The area around Glossop Road and Clarkson Street has now reopened following the events of an electrical fire earlier this morning:

A formal bid for Leeds to be named 2023 European Capital of Culture has been submitted to the Department for Culture Media and Sport.

It is expected up to £12m of council cash would go towards the £62m cost of setting up and delivering plans.

Building a lighthouse on the south bank and extending the two-day Leeds Night Light festival, both feature in the campaign bid.

The submission is being celebrated with a "day-long party" at Quarry Hill.

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This is the latest picture from the police from the scene of the crash on the A1 northbound between J38 and J39:

Image source, South Yorkshire Police

Officers say that the road is completely shut as emergency services work at the scene to free a person trapped in the car.

There are currently just under 10 miles of tailbacks up to the scene.

Highways England say there are delays one-and-a-half hours.

A616 in both directions closed.

There's queuing traffic in South Yorkshire due to an accident between A61 Westwood New Road / Maple Road and M1 J35A Stocksbridge.

Congestion also on the A629.

There are currently long delays of over an hour on the A1M northbound in South Yorkshire between J36 and J38 due to a collision which has closed one lane between J38 and J39 near Doncaster.

Emergency services are the scene and recovery has been arranged:

Fracking protesters blocked the road that serves the Third Energy site at Kirby Misperton this morning:

Image source, North Yorkshire Police

North Yorkshire Police say that protesters blocked both the northern and southern end of the road, meaning it had to be closed.

Four people are locked together in "concrete and metal devices" and have been there since 08:30 this morning.

Image source, North Yorkshire Police

Supt Alisdair Dey from North Yorkshire Police, said: “Local neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs will continue to be active in Kirby Misperton and surrounding villages, addressing any concerns about the impact of protest activity.”

The case against one of the people charged with trying to prevent the felling of trees in Sheffield has been delayed for a week to allow her to seek legal advice.

Siobhan O'Malley is one of three people accused by Sheffield City Council of breaking a High Court injunction and taking "unlawful direct action" to prevent the felling of trees.

Calvin Payne, Siobhan O'Malley and Green Party councillor Alison Teal are accused by Sheffield council of breaking a high court injunction.

BBC Radio Sheffield's political reporter Kevin Larkin tweeted this:

About 40 properties in the centre of Sheffield are expected to be without power until about 17:00 after an electrical explosion.

Earlier this morning flames came through a manhole outside the Co-Op on Glossop Road after an underground electrical junction box caught fire.

Image source, John Duffy

The area was cleared while fire crews had to wait for Northern Power to confirm that electricity was off before they could extinguish the fire.

Image source, Northern Power Grid

The Northern Power Grid website, external says power has been switched off for safety purposes while engineers work on site.

A burglar from Halifax has been jailed for more than five years after he admitted his crimes in court yesterday.

Image source, West Yorkshire Police

In February this year David Lamb, 40 of Jubilee Road in Halifax, used a Peugeot 108 stolen in a burglary in Elland to drive to Hebden Bridge where a house was burgled while the victims slept in their bed.

Their BMW was stolen by others he was working with and he took other items from their house away in the Peugeot - which he then crashed.

Lamb pleaded guilty at Bradford Crown Court yesterday to aggravated vehicle taking and two domestic burglaries and was sentenced to five years and three months in prison.

Santa Claus has come to town. But he's two months early.

This group of runners have dug out their dashing red suits and beards to match, ahead of this year's annual Santa Dash in Scarborough.

St Catherine's Hospice is expecting to see 700 people run down Scarborough seafront this December to raise money for the charity:

The first of 200,000 trees are being planted in Calderdale today to help prevent flooding.

Image source, PA

It's hoped that the measure will help to slow the flow of water in Calder Valley and prevent future floods on the scale of those seen on Boxing Day in 2015.

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BBC Yorkshire Live

Were you one of the thousands of people who got caught up in the terrible traffic in Leeds city centre last night?

A crash on the M62 and a few broken down cars yet again meant that the city centre ground to a soul destroying halt.

Once you got out of the city, this was the sight that was to greet you on the motorways:

Image source, Karis Dowsell

And people took to Twitter in their droves to vent some spleen, some using it as a good excuse to talk about getting Leeds an underground system again:

Others just wanted to get angry:

And wonder why their dinners were getting cold at home:

Did you get stuck in the traffic? Let us know how long it took you to get home..

Part of Sheffield city centre is closed this morning after an explosion.

The chef from Doctor's Orders Pub on Glossop Road is opposite the scene and sent this video:

The road is closed to all vehicles and pedestrians said the flames were at one point "7ft high".

Our reporter Kat Cowan is live at the scene of the "electrical incident" on Glossop Road and Clarkson Street.

The area is currently closed to all traffic and pedestrians.

Players and staff at Leeds United Football Club are donating a day's salary today to help fund a young fan's cancer treatment.

Image source, Nye Family

Toby Nye has high-risk neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer, which spreads rapidly across the body.

His family are trying to raise £200,000 because the treatment needed is not routinely available on the NHS.

Tree protesters are gathering outside the court where three campaigners are due to appear this morning.

Calvin Payne, Siobhan O'Malley and Green Party councillor Alison Teal are all accused of breaking a high court injunction and taking "unlawful direct action" to prevent the felling of trees.

Among the gathering protesters is former Green Party party leader Natalie Bennett.

So far more than 5,000 trees in the city have been cut down under orders by Sheffield City Council after they were assessed as diseased, dying or damaged.

Campaigners argued that some healthy trees have been cut down.

Here's a photograph taken from the scene at Glossop Road and Clarkson Street which is currently closed to all traffic and pedestrians.

Witnesses say it appeared to be a "possible gas explosion" at about 08:45 this morning.

Image source, Andrea Kirkpatrick

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say it is an "electrical fault."

Glossop Road and Clarkson Street in Sheffield is currently closed to all traffic, buses and pedestrians.

It's as a result of what is being described as an electrical fault.

We'll have more as it develops.

How incredible are these drawings of York?

Image source, Allan T Adams

They've been sketched by semi-retired architectural illustrator, Allan T Adams, external, who lives in the city.

He used to work for the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, but now draws mostly for fun with some commissions.

Image source, Allan T Adams

Can you see anywhere you recognise?

Image source, Allan T Adams

A pioneering new project helps young people with life-limiting conditions to express their opinions.