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Oli Woodcock

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  1. Our live coverage across the day

    Oli Woodcock

    BBC Local Live, Leeds

    Live updates for Leeds and West Yorkshire have finished for the day.

    We'll be back from 08:00 on Thursday with the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates from across the county.

    In the meantime If you spot something happening where you live, which you think we should know about, you can always get in touch with us by email.

    Enjoy the late evening sunshine!

  2. West Yorkshire's weather: Dry with clear periods

    Paul Hudson

    Weather presenter, BBC Look North

    This evening will be dry with clear periods.

    Weather graph

    A minimum temperature overnight of about 5C (41F).

    Tomorrow will be dry, bright and warm again with sunny periods. Maximum temperature of about 19C (66F). Light southwest wind.

  3. Latest headlines: Six Bradford care home staff accused of neglect cleared on judge's orders and independent shops in rate reduction call

    Oli Woodcock

    BBC Local Live, Leeds

    The top stories in Leeds and West Yorkshire so far this evening include:  

  4. Play dedicated to hero of Bradford City fire disaster opens this week

    A play, dedicated to one of the heroes of the Bradford City Fire disaster, will open this week.

    Bradford fire

    "The 56" is based on the memories of the people at Valley Parade on the day 56 supporters were killed. 

    The performance is dedicated to David Hustler who was awarded the Queens Gallantry medal for his bravery as he fought to rescue fellow fans. 

    It opens at Bradford's Alhambra theatre tomorrow.

  5. More news from West Yorkshire: Coming up on BBC Look North

    BBC Look North, Yorkshire

    Join us for Look North on BBC One at 18:30 as the team behind the Tour de Yorkshire say they want to extend the race to four days next year. Our business reporter Dani Hewson has been looking at the benefits the race brings to local businesses.

    Plus, a group of British Pakistani teenagers from Huddersfield has been put though an army assault course - as part of a pilot project - aimed at helping ethnic minorities understand the work of the British Army. We sent our reporter Spencer Stokes along to find-out more.

    Army training
  6. Have you seen the Fagley pig?

    BBC Radio Leeds

    A wandering pig has been spotted bold as brass roaming the streets of Fagley, kipping with the cows and annoying a local riding school.

    Fagley Pig
    Fagley Pig
    Fagley Pig

    He's become quite a fixture round town but it's time to find him a home.  

    Join the search - Gayle Lofthouse has more on BBC Radio Leeds until 1800.

  7. Owain's outlook: Temperatures set to rise this week!

    Owain Wyn Evans

    Weather presenter, BBC Look North

    High pressure is drawing in the milder air from the south and temperatures are set to rise this week.

    Here's my update:

    View more on twitter
  8. Travel update: Busy traffic in Leeds city centre at the Merrion Street junction

    BBC Travel

    Much busier than normal and queuing traffic on Great George Street in both directions at the Merrion Street junction.  

    BBC Radio Leeds has travel and traffic updates throughout the day to keep you moving.  

  9. Watch: The businesses benefiting from Tour de Yorkshire

    Danni Hewson

    Business Correspondent, BBC Look North

    The team behind the Tour de Yorkshire say they want to extend the race to four days next year.  

    They say more than two million people watched this year's race over the bank holiday weekend. It's thought the extra day could bring in a further £1m to the region next year. 

    I've been to meet those already benefiting from the event.

    Video content

    Video caption: Danni Hewson reports.
  10. Feathers fly as poultry pinched in Meltham

    Three white Campbell breed ducks have been stolen from their coop in Meltham.  

    Campbell ducks

    The three ducks, called "The Girls" by their owners, were taken from a garden on Thick Hollins, Meltham on the Tuesday evening. The ducks are 2-years-old and go everywhere together. 

    The Campbell breed is flightless, so they have not flown away. There was also no sign of an attack by a fox.

  11. Care home neglect trial update

    More details from the trial of staff at a Bradford care home who were accused of neglecting an elderly resident.  

    Highdell care home, Idle, Bradford

    The jury was directed to return not guilty verdicts in respect of senior care assistant Jennifer Cross, 60, from Idle, Nicki Kassama,30, from Shipley, senior carer Valerie James, 58, from Eccleshill, Bradford, Desmond Crowley,59, a staff nurse and registered mental health nurse from Daisy Hill, Bradford, registered mental health nurse Gerard McDermott, 58, from Ilkley, and  cleaner Piotr Czajkowski,49, from Ravenscliffe, Bradford.   

    At the start of the trial last month prosecutor Stephen Wood alleged that Mr Hinnells had been living in "abject squalor and filth".

  12. Court clears care home staff accused of neglect

    Julie Langford

    News Editor, BBC Radio Leeds

    Six care home staff who were accused of being involved in the willful neglect of a 79-year-old dementia sufferer have been cleared by a jury on the directions of the trial judge. 

    The three men and three women went on trial alongside two other defendants last month accused of "systematic, deliberate neglect" in relation to the treatment of Edward Hinnells while he was at the Highdell care home in Idle, Bradford.

    The trial is continuing against care home manager Stephen Pelkowski, 51, from Addingham and Phillippa Robinson, 57, a senior nurse and registered mental health nurse from Shipley.

  13. Council elections: Five ways to get more people to vote

    Fewer than 20% of people have chosen to vote in council elections in some areas of England over the past four years, BBC News analysis of voting patterns has shown. Why are people turning their back on local elections and how can they be drawn back to the ballot box?

    Polling station/Launderette

    There were 41 out of about 2,500 wards in England where not even a fifth of the electorate turned out to choose a local councillor in 2012. This was the last time the seats being contested on 5 May this year were elected.

    The Electoral Reform Society said this amounted to "serious democratic deficit" and it is vital people vote and hold authorities to account.

    So how does the country solve a problem like low turnout? BBC News looks at some of the options.

  14. Listen: Huddersfield Town U21s hungry for trophies

    Katherine Hannah

    BBC West Yorkshire Sport

    Huddersfield Town U21s coach Frankie Bunn says it would be a fitting end to the season if his side were to win the Premier Development League 2 Final against Sheffield United at Bramall Lane next week. 

    The team booked their place in the final with a 2-0 win over Millwall yesterday.

    Town U21s will meet a blades side who they beat to the league title at the end of the regular season.

    Video content

    Video caption: Huddersfield Town U21s coach Frankie Bunn & captain Regan Booty are hungry for trophies.
  15. Edible Leeds will take some topping

    Tom Airey

    Reporter, BBC News Online

    Creating an edible model of Leeds is turning out to be a piece of cake for a team of bakers tasked with the unique challenge.

    Leeds cake

    Several test bakes have been completed, with miniature versions of landmarks including Leeds Town Hall and Kirkgate Market in the process of being constructed.

    City of Cake, part of Leeds Indie Food festival 2016, launches on 13 May at Trinity Leeds.

    Leeds cake
  16. Local elections: West Yorkshire's knife-edge council ballots

    Len Tingle

    Political Editor, BBC Look North

    As they go into this week's local elections, all five of West Yorkshire's powerful Metropolitan authorities are run by Labour but some of them are on a political knife edge. 

    Ballot paper

    The biggest council, the City of Leeds, and neighbouring Wakefield, go into these elections with comfortable Labour majorities and threats to their grasp on control are unlikely.

    In the other three West Yorkshire Councils, Labour's hold is much more precarious. In Bradford, Labour has an overall majority of just one seat.

    In neighbouring Kirklees and Calderdale the Labour groups are by far the largest on the council but fall just short of a majority so the support of other parties is needed to push policies through.

    In Kirklees Labour is just one seat short of an overall majority and the party needs another two in Calderdale to rule outright.   

  17. West Yorkshire's weather: Dry and sunny for many this afternoon

    Owain Wyn Evans

    Weather presenter, BBC Look North

    It's a dry and sunny day for many across West Yorkshire, becoming a little cloudier as we head into this afternoon, but remaining dry with light or moderate south westerly winds.

    BBC graph

    Feeling warm, with a temperature of about 16C (61F).

  18. More news from West Yorkshire: Coming up on BBC Look North

    BBC Look North, Yorkshire

    Do join Lara for Look North on BBC One at 13:30 as the team behind the Tour de Yorkshire say they want to extend the race to four days next year.

    TDY

    They say more than two million people watched this year's race over the bank holiday weekend. It's thought the extra day could bring in a further £1m to the region next year. 

    Our business correspondent Danni Hewson reports on those already benefiting from the event.