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Key Events
Batkey & Spen by-election candidates
Ten candidates are running in the Batley and Spen by-election
Trains back on track
Normal service has resumed on First Transpennine Express between Dewsbury and Huddersfield following earlier trespass incident.
Train delays warning
First Transpennine Express are warning of delays of up to 20 minutes between Dewsbury and Huddersfield due to a trespass incident.
Heavy traffic (Town home game, of course)
INRIX traffic alert: “Queueing traffic and traffic heavier than normal on A629 Wakefield Road at A62 Southgate / King Street (Shorehead Roundabout).
Callers are reporting that a number of routes around the town are much heavier than normal.”
VILE
A judge jailed four men for a total of 50 years for offences involving the sexual exploitation of one or more schoolgirls in Dewsbury.
All four were convicted of trafficking a 13-year-old girl with three of them found guilty of raping her. Two of the defendants were sentenced for further offences involving another 15-year-old girl.
Redheads speak out on 'abuse'
Ginger-haired Steve Dyson, of Lowerhouses, has spoken out about the abuse he has suffered due to his hair colour.
He was speaking after West Yorkshire Police released information about violence against ginger-haired people in the past 3 years.
Cold case review
A man in his 70s has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a West Yorkshire schoolgirl 51 years ago.
The police investigation into the death of Elsie Frost, 14, in 1965 was reopened last year.
Police say a 78-year-old man was held in Berkshire and will be questioned by West Yorkshire officers.
Detective Superintendent Nick Wallen, Senior Investigating Officer in the case, said: “A reinvestigation into Elsie’s murder was launched in 2015 by West Yorkshire Police, backed by a publicity campaign on the 50th anniversary of her death. Since then we have received significant numbers of calls and emails from members of the public offering new information, and have generated new lines of enquiry which officers have been progressing ever since. Following those enquiries we have now arrested a 78 year old man in the Berkshire area and will be interviewing him under caution to progress our investigation.”
CRIME
A rapist escaped a jail sentence for their crime, despite a previous conviction for the same offence.
The criminal in Yorkshire and the Humber was not given a custodial sentence for the crime at a court appearance in 2015, despite a previous conviction for rape.
This was just one of many sentences which were revealed by a Freedom of Information request to the Ministry of Justice.
In other examples a burglar was not given a custodial sentence for the crime at a court appearance in 2015, despite 28 previous burglary offences and 56 total previous convictions, making them the most prolific burglar in the region to avoid jail for an offence last year.
Rio Heroes Homecoming
Calderdale’s Hurricane Hannah will be in Leeds tomorrow night for a Rio Homecoming parade.
British wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft won her third gold medal of Rio 2016 on Friday (16 September) with a dominant performance in the 800m race at the Olympic Stadium.
The event kicks off at 5.15pm in Leeds City Centre with athletes expected to appear on an open top bus.
Here’s the route of the event
TV Licence
Do you know someone who is partially sighted or blind who may be overpaying their bills?
Huddersfield residents who are registered blind are being reminded that they are entitled to 50% off the cost of a TV licence.
TV Licensing and Action for Blind People want to make sure anyone who is eligible takes advantage of the reduced TV Licence fee.
See full story here.
Alton Towers Smiler crash
Here’s the full story on the Alton Towers Smiler crash court case with shocking CCTV video of the actual incident.
Alton Towers Smiler Footage
Warning: graphic content
CCTV Footage of the Alton Towers Smiler rollercoaster crash which “changed the lives of some of those injured in the most dramatic way” has been released during a court case into the crash.
Alton Towers operator Merlin Attractions has been fined £5 million after admitting health and safety breaches over the Smiler rollercoaster crash.
Two teenagers - Vicky Balch, then 19, and Leah Washington, then 17 - each lost a leg in the collision in June last year.
Stafford Crown Court heard that the victims had watched with “disbelief and horror” before ploughing into an empty carriage on the track, with the impact likened by the prosecution to a 90mph car crash.
Huddersfield University Student Joe Pugh was one of those suffered serious injuries to both legs in the smiler crash.
Judge Michael Chambers QC called the accident a “catastrophic failure” by the company involving basic health and safety measures.
It’s a historic day for Elland this morning. Watch the moments the new bridge structure is lifted into place.
Elland Bridge
It’s arrived! A giant archway is being put in place at Elland Bridge.
Our reporter Tony captured the latest from the scene just now.
The bridge was damaged in the Boxing Day Floods and has since been demolished.
Now the new structure is being put in place and the council hopes it should be open before the end of the year.
'Honour killing' case
The trial of the father and ex-husband of a Bradford woman for her alleged rape and murder in a so-called honour killing has opened in Pakistan, a defence lawyer said.
Mohammad Shahid is accused of killing his daughter, Samia Shahid, 28, along with her ex-husband, Mohammad Shakeel.
Their trial opened in Islamabad today, lawyer Mohammad Arif said. He said the court delivered the charge sheet to the accused, who must decide by October 7 if they plead guilty or not guilty. Mrs Shahid, was visiting family in July when she was found dead of what were initially assumed to be natural causes, and buried in a local cemetery in the village of Pandori.
ELLAND Bridge
It’s all happening at Elland Bridge this morning as the new structure is being lifted into place.
For those of you who have not heard, the bridge suffered catastrophic damage in the Boxing Day floods and had to be demolished.
And now a huge piece of archway will be lifted into place this morning. The council says it should re-open before 2017.
US ELECTION
Did you see the US presidential candidates go head to head last night?
The US presidential candidates Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton had their first first face-to-face debate in a 90-minute event that could be crucial in the race for the White House.
The stakes are high as Mrs Clinton and Mr Trump are close in the polls and the debate kicks off the final, six-week sprint of the election.
The two candidates will square off for two more debates next month, while their running mates, Tim Kaine and Mike Pence, are set to meet next week.
Just three hours left to take part in our US presidential candidates poll here
Breaking news
Sad news on the roads this morning.
A 17-year-old passenger has died in a fatal crash in Bradford.
The crash happened shortly after midnight when a silver Seat Leon travelling along the Shipley Airedale Road left the road and collided with a barrier, close to the junction with Leeds Road.
The driver of the vehicle an 18-year-old man from Bradford, was taken to hospital with serious injuries which are not believed to be life threatening.
He was also arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
Anyone who saw the crash should call Major Collision Enquiry Team on 101, quoting log *0014 of today.
Police
Not your usual vehicle theft!
Thieves have stolen a tractor in Keighley. Have you spotted it...or been stuck behind it!
If you think your commute on the M62 was slow this morning... it wasn’t the slowest on average!
A new study has revealed that West Yorkshire has two of the seven slowest motorways in the UK ... yet amazingly neither are the M62!
New figures from vehicle tracking firm RAM Tracking have shown that the M606 from the M62 into Bradford is the slowest motorway in the country and the M621 from the M62 into Leeds isn’t far behind.
Here’s the full story
FIRE: A pensioner was taken to hospital last night after a fire broke out at his home in Fartown.
Fire crews from Huddersfield were called at 7.30pm after the man left a chip pan unattended and it caught fire.
The 71-year-old man managed to get out of the property on Bradford Road before crews arrived but was having breathing difficulties.
He was given oxygen at the scene and was taken to Huddersfield Royal Infirmary suffering from smoke inhalation.
Fire fighters used heavy duty fans to clear the ground floor flat which was heavily smoke logged.
(Fire service image of a chip pan fire)
It’s clearly a bit of a change weather wise in the last week or so with temperatures today feeling around 13 degrees.
Here’s today’s forecast: A dull and cloudy morning with some hill fog and outbreaks of mostly light rain. Drier and brighter conditions developing through the afternoon with some sunny spells but westerly winds increasing.
Just the usual traffic hot spots to watch out for this morning.
Traffic on the M62 is slow Eastbound between Junction 25 (Brighouse) and J26 M606 (Chain Bar).
There’s also queuing traffic on the A58 Whitehall Road, Cleckheaton.
Hello Huddersfield! Louise here. I’ll check the latest news, weather and travel for you now. And of course anything from police you should be aware of from over night.
Welcome to Tuesday's live blog
Good morning and welcome to the Huddersfield Examiner’s breaking news live blog for today.
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