakefield has been jailed for 16 months and two weeks for running over an 11-year-old boy in his tractor, while being three times the drink-drive limit.
Image source, Whitlam familyHarry Whitlam died after the tractor reversed into him at Swithens Farm in Rothwell in 2013.
An inquest heard Gary Green, 51, of Bradburn Road, Wakefield, was almost three times the legal alcohol limit on the day of the crash.
He was not prosecuted at the time as it happened on private land, but he admitted breaching health and safety rules earlier this year.
Engineering, manufacturing and chemical companies in Leeds say they're looking to take on new staff next year.
Image source, Mark StevensonResearch by employment group Manpower reveals there's been a big increase in the number of firms in Yorkshire who're expecting to be hiring in the coming months.
But opportunities in the public sector are expected to fall in the early part of 2017, according to Manpower.
A student has been sent to a young offender institution after he was convicted of sex offences against two women, external.
Image source, Huddersfield Examiner/West Yorkshire PoliceA Wakefield charity shop which was robbed of cash and jewellery has received help from local businesses and the police to get back on its feet in time for Christmas.
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceThe Banardo's shop on Stanley Road was targeted by thieves between Thursday 17 November and Friday 18 November.
They ransacked the store room, stole stock and damaged internal doors.
But local police officers have now raised £200 from their tuck shop and stock and new security systems have been donated by local shops.
Quote MessageThe attack on such a well-known charity was a particularly callous offence, especially given that it took place just before Children in Need day. The people who broke in caused a significant amount of damage in store and I think the nature of what has taken place has caused real offence among people in Wakefield."
PCSO Nicola Curtis, West Yorkshire Police
People behind a campaign to keep a swimming pool open in Queensbury are to voice their concerns today.
Image source, GoogleThe Victoria Hall pool has been earmarked for closure by Bradford Council, which say it's too expensive to run and that the number of people using it is "very low".
But figures obtained from the council show there were more than 40,000 visits to the pool last year.
Members of the group are due to make their views known at a Bradford Council meeting later.
Quote MessageThe figures the council provided show that it is used. Sixteen schools currently use it, so there are definitely enough schoolchildren who attend on a regular basis."
Sian Stebbings, Campaign leader
BBC Look North's Paul Hudson has paid tribute to former TV weather forecaster Ian McCaskill, who's died aged 78.
Image source, PAMr McCaskill, who had been living with dementia for the past five years, lived in a care home in South Milford near Selby.
Paul Hudson, BBC Look North's weather presenter, who co-wrote the book Frozen In Time with Mr McCaskill, said he was "really sorry" to hear of his death.
"We had great fun writing our book Frozen In Time. A warm, funny, generous and kind man," he added.
A total of 108 people have so far been arrested since the launch of West Yorkshire Police's festive anti-drink and drug-driving campaign, according to the force, external.
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceThe campaign was launched on 1 December.
More than half of the motorists have been charged with being over the prescribed alcohol limit, while 20 were found to have taken drugs - although only one has been charged so far.
A Christmas single in memory of murdered Batley and Spen MP Jo Cox is to have the VAT on sales given to charity, the chancellor has announced.
Image source, Brendan CoxIt's a cover version of the Rolling Stones classic You Can't Always Get What You Want, and will raise money for a charity set up in her name.
The Jo Cox Foundation supports a range of charities championed by the late MP.
The recording features musicians including Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson, Cockney Rebel's Steve Harley, KT Tunstall and David Gray.
BBC West Yorkshire Sport
Premiership side Sale Sharks have announced the cross-code signing of Castleford Tigers winger Denny Solomona on a three-year deal.
Image source, Swpix.comThe 23-year-old was registered in Sale's Champions Cup squad last week despite the move not being confirmed.
Cas are taking legal action after Solomona did not report for pre-season having "resigned" from rugby league with two years left on his contract.
"He is a great player," said Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond.
Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
It's been a dull start, but how will the rest of the day shape up?
Check out my full forecast below:
If you're not sure with what to do with your old samurai sword, it's probably best not to put it in the recycling bin.
That's the latest advice from Wakefield Council.
Image source, Wakefield CouncilThe authority's just tweeted this picture of a collection of dangerous items people have put in their green bin, and it does, indeed, include two samurai swords.
The council has a very useful page on its website, external showing you what you can and can't stick in there.
Police are appealing for help in finding a North Yorkshire teenager who's been missing for nearly two days, external and is now believed to have travelled to the Bristol area.
Image source, North Yorkshire PoliceLilibeth Ambler-Lomax, 13, from Tadcaster, was last seen by her father at Huddersfield Railway Station on Sunday afternoon and she was due to get a train to York. However, she failed to return home at the expected time and was reported missing at 19:30 on Sunday.
Police now believe Lilibeth has travelled to Bristol and are appealing to anyone who has seen her, had contact with her, or knows where she is now, to contact them.
She's described as white, 5ft 7ins tall, with shoulder length, brown and auburn wavy hair.
When she was last seen, she was wearing a grey sweatshirt, black bomber jacket, blue jeans and was carrying a tan-coloured hand bag and a black cabin bag on wheels.
Junior footballers were left shaken following violence at a children’s team training session. A man was arrested and another man taken to hospital, external following the incident during a training session for Kirkheaton Youth FC U9s at Leeds Road Playing Fields.
Image source, Huddersfield Examiner
