A passer-by rescued a mother and her two children who became trapped on a muddy embankment after a canal burst its banks.

Image source, Julie Smith

Julie Smith and her two boys, aged seven and 11, were walking by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Hunslet when it flooded on to the footpath.

Her youngest son was slipping into the water when dog walker Calum Strodder came to their aid on Tuesday.

She said Mr Strodder "saved our lives" but he "didn't think anything of it".

Police in Leeds have released an efit of a man after an attempted knife point robbery in the Hyde Park area.

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Officers say a man was walking down an alleyway between Queen's Road and King's Road where a suspect was blocking his path and holding a knife.

The victim then ran off and nothing was taken during the incident.

Two men who have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a terror plot in West Yorkshire can be questioned by police for longer.

The extension was approved by a court this morning and means officers have until 10 April to talk to the men.

The men, aged 52 and 21, from Dewsbury, are accused of being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.

Two residential addresses in the Savile Town area are being searched by counter-terror officers.

West Yorkshire Police said both men are being questioned at a local station.

Police who arrested two men in Dewsbury on suspicion of being involved in a terror plot have been granted an extra six days to question them.

More to follow...

The number of drivers in Bradford and Leeds being fined for driving in bus lanes has fallen, according to the latest statistics.

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There's been a 43% fall in tickets in Leeds and a 33% decrease in Bradford between 2015 and 2017 - despite a national rise of 9%, RAC figures show.

However, Simon Williams, from the RAC, says more needs to be done to make bus lanes clearer for motorists.

"While there is clearly no defence for deliberately driving in a bus lane, we believe more can be done to make it obvious to drivers when they can and can't drive in one," says Mr Williams.

A mother and her two sons became trapped after a canal flooded as they were walking alongside it.

More on the investigation into West Yorkshire Police's handling of a 999 call made by a woman who was later murdered by her husband.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) says Sinead Wooding called the force on 10 May 2017 after she said she had received malicious calls and texts from her husband.

The IOPC says she was given advice by the call-handler who called her back an hour later to make sure she was safe and well.

An officer was also sent to Ms Wooding's house the next day, however she wasn't there and didn't pick up calls.

Two days later they returned again but were told by her husband Akshar Ali that she again wasn't there and "regularly went missing for days at a time".

Ms Wooding's body was found in woodland close to Eccup Reservoir on 14 May.

Ali, 27, of Scott Hall Road, Leeds, was found guilty of murdering Ms Wooding alongside Yasmin Ahmed, of Reginald Mount, Potternewton. Both were jailed for 22 years.

An investigation into West Yorkshire Police over their handling of 999 calls made by a woman who was later murdered has found call-handlers and officers "acted appropriately".

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The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) launched an investigation after Akshar Ali and accomplice Yasmin Ahmed were found guilty of murdering Sinead Wooding in May 2017.

It emerged in court that Ms Wooding had made a 999 call to West Yorkshire Police on 10 May, when she wanted to report malicious calls from her husband Ali.

An IOPC statement says: "Our investigation concluded that West Yorkshire Police followed all policies and procedures appropriate to the circumstances."

Over a million cigarettes smuggled into the country were seized at Leeds Bradford Airport by Border Force teams in the last year, the BBC's been told.

The Border Force says it's also stopped passengers bringing in half a tonne of loose tobacco as well as other substances, including Class A drugs.

Mark Robinson, from the Border Force, says weapons are also being uncovered in passenger luggage almost every week:

An inmate has been killed in a fire at a prison, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed.

The prison service said Kevin Delahunty, 40, died in a blaze at category C HMP Risley, in Warrington, Cheshire on Thursday.

The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman confirmed it had opened an investigation into the incident.

According to the Telegraph & Argus, Delahunty is from Bradford, West Yorkshire, and died in a cell fire.

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A 57-year-old woman is in a critical condition after being hit by a car in Leeds.

She was crossing a road in Middleton last night when she was knocked down.

She has serious head injuries.

The government should not rule out continued membership of the European Economic Area (EEA) after Brexit, a committee of MPs has said.

The Brexit committee said joining Norway in the European Free Trade Area (Efta) should also be an option.

Brexit Secretary David Davis (Con, Haltemprice and Howden) has previously ruled out both options.

The recommendation caused splits in the committee, with Tory Brexiters, led by Jacob Rees-Mogg, voting against its inclusion in their report.

Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn (Lab) (pictured below) is the chairman of the Parliamentary committee scrutinising the Brexit plans.

Humberside Police has confirmed that one man died and two were seriously injured when a lorry loaded with a static caravan ploughed through the central reservation of a bridge on the M62 yesterday morning.

The accident happened at 09:30 when a lorry loaded with a static caravan, travelling westbound, went through the central reservation and collided with a black Lexus travelling eastbound on Ouse Bridge.

The driver of the car died at the scene.

The passenger in the car suffered life-threatening injuries, while the injuries sustained by the lorry driver are serious, but not life-threatening.

Humberside Police want to speak to any witnesses.

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A display celebrating the heroic efforts of daredevil pilots from Yorkshire who took to the skies during World War One is being shown at Leeds Museum.

Image source, Julian Ding

It features the story of test pilot William Rowland Ding who died when his plane crashed during a display at Oakwood on 12 May 1917.

The pilot became something of a local celebrity during WW1 when awestruck crowds would gather to watch him fly over Roundhay Park.

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Other stories include the efforts Phillip Leslie Holmes from Chapeltown, who enlisted in 1909, and who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his part in bombing an enemy submarine in 1917.

He was also awarded the Allied Victory Medal and the British War Medal, which is on display at the museum for the very first time.

Other local pilots who are part of the display include Sydney Gillat, who was a member of the Royal Aero Club, where pilots trained, before he joined the Royal Flying Corps.

The exhibition has been organised by young historians as part of commemorations for the RAF's centenary.

A64(M) - Westbound - West Yorkshire

One lane blocked and queueing traffic due to accident on A64(M) Westbound at A653 Marsh Lane / A653 (Woodpecker Lights), congestion on A64 York Road to Foundry Lane / Cross Gates Road (Melbourne Roundabout).

Yorkshire's Alistair Brownlee will carry the flag for England at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Australia this morning.

Alistair, from Leeds, is the reigning Olympic and Commonwealth triathlon champion.

He and his brother Jonny will compete tomorrow.

Here's something to be aware of if you are using the M62 this morning.

There are problems between Ilkley and Leeds this morning.

This could affect your journey.

An investigation's continuing after counter-terror raids in West Yorkshire.

Officers from the North East Counter Terror Unit raided two homes in the Savile Town area of Dewsbury yesterday morning.

Two men, aged 52 and 21, were arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism.

They've been questioned at a police station in West Yorkshire.

If you're heading out to catch a train this morning - good news everything appears to be on time.

If you are travelling a little further afield there's an amended service between Newton Abbot and Exeter St Davids because of a severe weather warning at Dawlish sea wall.

You can check your trains below:

• York, external
• Leeds, external
• Sheffield, external
• Wakefield Westgate, external
• Doncaster, external
• Bradford Interchange, external
• Bradford Forster Square, external