Police have backed down in a row over taxis parking on yellow lines in Keighley town centre.

Officers will let Keighley Taxis vehicles drop off and pick up on the road outside their North Street office.

The agreement averts a threatened strike by drivers and a continued campaign by disabled taxi passengers.

The dispute blew up after traffic police issued fixed penalty tickets to two drivers who parked on double yellow lines.

Keighley Taxis vehicles have used the short stretch of North Street for more than 30 years.

But about three months ago yellow lines were painted on the stretch when traffic lights were installed at the nearby Bow Street junction.

Users of Keighley Disabled People's Centre pledged support for Keighley Taxis bosses Linda and John Dixon.

Keighley councillor Irene Ellison-Wood also lent her support and sought an urgent meeting with police Sergeant Allan Gee, the town's community liaison officer.

Councillor Ellison-Wood said: "They can now pick up and drop off on the yellow lines. They're not going to be booked.

"But they can't park and have a cup of tea."

John Kirkby, a Keighley Taxis driver and leader of Keighley Private Hire Drivers' Association, had earlier threatened a drivers' strike.