The city's director of public health issues a warning after a rise in coronavirus cases.

Drivers in Leeds are being warned to expect "long delays" due to a police incident on the M621 this morning

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The road is closed in both directions between junction 7 for Stourton and junction 4 for Hunslet.

Highways England say there is currently about four miles of congestion, "which is likely to add around 30 minutes onto usual journey times".

Drivers are being asked to avoid the area while those who are in the trapped traffic are being asked to stay in their vehicles as Highways England and the police work to turn cars around.

A police incident has closed the M621 in Leeds this morning.

Highways England says the motorway is closed in both directions between junction 7 for Stourton to junction 4 for Hunslet, with all entry slips between being closed:

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Shipley and Keighley near Bradford will get more than £1.5m for regeneration projects - including new cycle lanes and footpaths plus better school walking routes.

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Each town will receive £750k from the government's Towns Fund scheme to "drive long-term economic growth" and Bradford Council, divvying up the money, said as many people as possible should be able to share the benefits.

A variety of small schemes have been chosen, including a new path and cycle route between Shipley, Baildon and Saltaire, bus gates, digital information boards and more CCTV.

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The money will also be spent in parks like Northcliffe in Shipley, and Cliffe Castle and Devonshire in Keighley - and around £85k each will be given to Worth Valley Railway in Keighley, and Victoria Hall in Saltaire.

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Dr John Wright looks at the kit installed in a Bradford mosque in the hope of limiting the spread of Covid-19.

The Victorian Society releases its annual list of 10 important buildings most at risk of being lost.

Bradford City sign Leeds United full-back Bryce Hosannah on a season-long loan deal.

A mobile testing unit is at Ulster Yarns' factory after 22 staff became infected in the outbreak.

Leeds Beckett student Ellie Meehan and flatmates are self-isolating after one caught Covid-19.

Firefighters say the blaze at an industrial estate in Birstall was as a result of a diesel fire in a building.

West Yorkshire fire service deployed ten vehicles to the incident and a number of roads were closed in the area round the Norquest Industrial Estate on Pheasant Drive in the town earlier this evening.

Kirklees Council initially advised residents in the vicinity to close doors and window - but have now said that is no longer necessary.

There are not believed to be any casualties from the fire, which sent a plume of black smoke, visible for miles, into the sky.

The blaze is said to be under control.

Craig Sunderland says not being at his wife's hospital bedside left him "absolutely devastated".

A number of roads have been closed and nearby residents advised to close doors and windows after an explosion in Birstall linked to an oil tanker.

The incident on the Norquest Industrial Estate has sent a plume of black smoke into the sky.

Ten fire appliances are at the scene but West Yorkshire Fire Service and Kirklees Council both say they believe there have been no casualties.

Some of the surrounding roads are closed and being staffed by police.

Kirklees Council said on Twitter: "Fumes from the explosion are a minimum risk to public health but residents in the area should shut windows and doors to limit exposure.

"No evacuation is needed of the surrounding area and the motorway will not be closed."

A photo posted online shows cable ties securing the gate at Marsden House in Leeds.

Police are asking for witnesses to come forward after a boy was seriously injured in a crash in a West Yorkshire village.

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The boy was hit by a grey Range Rover Evoque travelling along Miry Lane towards Holmfirth at the junction with Longlands Bank in Thongsbridge.

It happened at about 15:35 yesterday afternoon.

The boy's injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

The driver of the Range Rover stopped at the scene, police say.

Anybody who saw the collision, or the circumstances leading up to it, are asked to get in touch with police.

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Wakefield’s twinning partnerships with two Chinese cities will be axed over human rights concerns, it’s been confirmed.

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The district signed a friendship agreement with Nanning in May last year, in a move which was hailed at the time as good for local businesses.

It followed a similar arrangement being forged with the city of Xiangyang in 2016.

But Wakefield Council’s Labour leader Denise Jeffery said on Monday that both partnerships would be scrapped in light of international criticism of China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims.

Mrs Jeffery said: “Members of the Labour group are deeply concerned about the alleged treatment of Uyghur Muslims by the Chinese state.

“The violation of people’s human rights is simply not acceptable.

“I have now received a number of responses from individuals and groups, including members of our district’s Asian communities, who believe that the council should re-consider our relationship with our sister cities.

“We have listened to people’s views and have therefore taken the decision to withdraw from our current twinning arrangements with China.”

Leaders in Liverpool, Leeds and Manchester warn their hospitality sectors are at risk of collapse.

Mia Wright, who has scoliosis, has undergone specialist spinal surgery in Turkey.

A man has appeared at a crown court charged with the murder of his 39-year-old wife at a house in Leeds.

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Police and paramedics were called to the property on Hovingham Terrace, Harehills, on 24 September, when Abida Karim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sajid Pervez, aged 37, was remanded in custody at Leeds Crown Court and is expected to face a trial on 25 January 2021.

Mr Pervez did not enter a plea at the hearing when he appeared at court.

New York Red Bulls make a formal approach to Barnsley for head coach Gerhard Struber.