Summary

  • Armed police on patrol at Great Yorkshire Show

  • Halloween 'ride-out' participants jailed for at least a year

  • Leeds mum of sick child defends parents of terminally ill baby

  • Woman charged with attempted murder over Dewsbury stabbing

  • Organ transplants save 945 in South Yorkshire

  • Live updates on Tuesday 11 July 2017

  1. That's all from Tuesdaypublished at 07:11 British Summer Time 12 July 2017

    Those are all the updates from Tuesday 11 July.

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  2. Band's hospital 'Brassed Off' tributepublished at 21:22 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Dodworth Colliery Band played in Barnsley Hospital car park for patient Patricia Coupland.

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  3. Under-14s rugby league player diespublished at 21:09 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Evan Hawksworth was injured during a match between Stanley Rangers and Batley Boys on Sunday.

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  4. Boris Johnson vows to help Chennai Sixpublished at 20:55 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    The former British soldiers known as the Chennai Six were jailed for firearms offences.

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  5. Vale sign Huddersfield's Pyke on loanpublished at 19:34 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Huddersfield Town striker Rekeil Pyke joins League Two club Port Vale on a season-long loan.

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  6. Leeds United sign striker Ekubanpublished at 19:21 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Leeds United sign striker Caleb Ekuban from Italian club Chievo Verona for an undisclosed fee.

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  7. Northants v Tykes T20 tie rained offpublished at 18:54 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    The T20 Blast group game between Northamptonshire and Yorkshire is abandoned without a ball being bowled because of rain.

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  8. Our five top stories todaypublished at 18:01 British Summer Time 11 July 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. Halloween 'ride-out' participants jailed for at least a year
    2. Armed police on patrol at the Great Yorkshire Show
    3. Cuts in social care for Bradford
    4. Rotherham man jailed for life for murder
    5. Search for missing teenage girls continues

    See you tomorrow.

  9. Cash injection for some North Yorkshire poolspublished at 17:36 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Nearly £300,000 of National Lottery money is going into swimming facilities in the a part of North Yorkshire.

    SwimmingImage source, Hambleton District Council

    Hambleton District Council has got the cash for a pilot scheme which aims to get more people going for a swim - particularly families, women and girls, men over 40.

    If your local pool is in that area, you can look forward to "enhanced swimming technology" and other improvements in Northallerton, Thirsk, Bedale and Stokesley.

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    In the last year there were around 170,000 swims in our pools – we want to see that increase significantly as a result of this scheme.”

    Cllr Bridget Fortune, Hambleton District Council

  10. Leeds boxer makes an appearance at Great Yorkshire Showpublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Worth heading over to the Welcome to Yorkshire tent at the Great Yorkshire Show with your autograph book.

    Are they still a thing? Okay, maybe a cheeky selfie then...

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  11. Sheffield homeless charity appeals for helppublished at 17:20 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    A charity that helps young people find a safe place to stay the night is appealing for more help in South Yorkshire.

    HomelessImage source, PA

    A branch of Nightstop was set up in Sheffield last year, and the national organisation features in a TV documentary tonight looking at its work.

    It's on More 4 at 22:00 and follows the stories of three young people all in need of accommodation as they're matched with families who can give them a bed for the night.

  12. Live: Sheep shearing at the Great Yorkshire Showpublished at 16:38 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    You won't find this on Sky Sports, live coverage of the Yorkshire intermediate sheep shearing finals at the Great Yorkshire Show.

    It's all included in your licence fee folks.

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  13. Sheffield Uni gets cash boost for rail technologypublished at 16:33 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Claire Renwick
    BBC Local Live, Sheffield

    A consortium of seven universities, including the University of Sheffield, has secured £92m of funding from the rail industry.

    TrainImage source, Getty Images

    The aim is to establish the UK as a world-leader in rail innovation.

    The cash will be spent on looking into new technology and building laboratories to test equipment used to upgrade rail networks.

  14. Sheffield doctor casts doubt over coffee claimspublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Claire Renwick
    BBC Local Live, Sheffield

    A consultant cardiologist from Sheffield has raised concerns about a report which suggests people who drink more than three cups of coffee a day will live longer.

    A cup of coffeeImage source, Getty Images

    The research, published in the journal the Annals of Internal Medicine, suggests an extra cup of could lengthen a person's lifespan - even if it is decaffeinated.

    But Dr Tim Chico says the findings are far from conclusive, and that eating a healthy diet and taking regular exercise are far more important.

  15. The Great Yorkshire Show gets cheesypublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    It's tense at the Great Yorkshire Show at the minute, the cheese judges are out inspecting:

    Great Yorkshire Show

    And it's probably quite popular as the rain continues to fall and the thousands that have gone along today try and find shelter.

    But at least they've got a lot of cheese to keep them entertained.

  16. Ampleforth boozer named as Yorkshire pub of the yearpublished at 15:40 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Yorkshire's favourite pub has been named at the show as The White Swan at Ampleforth.

    The White SwanImage source, Google

    It's finished top of a public vote organised by tourism body Welcome to Yorkshire and was announced at the Great Yorkshire Show.

  17. Chesterfield sign Blades' Reed on loanpublished at 15:30 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Chesterfield sign Sheffield United's England Under-20 midfielder Louis Reed on a season-long loan deal.

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  18. Cuts in social care for Bradfordpublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    There's a warning more spending cuts might be on the way in Bradford before the end of the year.

    BradfordImage source, Tim Green

    A report discussed by senior councillors predicts there will be a £10.5m deficit by the end of the financial year in April.

    The council says that they will have to make cuts in adult social care and children's social care.

    They say they have "plans in those areas to reduce those costs".

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    We have a budget and we'll stick to it, it's just the savings need to come out more quickly."

    Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe, Bradford Council Leader

  19. Attack led to cancer woman's early deathpublished at 15:04 British Summer Time 11 July 2017

    Robber jailed for murder because his victim was too badly injured to be treated for her illness.

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