Yorkshire breaking news: Latest updates

Summary

Doncaster stab death: Teen jailed for five years
Teenage girl sexually assaulted in Castleford
Woman in court over woodland body find
Man suffers life-threatening injuries after being hit by car in Sheffield
Police appeal after 14 sheep discovered dead in North Yorkshire
Eight need treatment due to 'noxious substance' in Barnsley club
Doncaster's 'balloon' hedgehog doing well after 'being popped'
Updates on Monday 12 June 2017

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Andrew Barton, Mick Lunney and Nick Wilmshurst

Multi-million pound energy overhaul at Harrogate hospitalpublished at 15:12 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Spending £7m making Harrogate District Hospital more energy efficient will create nearly £16m of savings over the next 25 years, health bosses say.
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Work to overhaul the hospital’s facilities, including replacing two of the original steam boilers and all internal lighting, will save about 625,000 per year which can instead be spent on direct patient care, they say.
About £1m has so far been spent on the electrical infrastructure and about 8,500 LED lights have been installed, which the hospital says also has the effect of being friendlier for patients coping with dementia.
Yorkshire win nail-biting clashpublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
As narrow margins go, it was very narrow indeed...
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Yorkshire have beaten Somerset by just three runs in the County Championship.
Veteran Adam Lyth (pictured) took the last wicket, and three others fell to Ryan Sidebottom today.
Labour MPs react after Queen's Speech delayedpublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
More on the news that the Queen's Speech appears to have been delayed for a few days.
Some of West Yorkshire's high-profile Labour MPs have taken to twitter with their reaction:
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Zombies pull out of Sheffield Music in the Gardens eventpublished at 14:37 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Adam Pinder-Smith
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire
Organisers of Sheffield's Music in the Gardens have apologised after legendary band The Zombies (pictured) pulled out of the event, external in the city later this month.
People who've bought tickets to see the band on Thursday 29th June 2017 can use them to see other performances or get a refund.
Other acts which are still due to take part in the Music in the Gardens event at the end of this month include 10CC and the Bootleg Beatles.
Listen: PM 'hard to unseat': York politics expert says May to staypublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
The Queen's Speech - in which the government sets out its legislative programme - has been delayed for a few days, the BBC understands.
The set-piece event had been due to take place on Monday 19 June.
The Conservatives are negotiating with the Democratic Unionist Party to get support for their minority government after losing their Commons majority in last week's general election.
Dr Chris Price, a politics expert at York St John University, has told BBC Radio York he thinks the partnership will work and Theresa May will remain Prime Minister:
In pictures: Brownlees' triathlon triumph in home citypublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Alistair Brownlee beat brother Jonny as they repeated last year's achievement of a British one-two at the World Series Triathlon event in their home city of Leeds at the weekend:
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Bermuda's Flora Duffy produced a superb display to win the women's race:
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Just to prove how much strain these athletes put themselves through, Jessica Learmonth of Great Britain and Gillian Backhouse of Australia needed a quick lie down at the finish:
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Watch: 'Willy Wonka' 90-mile wedding walkpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire
How did you get to your wedding? A fancy car? The back of your dad's old banger maybe?
I'm asking because the boss of a chocolate firm in Skipton is getting married on Saturday and he's walking to his wedding 90-miles away.
He's undertaking the trek, from Ilkley to Windermere-on-Bowness, to raise money for charity.
Not only that, but his name is William. So given that, and the fact he owns a chocolate factory, he's doing it dressed as Willy Wonka!
William Hague's former school in 'special measures'published at 13:47 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Claire Renwick
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
A Rotherham school's gone into special measures following a damning report by Ofsted.
Inspectors said Wath Comprehensive - which was rated "good" in 2011 - is failing to give pupils an acceptable standard of education and that teaching there is inadequate, external.
The school says it's completely committed to on-going plans to address the issues raised in the report.
Wath Comprehensive's most famous pupil was the former Conservative party leader William Hague.
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No crime suspected over M1 skeleton findpublished at 13:38 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
The dead man is thought to come from eastern Europe, West Yorkshire Police say.
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Galactic empire escorts Yorkshire Air Ambulance in Penistonepublished at 13:26 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire
This one comes under the heading, things you don't see everyday.
The Yorkshire Air Ambulance given an Imperial send-off at the weekend's Penistone Gala.
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Thanks to Mick Wall, from Sheffield's Steel City Striders, for having the courage to get close to the Storm Troopers and snap the slightly sinister picture.
If you snap anything interesting which you'd like to share with the rest of Yorkshire, you can send it in by simply clicking here.
Rents reduced at Leeds Kirkgate Marketpublished at 13:10 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Traders at Leeds' Kirkgate market are being given a 20% reduction in their rent as fewer people spend their cash there.
Leeds City Council say that they're reducing the rent for six months and that, although foot-fall is up, it doesn't always "correspond with the level of spend".
People in charge of the market say that visitors to the market have returned to levels seen two years ago.
But traders have said in the past that regulars have been "put off and (are) heading elsewhere."
In February this year, it won "Britain's Favourite Market" and has recently gone through a £13.7m renovation.
Everest cancer climber on his perilous adventurepublished at 12:45 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Nick Wilson
BBC Radio Sheffield
A man who is coping with cancer has been talking to the BBC about making his dream a reality - climbing to the top of Everest.
Ian Toothill from Sheffield - who's raising money for charity - is thought to be the first person with cancer to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain.
Even losing his tent, food and equipment in strong winds wasn't enough to deter him:
Passing the baton: Hundreds of Yorkshire pupils cycle 245 mile relaypublished at 12:30 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Students from 95 schools across Yorkshire are setting off today on a 245 mile cycling relay.
As part of the Schools’ Yorkshire Tour relay, pupils are passing a baton from the start in Sheffield to the final destination in Leeds on 27 June.
They'll cycle through Barnsley, Wakefield, Doncaster, York, Leeds, Bradford and Calderdale, before finishing in Leeds.
On the way they'll ride past famous landmarks, including the historic Stamford Bridge Viaduct (pictured above), Lotherton Hall, (pictured below) and the Woolpack at Esholt, made famous by the long-running television programme Emmerdale.
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This will not only help our young people gain cycling and road safety skills, but also help them see cycling as a fun mode of travel."
Lisa Mulherin,, Councillor
Come and have a go if you think you're fast enoughpublished at 12:11 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
Strong hands, flexibility and not being afraid of heights.
They all count in the arsenal of competive climbers and a big event in Sheffield is now open for entries.
It's the British Bouldering Championships , externalwhich is one of the attraction in this year's Cliffhanger Festival, external in the city.
It runs from July 7-9 and features many other outdoor pursuits, attracting thousands of visitors.
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Car damage in 'police stop' operationpublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Oli Constable
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire
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This photo shows a car which police say was driven with a damaged tyre after it went over a stinger device, laid out by officers to stop it.
Police say they acted after the driver failed to stop and was pursued along the A57 at Ladybower last night.
The car went out of control when one of its wheel disintergrated, says the force.
A man's been arrested and charged over drink-drugs offences.
Patrick Stewart does a "shoey"published at 11:24 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire
Legendary Huddersfield actor Patrick Stewart did something that only a handful of people across the globe have done yesterday.
He did a "shoey".
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The X Men and Star Trek actor was conducting the post-race interviews at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Third place driver, Daniel Ricciardo, has a tradition when he finishes in the top three - to drink champagne from his boot.
Lewis Hamilton declined the offer. I can't blame him.
Listen: Jo Cox's widow to spread her messagepublished at 11:12 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Today Programme
BBC Radio 4
On Friday it will be a year since the murder of the Labour MP Jo Cox.
She was stabbed and shot by a man who supported the far-right.
Her husband Brendan Cox has spoken since about how he wants Jo to be remembered for what she achieved and aspired to in life rather than the way in which she died.
It's one of the reasons he has just written a book called Jo Cox - More in Common. The proceeds from the book will go to a charity which supports the causes she believed in.
Listen live: Somerset v Yorkshire - day fourpublished at 10:57 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
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Yorkshire are aiming to secure a second championship win on the trot, as they go into the final day of their match at Somerset.
You can listen to ball by ball commentary by clicking this link.
'Government must change': West Yorkshire MP, Stuart Andrewpublished at 10:47 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
Prime Minister Theresa May is due to meet Conservative MPs to set out her case for being allowed to stay in Downing Street.
If she does, West Yorkshire Conservative MP Stuart Andrew says she "must start listening to her backbenchers".
The Pudsey MP, who held on to his seat by just 339 votes, says crucial messages about voters' concerns aren't getting through to Downing Street:
'Tiddely-om-pom-pom': Libertines seaside tour heads to Scarboroughpublished at 10:34 British Summer Time 12 June 2017
British rock band, The Libertines, have announced they're on their way to Scarborough.
The London four-piece will perform live at the Scarborough Spa, in the Grand Hall in September, as part of the 'Tiddeley Om Pom Pom Tour’ being performed at seven British seaside towns.
Carl Barat, vocals/guitar for the band said “We do like to be beside the seaside and we hope to find that home on this tour."