Latest news from Yorkshirepublished at 06:33 British Summer Time 18 May 2017
This service for Wednesday 17 May 2017 has now finished.
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Summary
Sheffield City Council ordered to pay £91k sex abuse compensation
Three remain in custody over murder of Leeds woman
Unemployment in Yorkshire falls to 134,000
Ilkley Moor fire caused by barbecue
Stadium builders to be announced - five years after planning permission granted
Yorkshire soldier buried 100 years after being killed at the Somme
Sheffield pub saved from demolition
UK's first public park dementia-friendly garden opens in Leeds
KitKat loses appeal to trademark four-finger design
Updates on Wednesday 17 May 2017
Latest news from Yorkshirepublished at 06:33 British Summer Time 18 May 2017
WW1 soldier reburied with full honourspublished at 19:20 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Private Henry Parker was identified after DNA from his bones was matched to his great-nephew.
Read MoreOur five top stories todaypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
That's all from us for today, we'll be back tomorrow from 06:30 with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel for Yorkshire.
Updates on breaking news will continue throughout the night, but before we go, let's look back at some of our top stories from today:
- Sheffield City Council ordered to pay £91k sex abuse compensation
- Three remain in custody over Leeds murder
- Group guilty of killing Rotherham man
- Ilkley Moor fire caused by 'careless disposal of a barbecue'
- York's KitKats not unique enough
See you tomorrow.
Houses targeted in Rotherham drugs purgepublished at 17:56 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Adam Pinder-Smith
BBC Local Live, YorkshireSouth Yorkshire Police have been in Rotherham today with drugs offence warrants across the town and they've been armed with this ready for raids:
Image source, South Yorkshire PoliceAddresses in Swinton, East Herringthorpe and Rawmarsh were searched and inquiries continue.
Man burgled home days after killing ownerpublished at 17:39 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Philip Craig returned to the flat where his victim lay dead in order to steal his possessions.
Read MoreSex assault council boss still receiving pensionpublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Michael Buchanan
Social Affairs Correspondent, BBC NewsBBC News has learned a former council official who is serving a 16 year prison term for sexual offences is still getting a council pension.
Image source, South Yorkshire PoliceRoger Dodds was convicted in February of sexual offences against young men between 1975 and 1993.
His employers at Sheffield City Council, who knew about the sexual allegations, allowed him to retire on a full pension in 1993 following an internal investigation.
Today the South Yorkshire Pensions Authority, responsible for paying the pension, told the BBC that Dodds was still being paid as the council had not taken any action to stop it.
Baroness Warsi to talk about attitudes towards Islam at Leeds eventpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi will be in Leeds tomorrow to talk about British attitudes and policy towards Islam.
Image source, Jeff Overs/BBCShe'll be speaking at Leeds Trinity University about being the child of Pakistani immigrants, her upbringing in Dewsbury and her new book.
In it she explores cultural difference, terrorism, surveillance, social justice, religious freedom, integration and the meaning of "British values".
Quote MessageI'm looking forward to meeting a diverse range of students and staff, and sharing my thoughts on the challenges facing Britain."
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi
Police concern for missing Rotherham womanpublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Adam Pinder-Smith
BBC Local Live, YorkshireSouth Yorkshire Police are concerned for missing 25-year-old Chelsea Scales.
She's described as having dark hair and was last seen in Rotherham at around 22:00 last night.
Image source, South Yorkshire PoliceAnyone with information is asked to contact South Yorkshire Police on 101.
Listen: The Lyceum 'it's a beautiful theatre'published at 16:53 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Paulette Edwards
Presenter, BBC Radio SheffieldThe play based on Mark Haddon's book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is at the Lyceum in Sheffield this week.
It surrounds the story of 15-year-old Christopher and I've been speaking to actress Lucianne McEvoy who plays the role of his teacher Siobhan about the run in South Yorkshire so far:
The play runs at the Lyceum in Sheffield, external until Saturday.
Teenager released under investigationpublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Oliver Wright
BBC News Online, YorkshireA teenager arrested yesterday on suspicion of communicating false information to a school in Scarborough has been released under investigation as inquiries continue.
Graham School, external in the town was closed on Monday and Tuesday after staff received suspicious calls and emails but it re-opened today.
Image source, GoogleQuote MessageNorth Yorkshire Police has undertaken a thorough search of the school, both upper and lower sites, finding nothing suspicious or of concern."
Graham School's website
York named in top 10 best cities to raise a familypublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
York has been named as one of the UK's best cities in which to raise a family, external, but Leeds and Bradford are among the worst.
Image source, The Yorkshire PostGroup guilty of killing Rotherham manpublished at 16:23 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Breaking
Ronan Sully
BBC Radio SheffieldA man, woman and three teenage boys have been found guilty of killing 34-year-old Craig Preston in a lay-by in Rotherham and leaving his body near the Woodhead tunnel in August last year.
42-year-old Mohammed Shiraz Bashir, aged 42 and his partner Leonie Marie Mason, aged 24, both from Holme Park Court in Huddersfield, were convicted of murder and remanded in custody to be sentenced at a later date.
Image source, South Yorkshire PoliceThe three teenage boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were cleared of murder, but convicted of manslaughter and have been remanded in the care of the local authority.
Quote MessageThis has been a complex and difficult murder investigation into a brutal and sustained assault on Mr Preston in summer last year."
DCI Steve Handley, South Yorkshire Police
Lord Mayor gets behind Bantamspublished at 16:12 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
The Lord Mayor of Bradford is wishing the Bantams success in their promotion bid to the Championship on Saturday.
Image source, PAThe clock tower on City Hall, the fountains in City Park and the archways at Forster Square Railway Station will be lit in the team colours from Friday evening over the weekend.
There will also be Bradford City flags flying in Centenary Square before the match against Millwall.
Bradford Council staff are being encouraged to show their support for the team by wearing Bradford City football shirts.
Quote MessageThe club have done so well and their supporters always do the city proud."
Cllr Abid Hussain, Lord Mayor of Bradford
CCTV released after serious assault in Yorkpublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Do you recognise these two men?
Police want to speak to them after a serious assault in York which left two other men lying unconscious in the street with serious injuries.
Image source, North Yorkshire PoliceIt happened in the early hours of last Monday after a fight in the Castlegate area of the city involving a group of men and women.
Both injured men were found on the street unconscious, one had to be hospitalised for two nights.
If you can identify the two men in the CCTV pictures, call North Yorkshire Police on 101.
Search for man missing from hospitalpublished at 15:38 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Have you seen this man from Wakefield who was last seen at St James Hospital in Leeds?
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceJohn Slaughter, 59, was last seen on Monday leaving St James Hospital.
Police say he may well have recently been in the Staveley Bridge area.
Officers say they're searching for him in Horbury and the area around St James Hospital.
Quote MessageWe are very concerned for John's welfare as he may be in need of medical assistance."
Det Insp Phil Jackson, West Yorkshire Police
Watch: When Rony met Pepperpublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Rony Robinson
Presenter, BBC Radio SheffieldThe Pint of Science Festival is under way in Sheffield and as part of it there's a talk tonight about robots.
Pepper is a robot that's been made at Sheffield Hallam University and I've been finding out how clever he is!
Oh and we had a quick dance as well:
Barnsley Civic transformation vision revealedpublished at 14:59 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Mick Lunney
Barnsley reporter, BBC Radio SheffieldSouth Yorkshire firm Norton Mayfield Architects, external has announced their plans to transform The Civic Theatre, external in Barnsley.
As part of this The Civic has launched a £5m fundraising appeal to complete the renovation with the aim of becoming a world-class destination for the arts by 2023.
It's hoped it will look something like this when finished:
Image source, Norton MayfieldQuote MessageOur vision is to reinstate the historic main entrance and re-connect it to the town and its people, returning The Civic to its rightful former glory. "
Helen Ball, CEO of the Civic Theatre in Barnsley
You can support the appeal here., external
Sheffield City Council response on compensation casepublished at 14:40 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Adam Pinder-Smith
BBC Local Live, YorkshireSheffield City Council have released a statement responding to the news that they will have to pay compensation to a former employee after he was sexually abused by a council official in the 1980s.
Image source, South Yorkshire PoliceIn December 2016 Roger Dodds (pictured above) now 81, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for abusing colleagues and students who came to him seeking educational grants.
On the matter Sheffield City Council have said they are "deeply sorry" that Mr Dodds committed these offences while working at the council and that they would "never defend the indefensible and have never failed to accept responsibility".
Quote MessageWe wholly accept the settlement handed down by Judge Robinson".
Sheffield City Council
Yorkshire is 90 minutes from Wembleypublished at 14:15 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Adam Pinder-Smith
BBC Local Live, YorkshireSo Hillsborough is ready. Are you?
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End of twitter postIn a few hours this famous stadium will be packed to rafters as a Yorkshire derby between Sheffield Wednesday and Huddersfield Town takes place.
With the score locked at 0-0 from the first leg, whoever wins tonight will head to Wembley on Bank Holiday Monday for a shot at the Premier League against Reading, who won their semi final with Fulham last night.
Commentary from the South Yorkshire perspective is on BBC Radio Sheffield, with BBC Radio Leeds providing the West Yorkshire view. Both programmes begin at 6pm.
Listen: Canal clean up at Olympic Legacy Parkpublished at 14:00 British Summer Time 17 May 2017
Kat Cowan
BBC Radio SheffieldIt might be raining but that hasn't stopped a group of volunteers helping clean the Sheffield and Tinsley canal today near the new Olympic Legacy Park in the city.
Monica and Graham are two of the people lending a hand:
