Second arrest over teenager's death in Rotherham
Leeds house fire stab woman 'unlawfully killed'
Partial victory for disabled people over bus wheelchair spaces
Leeds' Victoria Gate shopping centre at centre of police incident
Mother of Claudia Lawrence 'devastated' at scaling back of investigation into missing daughter
West and South Yorkshire are dog fighting 'hot spots', RSPCA figures reveal
Live updates on Wednesday 18 January 2017
The Victoria Gate shopping centre in Leeds is currently closed because of an incident.
A cordon is also in place on Eastgate.
More to follow.
More on the news that a Leeds man has won a partial victory at the Supreme Court meaning people who are disabled and use buses can gain priority use of wheelchair spaces on buses.
Supreme Court president Lord Neuburger has allowed Wetherby man Doug Paulley's appeal, but only to the limited extent that operator First Group's policy requiring a driver to simply ask a non-wheelchair user to vacate the space without taking any further steps was unjustified.
Where a driver who's made such a request concludes such a refusal is unreasonable, he or she should consider some further step to pressurise the non-wheelchair user to vacate the space, depending on the circumstances, Lord Neuburger added.
People who are disabled and use buses have won a partial victory at the Supreme Court, meaning they gain priority use of wheelchair spaces on buses.
The case was triggered when wheelchair user Doug Paulley, from Wetherby, Leeds, attempted to board a bus operated by First Group which had a sign saying: "Please give up this space if needed for a wheelchair user".
Mr Paulley was left at the stop because a woman with a sleeping baby in a pushchair refused to move out of the designated area when asked by the bus driver.
Mr Paulley won an initial case against First Group, declaring its policy of "requesting, not requiring" able-bodied passengers to move to be unlawful disability discrimination, but First Group appealed successfully to the Court of Appeal in 2014.
The Supreme Court has now allowed Mr Paulley's appeal, but only to the limited extent that the firm's policy requires a driver to simply request a non-wheelchair user to vacate the space without taking any further steps is unjustified.
Disabled travellers have won a partial victory at the Supreme Court in their battle for priority use of wheelchair spaces on buses after a case brought by a man from Leeds.
More to follow.
Police in Batley, West Yorkshire, say they're "very concerned" about a 15-year-old girl who's been missing since the early hours of this morning, external.
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceKasie Fawcett was last seen at about 00:10 at Dewsbury District Hospital. She was wearing a white top, black coat and skinny leggings.
She's known to have contacts in Birstall and Batley.
Det Insp Walker says: "We're very concerned for Kasie's welfare and consider her to be vulnerable.
"I'd appeal to anyone who has seen her, heard from her, or knows where she is now to urgently get in contact," he adds.
Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
A fine of £2.7m has been given to mobile phone company EE for overcharging almost 40,000 customers
The fine has been imposed by the regulator, Ofcom, which said that EE's carelessness or negligence had contributed to fundamental billing errors.
EE admitted and took full responsibility for the breaches, Ofcom said. Customers who were affected have been repaid.
But Bassetlaw Labour MP John Mann has taken to Twitter as he doesn't think the fine is enough:
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Exclusive figures seen by the BBC show that the RSPCA has been called nearly 600 times about organised dog fights in Yorkshire over the last decade.
West Yorkshire is the worst area in our region, with South Yorkshire not far behind.
Warning: You may find some scenes in this video disturbing:
Police attended this crash near Holmfirth in West Yorkshire overnight.
The Kirklees Rural team tweeted, external the pictures of the incident, which took place on Greenfield Road, close to the Ford Inn, at just before 06:15 today.
They arrested one person on suspicion of dangerous driving after investigations at the scene:
Image source, WYP Kirklees Rural
Image source, WYP Kirklees Rural
Image source, WYP Kirklees RuralA man has suffered head injuries after being assaulted by three youths on bicycles in Clifton, external, York.
The man, who's in his 30s, was walking his dog on Crombie Avenue near Lady Mill Garth at about 18:30 on Wednesday 11 January when the attack took place.
His injuries are not believed to be serious and the man didn't known his attackers.
One of the youths is described as white, 15 to 16-years-old, with short, dark hair and dark eyebrows. All three attackers wore dark tracksuits.
Anyone with information about the assault is being asked to contact police.
Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
At first glance it's a curious clash of sports, but the theme of drugs cheating unites football and athletics.
Now, top South Yorkshire coach Toni Minichiello has said that athletics is way ahead of football in trying to catch cheats.
Image source, Getty ImagesMr Minichiello (pictured above with Jessica Ennis-Hill) wants the authorities to tighten up the testing of footballers.
He says athletes like Jessica Ennis-Hill are tested between 12-15 times a year, but on average footballers are tested just once over the same period.
Quote MessageLet's say a club has 30 players, that's only about two players a month being tested. The testing programme doesn't go on for 12 months according to the Football Association, so it would take you more than a year to test everybody at least once at the club."
Toni Minichiello, Athletics coach
Be aware that bus services in Halifax and Leeds are currently experiencing some pretty long delays:
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Do disabled travellers have legal priority to wheelchair spaces on buses? That's a question Doug Paulley from Wetherby near Leeds will get the answer to today.
Mr Paulley was told he could not get on a bus to Leeds in 2012 when a mother with a pushchair refused to move
He says First Group's "requesting, not requiring" policy is discriminatory, but the bus operator says it is the most feasible approach.
Later today the Supreme Court is expected to rule whether pushchairs should be forced to make way for disabled passengers on buses.
Nick Wilson
Reporter, BBC Radio Sheffield
Is Sheffield Council about to pull the plug on its contract with waste contractor Veolia?
The current contract is set to expire in 2036.
But Bryan Lodge, cabinet member for the environment, says the authority's operating in very tough financial times and has to do things differently.
A meeting's due to be held later today, external to consider changes, but we're told there are no plans to introduce three-weekly collections of waste.
Veolia currently employs about 180 people in Sheffield.
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Watch out for temporary traffic lights which could slow you down if you're near Pool Bank in West Yorkshire.
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Here's what's making the sports headlines around Yorkshire this morning:
The disappearance of a 15-year-old girl from Batley in the early hours of this morning has sparked an "urgent" police appeal for help in tracing her, external.
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceKasie Fawcett was last seen at about 00:10 this morning at Dewsbury District Hospital.
She's described as white, with long hair, and was last seen wearing a white top, black coat and skinny leggings.
Kasie is known to have contacts in the Birstall and Batley areas of Kirklees.
Anyone who has seen or heard from Kasie, or who knows where she is now, is being asked to contact police as soon as possible.
Elly Fiorentini
BBC Local Live, York
The mother of missing York woman Claudia Lawrence says she is "devastated and shocked" a £1m investigation into her daughter's disappearance is being scaled back.
Image source, North Yorkshire PoliceIt's almost eight years since Miss Lawrence disappeared on her way to work in York.
North Yorkshire police have stressed the case is not closed.
Joan Lawrence says she had "no idea" the investigation was going to be classed by police as "re-active" from now on.
It's pink custard at the ready as two South Yorkshire school chefs face off in the School Chef of the Year regional finals today.
Image source, ReutersMaria Slack from Herringthorpe Junior and Infant School and Amanda Phillips from Bentley High Street Primary School are up against each other - and three other cooks from West and North Yorkshire.
They'll have 90 minutes, and a budget of just £1.30, to prepare a main course and dessert suitable for serving to 11-year-olds in school.
The winner today will compete at the national finals in March to be crowned school chef of the year.
BBC Travel
If you're travelling beyond Yorkshire this morning, be aware there's currently slow traffic and a lane closed on M1 southbound between J29, A617 (Chesterfield) and J28, A38 (Alfreton), because of an accident.
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On the M1 near Wakefield at the moment - or heading in that direction?
Watch out for this problem on the exit sliproad at junction 40:
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