The 49-year-old convicted sex offender kept potentially explosive chemicals in his house in Keighley.

Kevin Larkin
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Twenty Sheffield tower blocks tested in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire have been found to be safe.

The examinations showed the material in the cladding is solid aluminium and therefore poses no risk of a similar fire.

A further three tower blocks are clad in brick, while cladding on the city's Hanover Tower is currently being removed.

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Police have released an e-fit of a man they want to speak to in connection with a stabbing in Bradford.

Image source, West Yorkshire Police

It happened on wasteland close to Midland Road in Frizinghall at about 05:00 on Saturday 29 July when a 30-year-old man was approached by a male who made demands for property.

The male was then joined by two others and an altercation ensued which resulted in the victim running off.

As the victim fled he realised he had been stabbed. He was taken to hospital where he received treatment for the injury and was later discharged.

Parents of a 13-year-old girl from Leeds are trying to raise £15,000 for a machine which will allow her to talk to them.

Millie Robinson has Rett syndrome, which caused her speech and physical development to regress when she was 18-months-old.

Her parents are now trying to buy a special device, which uses eye movement to produce speech, which isn't available to Millie on the NHS.

Her dad Danny has been speaking about the first time they noticed something was wrong:

Pressure is on the Government to build a new high speed rail network for the north of England.

Today, the West Yorkshire combined authority will announce it is determined to push through the scheme.

It comes despite recent uncertainty over electrification plans between Leeds and Manchester.

Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, said the government will instead introduce faster trains with more seats and better on-board facilities.

But Sim Harris, Managing Editor of Rail News, reckons the government is at a loss as to what to do:

Kevin Larkin
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Fans of Barnsley FC have launched a bid for a documentary to be made to mark the club's year in the Premier League.

It comes 20 years after the Reds spent a year in football's top division.

Liam Dyson is one of the fans campaigning for a film to mark the anniversary:

Kevin Larkin
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Police have issued a warning after a man tried to snatch handbags from two women in their cars.

There were two incidents within ten minutes yesterday lunchtime at the College Road roundabout in the town.

Image source, Google

At 12:20 a man knocked on a car window before opening the door, snatching the handbag and running off.

At 12:30, a man knocked on another car window and the driver wound down the window. The man attempted to snatch the bag but ended up running off empty handed.

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

The A1(M) in South Yorkshire is set to have a lane closed until lunchtime after a lorry overturned.

It happened on the southbound carriageway near junction 34 at Blyth.

The southbound exit slip road is also closed due to the incident.

Image source, Highways England

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

Bright or sunny spells, but also breezy, with some showers which could turn heavy for a time with a risk of hail and thunder.

Here's my full forecast:

A cat from Wakefield is on the shortlist for the 'Most Caring Cat of the Year," after being nominated for the care and support she gave her owners after they were involved in high speed car crash.

Image source, Cats protection

The accident left Craig and Rosie Jones with physical and mental scars in the form of chronic pain and post-traumatic stress.

They say through "the most painful and challenging period of their lives" their pet cat Missy has been there to provide "comfort, reassurance, and loving support."

Missy, 9, is nominated in the "Most Caring Cat" category of the National Cat of the Year Awards organised by Cats Protection.

A Yorkshire Trust has come third in a list of mental health patients waiting more than three years to be discharged, despite being medically fit.

Seventeen per cent of beds at the Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust were being used by patients fit enough to be discharged.

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Across the UK, over the past two years, at least 91 patients have waited more than a year to be discharged, with at least seven patients waiting more than two years.

At least 320 patients had to wait at least 100 days to be discharged, BBC Freedom of Information requests show.

Experts say a lack of suitable accommodation and wrangling over budgets are to blame for the delays.

The report of the Crisp Commission, external into mental health care last year found one in six acute patients were clinically well enough to be discharged but could not be for other reasons.

A leaflet which sets out advice for pedestrians crossing the A64 near the Welburn and Crambeck junctions in North Yorkshire has been delivered to houses in the area.

Four people have been killed trying to cross it this year.

One of the people living there was so shocked by the deaths that he wanted to put some useful advice together.

It has the backing of the A64 Road Safety Action Group.

Advice includes:

• Don't take chances in a hurry
• Choose the safest place
• Carry a torch if crossing in the dark and wear something reflective

The leaflet informs the reader 21,000 vehicles use the Welburn and Crambeck section of the A64 every day and advises pedestrians on the best places to cross the road.

Council leaders in Yorkshire are expected to approve an investment of nearly £2m in different transport projects later.

Image source, Google

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is set to back plans to convert part of the York Outer Ring Road into a dual carriageway.

A five-year project costing £32m has already been approved to improve seven roundabouts on the ring road between Wetherby Road and Monks Cross.

Work to help ease congestion on the A629 between Halifax and Huddersfield is also being discussed.

BBC News Travel

If you're heading out to catch a train this morning you'll be glad to know the services across our region seem to be running to time at the moment.

All except the 07:03 Sheffield to Nottingham service, which is currently posted as running six minutes late.

You can click on the links below to keep up to date with the live departure boards for:

• Leeds Railway Station, external
• Wakefield Westgate, external
• Bradford Interchange, external
• Bradford Forster Square, external
• York Railway Station, external
• Sheffield Station, external
• Doncaster Station, external

An ex-British soldier held in Turkey on a terror charge while on holiday may be imprisoned for three months before the case reaches court, his lawyer has said.

Image source, DEPO PHOTOS

Joe Robinson, 24, who lives in Leeds, was with his fiancée Mira Rojkan and her mother when they were arrested in the coastal town of Didim.

He is thought to be under suspicion of sharing material on social media from his time in Syria with Kurdish militia.

Lawyer Kaya Kayaoglu said: "We do not know when he will be taken to court."

Mr Robinson previously served in Afghanistan with the British Army, but in 2015 he travelled to Syria and spent time with Kurdish rebels the YPG who are fighting against so-called Islamic State (IS).

He spoke openly about his experiences in newspaper reports at the time.

BBC Weather

Bright or sunny spells, but also breezy, with some showers, which could turn heavy for a time with a risk of hail and thunder.

The showers will ease through the afternoon, with some longer sunny periods developing.

Staying windy overnight, but dry for most with some clear spells.

A teenager has died after a crash in Barnsley involving a motorbike.

Image source, Google

The 16-year-old boy was a passenger on the bike when it hit a kerb and mounted the pavement on Lane Head Road in Cawthorne.

It happened at 10:55 yesterday morning.

A 30-year-old man riding the silver Yamaha FZ6 Fazer motorbike, is in hospital in a serious but stable condition.

Police want anyone with information about what happened to contact them.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Hello and welcome to BBC Local Live in Yorkshire on Thursday 3 August 2017.

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