Firefighters cut an elderly man free from a taxi after a collision at a junction in Bradford early yesterday morning.

The Volkswagen Passat private hire car was travelling from Whetley Hill towards Toller Lane when it was in an accident with an Audi travelling from Whetley Lane towards Carlisle Road at about 1.30am.

The 71-year-old man, who was a front seat passenger, was taken to Bradford Royal Infirmary with suspected spinal injuries.