West Yorkshire County, England News

An elderly taxi driver was taken to hospital with a suspected broken jaw after he was attacked in Heckmondwike .

A CELEBRATION of war veterans attended by 250 people was hailed a great success.

A SPEEDING driver ran into a firefighter and almost knocked over several college students on a morning rampage in South Elmsall.

A CAR collided with another vehicle then crashed into a house in Featherstone. Firefighters were called to the scene of the collision in Green Lane at around 8.45pm on Friday.

NEW figures today reveal the toll swine flu is taking on the region's hospitals.

By Tony Gardner A MAN who stole a bus and took it on a rampage through West Yorkshire streets has been told he will be going to jail.

Detectives have said they are still actively looking for the killer of a 13-year-old schoolgirl on the 15th anniversary of the day she went missing.

Parking charges at Wharfedale Hospital have jumped by a third this week. The change, introduced on Monday, means the cost of parking at the Newall Carr Road hospital for two hours is now A 2, 33 per cent more than the A 1.50 patients and visitors had been paying.

Police have seized A 350,000 worth of cars in Leeds as part of a probe into an alleged car clocking fraud and money laundering.

Your account has been frozen . For your available options click the below button.

FIVE people were hurt in an accident between a bus and a car at the Swan traffic lights in Liversedge on Wednesday night.

A young woman told a murder trial jury how a night of drinking and dancing with her boyfriend ended in him being fatally stabbed through the heart.

Leeds will be set alight with a bang next week when fireworks displays take place across the city to celebrate Guy Fawkes night.

Your account has been frozen . For your available options click the below button.

Detectives have swooped to smash a suspected A 1m car fraud and money laundering scam in Leeds.

An aunt of abducted schoolgirl Shannon Matthews is facing jail after admitting benefit fraud.

A mechanic who shone a laser pen at a police helicopter from the forecourt of his garage has been jailed.

A lapdancing club in Leeds could be the first in the city to open for 24 hours a day.

A Knottingley optician pleasured himself while giving an eye test to a schoolgirl, a court heard today.

A former Leeds Rhinos player rugby-tackled a bouncer as a star-studded charity night turned into a violent alcohol-fuelled scrum.