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. Murder probe launched into 'suspicious' deathpublished at 10:50 British Summer Time 17 April 2021

    Emergency services were called to Fretson Green in Sheffield at about 00:35 BST on Saturday.

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  2. Prince Musaad resigns as Blades chairmanpublished at 23:18 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Sheffield United chairman Prince Musaad Bin Khalid Al Saud has resigned from his role for personal reasons.

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  3. Crossbow attack victim calls for sales regulationpublished at 19:35 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Anthony Lawrence killed Shane Gilmer and injured his partner Laura Sugden in a "premeditated attack".

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  4. O'Sullivan not excited by title defencepublished at 19:27 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Ronnie O'Sullivan says he does not care about defending his World Snooker Championship title at the Crucible in Sheffield.

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  5. Man in court over severed hand attackpublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Police want to talk to anyone with information about Tuesday's attack which maimed the 18-year-old.

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  6. Drug-debt murderer jailed for killing 'family man'published at 17:57 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Ben Jones has been jailed for life after murdering a man in Sheffield in March 2020.

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  7. 'I spent the whole morning practising my curtsy'published at 17:46 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Disha Joshia met the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh when they visited Bradford to open a temple.

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  8. Passer-by ran into burning building to save womanpublished at 17:38 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Sam Merrill says he's no hero after running into the blazing flat to save the woman trapped inside.

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  9. Leeds fire creates huge plume of black smokepublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Fire crews are dealing with the blaze off Ridge Road in Garforth.

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  10. Fire crews tackle field blaze in Garforthpublished at 16:31 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Crews are dealing with a field fire in Garforth, Leeds.

    West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue was alerted to blaze, which is just off Ridge Road, at about 12:30 BST.

    The force initially deployed seven fire engines, but now only two remain at the scene.

  11. Farrell back for Saracens at Doncasterpublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Owen Farrell makes his return to action for Saracens for their crucial Championship fixture at Doncaster Knights.

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  12. 'Nighthawks' blamed for Roman villa break-inpublished at 13:30 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Security is to be stepped up at the site of the Roman villa after a number of recent incidents.

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  13. Bradford businesses offered grants for outdoor seatingpublished at 13:29 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Sarah Wakefield
    BBC Radio Leeds News

    People who work in the hospitality and tourism sectors in Bradford are being offered grants of up to £1,500 to help them re-open.

    Drinking outdoorsImage source, epa

    The easing of restrictions means that shops, pubs, bars and restaurants can now start serving food and drink outdoors.

    That means many have had to invest in extra seating, tables and heaters.

    Bradford's council has already extended pavements to help businesses and now they can apply online for this new Outdoor Trading Grant.

  14. Plans submitted to renovate Kays Catalogue sitepublished at 09:59 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    The former home of Kays Catalogue in Leeds could be converted into a clinical research unit under plans submitted to the city council.

    Artists impressionImage source, GNA

    Built in the 1950s, US firm Covance by Labcorp wants to renovate parts of the Drapers Yard site in Sweet Street to use for clinical trials, while other buildings on the site would demolished.

    The company currently has two sites in Leeds – at Hyde Street and Wellington Street – but it is believed it wants to move to Drapers Yard to increase bed capacity.

    The building has stood empty since 2004 when Kays merged with Littlewoods to become Shop Direct, which later re-branded as Very.

    A decision on the plan, external is expected to take place in the coming months.

  15. Break-in at Scarborough Roman villa sitepublished at 09:34 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    The North Yorkshire site where a rare Roman villa was unearthed has been damaged in a break-in.

    Roman site in ScarboroughImage source, MAP ARCHAEOLOGICAL PRACTICE

    The remains of the large "stately home" and bath house were found on a site in Eastfield in Scarborough.

    Historic England said the type of layout has "never been seen in Britain" and may be the first example "within the whole former Roman Empire".

    Overnight into Thursday 15 April, fencing at the site and the land itself was damaged during a break-in.

    North Yorkshire Police say they do not know if anything was stolen from the site but are investigating.

  16. Rapist who attacked 'sleeping women' has sentence doubledpublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 16 April 2021

    A man who raped two "defenceless" women in separate attacks while they slept has had his jail sentence extended.

    Dariush Behdarvandi-AidiImage source, North Yorkshire Police

    Dariush Behdarvandi-Aidi, 34, from York, was jailed for six years and 10 months in November at Leeds Crown Court for the attacks, which took place in 2017.

    He sexually assaulted then raped a "comatose" woman in April 2017, before raping a second woman eight months later, who woke during the attack.

    His sentence was increased to 14 years at the Court of Appeal on Thursday after it was referred to the court under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.

  17. Accountant jailed for 'industrial scale' fraudpublished at 21:55 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Steven Day lied about his mother dying and having cancer to cover up his deceit, a court hears.

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  18. Hardaker helps Wigan beat gritty Rhinospublished at 21:39 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Zak Hardaker impresses to steer Wigan Warriors to a hard-earned Super League win over former club Leeds Rhinos.

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  19. 'Sleeping women' rapist sees sentence doubledpublished at 21:18 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Dariush Behdarvandi-Aidi raped two women while they slept during separate attacks in Yorkshire.

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  20. Owls boss Moore contracts pneumoniapublished at 20:26 British Summer Time 15 April 2021

    Manager Darren Moore is to spend time away from Sheffield Wednesday as he recovers from a post-coronavirus bout of pneumonia.

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