Wentworth Woodhouse sold for £7m
David Storey, Wakefield author of This Sporting Life has died aged 83
The funeral of athlete Derek Ibbotson is taking place in his home town of Huddersfield today.
Body found in derelict Sheffield hotel
Police name boys found dead at foot of cliff
Protected bird of prey found dead in North Yorkshire
Nuclear bomber begins trip to Yorkshire
Updates on Monday 27 March 2017
Lisa Gallagher
Weather presenter, BBC Look North
Sunny spells developing this afternoon, the best of which for western parts. It will stay dry with light easterly winds and a maximum temperature of about 12 deg C (54F).
Mist and low cloud will become extensive again this evening and overnight. It will stay dry with a light southeast wind. Minimum temperature of about 4C (39F).
Police are investigating after a red kite was found dead in North Yorkshire.
Image source, ThinkstockThe dead bird was discovered near Greenhow in Nidderdale.
It's thought it had been shot.
It's taken many years to reintroduce red kites after their near-extinction from the UK and they have special legal protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
With the news that Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, has been sold for £7m to the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust, here are a few facts about the house you might not know:
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BBC Entertainment and Arts
This Sporting Life author David Storey, from Wakefield, has died at the age of 83.
His much-lauded 1960 debut novel was based on his experiences as a professional rugby league player and was made in to a film three years later.
Storey went on to win the 1976 Booker Prize for family drama Saville
Nathan Turvey
BBC Radio York News
Lets get more now on the Mirage IV nuclear bomber which has been gifted to the Yorkshire Air Museum by the French government.
It leaves the base near Paris and begins the journey to Elvington today on the back of two big transporters.
The plane is 77ft long so it's going to be quite a spectacle.
Ian Reed, from the Yorkshire Air Museum, is in France:
Schoolchildren from Bradfield School are in the driving seat ahead of a competition at the home of British racing, Silverstone, on Wednesday.
The children are revved up after they've made air powered F1 cars out of balsa wood, and it's lights out and go go go in the UK and Ireland National final!
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Oli Woodcock
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire
Official figures suggest term-time holidays account for a quarter of unauthorised absences from schools across England.
Pupils in Yorkshire and the Humber and the North East of England lost the most time to holidays.
In Wakefield more than a third of absences between 2015 and 2016 were because of holidays.
David Ward
MatchDay Live presenter
York City supporters can now book their coach travel to Wembley.
City will play Macclesfield Town in the FA Trophy final on Sunday 21 May.
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Oli Woodcock
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire
Detectives are looking for, external a man in his late 20s after a woman suffered a serious sex assault in Heckmondwike in the early hours of Sunday.
Image source, Google MapsPolice say the woman had been attacked near a grassed area in Little Green Lane at Six Lane End.
The 36-year-old victim met the suspect in the Acapulco Nightclub in Waterhouse Street, Halifax, on Saturday night, before leaving with him in a taxi from outside the club.
The taxi driver dropped them off in Little Green Lane and then left the scene.
Quote MessageWe are appealing for the taxi driver to come forward."
Det Insp Seth Robinson, Kirklees District CID
Oli Woodcock
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire
The number of birds living and feeding on farm land in Yorkshire is on the rise.
Image source, RSPBA number of projects to create nesting sites and winter feeding areas are being carried out by farmers who are paid by the government for their work.
Surveys by the RSPB, external show increasing numbers of birds on land where the projects take place.
As we've been hearing, one of Europe's largest stately homes has been bought by a conservation group for £7m.
Wentworth Woodhouse, near Rotherham, has been sold to the Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust.
It's thought the house will undergo a 15-year repair project costing more tha £40m.
The 300-room house was put up for sale a couple of years ago following the death of owner Clifford Newbold.
A previous £8m deal to sell it to a Hong Kong-based investment company fell through in November 2015.
Nathan Turvey
BBC Radio York News
The former head teacher of two teenagers who were found dead at the bottom of a cliff says she is devastated by their deaths .
The bodies of Harry Watson and Alex Yeoman were found by officers at Huntcliff in Saltburn on Friday.
Image source, Cleveland PoliceQuote Message"We are a very close knit community so the devastating loss of these two lovely young men, who had so much to live for, will have a huge impact on both students and staff.
Rachel Prentice , Principal, Freebrough Academy
The 17-year-olds had been pupils at Freebrough Academy in Brotton.
Principal Rachel Prentice said: "We are both shocked and saddened by the devastating news of our ex-students. Our first thoughts are with their friends and families."
Cleveland Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances but said they were not treating the deaths as suspicious.
Sarah Wakefield
BBC Radio Leeds News
We've just received these pictures showing part of Rishworth Moor damaged by fire overnight.
The blaze, which has now been put out, could be seen from the M62.
The emergency services say about 40 firefighters dealt with a "half-mile flame front".
Oli Woodcock
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire
A woman's been taken to hospital after a fire at a flat in Armley.
Image source, Google mapsFire crews were called to Westerly Rise on Mistress Lane just after 21:00 last night.
The woman was given oxygen therapy by fire service personnel and taken to hospital by ambulance with slight smoke inhalation. Four other flats have been damaged by smoke.
Rotherham historic house, Wentworth Woodhouse, has been sold.
The Grade 1-listed building has been bought for £7m by Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust.
One café in Rawmarsh, Rotherham, is fighting loneliness with a natter.
Based at St Mary's Church, the weekly sessions see people who fancy a chat gather, drink coffee, and eat cake.
Over the last year it has become more popular every week.
Sarah Wakefield
BBC Radio Leeds News
Changes to council car park charges start today across Calderdale but they won't mean everyone has to pay more.
That's because fees are going down in some places, like Elland, although they are rising in Halifax town centre.
Tim Swift leads Calderdale Council.
He explains why they've made the alterations:
Kevin Larkin
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire
You might see a lot of police in and around Sheffield today as part of a targeted day of action by South Yorkshire Police.
Operation Duxford will see the police and other agencies carry out warrants and target anti-social behaviour across the city.
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Two 17-year-old boys found dead at the bottom of a cliff at Saltburn have been named by police.
Tributes to Harry Watson and Alex Yeoman have been left at the scene.
Sarah Wakefield has more:
Nathan Turvey
BBC Radio York News
A woman from North Yorkshire has been telling BBC Radio York about the "horrendous" impact a pregnancy drug has had on her family.
Lorraine Norman's mum was given the pregnancy testing drug Primodos when she was expecting three of her children.
Her brother and sister were born with deformities and on another occasion she suffered a miscarriage.
Bayer, who now own the company that made the drug, deny they were responsible for causing any abnormalities.
Lorraine and her family are now taking legal action along with more than a hundred others: