Summary

  • News, sport, travel and weather updates resume at 08:00 Wednesday

  • Updates on Tuesday 4 August 2015

  1. Good eveningpublished at 18:00 BST 4 August 2015

    Local Live has finished for today. We're back on Wednesday from 08:00 with more news, sport, travel and weather.

    Join us then.

  2. Weather: Dry night aheadpublished at 17:57 BST 4 August 2015

    Keeley Donovan
    Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

    Any showers will fade this evening and the breeze will ease overnight with a minimum temperature of about 14C (57F).

    Weather forecast

    Tomorrow will see variable amounts of cloud, some sunny spells but the increased risk of showers, especially later when they could be thundery.

    The maximum temperature will be about 20C (68F)

  3. Coming up on BBC Onepublished at 17:55 BST 4 August 2015

    Harry Gration
    Presenter, BBC Look North

    Join me and Amy Garcia at 18:30 for BBC Look North as we find out more about Bradford-based Morrisons whose stores across Yorkshire have begun giving surplus food away to charity.

    About 100 shops will offer stock that's past its "best before" date but is still edible - and it's thought to be the first major supermarket to look at introducing the idea as standard.

  4. Eleven-year-olds investigated over 'sexting'published at 17:53 BST 4 August 2015

    Yorkshire Evening Post

    Children as young as 11 have been investigated by West Yorkshire Police for "sexting" in the last year - amid concerns about a steep rise in the problem, external.

  5. Alan Johnson backs Yvette Cooperpublished at 17:52 BST 4 August 2015

    @BBCPolitics

    Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson has confirmed he's backing Yvette Cooper, MP for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, for the next Labour leader.

    Yvette CooperImage source, PA

    Mr Johnson tells The Guardian, external that Labour should "end the madness" of growing support for Jeremy Corbyn and elect Ms Cooper.

    The MP for Hull West and Hessle said: "In my view only Yvette Cooper can unite the party to win again. "

  6. Corbyn sets out northern visionpublished at 17:49 BST 4 August 2015

    Louise Martin
    Politics Reporter, BBC Radio Leeds

    Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn has been in Leeds today, setting out his vision for the north of England if he wins the contest.

    Jeremy Corbyn

    He told me he'd renationalise the railways and re-open some pits if he was to win the leadership and then go on to win the 2020 election.

    More than 1,200 people sent him their ideas over five weeks and Mr Corbyn told me: "This is how policy should be made - people contributing their ideas and bouncing them around."

  7. Warning over accidental pollutionpublished at 17:40 BST 4 August 2015

    Following the discovery that Rakes Dike in Kirklees was being polluted with raw sewage, external after a sewer was accidentally connected to a pipe draining into the stream, people are being warned to take extra care when having plumbing or building work done.

    Steve Hall, Kirklees Council's cabinet member says: "Simple mistakes like these can lead to significant pollution of our rivers and watercourses.

    "It's not only damaging to the environment but also affects the experience of visitors to some of our local beauty spots."

  8. Leeds tweeters are 'loudest'published at 17:33 BST 4 August 2015

    Leeds United fans are the most vocal on Twitter out of all 92 English professional clubs, a new study has found.

    Elland Road stadium

    Supporters averaged 7.7 tweets per fan over the last six months, according to the Crowdscores research, with fellow Championship side Middlesbrough in second place with 6.6 tweets.

    The study looked at fans' interaction with their club's official Twitter accounts.

  9. West Yorks police warn about 'sexting'published at 17:23 BST 4 August 2015

    A total of 28 "sexting" offences were reported to police in West Yorkshire between March 2014 and April 2015, all involving offenders and victims under 16-years-old.

    Sexting campaign posterImage source, West Yorkshire Police

    The figures have just been published by West Yorkshire Police who are warning young people of the dangers of sharing sexual images.

    They have launched a campaign, external featuring advice for victims and warning those who ask for sexual images that they're potentially committing an offence.

  10. Three vehicle accident on A61 in Leedspublished at 17:13 BST 4 August 2015

    BBC Travel

    The A61 South Accommodation Road in Leeds is partially blocked and there's queuing traffic southbound between the A63 Pontefract Lane junction and the Atkinson Street junction.

    This is due to an accident involving three vehicles.

  11. Rhino Aiton in Catalans movepublished at 17:10 BST 4 August 2015

    Leeds Rhinos hooker Paul Aiton is to leave the club at the end of the season after turning down a new contract.

    Paul AitonImage source, SWPIX.COM

    BBC Radio Leeds understands the 30-year-old Papua New Guinea international is set to join Catalans Dragons.

    Aiton joined the Rhinos from Wakefield Trinity Wildcats on a three-year deal in November 2013 but the player has used his option to terminate the contract after two years.

  12. Council shuts down illegal city nightclubpublished at 16:48 BST 4 August 2015

    Telegraph & Argus

    An illegal nightclub in Bradford which is claimed to be plagued by anti-social behaviour has been ordered to shut down by Bradford Council, external.

    Jumeirah clubImage source, Telegraph and Argus
  13. Man seriously hurt in Wakefield attackpublished at 16:38 BST 4 August 2015

    A 19-year-old man from Wakefield is being treated in hospital for head injuries after being seriously assaulted in the city centre, external in the early hours of this morning.

    The man was attacked by a group of about four men near the NatWest Bank on Westgate. The assault's believed to have taken place after an earlier incident at Kooky nightclub.

    The victim's injuries are not believed to be life-threatening and he's in a stable condition.

  14. Morrisons' charity food giveawaypublished at 16:27 BST 4 August 2015

    Cathy Killick
    Journalist, BBC Look North

    It's one of those ideas which seems so sensible that it's perhaps surprising it's not been done before.

    Cathy interviews Harry

    But we think Bradford-based Morrisons is one of the first of the big supermarkets to seriously trial giving surplus food away to charities.

    At Morrisons in Guiseley, deputy manager Harry Sangha tells me: "We think this works for both of us and staff here are very positive. They can see the good this will do."

  15. Kirklees pollution mystery solvedpublished at 16:16 BST 4 August 2015

    A stream in Kirklees was regularly polluted by raw sewage after someone accidentally connected their sewer to a highway drainage system, the council's revealed, external.

    Rakes DikeImage source, Kirklees Council

    Hundreds of properties had to be investigated before the source of the pollution into Rakes Dike in Hepworth, was finally discovered.

    The highway drainage system is only supposed to take rainwater into the dike, but sewage was discharging into the stream due to "cross connection", the council says.

  16. New season is 'challenge' for Townpublished at 16:03 BST 4 August 2015

    Jake Katborg
    Sports Journalist, BBC Radio Leeds

    Huddersfield Town manager Chris Powell has warned the new season will be even tougher for the team than the last one.

    Chris PowellImage source, Getty Images

    Town finished the last campaign with a seven-match unbeaten run, but the senior squad hasn't won a single pre-season game ahead of Saturday's opener at Hull.

    Powell says: "It's a new season and a new challenge. Each and every player has to be up for that challenge because that's what lies ahead."