Calderdale Council say they are working with "local housing providers to provide reassurance" after the devastating Grenfell tower block fire.

Today the union flag is flying at half-mast at Halifax Town Hall.

Image source, Calderdale Council

This morning emergency services say they don't expect to find anyone else alive in the west London block of flats which was engulfed by a massive fire.

In Calderdale, the council say that they understand that some may be concerned about the fire in London and that "we are working with our local housing providers to provide reassurance."

Andy Kershaw
BBC Radio Sheffield News

I've been taking a look at the home of the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, after they picked up an award as part of BBC Music Day.

Across the country 47 Blue Plaques, commemorating people or places which have influenced our musical culture have been unveiled.

And BBC Radio Sheffield listeners, along with a panel of judges, have chosen the Grimethorpe Colliery Band to represent South Yorkshire.

Yorkshire all-rounder Josh Shaw will link up with Division Two side Gloucestershire on a one-month loan deal.

The scenes at the fire at Grenfell Tower over the last 24 hours have been shocking to say the least, raising many questions about the safety of high-rise flats in general.

Image source, AFP Photo/Natalie Oxford

There are about 400 tower blocks in West Yorkshire with six or more floors, according to West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue.

Today they've released advice on fire safety in high-rises and say that "fires of this severity are extremely rare".

Should a fire break out:

• If there is a fire in another flat in the building, you are usually safest in your own home unless you are affected by the heat or smoke.
• If it is too dangerous to follow your planned escape route because stairs and hallways are full of smoke, ring 999 and stay inside the safest room.
• Keep the doors closed and use towels or bedding to block the smoke at the bottom of the door.
• Use the stairs, not the lift, when leaving the building in the event of a fire.
• If there is a fire, never assume that someone else has called 999 – make the call yourself.

A 76-year-old Leeds man has been charged with 23 historical child sex abuse offences against girls in Lincolnshire.

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John Bailey, 76, from Kippax, has been charged with indecent assault on girls under the age of 14 years as part of Lincolnshire Police's Operation Redstone inquiry.

The crimes are alleged to have between committed between 1957 and 1981.

Mr Bailey has been bailed and is due to appear at Lincoln District Magistrates Court on 27 July.

The development of York's new mental health hospital reached a major milestone today, when the local NHS approved outline plans for the new facility.

The go ahead has been given to progress plans on a preferred site off the city's Haxby Road.

The new hospital replaces Bootham Park Hospital (pictured) which was closed suddenly in September 2015.

It comes despite the news that during the consultation process, more people voted for the old Bootham Park site.

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust say "The Haxby Road site has the space and layout we need and will support 21st century care".

The hospital is expected to be completed in 2019 and will have 72 beds.

Claire Renwick
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

Sheffield City Council has said it will be looking at all of its tower block safety procedures, following a huge blaze at a block of flats in London.

Image source, Reuters

Twelve people have so far died in the fire at Grenfell Tower in north Kensington, and many are still missing.

Rescuers say they don't expect to find anymore survivors in the 24-storey building, which caught fire just before 01:00 yesterday.

Image source, North Yorkshire Police

An inquest into the death of a University of York student whose body was found in York's River Foss takes place today.

Ethan Peters, 20, was last seen on Coney Street at the beginning of October last year.

His body was found in the river, behind the Castle Museum in the city a week later.

There's a world record attempt in Bradford today for BBC Music Day.

You can watch it live here courtesy of BBC Look North

An "escape game" set in a fictional asylum has been criticised by health professionals for "demonising mental health".

The game, run by The Great Escape Game Leeds, challenges players to solve a series of clues to find their way out.

Online advertising mentioning people "locked in straitjackets" has been said to stigmatise mental illness.

The company has apologised for any offence caused but says the game does not "mock psychiatric illness".

Posters are being put up in Harrogate of a street drinker who has been given a Criminal Behaviour Order.

Police say Paul Richard Nelson, 51, (pictured) of Harrogate, has dozens of previous convictions for theft, violence and public order offences.

Image source, North Yorkshire Police

The order was imposed after he was convicted of several begging and public order offences.

Under the requirements of the order, Nelson must not:

• Be drunk in a public place in Harrogate
• Be in possession of alcohol in an unsealed or open container in Harrogate
• Cause harassment, alarm or distress to people in Harrogate

Can Wakefield Trinity reach the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup for the second successive season?

Head coach Chris Chester previews tonight's quarter-final tie at Salford Red Devils.

Kat Cowan
Reporter, BBC Radio Sheffield

Now, how about this for a bonkers idea?

A former tattoo artist with a love for medieval battles has set up two gladiatorial fighting rings in the parish hall next to St Catherine's Church.

I even got to try on a suit!

It's BBC Music Day today and across the country 47 Blue Plaques commemorating people or places which have influenced musical culture will be unveiled.

In South Yorkshire BBC Radio Sheffield listeners and a panel of judges chose the Grimethorpe Colliery Band to receive the prestigious plaque.

The band celebrates its 100th anniversary this year and inspired the internationally-acclaimed film Brassed Off (pictured).

The Grimethorpe Colliery Band was formed in 1917 as a leisure activity for the workmen at the colliery.

It was initially financed by the colliery, a sister company, and a welfare fund set up by the miners themselves.

The plaque will be installed at the band’s rehearsal rooms at the Acorn Centre.

The Archbishop of York will officially open a multimillion-pound redevelopment in a part of the former Terry's Chocolate factory in York later.

Originally home to some of Terry's most recognisable chocolate brands, The Chocolate Works Care Village on the site will provide nursing, residential and dementia care and has a "reminiscence corridor" showing the history of the factory.

An original staircase has been restored with a glass dome covering, and the centrepiece is a glass roofed atrium with a café, shop, gym, hairdresser and even its own pub, The Duke of York!

Kevin Larkin
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Researchers at the University of Bradford have produced an image of what they consider the missing Sheffield boy Ben Needham would look like today.

Image source, Bradford University

They believe their technique is more accurate than those currently used by the police.

Ben was 21 months old when he disappeared on the Greek island of Kos in 1991.

South Yorkshire Police - who last year spent three weeks digging near to the farmhouse where he vanished - say he "most likely" died in an accident.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

I hadn't heard of any pressure on police transport funding, but clearly something's changed!

When is a shed not a shed? When it's a music venue!

A panel of judges has chosen to honour The Shed at Brawby in North Yorkshire, with a blue plaque to celebrate music in the county.

Former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read - chair of the British Plaque Trust - says it marks the amazing history of the unusual travelling venue..

The plaque will be unveiled at Brawby Village Hall, where the first concert took place:

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Barnsley Councillors are taking part in "blindfold" walk this afternoon.

Image source, Google

Councillors Roy Miller and Jim Andrews will have their eyes covered as they venture around the town centre.

They are hoping to highlight the impact of street clutter on people who have sight problems.

York and Leeds are taking part in the the first National Clean Air Day.

Schools in York, the City's University and Hospital, have all been working with the council to promote clean air, holding clean air workshops and looking at how they can help children's health.

Electronic signs across York are also asking drivers to turn off their engines if they are standing in traffic.

Meanwhile people in Leeds are being urged to leave their car at home to mark the day and campaigners say drivers with heavily polluting cars should have to pay to come into the city by the end of next year.

Friends of the Earth says Leeds will still have illegal levels of air pollution in 2026.

Clean Air Day is taking place in nine locations around the country.