Summary

  • Lockdown training at schools

  • Cladding removed from Sheffield Children's Hospital

  • Work to start on York Community Stadium in October

  • Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill to get gold medal after doping decision

  • Fears over smaller community hospitals

  • Emergency landing for Leeds-bound plane

  • Sheffield city centre roads closed for cycle race

  • Skegness slur Lotto ad woman offered tour of resort

  • Live updates on Wednesday 19 July 2017

  1. That's all from Wednesdaypublished at 06:34 British Summer Time 20 July 2017

    Those are all the updates from Wednesday 19 July.

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  2. Pietersen hits 52 as Surrey beat Essexpublished at 22:35 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    Kevin Pietersen marks his return for Surrey with 52 to help them beat Essex by 10 runs in the T20 Blast

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  3. 'Majestic' Godleman helps Derbyshire to victorypublished at 21:21 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    Watch Billy Godleman smash 70 from just 42 balls, including two huge sixes, as Derbyshire cruise to a seven-wicket victory over Worcestershire in the T20 Blast.

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  4. 'He had an age to make up his mind' - Brodrick drops easy catchpublished at 19:00 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    Calum Brodrick, a 19-year-old debutant, drops an easy-looking catch off Worcestershire's Ross Whiteley during their T20 Blast match at New Road.

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  5. Our five top stories todaypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 19 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. Teaching union calls for England-wide school lockdown plan
    2. Cladding removed from Sheffield Children's Hospital
    3. Date set for work to begin on York's Community Stadium
    4. Skegness slur Lotto ad woman offered tour by mayor
    5. Five things you didn't know about Halifax Piece Hall

    See you tomorrow.

  6. Student flats and hotel fail fire testspublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    West Yorkshire Fire Service said nine tower blocks failed cladding tests.

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  7. 'I was locked up for 23 hours a day' - stories from youth custodypublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    BBC Newsbeat

    Officials say youth custody centres are so unsafe that a tragedy is "inevitable", but former inmates say they are already taking place.

    Dave was in a youth custody centre in Doncaster when he was 17-years-old.

    Prison

    "There are so many suicide attempts, ones that never get recorded, because of bullying inside the jail system," says Dave.

    "That's the worst thing, the mental torture you get from other inmates.

    "There's a lot of violence in jails but what I saw most was people being bullied to where they thought they had no other choice but to commit suicide."

    Read more of Dave's story here.

  8. Watch: The refurbisment of Halifax's Piece Hallpublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    Halifax's Piece Hall was first built in 1779, but now it's almost at the end of a £19m restoration.

    It's due to open to the public on 1 August.

    We've been for a look around to see how the works going

    See also: Five things you didn't know about Halifax Piece Hall

  9. 50 years of German for Leeds student aged 89published at 17:12 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    An 89-year-old Leeds man has been awarded a prize from Leeds Beckett University after completing almost 50 years of German classes.

    Ken KnaptonImage source, Leeds Beckett University

    But it's not because he's awful at the subject, Ken Knapton's actually fluent in German and has kept up the weekly because of his love of the language.

    He will be awarded the Adela Bond Memorial Prize for Achievement in Modern Foreign Languages next week, during Leeds Beckett’s annual summer graduations.

    Ken, a former chemical engineer from Headingley who will turn 90 on New Year’s Eve, started studying German back in 1968.

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    I’ve continued studying German for all of these years, because I enjoy it. And if you don’t keep on top of a language it’s easy to forget things, so I keep at it.”

    Ken Knapton

  10. Doncaster carers balloted for strike actionpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    Carers who work for a company in Doncaster are to be balloted over strike action - in a dispute over pay and conditions.

    Care

    The GMB union says workers at Runwood Homes, who were transferred from council employment, have been offered a deal which would see their pay cut between £300 and £400 a month.

    They say that cut could go further - to £900 for some when a 24% pay cut comes into force.

    The BBC has approached Runwood Homes for comment.

  11. Watch: Tramlines main stage goes uppublished at 16:47 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    Oli Constable
    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    Ever wondered how the huge stages at music festivals get constructed?

    I popped down to Ponderosa Park in Sheffield yesterday to catch a glimpse of how it happens.

    This time-lapse is only over several hours, but you can see how much work has already gone into getting the festival site ready for the weekend.

  12. Hunt for hit-and-run van driver who injured boy, 7published at 16:35 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    Police in Wakefield are hunting a hit-and-run van driver after a seven-year-old boy was left with a serious leg injury.

    Halton RoadImage source, Google

    The boy was playing when the van hit him on Halton Road in Eastmoor on 9 July.

    Police say the van had been travelling along Halton Road from the direction of Harewood Road and left heading towards Windhill Road.

    The boy had to go to hospital with his injuries and police have appealed to the public to try and find the driver.

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    I would urge anyone with any information about the collision or the vehicle involved to come forward."

    PC Michael McQuade, West Yorkshire Police

  13. Leeds Rhinos' Burrow set to retirepublished at 16:13 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    Leeds Rhinos hooker Rob Burrow to retire at the end of the Super League season after 16 years of playing for the club.

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  14. Police officer accused of misusing helicopter 'saved boys' lives', court hearspublished at 16:09 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    Sheffield Crown Court has heard a police officer accused of misusing his force's helicopter to film people sunbathing naked and having sex was honoured for helping save the lives of two boys who were attacked in Edlington.

    Matthew LucasImage source, PA

    The jury was told that Matthew Lucas received a commendation from the Chief Constable for being one of the team that saved the lives of the two children in 2009.

    Police officers involvedImage source, PA

    Mr Lucas is on trial with another officer, Lee Walls, and two police helicopter pilots, Matthew Loosemore and Malcolm Reeves.

    All four deny misconduct in public office.

    The trial continues.

  15. The rise and rise of bare-knuckle boxingpublished at 15:55 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    Bradford bare-knuckle boxer Scott 'Pretty Boy' Midgley prepares for the fight of his life.

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  16. Man fined for urinating in front of York bus queuepublished at 15:43 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    Two men have been in court for urinating on the streets of York, one of whom relieved himself in front people waiting for a bus.

    YorkImage source, Google

    Lee Evans, 28 from Bruce Glazier Terrace in Durham also pleaded guilty after officers saw him urinating in full view of passengers waiting at the bus stops at Piccadilly. He had to pay £250 in fines and costs.

    Daniel Lombard, 31 from Ramsay Street in Scarborough, pleaded guilty after he was found by police urinating in an alley off Coney Street in May. He had to pay £160 in fines and costs.

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    We welcome people to the city centre to enjoy all it has to offer, but we will not tolerate this anti-social activity."

    Cllr Sam Lisle, York City Council

  17. Beatrix Potter's publisher-saving book for salepublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    Julie Cush
    BBC News

    A volume of rhymes by Beatrix Potter sold to bail out her cash-strapped publishers are to be auctioned.

    As well as writing children's books, the author penned rhymes as a hobby but offered to publish them in 1917 when firm Frederick Warne ran into problems.

    Her Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes were printed and more than 20,000 copies were sold in just two months.

    Now a first edition is to be sold at Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn, and is expected to fetch up to £1,200., external

    Beatrix Potter verseImage source, Tennants Auctioneers
  18. Moors dig to unearth hidden railway heritagepublished at 15:13 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    Yorkshire Post

    People are being sought by the North York Moors National Park Authority to join its team of experts and excavate three trenches at Goathland Incline.

    The remote mid-19th century railway station spot was once at the heart of the Industrial Revolution, external, fuelled by the discovery of ironstone and the coming of the railways.

    DigImage source, Yorkshire Post
  19. 'Safety is first priority' for failed fire test student flatpublished at 14:58 British Summer Time 19 July 2017

    We told you earlier that Five more high-rise buildings in West Yorkshire have failed fire safety tests on their exterior cladding.

    Two of them are student accommodation blocks.

    Sky PlazaImage source, Google

    One of them, Concept Place is unoccupied but the other, Sky Plaza is home to some students, both are owned by landlord Unite Students.

    The company said local fire authorities had inspected each of the affected properties and were happy for them to remain occupied,

    A Unite Students spokeswoman said: "Safety is our first priority. Based on the advice of experts from the relevant local fire authorities.