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Nick Wilmshurst

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  1. Five things you need to know about today

    That's it from me, we'll be back tomorrow from 08:00 with more news, sport, weather and travel.

    If you've missed all of today's stories, then here's the five things that have happened today that you should know about:

    1. A house fire which killed an eight-year-old girl and her father has become a murder investigation.
    2. Plans to close Huddersfield's A&E department have been approved
    3. The new Victoria Gate shopping centre isn't all about spending your cash.
    4. Where did all that rain come from?
    5. One, two, three and it's just another Bronte-track.. What happens when Emily, Charlotte and Anne meet Rage Against the Machine.

    See you tomorrow!

    Victoria Gate View
  2. Watch: MP invites Jeremy Hunt to see why Huddersfield A&E should remain

    Hospital bosses for Huddersfield and Halifax have voted in favour of demolishing Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and building a new hospital without an A&E department.  

    The local NHS has always maintained that without change services will become unsafe and without change the Trust will face an underlying deficit of £27.5m. However a public consultation found that 80% of people in Huddersfield thought they'd be negatively affected. 

    Paula Sherriff is the MP for Dewsbury and Mirfield, she has called on the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to come to West Yorkshire to see why there's a need for two A&E departments in the area.

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    Video caption: Paula Sherrif is the MP for Dewsbury and Mirfield
  3. Facelift in pipeline for Halifax railway station

    This weeks seems to be all about revamps to railway stations. On Tuesday we heard that Leeds Station is to get a facelift from the people that did Kings Cross.

    Today, Calderdale Council is expected to give the go-ahead to a feasibility study for a facelift on Halifax's railway station. 

    Halifax station

    The study will look at how to create a modern, bright and easily accessible station. 

    Plans for the site include the creation of a new bus interchange next to the site and the possible reopening of redundant platforms.  

  4. Huddersfield A&E closure plans: Decision met with anger

    The vote to move forward with plans to close Huddersfield's A&E department has been met with anger by people campaigning to save it. 

    The Greater Huddersfield and Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) met in the town to vote on the Right Care Right Time Right Place proposal.

    Both CCG groups voted unanimously to approve the recommendations with no abstentions. Emotions  were running high after the vote.

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    Video caption: Emotions were running high at the meeting

    The conservative MP for the Colne Valley, Jason McCartney has said he was "appalled" by the vote. 

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    The leaders of the local NHS in Greater Huddersfield and Calderdale have always maintained that what they're proposing is the best option in terms of patient care and affordability.

  5. Listen: Inside Bronte rock musical at West Yorkshire Playhouse

    In 1978 Kate Bush famously took Wuthering Heights to the top of the charts. Now, the Brontes themselves have become the subject of a musical in Leeds.

    Wasted is a tale of sex, drugs and early death, told in the musical style of rock icons such as Queen and Rage Against the Machine.

    The BBC's entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson has been along to final rehearsals at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.

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    Video caption: The Bronte family has become the subject of a rock musical at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
  6. Plans to close Huddersfield A&E a step closer

    The A&E department at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary has moved a step closer to being closed as health groups voted unanimously in favour of pushing the plan forward.

    The plan would see all emergency acute and high-risk planned care moved to Halifax's Calderdale Royal Hospital.

    HRI

    Analysis - Jamie Coulson, BBC Look North Health correspondent

    There are very few things as controversial and emotive as plans to radically change local hospital services. The proposals to re-locate all urgent and emergency care from Huddersfield Royal Infirmary to Calderdale Royal Hospital have been no different.

    Thousands of people have already marched through the streets of Huddersfield and more than 130-thousand people signed a petition that was delivered to Downing Street. 

    The leaders of the local NHS in Greater Huddersfield and Calderdale have always maintained that what they're proposing is the best option in terms of patient care and affordability.

    However, their plans have been fiercely criticised by campaigners, local MPs and many front line GPs, who've raised questions about safety and cost. 

  7. Afternoon showers in Leeds

    If you're about to leave work wondering if you're going to hit one of these showers that have been forecast, here's one that's just moved through Meanwood...

    Rain
  8. Wakefield fire murders: Police on how it happened

    Police investigating the death of a man and his daughter who died in a house fire in Wakefield say it may have begun after something was put through the letter box of their home. 

    Andrew Broadhead, 42, initially escaped the blaze with his wife and teenage daughter, but went back into their burning house to try to save eight-year-old Kiera. 

    Andrew and Kiera Broadhead

    Police have launched a double murder inquiry as they believe that someone started the fire deliberately. 

    The fire took hold yesterday morning just after 04:00. His wife and eldest daughter were taken to hospital but have since been discharged.

    Quote Message: The seat of the fire appears to have been by the front door and we are investigating the possibility that an accelerant was poured through the letter box. We know that this fire took hold extremely quickly and it is possible that the person who set this fire was themselves burned in doing so." from Det Ch Insp Nicola Bryar West Yorkshire Police
    Det Ch Insp Nicola BryarWest Yorkshire Police
  9. Wakefield house fire deaths: Father died trying to save daughter

    A man who died in a house fire in Wakefield lost his life as he tried to rescue his daughter from their burning home. 

    West Yorkshire Police have been giving more details on the incident at a press conference this afternoon, as they launched a double murder inquiry into their deaths.

    Kiera Broadhead

    Andrew Broadhead, 42, and his eight-year-old daughter Kiera (pictured) died in the fire which officer say was started deliberately. 

    The incident happened on Ash Crescent in Stanley yesterday. 

    It's thought that Mr Broadhead escaped along with a 35-year-old woman and a 13-year-old girl, but went back into the burning house to rescue Kiera.

  10. BreakingWakefield house fire deaths: 'A tragic crime'

    The fire which killed eight-year-old Kiera Broadhead and her father Andrew in Wakefield is believed to have been started deliberately.

    West Yorkshire Police's Det Chf Insp Nicola Bryar described it as a "tragic crime" at a press conference this afternoon.   

    Detective at scene of fire deaths
  11. Watch: Angry response to decision to close Huddersfield A&E

    A proposal to close Huddersfield's A&E department has moved a step closer after health groups voted unanimously in favour of pushing the plan forward.

    The Greater Huddersfield and Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Groups met in the town to vote on the Right Care Right Time Right Place proposal.

    The decision was met with an angry response from campaigners at the meeting...

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    Video caption: Shouts of "shame" and "disgusting" could be heard
  12. BreakingPlans to close Huddersfield Royal Infirmary A&E approved

    Greater Huddersfield CCG have voted unanimously to accept recommendations to close the town's A&E department and demolish Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. 

    More to follow

  13. Meeting over future of A&E in Huddersfield

    Right now at the Cedar Court hotel near Ainley Top a group of councillors, health officials and campaigners are meeting to discuss the future of the A&E department at the Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.

    A final decision on the Lindley site - and whether patients needing emergency care will have to travel to Halifax - is due just before 16:00 this afternoon.

    This is the scene outside the hotel...

    HRI Campaigners

    In contrast, the rather sober looking atmosphere inside the meeting.

    Meeting
  14. Driver's tyre obliterated after police chase

    This is what happened when a driver decided to try and escape the police after suffering a puncture.

    It was never going to end well...

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  15. Wakefield house fire deaths: Girls was 'a delight to know'

    A murder inquiry is underway after a man and his eight-year-old daughter were killed in a house fire in Wakefield.

    Andrew Broadhead and his daughter Kiera died when a blaze broke out at a house in Ash Crescent, in the Stanley area of Wakefield yesterday.

    A woman who works at the school that the girl attended has been paying tribute to her.

    Fire scene
    Quote Message: She had a vibrant personality and was a confident little girl, quite a delight to know. The deaths have rocked the community". from Rachel Mace St Peter's Primary School
    Rachel MaceSt Peter's Primary School
  16. Murder probe as dad and girl die in fire

    Ash Crescent, Wakefield

    A murder inquiry has been launched after a man and his daughter lost their lives in a house fire in Wakefield on Wednesday.

    Andrew Broadhead, 42, and eight-year-old Kiera died in the blaze at a house in Ash Crescent, Stanley, said West Yorkshire Police.

    A woman aged 35 and a 13-year-old girl were also in the house.

    Both were treated in hospital for non-life threatening injuries before being discharged.

  17. In pictures: The view from the top (of a car park)

    Thousands of people have flocked to the new Victoria Gate shopping centre in Leeds on its opening day. Here they are:

    Victoria Gate

    I nipped there on my lunch break to have a little look around.

    There are lots of places to spend your money and it's all very nice, but for me the best bit is the view from the car park. It's pretty impressive!

    Car park