Thats the weird bit
Thanks for the info OltonPete. Now I'm even more confused.
He arrived at 7pm after online checkin - when he got to security they scanned and said 'hold on' - checked with a colleague and told him they thought it was cancelled! He went to ticket desk and they told him it was canx and then charged him for a rebooking. He had been sent out of airport by 7.15.
We were sitting in Ireland seeing it on dispays as running.
Sounds like total confusion in Leeds Bradford last night!