That's all for Wednesdaypublished at 06:40 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2017
That's all for our coverage on Wednesday 15 March.
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Summary
Witness appeal over fatal hit-and-run in Doncaster
Police chief vetoes Sheffield tree protest arrests under 'trade union laws'
Fundraising page in memory of Yorkshire kickboxer tops £4,000
Yorkshire unemployment figures hold steady
Burnt-out Leeds landmark to become offices
Over £900,000 paid out in York to help cope with future flooding
Yorkshire Dales named National Park of the Year
Updates on Wednesday 15 March 2017
That's all for Wednesdaypublished at 06:40 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2017
Stalker agrees not to return homepublished at 21:20 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
Kenneth Ward, from Chop Gate, North Yorkshire, was jailed for five years in 2011 and was banned from returning home.
Read MoreOur five top stories from todaypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, YorkshireThat's all from us for today. We'll be back on Thursday from 06:30 with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel for Yorkshire.
Live updates on breaking news and travel will continue overnight, but before we go let's look back at some of our top stories from today:
- Teenage boy is arrested over fatal hit-and-run in Doncaster
- Fundraising page in memory of Yorkshire kickboxer reaches £4,000
- Rise in identity theft in Yorkshire
- Doctor who cracked cholera honoured in York
- Leeds is named top cultural place to live in UK
See you tomorrow.
Yorkshire Dales named National Park of the Yearpublished at 17:50 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, YorkshireThe Yorkshire Dales have been named the National Park of the Year.
Image source, Getty ImagesOf course, we've always known they were something special, but now it's official after they were voted for by readers of the BBC's Countryfile magazine.
Editors say voters showed great affection for the Yorkshire Dales' wild and craggy landscape with waterfalls, hay meadows and villages made of stone.
Crackdown on anti-social bikers in Doncasterpublished at 17:38 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
Police have joined up with Doncaster Council to try to stop anti-social behaviour in the town after a spate of problems with quad bikes and off-road motorbikes.
Nine police orders and nine noise abatement notices have been served at Cadeby Quarry, and six at Mill Hill Road in Hatfield.
Insp Lynne Lancaster says: "Anti-social behaviour caused by the use of off-road and quad bikes is extremely dangerous not only to the community but the riders themselves.
"The successful results achieved from the notices served aims to prevent these motorcycles or riders being active again."
Burnt-out Leeds landmark to become officespublished at 17:30 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
The landmark Majestic building near Leeds Railway Station, which was badly damaged by fire in 2014, is set to be turned into offices.
Image source, Rushbond PLCLeeds-based property company Rushbond has unveiled its plans, external which will see an additional three storeys added to the top of the building.
The venue opened as a cinema in the 1920s and eventually became the Majestyk nightclub, which closed its doors for the last time in 2006.
Quote MessageThe Majestic will offer all the amenities and qualities demanded by modern-day business, right in the heart of the City, within a truly unique iconic building."
Mark Finch, Rushbond
TV documentary investigates mystery of body on Saddleworth Moor published at 17:23 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
A documentary on the fate of a man whose body was found on Saddleworth Moor is due to be shown on Channel 4 tonight.
Image source, PAThe Mystery of the Man on the Moor follows the police investigation after the discovery in December 2015.
David Lytton was found poisoned and had seemingly travelled from Pakistan before his death.
The documentary follows Greater Manchester police as they painstakingly spend a year hunting for leads.
Yorkshire in pictures: A beautiful day across the regionpublished at 17:19 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, YorkshireI don't know about you, but I'm loving this mini-heatwave thing we've got going on at the minute.
It's got the added advantage of making everywhere look great which, of course, isn't hard when you live in Yorkshire.
Here's a little selection of pictures sent in by our BBC Weather Watchers :
Image source, Coloured ImagesThis is Trollers Gill near Appletreewick. By the way, it's pronounced Apptrick, if you're not from 'round 'ere. But however you say it, it looks great in the sun.
Image source, Sandie's ValleyFrom North Yorkshire to South and here's Bradfield on the edges of the Peak District.
Image source, Gary GimmickAnd finally this is the sun shining through the ruins at Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds.
Pass me the factor 50!
Tommee Tippee probes 'mould' in Perfect Prep machinepublished at 17:14 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
Parents in Yorkshire are being warned to check a product which prepares baby milk, after a build-up of apparent "mould" inside it.
Image source, Getty ImagesTommee Tippee has launched an investigation after parents complained of finding "mould" in the internal pipes of its formula feed machines.
The baby product company said it was concerned by reports of a "build-up" in the tubes of its Perfect Prep machines.
Parents have taken to social media to complain of feeling "angry" and "let down".
Image source, Tommee TipeeThe Perfect Prep machine is used to make a formula feed by controlling the quality, volume and temperature of the water being used.
The company posted a statement, external on its Facebook page saying it had received comments from parents complaining the internal pipes of the machines were not clean.
It urged families who had found a similar build-up to contact the company to have the machine returned to them for examination.
Leeds is named top cultural place to live in UKpublished at 17:05 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, YorkshireLeeds is top of a list of the 20 best cultural places to live in the UK, external . Sorry about that Hull...
Image source, Getty Images/Bethany ClarkeThe Times has compiled the list and the paper highlights that the city is the "home to Opera North and Northern Ballet, and, aptly enough for the birthplace of Alan Bennett, a handful of innovative theatres."
It also picks out attractions like the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, near Wakefield, and the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds as assets to the city.
And not a blue painted naked bloke in sight .
How they're turning food waste into energy in Doncasterpublished at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
Forget landfill: An anaerobic digestion plant in Doncaster is eating into our food waste mountain by converting 160,000 tonnes a year into gas, heat and fertiliser , external .
Image source, Yorkshire Evening PostElderly man dies after being hit by car in Wakefieldpublished at 16:48 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
A 92-year-old man has died after being hit by a car in Wakefield yesterday morning.
Image source, GoogleIt happened at about 11:50 on Horbury Road near the junction with Cumbrian Way when a silver Ford Fiesta hit the man while he was crossing the road.
He was taken to Leeds General Infirmary with serious injuries but died yesterday evening.
Quote MessageWe would like to speak to anyone who saw the collision, or the car and pedestrian, in the moments before it took place."
Det Sgt Ann Drury, West Yorkshire Police
Stalker vows not to return homepublished at 16:35 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
A man who was convicted of harassing his neighbour in a small village in the North York Moors has agreed not to return to his home there.
Image source, PAKenneth Ward subjected the woman to a campaign of harassment including posing naked outside her house in Chop Gate was convicted in 2011.
After a five-year prison sentence, he was given a court order banning him from returning home or going within a five-mile radius .
The 70-year-old was due to appeal against the order today, but after a last-minute change of heart, has vowed not to return.
Scott Moore remains with Bulls after being re-bailedpublished at 16:24 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
Andrew Aloia
BBC Sport Online
Image source, Swpix.comScott Moore has agreed a week-by-week deal to stay with Bradford Bulls after he was re-bailed for a second time following his arrest on suspicion of assaulting a police officer and theft.
The 29-year-old former Wakefield Trinity hooker was arrested in October following a "significant struggle" in Leigh, Greater Manchester, which left an officer involved with a broken wrist.
He left Super League side Trinity by mutual consent in January and joined reformed Championship side Bradford on an initial four-game trial in February.
He's been re-bailed until 10 April.
Watch: Tweeting and twitching as exotic bird escapes in Doncaster published at 16:15
There's a spot of "twitching" needed in South Yorkshire just now...
Can you help find this ostrich-like bird which seems to be on the loose in Doncaster?
Who's faster: policeman or fireman?published at 16:02 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, YorkshireThere's nothing like a bit of friendly rivalry between our emergency services.
Just take a look at these tweets sent by the fire Service in North Yorkshire, who were taking part in a Q&A with pupils at Wensleydale School.
One of the children posed this question:
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End of twitter post 2But nevermind the votes, let's get this set up! Anyone got a spare running track?
Have you seen this man?published at 15:52
Have you seen this man? Police would like to speak to him after threats were allegedly made against a woman in Bradford.
Image source, West Yorkshire policeRameez Raja is described as having a large build and is approximately 5ft 6ins tall.
If you have any information about his whereabouts, West Yorkshire Police would like to hear from you.
Witness appeal over fatal hit-and-run in Doncasterpublished at 15:41 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
Officers investigating a hit-and-run in Stainforth at the weekend in which a woman died are asking more witnesses to get in touch.
Susan Gravel, 62, died after being hit by a grey or silver BMW in Station Road at about 13:00 on Saturday.
Police believe the vehicle swerved behind a maroon-coloured small hatchback just before the crash and would like to speak to the driver.
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the incident.
Quote MessageIt is crucial that anyone with any information, even if they believe it may be irrelevant, contacts us as this could be key to the investigation and finding out what happened to Susan."
Insp Mark Hughes, South Yorkshire Police
Campaigners ask for more money for brain tumour researchpublished at 15:32 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2017
Yorkshire campaigners calling for more money to be invested in brain tumour research are taking their fight to Westminster today.
Image source, Science Photo LibraryThey're angry that just 1% of the national spend on cancer research is allocated to the disease, yet they say brain tumours kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer.
Every year,16,000 people are diagnosed with a brain tumour, but campaigners say not enough money is being spent on research to find a cure.
Dog owners urged to 'stick and flick' pet's poopublished at 15:21
Dog walkers are being urged to use a stick and flick their pet's poo into the undergrowth, rather than bagging it up, external .
Image source, Yorkshire Evening Post
