'Disorder' at protest after man shot dead on M62

Police are at the scene of a protest after a man was shot dead on an M62 slip road.

It is understood protesters have gathered on Leeds Road in Bradford in response to the death of father-of-two Mohammed Yassar Yaqub, who was shot by police in a "pre-planned operation" at Ainley Top near Huddersfield.

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A police spokesman said there was "some disorder".

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