Yorkshire bridge written off after floods

Crossing in Elland, near Halifax, deemed beyond repair and new one will take at least a year to design and build

A West Yorkshire town has been told its flood-damaged bridge is beyond repair and will not be replaced for a least a year.

The extensive damage to the crossing in Elland, near Halifax - along with the well-publicised partial collapse of the bridge in Tadcaster, 35 miles away - has dramatically highlighted the costly impact of December's deluge on infrastructure in the north of England.