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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

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Andrew Barton

'Tough decision' to close Todmorden sixth formpublished at 14:51 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
A sixth form at a West Yorkshire school is going to close at the end of next summer.
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Calderdale Council says Todmorden High isn't getting enough students over the age of 16 to be financially sustainable - and that's because of changes to government funding.
Last night officials approved the move after a five-week consultation, the move was called a "tough decision".
Sixth forms usually need a minimum of 200 students to be financially sustainable, Todmorden High's currently has 118.
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We fully support the Governors’ decision to end sixth form provision. I know that this was a tough decision for them to take."
Cllr Megan Swift, Calderdale Council
Drugs found in Sheffield housepublished at 14:40 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Claire Renwick
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
Here's what the Sheffield East Local Policing Team found during a drugs raid this morning.
Cannabis was seized and a man's now in custody, following a search at a property on Hartopp Drive in Arbourthorne.
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Watch: A rainy start to the Great Yorkshire Showpublished at 14:26 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Despite the weather, thousands of people have turned up at the Great Yorkshire Show.
Good job they sell wellies there:
Halloween 'Mad Max' bike gang jailedpublished at 14:16 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
More than 100 bikers congregated in Kirkstall Road before riding into the city, causing chaos.
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Man dies on Leeds streetpublished at 14:00 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
A 21-year-old man has died after he collapsed on a street in Leeds last night.
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It happened on Victoria Road in Hyde Park at about 23:30 and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police are investigating the circumstances
Why Sheffield has been named ahead of Leeds in rundown of Britain's cheapest university townspublished at 13:53 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Sheffield Star
Sheffield has been named ahead of Leeds and York as the cheapest university town in Yorkshire for students, external - and 17th best in Britain.
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Watch: Leeds Halloween 'ride-out' CCTVpublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Thirteen people have been jailed for their part in the Halloween ride-out in Leeds last year.
More than 100 bikers rode through the streets of the city causing chaos - Police have released CCTV pictures as they rode through town:
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The sheer disregard shown by this group of individuals for the safety of the public will not be tolerated."
Cllr Debra Coupar, Leeds City Council
The ringleader, David Armitage (pictured below), 26 of Brookfield Road in Headingley, was sentenced to two years.
Judge Geoffrey Marson QC said at Leeds Crown Court: "This is a case which calls for a deterrent sentence."
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The behaviour of these individuals created an image of lawlessness in the heart of the city that we simply could not allow to go unchallenged."
Ch Supt Paul Money, West Yorkshire Police
People had likened the scenes around Leeds on 31 October last year to the film Mad Max.
Armitage did not take part, but filmed a live video on Facebook telling viewers "carnage, that's what we do".
Police received about 160 calls from the public and were forced to close a section of Kirkstall Road.
Don't leave Keighley with a hole in the groundpublished at 13:31 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
There are concerns over what will replace a building in the centre of Keighley which has been described as an "eyesore".
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Cavendish House is a former Keighley College building and is set to be demolished, but Bradford council has been warned it needs a plan for the site.
Bosses at at the authority are today expected to designate more than £400,000 to knock down the Cavendish Building - and will market the site to potential developers.
One town councillor says that he's worried that Keighley could end up with a similar situation to Bradford's hole in the ground which was left untouched for more than 10 years.
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I am worried that we're going to end up with a similar situation to Bradford. There doesn't seem to be any forward thinking."
Peter Corkindale, Keighley Town Council
Armed patrols at Great Yorkshire Showpublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
About 130,000 people are expected to attend the farming show in Harrogate over three days.
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Leeds Rhinos captain to leave the club at the end of the seasonpublished at 13:04 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
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BBC Sport
Leeds Rhinos captain Danny McGuire is to leave the Super League club at the end of the season.
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The 34-year-old half-back is Leeds' leading try scorer in the summer era and was under contract until 2018.
"When I was a youngster coming through the academy, I got my opportunity because a senior player moved on," McGuire said.
"Now is the right time for me and the club to give our talented young players their opportunity."
Rotherham man jailed for life for murderpublished at 12:57 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Claire Renwick
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
A Rotherham man will spend at least 27 years behind bars, after being found guilty of murdering a shop worker during a robbery at a town centre store.
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36-year-old Paul Storm Blueitt from Cambridge Crescent - attacked Judith Ducker at Wellgate News last September, before stealing £40 pounds from the till.
The 64-year-old - who had breast cancer - was left with a fractured skull and eye socket, as well as bruising to the brain.
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Her head injuries were so bad, that she wasn't well enough to have any more cancer treatment.
A CT scan revealed the disease had spread to her brain and she died in October.
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I hope that this offers some degree of closure to Judith's family who have had to endure the agony of having their loved one taken away from them."
Andy Shields, Detective Sergeant
Nadiya Hussain feared she was Bake Off's 'token Muslim'published at 12:39 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain, who lived in Leeds, feared she was seen as the "token Muslim" when she appeared on the BBC TV show, she has revealed.
The champion of the 2015 series told the Radio Times, external religion was "incidental" to her and she "struggled" with it being so tied to her identity.
The negative comments she received "shocked" her, she told the magazine.
But she said those people were in the "minority" and most of the UK had reacted to her with "open arms".
Halloween 'ride-out' participants jailed for at least a yearpublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Thirteen people who took part in the Halloween "ride-out" which brought Leeds to a standstill last year have been jailed for at least 12 months.
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The man behind it, David Armitage, 26, of Brookfield Road, Headingley has been jailed for two years.
Armitage did not take part, but filmed a live video on Facebook telling viewers "Carnage, that's what we do".
The incident saw a large number of motorcyclists tear through streets and pedestrian areas in the city.
Witnesses likened the scenes on 31 October to the Mel Gibson film Mad Max.
Powers to buy land given to speed up roadworkspublished at 12:11 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
If you're one of the 40,000 people that use the A629 everyday, there's some good news, your daily commute could be getting quicker
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Council bosses now have the power to buy up land to help with major roadworks between Halifax and Huddersfield.
Compulsory purchase powers have been approved for land near the Calder and Hebble junction on the A629.
Work there will start next year - as part of a £22m plan to speed up journeys.
Jail for man behind Leeds' Halloween 'ride-out'published at 11:58 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
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The man who organised the Halloween "ride-out" which brought chaos to the streets of Leeds last year has been jailed for two years.
More to follow.
Men with knife knock on window claiming 'emergency'published at 11:56 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Two men are being hunted by police after they knocked on the window of a Dewsbury woman's house, pretended there was an emergency and pulled a knife on her.
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It happened in the early hours of yesterday on Millwater Avenue when the suspects got into her garden and knocked on a back window.
One of them told her there was an emergency and she opened a window, she then saw the second man who was holding a knife.
She pulled the window shut and called the police.
WATCH: The Barnsley man who's had three kidney transplantspublished at 11:39 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Andy Kershaw
BBC Radio Sheffield News
New figures out this morning from NHS Blood and Transplant say that almost 1000 people in South Yorkshire are alive because of organ transplants.
I went to meet Paul Johnson from Darton, who's had three kidney transplants:
CCTV released after chip shop arsonpublished at 11:27 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Do you recognise these men? Police have released CCTV images of them after a takeaway in Bradford was set on fire.
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Police want to speak to them after the arson attack which happened at Manningham Fisheries in the early hours of 21 May.
The suspects entered the shop and started a fire inside which causing "extensive damage", according to officers..
The suspects drove off in a grey Audi S3.
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This was a reckless and deliberate attack on a local business which could have resulted in far more serious consequences.
Det Insp Ria Holmes, West Yorkshire Police
Search for missing teenage girls continuespublished at 11:15 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Police are continuing their search for two missing Vietnamese girls who were last seen in York, and have renewed their appeal for information from the public.
North Yorkshire Police launched an appeal on Sunday as they searched for Thi Phan, 15, and 14-year-old Tram Le. They were last seen near York Minster at about 12:30 on Sunday.
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The girls, who now live in the York area, are both about 5ft 2ins tall.
Tram Le was wearing a blue and white top and black trousers. Thi Phan was wearing jeans and a baggy shirt.
Ch Insp Al Wescott, one of the officers leading the search, said: “Our officers are working around the clock to try to find Thi Phan and Tram Le.
“The public’s help could be vital, and we’d urge anyone who thinks they may have seen the girls to get in touch immediately.
"Any information, no matter how insignificant it may seem, could help our investigation.”
Woman racially abused on school run in Sheffieldpublished at 11:02 British Summer Time 11 July 2017
Claire Renwick
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
A woman has been verbally abused by a man in Broomhill during what police believe was a racially aggravated incident.
The 29-year-old was walking back to her car on Chesterwood Drive at around 10:30 on Friday 30 June after dropping her children at school.
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As she approached the vehicle, the man - who's thought to be in his 50s - allegedly made aggressive and abusive comments to her.
He's described as being white, slim, with grey, short curly hair, wearing a blue jumper and driving a light blue van.