So a local paper have at last learned that BA are reducing the LHR service. I very much doubt anyone actually contacted that newspaper. The journalism matches the airport - both are third rate. The problem with local enthusiasts is their complete inability to A, smell airport operator fake/fair weather news and B, to realise why the airport is a catastrophic failure.
As for BA they join a long, long list of airlines and former airport operators who eventually learn that if your airport is in the wrong location you will not be able to fill the planes! (especially if your near neighbours have put their airports in the correct location). For Yorkshire and the whole North East of England to benefit the airport that serves the most populous part of Yorkshire must be slightly geographically moved. You Yeadon spotters need to stop moaning about BA, Loganair, Vueling, EasyJet etc etc you are swimming against a tide of overwhelming evidence. 1 well located and connected fully functioning airport for Yorkshire [and 9 million people in the North East] will turn the reported losses into profits.