Summary

  • Fire crews deal with tyre blaze as thick black smoke pours from site

  • Unsolved cases 'reviewed' for links to Yorkshire Ripper

  • New laws to tackle paedophiles who groom children online

  • Three taken to hospital after serious crash outside a York army barracks

  • Sheffield shops open early for autism shopping event

  • Former mayor of Doncaster rules himself out of next month's election

  • Nature reserve on former open cast mine officially opens

  • Bodies at medieval North Yorkshire village mutilated to 'stop dead rising'

  • Live updates on Monday 3 April 2017

  1. Giants snatch last-gasp win over Leedspublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Lee Gaskell's last-ditch drop-goal gives Huddersfield a dramatic first Super League win of the season over Leeds.

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  2. 'What is Yorkshireness?' online survey askspublished at 07:50 British Summer Time 2 May 2021

    Is it the no nonsense, straight-talking? The towns, the cities, the coastline? Or something else?

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  3. Rochdale relegated from League Onepublished at 20:11 British Summer Time 1 May 2021

    Rochdale are relegated from League One after being beaten at home by Doncaster Rovers.

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  4. Two arrested on suspicion of 23-year-old's murderpublished at 19:17 British Summer Time 1 May 2021

    Tomasz Waga was found with fatal injuries in Cardiff on the day he travelled from London in January.

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  5. Owls hopes boosted as results go their waypublished at 18:18 British Summer Time 1 May 2021

    Sheffield Wednesday's draw against Nottingham Forest is enough to keep alive their survival hopes as other results go their way.

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  6. Bradford City 0-0 Scunthorpe Unitedpublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 1 May 2021

    Scunthorpe earn the point they need to secure their League Two safety in a goalless draw at Bradford City.

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  7. Brighton close to safety after beating Leedspublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 1 May 2021

    Brighton move closer to securing Premier League safety as victory over Leeds United opens a 10-point gap to the relegation places.

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  8. Memorial plan for Mallard steam locomotive driverpublished at 12:34 British Summer Time 1 May 2021

    The driver of the famous locomotive is buried in an unmarked grave in a Doncaster cemetery.

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  9. PM urged to intervene in Nestle factory closurepublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 1 May 2021

    Councillors say the closure would be a "body blow" to manufacturing in the area.

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  10. Delayed postal votes 'will be delivered in time'published at 10:54 British Summer Time 1 May 2021

    Thousands of people in Sheffield have still not received postal voting forms.

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  11. Printing error delays 15,000 postal votespublished at 21:54 British Summer Time 30 April 2021

    Thousands of people in Sheffield have still not received postal voting forms after

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  12. U's miss promotion chance after 5-4 losspublished at 21:48 British Summer Time 30 April 2021

    Cambridge United miss a chance to win promotion from League Two after falling to a dramatic 5-4 defeat at Harrogate Town.

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  13. Rapper who streamed child abuse jailedpublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 30 April 2021

    Kieron Cunliffe, known as MistaKay, was caught when US officials sent his details to UK officers.

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  14. Children's cancer charity founder jailed for theftpublished at 18:22 British Summer Time 30 April 2021

    Charity founder Colin Nesbitt is jailed for stealing £87,000 from the Little Heroes Cancer Trust.

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  15. Schoolgirl sues school trust over mask-wearingpublished at 18:09 British Summer Time 30 April 2021

    The 12-year-old claims mask-wearing risks causing "serious harm" to children's health.

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  16. Teenager in court charged with solicitor murderpublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 30 April 2021

    Samsul Mohamed is accused of murdering solicitor Khurm Javed in Sheffield.

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  17. Drink-driving arrests rise as beer gardens reopenpublished at 16:25 British Summer Time 30 April 2021

    Police in North Yorkshire have arrested 35 people on suspicion of drug or drink-driving since beer gardens reopened earlier this month.

    Police car at North Yorkshire borderImage source, North Yorkshire Police

    York has seen the highest number of arrests since the reopening of pubs on 12 April, with a total of 11, according to North Yorkshire Police.

    Eight have been made in Harrogate, six in Scarborough, six in Ryedale, four in Hambleton, four in Richmond, three in Craven and three in Selby, police said.

    A further 17 drivers have been arrested on suspicion of drug-driving offences, officers added.

    Sgt Andrew Morton said: "We've only just been allowed to start going to beer gardens again – don’t ruin this for yourself by losing your licence, getting a criminal record and driving ban, paying a heavy fine or going to prison."

  18. Voting moved amid retirement home protestpublished at 15:19 British Summer Time 30 April 2021

    A council has u-turned on plans to use a number of retirement homes as polling stations leaving some voters not knowing where to cast their ballots.

    Painted Fabrics retirement complex.Image source, Google

    Sheffield City Council sent out polling cards for the Graves Park ward for voters to use the Painted Fabrics retirement complex.

    However, the authority ditched its plans after concerns were raised about the risk of voters spreading Covid.

    Local elections are due to take place on 6 May.

    Painted Fabrics resident Geoffrey Oldfield, 65, said voting had been due to take place in the shared lounge area, which he said had been off limits to residents throughout the pandemic.

    "We were all very worried because obviously we are frightened of catching this virus and also we have suffered with not being able to congregate in the lounge," he said.

    "If we couldn't use it, why should people from outside be allowed to," he said.

    The council has now said people originally due to vote at Painted Fabrics should use the polling station at Graves Park Bowling Pavilion.

  19. Bradford schoolboy in finals of cyber security competitionpublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 30 April 2021

    Sarah Wakefield
    BBC Radio Leeds News

    A student from Bradford is hoping to win a trip to America as part of a cyber security competition.

    keyboardImage source, PA Media

    Bingley Grammar School pupil Samee Malik, 18, is taking part in the Cyber Centurion VII competition, which pits secondary school pupils' cyber-security skills against one another.

    The winner will get to visit the Pentagon and the NASA Space Centre.

    Samee said: "I'd definitely like to look at cyber security as a career, it's an every changing industry and there's always new challenges and new ways to protect our data."

  20. CCTV appeal over missing Scarborough womanpublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 30 April 2021

    Police searching for a woman who went missing from her home five days ago have released a new CCTV image.

    Sarah West captured on CCTV the day before she was last seenImage source, North Yorkshire Police

    Sarah West, 46, from Scarborough, was last seen walking towards Filey along the A165, near Cayton Bay, at about 07:30 on Sunday.

    Insp Graeme Kyman, from North Yorkshire Police, said the new image showed Ms West wearing jeans, brown flat boots and a light-coloured blouse and carrying a red bag.

    "In the CCTV, Sarah is wearing an outfit similar to what we believe she was wearing on Sunday so we hope this might help to jog the memories of those who may have seen her at any point in the last few days," he said.

    He added that the search for Ms West was concentrated in the Filey and Reighton areas of the east coast - especially the Cleveland Way coastal footpath.

    Ms West's mother Valerie and sister Rebecca made emotional appeals to Sarah, saying: "Sarah, please come home. We love you and we are here for you no matter what.

    "We know you are worried about your health and our health and we just want you to come home so we can support you.