A 10-year-old boy has been badly hurt in a road accident at Marsden.

The youngster suffered serious leg injuries and a head injury when he was in an accident with a motorbike on Manchester Road near the village's fire station at 4pm today.

The road has been closed and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance has been called in to take the injured youngster to Leeds General Infirmary for specialist emergency treatment.

The road reopened at 5.50pm.

See full story in Tuesday's Examiner.