Keighley News

A proposal that civil servants and other public office holders should swear an oath to British values does not address the root causes of extremism, according to a Keighley councillor, external.

Keighley town councillor Anayat Mohammad has responded to an idea put forward by Communities Secretary Sajid Javid.

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Good news for drivers on the M1 after so much disruption earlier today due to an accident.

The road is now reported to be busy but moving with just one lane closed in both directions at J42, M62 (Lofthouse).

There's a call for a new approach to flood prevention as the BBC learns rivers in West Yorkshire are peaking at their highest ever level. 

One year on from the downpours that devastated parts of West Yorkshire, it's emerged the Aire and the Calder both peak at higher levels than they did in the 1970s.

In the meantime, here's some work that's been completed today by the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme:

Paul Hudson
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

This afternoon will be generally dry but cloudy. 

The top temperature will be about 8C (46F) with a light and variable wind.

The disappearance of a 15-year-old girl from her home in Leeds has sparked a police appeal to help find her, external.

Image source, West Yorkshire Police

Kate Hunter, from Wetherby, was reported missing in the early hours of Saturday after she failed to come home on Friday night from the centre of Leeds.

She was last seen between 22:00 and 23:00 at the McDonald's on Briggate with the man in the CCTV images.

Police say they want to urgently identify the man. Do you know who he is?  

BBC Sport looks at how the legal battle for Denny Solomona could be a landmark moment for rugby players.

BBC Travel

It's been a busy morning on the roads around West Yorkshire.

Thankfully, there's just one incident left - for now.

One lane remains closed and there's slow traffic on the M1 in both directions at J42, M62 (Lofthouse), because of an accident earlier on and barrier repairs.  

Why not check out our @bbcyorkshire, external feed on Instagram for some beautiful captures of our great region? 

Just tag your posts #bbcyorkshire for a chance to be featured. 

A Huddersfield policewoman who appealed for Christmas presents for two young boys in foster care on Twitter has been overwhelmed with thousands of gifts. 

PC Sally Baines tweeted on Friday that she was "heartbroken" the children had never had pillows, toothbrushes or toys.

And here's how people responded: 

Britain's last deep coal miners walked off their final shift one year ago. BBC News has caught up with some of the 450 men who worked at Kellingley Colliery, near Knottingley, to find out how they have moved on since losing their jobs.

At its height, Kellingley employed more than 2,000 workers and its closure brought to an end centuries of deep coal mining in Britain.

Known locally as the Big K, the largest deep pit in Europe was hailed as the new generation of coal mining. Its miners could bring up to 900 tonnes an hour to the surface.

Now many of the former subterranean workers at Kellingley find themselves in a totally different environment: 

It's being claimed that cities like Leeds can never be properly protected from flooding. 

A year on from the floods which devastated parts of West Yorkshire, the BBC's learned that rivers here are peaking at their highest ever levels. 

Professor Dieter Helm from Oxford University, an expert on flooding, says there needs to be a rethink of how our rivers are managed:

The MP for Shipley, Philip Davies, will find out more today about his effort to get on to a committee of MPs dealing with women and equalities. 

The Conservative MP nominated himself unopposed to the Women and Equalities Committee and this will be considered by the Commons today.

Mr Davies says he's keen to highlight equality issues for men as well as women and hopes to see the body renamed simply as the Equalities Committee:

BBC Travel

There's one lane closed on M1 northbound between J39, A636 (Wakefield) and J40, A638 (Ossett), because of a broken down vehicle.  

BBC Travel

The M62's partially blocked and there's slow traffic westbound between J23, A640 (Huddersfield) and J22, A672 (Rishworth Moor) on the M62 because of an accident involving lorry and car.  

BBC Travel

Severe delays continue on the on M1 northbound at J42, M62 (Lofthouse).

There's queuing traffic and the main road is closed, with traffic being routed around the junction and back on again,  because of recovery work, a jackknifed lorry and a spillage on the road. 

Diversion in operation. Congestion to J39, A636 (Wakefield).  

Traffic is, at least, now reported as busy but moving...

Twenty five years to the day since Mytholmroyd pensioner Agnes Ogden was found murdered, police are making a fresh appeal to find her killer, external.

Image source, West Yorkshire Police

Mrs Ogden, 88, was found dead at her home in Erringden Road on 19 December 1991. She'd been hit in the face and strangled.

It is not clear whether anything was stolen from her house, and no motive has ever been established for the attack.　  

Police believe someone in the local area knows the identity of her killer and "it's time for that person to come forward".

Det Supt Jim Dunkerley says: "Mrs Ogden was a much-loved and respected local woman who was the victim of a savage attack in her own home.　

"We've never closed this case and are now conducting a review to try and determine what happened and who was responsible for a death which rightly shocked residents across West Yorkshire at the time."

Not quite the top spot, but Leeds' Alistair Brownlee was as pleased as punch with his runner-up spot at the Sports Personality of the Year Awards last night.

Alistair's had a good year: he retained the Olympic triathlon title at Rio and made headlines when he helped his exhausted brother over the line at the Triathlon World Series in Mexico:

The quest to find King Arthur's Camelot has puzzled and intrigued scholars and fans for over a thousand years - and it turns out the true location of Camelot could be in West Yorkshire. 

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A retired Bangor University professor has revealed he believes a small Roman fort at Slack, outside Hebden Bridge, was the location for the mythical ruler's legendary court.

Prof Peter Field, a renowned expert in Arthurian literature, says: "It was quite by chance. I was looking at some maps, and suddenly all the ducks lined up. I believe I may have solved a 1,400-year-old mystery."

Prof Field, who taught at Bangor from 1964 to 2004, has been researching the location of Camelot for the past 18 months.  

David Rhodes
BBC News, Yorkshire

Half of all the money earmarked for new flood defences in England will be spent on protecting London and areas around the Thames, official figures show.  

Analysis by BBC Yorkshire has found £1.8bn will be spent on the Thames Estuary out of a £3.7bn national flood spending programme.

About 16,000 homes were flooded across the North of England a year ago, including in Leeds (pictured).

The Environment Agency said it invested money "where it will have the most benefit".

The disparity in regional flood defence spending comes as many flood victims remain homeless, 12 months after storms Desmond and Eva devastated parts of West and North Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria.

BBC Travel

The M1 Northbound is still closed at J42 with queues as far back as J39.

The main carriageway is closed due to a jackknifed lorry and a spillage on the road. 

One lane is still closed southbound with queues to J43 at Belle Isle

Image source, Highways England/Crown Copyright

The main road is closed, with traffic being routed around the junction and back on again. 

Diversion in operation. Congestion to J39, A636 (Wakefield).

The police have tweeted this picture of the scene a little earlier: