M62 closed in West Yorkshire

Cloudy with patchy outbreaks of rain easing later. Minimum temperature of about 13C (55F). Light and variable wind.

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A grey damp start to Tuesday, brightening up with sunny spells developing but also a risk of scattered showers in eastern areas. Maximum temperature of about 19C (66F). Moderate Northwest wind.

Severe delays and queuing traffic between J21, A640 (Milnrow) and J20 A627(M) Rochdale, as the westbound carriageway reopens.

Congestion to J23, A640 (Huddersfield).

This is the latest picture from near J23, A640 (Huddersfield).

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Highways England are advising drivers to make extra time for their journeys.

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

Officers were called to an address in Slathwaite last night as local residents complained about the smell.

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On arrive at the property, rural officers found 200 plants at various states of growth, and confirmed this was cannabis.

A man was also found in the address and was arrested.

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The latest headlines in Leeds and West Yorkshire so far this afternoon include:

• A man has died in a multi-vehicle M62 crash
• A man is convicted of killing a Polish sex worker in "sustained and forceful attack"

• Netto to close stores - 160 jobs at risk in West Yorkshire

As the commute home kicks in let's take a look at the live traffic cameras on the M62.

At Ainley Top, westbound at junction 24, traffic is moving:

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The queues and congestion start to build westbound near J22 and J21:

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The best way to spend £3m of flood relief money will be discussed by Calderdale councillors at a meeting tonight.

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It's six months since the Boxing Day floods devastated the area and almost 2,000 homes were flooded along with a thousand businesses. 

Members will discuss proposals to allocate the money to several different schemes later.

North West Motorway Police have re-opened the eastbound M62 at junction 21, following the fatal multi-vehicle accident earlier today. 

However, the westbound carriageway is expected to remain closed for at least the next two hours.

If you're heading towards Manchester diversions are in place. Westbound traffic is to follow the 'Solid Black Square' from J21 via the A6193, A664 and A627M roads.

Highways England advise drivers to make extra time for their journeys.

I will keep you updated throughout your commute home.

A man has died and 10 people have been injured in a multi-vehicle accident on the M62 near Rochdale.

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Police said a car had gone through the central reservation after colliding with a lorry and then crashed into traffic on the westbound carriageway.

The car hit two more lorries and another car at junction 21 at Milnrow just after 09:30 BST.

Police said the dead man was yet to be identified. A man and woman also suffered serious injuries.

Quote Message: Our officers are doing all we can to identify this man as quickly as possible so we can speak with his family, and also to deal with the other injured people and damaged vehicles at the scene." from PC Ed Lister Greater Manchester Police

Our officers are doing all we can to identify this man as quickly as possible so we can speak with his family, and also to deal with the other injured people and damaged vehicles at the scene."

A blaze which destroyed a Morrisons supermarket bakery has been brought under control.

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Fire crews are still at the scene of the blaze, which gutted around 80% of the 86,000 sq ft (8,000 Sq m) building near Wakefield.

Crews were also damping down at the site of a second fire which badly damaged a building housing heavy goods vehicles near Halifax.

A man has been convicted of the murder of a Polish sex worker in a "sustained and forceful attack".

Daria Pionko, 21, was found seriously injured in Springwell Road, Holbeck, Leeds on 23 December 2015 and died later in hospital. 

Lewis Pierre, 24, of Meanwood, Leeds, who had admitted manslaughter and robbery but denied murder, will be sentenced on Tuesday.

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North West Motorway Police say they hope to re-open the eastbound M62 at junction 21 soon following a fatal multi-vehicle accident five hours ago.

However, the westbound carriageway will remain closed.

Bradford's multimillion-pound City Park development and one of the city’s historic buildings are being blighted by rough sleepers and drug users whose numbers in the city are on the increase.

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Councillors in Calderdale are today expected to approve plans for changes to the notorious A629 between Huddersfield and Halifax. 

The idea's to cut congestion at the Calder and Hebble junction and to improve access to Halifax Train Station. 

Critics of plans to change Accident and Emergency services have often pointed to congestion on the A629 as a reason to keep A&E at both Huddersfield and Halifax.