Summary

  • Updates on Monday 26 October 2015

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

  1. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00

    Live updates for Leeds and West Yorkshire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 on Tuesday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates from across the area. 

  2. West Yorkshire's weather: A clear evening turning cloudy laterpublished at 17:52

    Keeley Donovan
    Weather presenter, BBC Look North

    There'll be clear spells in places this evening and at first tonight, but cloud amounts will increase through the night with a top temperature of about 9C (48F). 

    Weather forecast

    Tuesday will be cloudy with hill fog and drizzle over the Pennines at first, but brighter later.

    It'll feel mild with a top temperature of about 12C (54F).

  3. More news from West Yorkshire: Coming up on BBC Look Northpublished at 17:47

    Harry Gration
    Presenter, BBC Look North

    Join us on BBC One at 18:30 for Look North.

    The draw for the First Round of the FA Cup takes place tonight and it's being held right here in Yorkshire.

    Thackley Juniors FC in Bradford has been given the honour of hosting the event after Bradford City went all the way to the quarter-finals last season. 

    We'll be reporting live from the club and you can watch the draw on BBC Two from 19:00.

  4. Cougars captain praises players over reaction to Danny Jones' deathpublished at 17:36

    BBC West Yorkshire Sport

    Keighley Cougars captain James Feather has said he would have "fully understood" if any of the club's players had quit following the death of half-back Danny Jones in May.

    Danny Jones in actionImage source, Getty Images

    Feather was speaking to BBC West Yorkshire Sport following Sunday's game dedicated to Jones' memory, which saw the Cougars beaten 36-20 by the Welsh national side.

    He said: "For the lads to go out, pull their boots on and play and still get to the finals like we did, that's a credit to their character and what they wanted to do for Danny."

  5. CCTV appeal over attacks on staff at Huddersfield stationpublished at 17:30

    CCTV images have been published showing a man police want to speak to followingattacks on two members of staff at Huddersfield railway station, externalearlier this month.

    CCTV imagesImage source, British Transport Police

    The attacks took place at about 15:15 on Thursday 8 October and saw a "heavily intoxicated" man pushing one staff member into the ticket barriers and punching another in the stomach.

    Anyone with information is asked to contact British Transport Police.

  6. Huddersfield Town 'on a good run' - Whiteheadpublished at 17:25

    James Deighton
    BBC West Yorkshire Sport

    Huddersfield Town's Dean Whitehead says he can detect an increase in overall performance from his teammates in recent weeks, despite Saturdays 2-1 home defeat to Derby.

    Dean Whitehead in actionImage source, PA

    Whitehead was prominent again as Town battled hard against the high flyers, and has told BBC Radio Leeds he's not downhearted at the team's overall position after 13 games.

    He says: "We've been on a good run, we're improving all the time. We've got lots of young players improving and playing more games in the Championship will help them."

  7. Warning over West Yorkshire's disappearing hedgehogspublished at 17:17

    Richard Edwards
    Journalist, BBC Radio Leeds

    I've been at a house in Dewsbury today which is home to 140 hedgehogs to find out more about why these spiky creatures are disappearing at a worrying rate.

    Vicky Greenwood and hedgehog

    According to the organisers of Wild About Gardens Week, external, hedgehogs - as well as other UK animal species - need our help after a big decline in the past 50 years.

    Vicky Greenwood, who runs this rescue and rehab centre, tells me people concreting or paving over gardens is a big problem for hedgehogs.

    She says: "They can travel up to two miles a night but they need a network of gardens to find food to survive."

  8. Wales coach John Kear 'proud' as players remember Danny Jonespublished at 17:14

    James Deighton
    BBC West Yorkshire Sport

    Wales beat Keighley 36-20 at Cougar Park yesterday ina very special match to remember former player Danny Jones (pictured).

    Danny Jones

    A crowd of just over 1,000 gave a boost to a fund set up in the name of the 29-year-old Keighley Cougars and Wales starwho died in May after suffering a cardiac arrest during a match.

    Wales coach John Kear says his players were delighted to play their part in the occasion: "The Keighley players should be very proud and I'm very proud of our players too."

  9. Latest headlines: Arson arrest over house fire and FA Cup comes to Thackleypublished at 17:06

    Martin Coldrick
    BBC Local Live

    The top stories in Leeds and West Yorkshire today:

  10. Homeless and destitute: Eleven years as an asylum seeker in Leedspublished at 16:47

    Emma Glasbey
    Journalist, BBC Look North

    On BBC Inside Out tonight, I report on the plight of homeless and destitute asylum seekers in Yorkshire, including a man from Leeds who only gets by on the goodwill of friends and charities.

    Reza

    Reza, not his real name, is originally from Iran and came to the UK 11 years ago. He's tried to claim asylum twice but has been rejected. He's not allowed to work or to claim benefits.

    The government doesn't want him here but hasn't deported him. He tells me: "It's a very bad situation. Life is very tough."

    Find out more on Inside Out on BBC One at 19:30.

  11. Arson arrest over Bradford house firepublished at 16:38

    A man's been arrested on suspicion of arson after police were called to an address on fire in Barham Terrace.

    Officers managed to bring a 29-year-old to safety after forcing their way into the property at about 20:00 yesterday.

    The man was taken to hospital where he's being treated for the effects of breathing in smoke. He's currently in a stable condition.

  12. Thackley Juniors celebrate 'massive occasion' as FA Cup comes to clubpublished at 16:21

    The FA Cup comes to Bradford tonight and players and staff at Thackley Juniors Football Club will be able to get their hands on the famous trophy.

    FA CupImage source, Getty Images

    The draw for the first round proper of the competition will be made at the club to recognise the work the team's done for grassroots football, external.

    Thackley Chairman Matt Everett says: "It's all about the kids. All our junior members will get the chance to have their pictures taken with the Cup. It's a massive occasion."

  13. Latest headlines: Arson arrest over house fire and FA Cup comes to Thackleypublished at 15:23

    Martin Coldrick
    BBC Local Live

    The top stories in Leeds and West Yorkshire so far today are:

  14. West Yorkshire's weather: A breezy but dry afternoon aheadpublished at 15:00

    Lisa Gallagher
    Weather presenter, BBC Look North

    It'll be a breezy afternoon with variable amounts of cloud.

    Weather forecast

    There'll be some bright or sunny spells at times and it'll stay dry. 

    The top temperature about 13C (55F).

  15. Your West Yorkshire pictures: Sunrise silhouette at Austhorpe, Leedspublished at 14:45

    Martin Coldrick
    BBC Local Live

    Thanks to Gerry Symes in Garforth for sending us this atmospheric picture of sunrise over Brown Moor, Austhorpe.

    Sunrise over Brown Moor, AusthorpeImage source, Gerry Symes

    We always love to feature the best pictures you've taken of West Yorkshire. Why not email or tweet, external your photographs to us?

  16. Butterley spillway protestor pledges to continue fightpublished at 14:03

    BBC Look North, Yorkshire

    A man from West Yorkshire has vowed to fight on after losing a High Court battle to save Butterley reservoir spillway, near Marsden, from being rebuilt.

    Butterley Spillway

    Colin Anderson was trying to persuade a High Court judge to overturn a government ruling allowing Yorkshire Water to rebuild the stone overflow system with concrete. 

    He raised £12,000 in donations to take the case before the High Court, but Judge Behrens ruled against him last week.