Summary

  • All Creatures Great and Small star Robert hardy dies aged 91

  • Bradford firms fined for nuisance marketing calls

  • Teenage motorbike passenger killed in South Yorkshire crash

  • New redundancy payment for former Kellingley miners

  • Safety leaflet targets pedestrians crossing A64

  • Screen Yorkshire backs Leeds for Channel 4 HQ bid

  • Push for high speed rail route for north of England

  • Warning after handbag snatches from Rotherham drivers

  • Updates on Thursday 3 August 2017

  1. Pub bombings inquests 'could be resumed'published at 12:47 British Summer Time 4 August 2017

    Lawyers argue inquests into the deaths of five people in the 1974 Guildford pub bombings never closed.

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  2. That's all from Thursdaypublished at 06:37 British Summer Time 4 August 2017

    Those are all the updates from Thursday 3 August.

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  3. Derbys move top with win over Yorkshirepublished at 22:49 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    Derbyshire move to the top of the T20 Blast North Group as they claim a five-wicket win against Yorkshire at Headingley.

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  4. Barnsley sign Potts from Blackpoolpublished at 21:07 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    Barnsley sign midfielder Brad Potts from Blackpool for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract.

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  5. Our five top stories todaypublished at 18:00

    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. All Creatures Great and Small star Robert Hardy dies aged 91
    2. Bradford companies fined for nuisance marketing calls
    3. Teenager dies following motorbike crash in South Yorkshire
    4. Screen Yorkshire backs Leeds for Channel 4 HQ bid
    5. And Wakefield roots for Missy the moggy

    See you tomorrow.

  6. Peer into the past of Kirkstall Abbey in Leedspublished at 17:47 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    If you live in North Leeds you might pass Kirkstall Abbey every day and not really give it a second thought.

    Kirkstall AbbeyImage source, Leeds City Council

    But the 865-year-old former monastery holds so many stories and some of them have been pulled together for a new display at the Abbey's visitor centre, external.

    You'll be able to see the medieval tiles Cistercian monks would have walked on centuries ago, and a tiny tuning peg from a musical instrument which could have belonged to a medieval minstrel.

    These, along with other items, were dug up on the site over the years and are being put on display for the first time in a free exhibition there.

    Kirkstall AbbeyImage source, Leeds City Council

    Monks began building Kirkstall Abbey in 1152 on land gifted to them by wealthy nobleman Henry de Lacy.

    Today, it's one of the best preserved monasteries in the country.

  7. A modelling agency with a differencepublished at 17:43 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    It works exclusively with people who have physical or learning disabilities and is based in Sheffield.

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  8. Two charged over gunshots in Huddersfieldpublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    Two teenagers, aged 17 and 18, have been charged with attempted murder after guns were fired in Kirklees last week.

    The 17-year-old male, from Dalton, has been charged in relation to three firearms discharges in Holays, New House Road and Dalton Fold.

    The 18-year-old male, from Deighton, has been charged in relation to two firearms discharges in Holays and New House Road.

    They're both due to appear before Kirklees Magistrates' Court on Friday morning.

  9. Teen fight over girl 'left one boy dead'published at 17:29 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    The boy who died got into a fight when he spotted the girl talking to her ex, a court hears.

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  10. E-fit appeal over Doncaster assaultpublished at 17:17 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    Kevin Larkin
    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    An e-fit image has been issued by police after a man was assaulted in the Armthorpe area of Doncaster.

    E-fitImage source, South Yorkshire Police

    The victim was walking his dog at the pit top when he saw three quad bikers.

    As he was leaving, the 53-year-old was pushed by a teenage boy pushing a bike and then hit by a biker in his early 20s.

    The victim was left with a broken jaw and two breaks in his arm.

    Anyone with information is asked to contact South Yorkshire Police on 101.

  11. Final approval sought for Dewsbury hospital services movepublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    Health officials are being asked to give their final approval to plans to move some hospital services from Dewsbury to Wakefield.

    Dewsbury hospitalImage source, Google

    The NHS wants to relocate services for very ill patients to Pinderfields, as part of a bigger re-organisation of health services in the area.

    If approved, the changes will happen at the start of next month.

  12. Robbers go through man's pockets after pushing him to floorpublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    A man who was pushed to the floor on a Scarborough street had his belongings taken from his pockets as he lay on the pavement.

    Scarborough TK MaxxImage source, Google

    It happened on Tuesday afternoon outside TK Maxx.

    The 57-year-old man was approached by two men who started to talk to him and then pushed him over before going into his pockets to take his property.

    The men then ran off towards Westborough.

    Anyone with information about the robbery is being asked to contact police.

  13. Leeds Rhinos: Teenagers Jack Walker and Alex Sutcliffe sign new dealspublished at 16:56 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    BBC Sport

    Leeds Rhinos youngsters Jack Walker and Alex Sutcliffe have signed new deals.

    Jack WalkerImage source, SWPIX.COM

    Full-back Walker, 17, had looked set to leave after the club announced he had turned down a deal last month.

    Centre Sutcliffe, 18, made his Rhinos debut in the Super League defeat by Wigan Warriors in July.

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    I'm really happy things have been finalised and becoming a full-time player with my home town club is a dream come true for me."

    Jack Walker, Leeds Rhinos

  14. Heritage campaigners back restoration of Firbeck Hallpublished at 16:49 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    Kevin Larkin
    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    The Save Britain's Heritage organisation has backed plans to restore South Yorkshire's Firbeck Hall.

    Firbeck HallImage source, Save Britain's Heritage

    The country house was originally built in the late 16th century on land near Rotherham.

    The building underwent a major restoration in the 1930s with lots of Art Deco features added.

    The modern look encouraged the BBC to use Firbeck Hall to host its Late Night Dance Music show:

    Firbeck Hall 1930sImage source, Save Britain's Heritage

    However, the hall was closed in the late 1980s and has been in a state of decline ever since.

    New proposals would see the country house converted into 24 apartments with eight new houses added to land on the estate.

  15. New bypass for Pontefract, Featherstone and Ackworth?published at 16:41 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    More than £250,000 is going to be spent looking into whether a bypass should be built around Pontefract, Featherstone and Ackworth in West Yorkshire.

    PontefractImage source, Google

    It's claimed a new road will reduce congestion and open up new land for house building.

    The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has also agreed to investigate turning the York outer ring road into a dual carriageway.

  16. Watch: New help for South Yorkshire stammererspublished at 16:28 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    A new course has been launched in South Yorkshire to help people who stammer.

    Glenn Bills, from Doncaster, is bringing a new technique, called the McGuire programme, to the county for the first time.

    Dean Ridge, from the Sheffield and Doncaster Stammering Association, welcomes the idea:

  17. All Creatures Great and Small star Robert Hardy dies aged 91published at 16:13 British Summer Time 3 August 2017
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    The actor Robert Hardy, who played Siegfried Farnon in the North Yorkshire-based BBC series All Creatures Great and Small has died aged 91.

    Robert Hardy

    His family released a statement: "Gruff, elegant, twinkly, and always dignified, he is celebrated by all who knew him and loved him, and everyone who enjoyed his work."

    He played the character Siegfried in 90 episodes of All Creatures Great and small in the 1970s and 80s and starred in the Harry Potter films as Cornelius Fudge.

  18. Irfan Wahid stabbing: Death followed fight over teenage girlpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    A fight over a girl between two teenaged boys ended with one of them being stabbed to death, a court has heard.

    Irfan WahidImage source, West Yorkshire Police

    Irfan Wahid, 16, died in hospital after being attacked in Harehills Lane, Leeds, during the afternoon of 10 February.

    Leeds Crown Court heard Irfan Wahid was alighting from a bus when he spotted the defendant chatting to the 16-year-old girl on Harehills Lane.

    Irfan allegedly then hit the defendant until he fell to the ground. The defendant got up, took a kitchen knife from his bag and stabbed Mr Wahid in the chest, the prosecution said.

    A 16-year-old, who cannot be publicly named because of his age, has denied murder and manslaughter charges.

    The trial continues.

  19. Bradford skipper Vincelot extends dealpublished at 15:48 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    Bradford City captain Romain Vincelot signs a new two-year deal with the League One side.

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  20. CCTV issued over sexual assault in Leedspublished at 15:41 British Summer Time 3 August 2017

    Do you know this man? Police want to speak to him after a sexual assault in Leeds.

    CCTVImage source, West Yorkshire Police

    It happened late on 30 June at Hyde Park Corner as a woman in her 30s was walking towards Headingley when a man sexually assaulted her.

    A taxi driver saw what was happening and stopped to help the woman and the man ran off as the driver pulled up.

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    This was an extremely distressing incident for the victim and I would ask anyone with information to get in touch with police."

    Det Con Philip Joyce, West Yorkshire Police