Summary

  • Leeds Paralympian's joy as stolen medals handed to police

  • Sheffield offers refuge to Grenfell Tower fire victims

  • Multi-million pound Leeds transport modernisation plan expected to get go-ahead

  • Two treated in hospital after four-vehicle smash near York

  • Dead man named by police in Barnsley fight inquiry

  • 'Terror acts won't divide us' - Chief constable and Leeds imam's message

  • Huddersfield man hurt in 'terrifying' mugging

  • Updates on Wednesday 21 June 2017

  1. That's all from Wednesday...published at 06:30

    Those are all our updates from across Yorkshire on Wednesday.

    Want to find out what's happening where you live on Thursday 22 June 2017? Just click here.

  2. Man 'shot' in fight between two groupspublished at 20:17 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    Police said Kurdish and Somalian gangs had clashed.

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  3. Fourth murder charge over Raheem shootingpublished at 20:09 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    Raheem Wilks, the brother of Leeds United's Mallik Wilks, was shot near a barbers in Leeds.

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  4. Our five top stories todaypublished at 17:57 British Summer Time 21 June 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:

    1. Leeds Paralympian's joy as stolen medals handed to police
    2. Sheffield offers refuge to Grenfell Tower fire victims
    3. 'Dripping wet man' surrenders to police after TV appeal
    4. Households used 15% more water in the heat
    5. 999 call for the Queen to belt up

    See you tomorrow.

  5. Fourteen arrests in North Yorkshire drink-driving purgepublished at 17:49 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    Drink-drivers were targeted at the weekend as police made 14 arrests as part of a purge in North Yorkshire.

    PoliceImage source, PA

    Officers say that out of the 14 drivers caught, five of them were double the drink-drive limit.

  6. Travel update: Stanningley Bypass has 'ripple'published at 17:41 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    BBC News Travel

    It's so hot out there, even the Stanningly Bypass has nipped out for a Raspberry Ripple:

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  7. Watch: Latest on Yorkshire's thunderstormspublished at 17:31 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    Keeley Donovan
    Weather presenter, BBC Look North

    We're expecting some of the wet stuff and some of the loud stuff tonight, looks like we've got some thunderstorms on the way.

    Have a look at my video for the latest forecast:

  8. Road closed by police in Sheffieldpublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    Police have sealed off part of Sheffield this afternoon, in the Spittal Hill area

    roads closedImage source, Barbara King

    The police haven't confirmed any details at the moment.

  9. Police search for Richmond man after assaultpublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    North Yorkshire Police are searching for this Richmond man.

    Sean Hugh Lennon, 25, is wanted over an assault in the town on 18 June 2017. A teenager was attacked.

    Officers are checking out properties in Richmond and the Catterick Garrison area as they believe Mr Lennon may be there.

    Sean Hugh LennonImage source, North Yorkshire Police
  10. Three men in court on Rotherham child sex abuse chargespublished at 16:53 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    Three men have appeared in court as part of an investigation into the sexual abuse of children in Rotherham.

    Sheffield magsImage source, Chris Downer

    Asghar Bostan, 47, of East Bawtry Road, Rotherham, is accused of raping a female.

    Mohammed Yasin, 36, of Lilycroft Road, Bradford, and Qaiser Iqbal, 35, of Bingley Road, Bradford, are charged with two other offences.

    The crimes are alleged to have taken place in the town between 2003 and 2006.

    Mr Yasin and Mr Iqbal both face charges of taking a child away from a responsible person and intentionally arranging or facilitating the travel of a female for the purposes of sexual abuse.

  11. Tour de Yorkshire land art winner unveiledpublished at 16:40 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    Nick Wilmshurst
    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    Some of the land art at the year's Tour de Yorkshire was just brilliant, and the team behind the race, Welcome to Yorkshire, ran a competition to find the best.

    This has just been announced as the winner:

    Branwell and the BicycleImage source, Welcome to Yorkshire

    Land art is just that, art that uses the landscape as the canvas.

    Judges decided that this year's best offering was an image of Branwell Brontë riding his bicycle which was designed by Andrew Wood and created with help from the children at Haworth Primary School.

    The artwork measured 80 X 65 metres was made using recycled materials including waste marquee carpet and 3,000 plant pots. You know, like most paintings.

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    This is a fitting winner as the image of Branwell riding his bicycle is a perfect tribute to two trademarks of Yorkshire – the Brontës and cycling.”

    Sir Gary Verity, Welcome to Yorkshire

  12. Travel update: Sheffield road closedpublished at 16:24 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    BBC News Travel

    A road in Sheffield has been closed:

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  13. Watch: York Rescue come to the aid of inflatable dollpublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    York Rescue had a rather unusual find in the River Ouse today.

    The "casualty" is said to be doing fine, but no one has come forward to claim her yet...

    I wonder why...

  14. Iron sign Bantams defender McArdlepublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    Scunthorpe United sign defender Rory McArdle from League One rivals Bradford City on a three-year deal.

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  15. Narrative verdict in Wakefield tree branch death inquestpublished at 15:48 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    Claire Renwick
    BBC Local Live, Sheffield

    The jury at the inquest into the death of a Pontefract woman, who died when a fallen tree pierced her car in high winds, has reached a narrative verdict.

    Edward and Elaine Davison

    Elaine Davison - who was 55 - became impaled by a branch which smashed through the windscreen of her Vauxhall Zafira on the A642 Aberford Road in November 2010.

    Her husband, Edward Davison, told the inquest how his wife pleaded with him to save her life.

    Aberford Road, Wakefield

    Wakefield Coroner's Court heard he "frantically" broke off small branches to get to his wife before flagging down a passing ambulance.

    Attempts were made to resuscitate Mrs Davison as she was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

  16. LISTEN: Community actors star in York suffragette playpublished at 15:21 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    Louise Fewster
    BBC Local Live Yorkshire

    Last night the curtain went up on York's latest big community theatre project.

    It involves 170 community actors and is produced by Pilot Theatre.

    Everything is Possible tells the story of the suffragettes in North Yorkshire.

    It's been years of hard work so there's a lot of buzz around this latest community project.

    Find out more below:

  17. Manchester terror victim's family repeat calls for privacypublished at 15:05 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    Claire Renwick
    BBC Local Live, Sheffield

    The relatives of a Sheffield woman, who was killed in the Manchester Arena terror attack last month, have repeated their wish to be left to mourn in private.

    Kelly BrewsterImage source, Twitter

    Police say some media outlets have been contacting the family directly, which is causing additional distress.

    The 32-year-old was hailed a hero for shielding her 11-year-old niece from the suicide blast at an Ariana Grande concert, which killed 22 people and injured 116.

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    A number of media outlets have asked for funeral details to be made available. The family have again expressed a strong desire that this remains a private matter."

    South Yorkshire Police

  18. Watch: Stormy weather for Yorkshire?published at 14:53 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    It looks like we could be in for some heavy downpours and thundery weather later tonight.

    Lisa Gallagher takes a quick look at the weather warnings in place across Yorkshire:

  19. Households used 15% more water in the heatpublished at 14:40 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    We all know it's been hot over the last few days and that means that we use more water to keep cool, but how much have we been using?

    Paddling PoolImage source, Getty Images

    Yorkshire Water say that we went through 125m litres more water each day last weekend.

    The demand for water in Yorkshire increased by 15% more than average as we all got the paddling pools out and tried to stop the grass from going brown.

    They've launched their annual water saving campaign today, tips include sharing baths and showers and the phrase "If it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down." Err, right.

  20. 'Dripping wet man" surrenders to police after TV appealpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 21 June 2017

    A fugitive wanted for alleged drug smuggling in North Yorkshire has handed himself in to police in Gibraltar - after seeing himself on TV.

    cocaineImage source, Science Photo Library

    The National Crime Agency (NCA) say that an appeal on BBC's Crimewatch had led to him handing himself in "dripping wet."

    The appeal featured cocaine found at an airfield near Thirsk, which had a street value of about £1.2m.

    The suspect refused to tell them how he'd reached Gibraltar, only saying it "wasn't through the frontier". The NCA are now trying to extradite him it.