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West Yorkshire has seen a rise in gun crime, with 626 firearm crimes recorded in the last year. Scabies cases in children have also increased due to poor living conditions. The proposed conversion of a pub into a McDonald's is causing controversy. Community centers in Leeds are struggling due to rising costs and low funding. The Leeds Record Fair is returning to Kirkgate Market. A dog named Rose was rescued from a cliff with the help of volunteers. On the hour, every hour, this is Blue Radio News. Good afternoon, it's 12.30, I'm Ben Dinnan and this is Leeds Hacked Radio News. West Yorkshire has seen the highest level of gun crime since records began. Statistics from the Home Office show that West Yorkshire Police recorded 626 firearm crimes in the last year. The question is, are all guns bad? Evie Beaumont, who uses her gun for sport, comments. A recent NHS report has revealed that hundreds of children across Yorkshire have been treated in hospital for scabies, an increase of two thirds on the last year. Scabies is a rare skin disease caused by tiny mites which burrow in the skin. Experts believe the increase in cases is due to poor living standards and many children living in cold, damp homes. The Health Foundation urged the government to address this issue. The proposed conversion of York Road's old Red Line pub into a McDonald's has caused controversy among local residents. Leeds City Council's planning committee are expected to make a decision in the coming months. Adam Kennedy lives on the estate behind the now-derelict pub and has mixed opinions about its potential transformation. Community centres all over Leeds are supporting those who have nowhere else to turn, but rising costs and low funding is making their great work harder to complete. Abdul Hanan runs the Cardigan Road Community Centre and spoke about how more needs to come from local authorities to support the work being done. We need people to recognise the work that we do and we need more strong government policies that direct resources and the appropriate funding so that we can support the people that we need to serve. Leeds Record Fair returns to Kirkgate Market this Saturday. The fair celebrates the revival of vinyl, spanning across two halls with over 80 tables of records ranging from rock and roll to Latin and folk music. Erin Clarke works at Crash Records and is looking forward to the fair. The shops will be a lot busier when the records go on, so I think everybody's in the mood to kind of buy vinyl, so we get a lot of overflow from that, so it's nice to see it kind of becomes the whole city is excited about music in their own way. The fair continues on the second Saturday of each month until December 14th. Next, if you're local to the Kirklees and Calderdale area, you may have seen this story floating around on Facebook. Rose, a Jack Russell from Halifax, has recently been rescued from a cliff in Dudley Crescent. The dog spent seven days trapped in a 12-inch gap and was finally freed by a team of many volunteers ranging from areas such as Castleford, Lancashire and even as far as Scotland. Ben Kitchenman, one of the primary rescuers, describes his experience. A lot of people down there, had a lot of stuff, fuel and anything we needed, food, water, to keep us going. Yeah, we're a good, good everybody mucks and wags, aren't we? Everybody come and give us a go. This is Leeds Hikes Radio News. It's 12.33. Leeds Hikes Radio News