Campaigners trying to stop a West Yorkshire school from being taken out of local council control are taking their battle to Westminster.

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Oldfield Primary School, near Haworth, could be forced to become an academy after a poor Ofsted inspection last year.

A group of teachers and parents are due to meet Education Minister Lord Agnew later.

Keighley MP John Grogan has arranged the meeting at the Department for Education and will accompany the group.

Mr Grogan said: "The school got a bad Ofsted report over a year ago, but has massively improved in the meantime

"The school's doing well and we have a saying in Yorkshire, if it 'ain't broke don't fix it."

Mr Grogan said he was “hopeful” of a positive outcome.

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All British horse racing meetings, including those at Doncaster, have been cancelled today because of an outbreak of equine flu.

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The decision by the British Horseracing Authority comes after three vaccinated horses in an active yard tested positive for the disease.

Horses from the infected yard raced on Wednesday, potentially exposing a significant number of horses.

Four British meetings were scheduled for today - Huntingdon, Doncaster, Ffos Las and Chelmsford.

Horses that have contracted equine flu can develop a high fever, coughing, nasal discharge and sometimes swelling of the lymph nodes.

This is the scene on Raglan Street in Hull this morning after a 24-year-old man was arrested here last night in connection with the disappearance of Hull University student Libby Squire.

The man was arrested at an address on the street and is "assisting police with enquiries" into Ms Squire's disappearance.

The 21-year-old went missing after a night out last Thursday and Humberside Police say finding her is the force's "top priority".

These are the latest photos from a blaze which ripped through a derelict Barnsley care home overnight.

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Crews were called at about 19:15 to reports of a fire at the building on Lamb Lane in Monk Bretton.

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Five crews were dispatched to the empty building to deal with the blaze, with the fire spreading to the roof.

Crews remained on the scene until about midnight.

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A woman's described being rescued from her home after an explosion and fire in Batley.

Emergency services have been working through the night after the blast on Hick Lane.

Police say the blast, in a two-storey building, is being treated as a suspected gas explosion.

Nearby homes and properties were evacuated and a number of people suffered burn injuries.

Zoe Palmer, whose flat is next door to where the blast happened, said: "I heard a bang and couldn't move.

"The windows were coming in at the side of me and the walls at the other side of me, then a man came through the window and dragged me through the window saying, 'You need to get out.'"

Investigations are now ongoing to determine the cause of the explosion.

Plans to fine drivers who leave their car engines running while stationary on public roads in York are expected to be approved later.

The idea is to issue a fixed penalty notice of £20 to drivers who leave their engines running for more than two minutes and then refuse to turn them off.

The scheme is aimed at improving air quality in York, according to City of York Council.

Parts of York have exceeded air pollution limits set by the World Health Organisation.

Councillors Peter Dew and Andrew Waller will be asked to approve the proposals at a meeting today and, if plans are approved, fines could be handed out from June.

Roads near the scene of a suspected gas blast in Batley last night remain closed this morning as investigations continue.

Police and fire crews are still in attendance at the scene at Market Place/Hick Lane, meanwhile the nearby crossroads is closed from Hick Lane, Rouse Mill Lane and Bradford Road.

The closure, which police say is already causing "significant delays", is expected to be in place for some time.

Drivers are being warned to avoid this area "unless absolutely necessary".

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A 24-year-old man has been arrested in Hull on suspicion of abduction in connection with the disappearance of student Libby Squire, police have confirmed.

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The man was arrested at an address in Raglan Street last night.

The man remains in custody and is "assisting police with enquiries", according to the Humberside force.

Ms Squire, a student at Hull University, has not yet been found and finding her is Humberside Police's "top priority", the force said in a statement.

Her parents have been informed of the man’s arrest and the force is continuing to support them, it adds.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of abduction in connection with the disappearance of Hull student Libby Squire, police confirm.

The Labour MP for Batley and Spen, Tracy Brabin, has thanked the emergency services for their role in dealing with the aftermath of last night's explosion in Batley which is believed to have been a gas blast:

Firefighters have been dealing with a blaze at a derelict care home in Barnsley.

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They were called at 19:15 last night to the fire on Lamb Lane in Monk Bretton.

Four fire engines and an aerial ladder platform were used to put out the fire which started on the first floor.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said crews from Barnsley, Cudworth, Dearne and Tankersley were called to the scene, along with an aerial appliance from Sheffield Parkway.

Group manager Simon Dunker said: "This was a large, empty care home, and the fire spread into the roof.

"It’s under control, but due to the structure of the building accessing the fire has been quite challenging."

People have been advised to avoid the area.

A man has been arrested in Hull in connection with the disappearance of student Libby Squire, police have confirmed.

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Officers made the arrest at an address in Raglan Street last night.

The man remains in custody, according to police.

Ms Squire has not yet been found and finding her is Humberside Police's "top priority", the force says.

Her parents have been informed of the man’s arrest and the force is continuing to support them, it adds.

A 24-year-old man has been arrested over the disappearance of Hull University student Libby Squire, who went missing a week ago.

The 21-year-old, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, was last seen in the Beverley Road area of the city last Thursday after a night out.

A warning to bus passengers in Batley - as a result of last night's suspected gas blast in the town, some bus services are affected this morning:

A teenage girl has been found "safe and well" after going missing from home in Sheffield for six weeks, police have confirmed.

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Pamela Horvathova, 16, was reported missing on 19 December and a major search operation was launched.

Rivers and canals were searched during the hunt for Pamela, who was found in Sheffield on Wednesday afternoon.

South Yorkshire Police officers had been touring the city with a van showing a picture of the teenager and signs in Slovak hoping it would lead to information.

Following what's thought to have been a gas explosion in Batley last night, which left five people injured, the area around the scene remains cordoned off this morning.

Police say drivers and pedestrians should avoid the Market Place/Hick Lane area if at all possible:

Exactly a week since Hull University student Libby Squire disappeared, police say they will be out tonight speaking to people and handing out leaflets asking for information.

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The 21-year-old, from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, went missing in Hull last Thursday.

Detectives think Ms Squire got a taxi at the Welly Club music venue before arriving at her student house at about 23:30, where her mobile phone was found.

But they do not believe the University of Hull student entered the house and have said her phone "has not provided any further insight as to where she may be or her movements that night".

She was spotted on CCTV 10 minutes later near a bench on Beverley Road, by the junction with Haworth Street, where it is thought a motorist stopped to offer her help.

She is believed to have been in the area for about 30 minutes.

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It should turn drier and brighter this afternoon, with the chance of one or two showers.

There'll be clear spells this evening and into tonight with the occasional shower, and it will turn chilly:

Emergency services were called at 18:47 on Wednesday to reports of a fire at Market Place/Hick Lane in Batley

They discovered the blaze was caused by an explosion in a two-storey property containing flats

Police say it is being treated as a suspected gas explosion.

West Yorkshire Fire Service said five people were treated as a result of injuries sustained in the incident

Initially, 10 fire engines attended the incident as well as a host of other emergency vehicles

The fire service say they expect to be at the site overnight

There are concerns over the structural stability of the building

Investigations are now ongoing to determine the cause of the explosion.