Washing machine cocaine policeman jailedpublished at 15:06 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
Inspector Keith Boots jailed for 26 years over 11kg of cocaine stashed in his washing machine.
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Twenty-one-year-old man dies after stabbing in Sheffield
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Updates on Friday 24 March 2017
Washing machine cocaine policeman jailedpublished at 15:06 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
E-fit appeal over Harrogate burglarypublished at 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
Kevin Larkin
BBC Local Live, YorkshirePolice have issued an e-fit image of a man they want to speak to about a burglary in Harrogate.
Image source, North Yorkshire PoliceA house was burgled on East Parade between about 19:25 and 19:45 on Monday.
Anyone with information is asked to contact North Yorkshire Police on 101.
Rail signalling issues in Doncaster fixedpublished at 14:50 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
Kevin Larkin
BBC Local Live, YorkshireProblems with rail signalling in Doncaster have now been fixed.
National Rail Enquiries have just tweeted this update:
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End of twitter postStrike by Doncaster postal workers endspublished at 14:41 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
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BBC Local Live, YorkshireA wildcat strike by post workers in Doncaster has come to an end.
Members of the Communications Workers Union walked out after allegations of management bullying.
After talks, the Royal Mail says employees are now back at work and normal deliveries will resume tomorrow.
'Urgent' appeal over missing manpublished at 14:28 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
Police are "urgently" appealing for help in finding a man who's gone missing from Wakefield.
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceTariq Rashid, 22, was last seen in the city on Wednesday at about 16:30 and police say he may appear "confused or agitated".
He's described as Asian, of slim build, about 6ft 2ins tall, with black messy medium length hair.
He was last seen wearing a black Armani jumper with a large beige logo, black jogging bottoms with a white Nike logo and black trainers.
He has links to the Huddersfield area.
Anyone seeing Mr Rashid is being warned not to approach him, but are instead asked to contact police.
Yorkshire's emergency crews do their bit for Red Nose Daypublished at 14:12 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
The emergency services across Yorkshire seem to be getting into the swing of Red Nose Day :
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End of twitter post 3Pioneer WW2 jet fighter pilot diespublished at 14:01 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
Squadron Leader Dennis Barry was one of 16 pilots trained to fly the Gloster Meteor in 1944.
Read MoreTwenty-one-year-old dies after stabbing in Sheffieldpublished at 13:45 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
A 21-year-old man has died after a stabbing at a property in Sheffield
Emergency services were called to a house in Southey Avenue, Longley at about 21:45 last night, following reports a man had been injured.
Police say he was "taken to hospital but sadly died later that evening."
A murder investigation has begun and a police cordon remains in place at the scene.
Police are appealing for anyone with information about what happened to contact them.
Mill death in Huddersfieldpublished at 13:30 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
A man's died after being seriously injured working in a textile mill near Huddersfield.
It happened at Victoria Mills in Golcar in the early hours of this morning.
Police and the Health and Safety Executive are now investigating how the fifty-one-year-old man died.
North Yorkshire goes 'loco' for Red Nose Daypublished at 12:49 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, YorkshireThe North Yorkshire Moors Railway is going full steam ahead getting into the spirit of Red Nose Day.
You could say they've gone 'loco' for it.
Thanks very much to David Rice for the pic.
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Policeman gets 26 years for selling drugs he stolepublished at 12:33 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
BreakingA long-serving West Yorkshire Police Inspector has been sentenced to 26 years in prison, after being found guilty of stealing drugs from an evidence store and selling them on.
The judge described 55-year-old Keith Boots of Norman Lane, Eccleshill, Bradford as "a disgrace to to the uniform he once wore".
He was found guilty following a three-month trial at Leeds Crown Court.
West Yorkshire council polls had most fraud reportspublished at 12:17 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
West Yorkshire Police received the most electoral fraud reports last year , UK police data has revealed.
Image source, PAThe figures show English council elections attracted nearly twice as many fraud reports as the EU referendum.
Of the 260 complaints made to UK police forces in 2016, 121 were about local government elections and 66 about the referendum.
The number of voter fraud reports rose - particularly allegations of people voting under someone else's name.
West Yorkshire Police received the most electoral fraud reports - 49 - while the Metropolitan Police received 30.
The Electoral Commission report identified only two local authority areas with more than seven allegations of fraud - Bradford and Kirklees, both in West Yorkshire.
Union: Doncaster post workers 'at boiling point'published at 12:01 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
Kevin Larkin
BBC Local Live, YorkshireDoncaster postal workers are "at boiling point" according to their union.
Staff are on a wildcat strike with the Communication Workers Union (CWU) alleging bullying tactics from Royal Mail managers.
Branch Secretary of the Doncaster CWU, Steve West, described the mood at the sorting office:
Royal Mail says the customer enquiry office at their centre in Balby is open.
However, the firm is warning that deliveries will be disrupted today.
Emergency training exercise in Scarboroughpublished at 11:44 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
A "large number" of emergency service vehicles are due to descend on Scarborough's Marine Drive on Saturday morning, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is warning, external .
But fear not - it's only a training exercise to simulate a water rescue incident.
It's designed to test the working arrangements between the various emergency services involved and is expected to last for about two hours:
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End of twitter postFourteen charged over Leeds Halloween 'ride out'published at 11:31 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
Kevin Larkin
BBC Local Live, YorkshireA total of 14 people have been charged over a motorbike "ride out" in Leeds last year.
Image source, @peopleofleedsAbout 50 bikers brought a major route into Leeds to a standstill and rode through the city centre on 31 October.
The 13 men and one woman have been charged with causing a public nuisance.
One man is also charged with driving while disqualified and without insurance, while another is also charged with perverting the course of justice.
They're due to appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court on Thursday 4 May.
A relief when you stop?: Harnessing the power of the Red Nose published at 11:14 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
BBC Radio Leeds reporter Corrinne Wheatley appears to be doing her bit for Comic Relief .
She's been scaling walls with Ilkley rock climbers on a 24-hour challenge.
She doesn't seem overly enthralled by the prospect though!
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End of twitter postListen: Angry reaction to bank closures in Yorkshirepublished at 11:02 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
A campaign is being set up in one Yorkshire town by people who are angry about another bank closing.
It was announced yesterday that more than 150 Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest branches are closing, including six in North Yorkshire.
The Natwest branches in Haxby in York, Selby, Knaresborough, Tadcaster, Settle and Thirsk will close.
The company says it's because of changes in the way people use their services.
David Bewley runs a shop in Tadcaster and says when banks there closed, due to flooding , the town died:
Travel: Trains moving but delayedpublished at 10:46 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
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End of twitter postTravel: Train delays on four routespublished at 10:36 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
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BBC Local LiveEast Midlands Trains say, external there's been a failure of the electricity supply at the Doncaster signal box, which is causing problems:
- Trains are unable to run between Doncaster and Lincoln Central on the Doncaster-Peterborough route
- No service between Lincoln and Newark Northgate on the Grimsby/Lincoln-Leicester route
- Trains on the Norwich/Nottingham/Liverpool line are being diverted and won't stop at Grantham
- Nottingham/Grantham/Skegness trains won't stop at Grantham either
Doncaster post workers go on wildcat strikepublished at 10:33 Greenwich Mean Time 24 March 2017
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BBC Local Live, YorkshireWorkers at Doncaster's Royal Mail delivery centre have gone on strike.
Members of the Communication Workers Union have taken action over alleged bullying tactics by management.
Image source, GoogleRoyal Mail says services will be disrupted but the firm is treating Special Delivery items as a priority.
Talks are taking place between the CWU and Royal Mail.
Quote MessageRoyal Mail is fully committed to the process of trying to resolve concerns of postal workers based in Doncaster by following the national jointly agreed framework with the Communication Workers Union (CWU)."
Julie Pirone, Royal Mail