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. Second man charged in murder investigationpublished at 16:55 British Summer Time 4 April 2021

    A 44-year-old man is charged with assisting an offender after a man died following an assault.

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  2. Leeds lose £64m in promotion seasonpublished at 09:16 British Summer Time 4 April 2021

    Accounts show Leeds United lost £64m during the coronavirus-hit 2019-20 season despite winning promotion to the Premier League.

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  3. Bizarre 'bread arch' royal tribute photo unearthedpublished at 07:47 British Summer Time 4 April 2021

    The picture, unearthed from a Leeds archive, shows an unusual welcome for a Victorian royal visitor.

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  4. Leeds beat Blades to move into top halfpublished at 19:27 British Summer Time 3 April 2021

    Leeds United score early in each half to beat Yorkshire rivals Sheffield United and move into the top half of the Premier League.

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  5. Man charged in murder investigationpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 3 April 2021

    A 43-year-old man is charged with assisting an offender after a man died following an assault.

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  6. Quarter of hospital staff abused by patientspublished at 12:34 British Summer Time 3 April 2021

    An NHS report says 23.5% of hospital staff in North Yorkshire experienced harassment, bullying or abuse.

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  7. Woman and guide dog reunited after months apartpublished at 07:44 British Summer Time 3 April 2021

    Kimberley Burrows says she was "lonely and depressed" while guide dog Tami was away for surgery.

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  8. Bradford City 4-1 Forest Green Roverspublished at 17:44 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Andy Cook scores twice as Bradford beat Forest Green for their their biggest win of the season.

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  9. Walsall 0-0 Harrogate Townpublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Harrogate keeper James Belshaw returns to haunt his former club, making numerous superb saves to keep Walsall at bay.

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  10. In-form Watford beat Owls to boost promotion pushpublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Promotion-hopefuls Watford beat struggling Sheffield Wednesday to record a sixth successive victory.

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  11. Tigers edge Leeds in bruising contestpublished at 16:50 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Castleford Tigers make it back-to-back wins in Super League with a hard-earned derby win over rivals Leeds Rhinos at St Helens' TW Stadium.

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  12. Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Charlton Athleticpublished at 14:44 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Chelsea loanee Ian Maatsen scores his first goal in senior football as Charlton beat Doncaster to leapfrog them in the table.

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  13. Cancer victim's petition tops 150,000 signaturespublished at 14:40 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Gemma Sisson-Moore died calling for patients to receive full body scans before getting the all clear.

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  14. Owls boss Moore tests positive for Covidpublished at 14:37 British Summer Time 2 April 2021

    Sheffield Wednesday boss Darren Moore tests positive for Covid-19.

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  15. ‘My body won’t let me get back to normal’published at 18:15 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    Kelly Day was in hospital for 30 days with Covid and is suffering from long-term effects.

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  16. 'You can't keep yourself wrapped in cotton wool'published at 17:36 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    Clinically vulnerable people are no longer being told to stay home as much as Covid rules are eased.

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  17. Longer hours for Sheffield tips aim to tackle fly-tippingpublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    All of Sheffield’s council-run recycling centres will open seven days a week from tomorrow in a bid to tackle traffic tailbacks and an increase in fly-tipping, it's been confirmed.

    A refuse site on Blackstock Road

    The city's five household waste recycling centres will open from 09:30 to 17:30, seven days a week, from today, the council says.

    Every day over the long bank holiday - Good Friday to Bank Holiday Monday – Blackstock Road (pictured) and Beighton tips will open until 20:00.

    And on Saturday and Sunday, just for this weekend, the old waste transfer station at Tinsley Park Road will be open between 09:30 and 17:30 for people to bring bags of small household rubbish or garden waste.

    Buses were forced to divert their services earlier this week when huge queues of traffic formed to use the tip on Blackstock Road.

    Meanwhile, a councillor recently disclosed that Sheffield had some of the shortest recycling centre opening hours among major cities, adding his ward had become “the dumping ground of south Sheffield”.

  18. Blind Bradford therapy cat wins national 'hero' awardpublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    BBC Radio Bradford

    A blind cat called Carrots has been awarded a national award for the support he provides at a Marie Curie Hospice in Bradford.

    Carrots the cat and Katie LloydImage source, Blue Cross

    The long-haired ginger and white tom cat arrived at Bradford Cat Watch Rescue with multiple injuries and his eyes couldn't be saved.

    He started visiting the Maudley Street Hospice in Bradford when his new owner, Katie Lloyd, was diagnosed with a brain tumour three years ago.

    Ms Lloyd, who works with Bradford Cat Watch Rescue, says: "Right from the moment he arrived with us, he was very calm. He let us do his treatments.

    "Most cats would put up a bit of a fight, but he was like, 'yeah, yeah, whatever.' As time went on, I realised he was really intuitive."

    Carrots, who's thought to be the UK's first blind therapy cat, has now been awarded the Blue Cross medal - awarded to "hero pets" - for his work with Marie Curie hospices.

    Ms Lloyd says: "He usually has a ward round that the nurses have ascertained before we get there, because obviously some people really, really love cats, and some people aren't so keen."

  19. Witness appeal over teenager's knife threat in Yorkpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    Police are appealing for information after receiving reports about a knife-wielding teenager threatening another teenager near a school in York.

    Police jacket

    It happened between 17:45 and 18:15 on Wednesday 24 March at the rear of St Peters School in Clifton and involved two male teenagers involved in a "verbal altercation", police say.

    During this, one of the males appeared to have a knife and was using it to threaten the other male, according to North Yorkshire Police.

    An 18-year-old male has since been arrested over the incident and has been released on bail pending further inquires, the force adds.

    Officers are appealing for people's help in establishing the full circumstances surrounding the incident.

    In particular, they say they want to know who started the "altercation" and the circumstances surrounding it.

  20. In pictures: Fire crews tackle Sheffield scrap metal blazepublished at 16:31 British Summer Time 1 April 2021

    The first pictures showing a large fire involving tonnes of scrap metal at a site in Sheffield have been released by the fire service:

    The scrap metal fireImage source, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

    Crews were called to Carlisle Street at about 13:00 to reports of a blaze involving scrap metal.

    The latest images by South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service show firefighters tackling the blaze:

    The scrap metal fireImage source, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

    There are six crews currently in attendance, the fire service said.

    Nobody is thought to have been injured.

    People are being asked to avoid the area and local residents have been told to close their windows and doors.

    The scrap metal fireImage source, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service