Updates on Monday 15 December 2014
Taxi driver admits killing 14 years on
Leeds United hit by transfer embargo
City burglary rates 'drop by 55%'
Man badly injured in takeaway brawl
Martin Coldrick
BBC Local Live
That's all today for BBC Local Live in Leeds and West Yorkshire.
I'll be back again tomorrow from 08:00 with the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates from across the county.
BBC Sport
BBC Sport has the latest on the situation at Leeds United after news that the club - along with two others - has been hit with a transfer ban by the Football League.
Image source, PAThe Championship club has been handed the ban for not meeting the Football League's Fair Play Requirement.
Under existing rules, clubs are permitted to lose no more than £3m a season, with a maximum of £5m of shareholder investment in 2013-14.
Harry Gration
Presenter, BBC Look North
Join me and Amy Garcia at 18:30 for BBC Look North as we find out why there's a crisis in GP recruitment in Yorkshire. Doctors have told Look North it's becoming dangerous for patients.
And while we all know that it's the caring profession, one nurse in Leeds is going beyond the call of duty to make sure her tiny patients have a present or two this Christmas. We'll be finding out more.
Paul Hudson
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
Tonight will see clear spells and isolated showers, mainly in the west and possibly wintry over the tops, with a minimum temperature of 0C (32F) and a touch of ground frost or ice in places.
Tomorrow will be another bright and breezy day with sunny spells and one or two showers, mainly in the west, with many areas remaining dry.
The top temperature will be about 7C (45F).
BBC News Online has more on the news that house burglary rates in Leeds, a city that had some of the worst figures in England, have been cut by half.
Burglary rates dropped from 8,863 per year two years ago to 4,016, say Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Police.
It comes after a 2011 Audit Commission study found parts of the city had three times the national average break-in rate.
Yorkshire Evening Post
A Leeds mother has told how the crippling costs of cancer have forced her to sell her house and get emergency help from foodbanks, external.
Image source, yorkshire evening postPolice are appealing for witnesses after a man was left unconscious and suffering serious facial injuries, external after being attacked in the centre of Huddersfield.
The assault took place on Saturday 29 November between 03:00 and 04:20 outside Pizza Hut on John William Street.
Police are wanting to speak to two men, external, believed to have been part of a group of about five people, about the incident.
Adam Pope
Leeds United Commentator
The transfer ban which the Football League has imposed on Leeds United is not unexpected. Club owner Massimo Cellino (pictured) told me in the summer it was likely to happen due to the losses he inherited after taking the reins in April - and he wasn't wrong.
Image source, ALlsport/getty imagesThe accounts for the year ending 30 June showed a loss of £23m, which is way in excess of the permitted £8m allowed by the Football League for last season.
That £8m consists of an operating loss of £3m plus a further maximum of £5m of shareholder investment - so United have fallen foul on both fronts.
Nasser Hanif
Newsreader, BBC Radio Leeds
A 45-year-old taxi driver has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a woman from Leeds who went missing 14 years ago.
Martin Bell appeared in court today in connection with the case of 23-year-old Gemma Simpson whose body was only found this summer.
BBC Travel News reports that one lane is closed and there's slow traffic on the M62 eastbound between J29, M1 (Lofthouse) and J30, A642 (Rothwell) because of a broken down vehicle.
Drivers in the area are being warned to expect delays.
BBC News Online reports that Bradford is among the top 10 most difficult places in England to get around without a car, according to a survey.
The Campaign for Better Transport's car dependency report, external rates towns and cities on public transport provision and facilities for cycling and walking.
Huddersfield Examiner
The Huddersfield Examiner has been delving into its photo archives to find out what the district was like in winters past - a reminder, the paper says, of "when snow was snow", external.
Image source, Huddersfield examiner
Telegraph & Argus
Fugitive rapist Wakar Akhtar is set to spend Christmas and New Year in an Italian prison after choosing to fight extradition, external.
Keighley News
A drawing by Charlotte Bronte which was completed when she was just 13 years old is now in the hands of the Bronte Society after it successfully bid for the artwork at an auction, external.
Image source, Bronte ParsonageNasser Hanif
Newsreader, BBC Radio Leeds
A taxi driver has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a woman from Leeds who went missing 14 years ago.
Martin Bell appeared in court today in connection with the case of 23-year-old Gemma Simpson whose body was only found this summer.
Martin Coldrick
BBC Local Live
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Andrew Edwards
Presenter, BBC Radio Leeds
Join me until 18:00 on BBC Radio Leeds as I get the latest news from Australia as the Sydney siege continues.
Also, our Crime Correspondent John Cundy explains the background to a court case which has seen a man finally admit killing a Leeds woman 14 years ago.
And a West Yorkshire GP and leading member of the British Medical Association tells me why there's a shortage of family doctors in Yorkshire.
Keighley News
Visitors and locals turned out in force to enjoy one of the highlights of the Haworth Christmas festivities calendar, external.
Image source, keighley newsNasser Hanif
Newsreader, BBC Radio Leeds
A 44-year-old taxi driver has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility of a woman from Leeds who vanished 14 years ago.
Gemma Simpson was 23 when she went missing. Her body was only found this summer.
Martin Coldrick
BBC Local Live
More on the news that new figures show the number of domestic burglaries in Leeds has halved over the last four years, external.
Ch Supt Paul Money, from West Yorkshire Police, says: "What is most important about these figures is that they represent nearly 5,000 families or individuals who have not had to suffer the trauma of having their homes invaded and their property stolen.
"Despite these significant reductions, tackling burglary is still a key focus of our work."
