Summary

  • Pupils will not be called to give evidence over Ann Maguire murder

  • Sheffield man charged with seven terrorism offences

  • Injured soldier Ben Parkinson given freedom of Doncaster

  • Vandalised Downton Abbey carriages back on track in North Yorkshire

  • West and North Yorkshire among country's rural crime hot spots

  • New £3m medical centre opens in Sheffield

  • Live updates on Monday 14 August 2017

  1. Leeds United 0-0 Fulhampublished at 22:00 British Summer Time 15 August 2017

    Leeds and Fulham maintain their unbeaten starts to the season with a hard-fought draw at Elland Road.

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  2. Deal delay 'could damage reputation'published at 00:19 British Summer Time 15 August 2017

    More than 150 business leaders write to council bosses to highlight their fears over delaying a deal.

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  3. Murdered teacher's family lose legal bidpublished at 19:48 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    Ann Maguire's family lose their challenge against a decision to exclude pupils' evidence from inquest.

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  4. Fatal works fire rescuer saw man 'burn'published at 19:21 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    Worker David Jones tried to save his colleague Mick Jennings from the blaze at a water sewage plant.

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  5. Mum's tribute to car park death toddlerpublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    Seventeen-month-old Jackson Yates was "mischievous and cheeky", his mother says.

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  6. Five things we learned on Mondaypublished at 18:02 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    More news, sport, weather and travel updates will appear through the evening and night.

    Andrew Barton will be back from 06:30 on Tuesday with more updates from across Yorkshire.

    In the meantime here are five things we learned today:

    1) Police hunt thugs who attacked man who complained about littering in Scarborough

    2) A hammer gang attacked a cash van at a Leeds supermarket during a lunchtime robbery

    3) Pineapples have been banned at the Leeds Festival... no really

    4) Yorkshire hero Ben Parkinson has been awarded the freedom of Doncaster

    5) A proposal with a difference was caught on camera at Sheffield's Meadowhall shopping centre - watch it here.

  7. Superhero surprise for cancer suffererpublished at 17:54 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    Four-year-old Toby Nye, who has stage four neuroblastoma, received a surprise visit from a group of superheroes.

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  8. Watch: Sheffield celebrations during Pakistan Independence Daypublished at 17:42 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    Rob Rose
    BBC Radio Sheffield

    It's Pakistan Independence Day today, 70 years after British rule in India came to an end.

    The country partitioned into two independent nation states: Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.

    Members of the Pakistani community have been holding celebrations today - including outside Sheffield City Hall.

    Members of the Indian community will be holding their celebration tomorrow.

  9. Keys handed over as high speed rail college is finishedpublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    Building work has finished on the National College for High Speed Rail (NCHSR) in Doncaster.

    Mayor Ros Jones handed the keys over, before the college opens to students in September.

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    The NCHSR will teach students about projects such as HS2, with some of the work coming from the college.

  10. Man seriously injured in street attackpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    Detectives in Calderdale are asking for the public's help after a man was seriously injured in Brighouse.

    Police were called to reports of ongoing disorder on St John Street in the town yesterday at 14:00.

    Officers found a man in his 30s who has been assaulted and suffered a "slash" wound.

    St John Street, BrighouseImage source, Google

    He is currently in a stable condition in hospital.

    A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and has been released pending further enquiries.

    A 25-year-old man has been arrested today in connection with the incident and remains in police custody.

    A police spokesman said: "Enquiries are ongoing in to what is believed to be an isolated incident between parties known to each other."

  11. Man taken to hospital after Doncaster machinery firepublished at 17:16 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    A man was taken to hospital with burns after a machine at a glass factory caught fire on Saturday morning.

    Fire crews at Doncaster glass factoryImage source, SYFR

    Four fire crews were called to Ardagh Glass Limited in Wheatley, Doncaster just after 07:00 to a machine on fire.

    The flames had also spread to the roof area of the building.

    The accidental fire was put out and firefighters left the scene at 10:00.

  12. Scarborough man grabbed by throat and spat at after pleasure cruisepublished at 17:08 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    A Scarborough man's been repeatedly spat at and grabbed around the throat by a group who were littering.

    The 36-year-old victim was with his wife and two children, when he confronted the men after disembarking the Regal Lady cruiser, on Burr Bank, at about 17:30 on Saturday afternoon.

    ScarboroughImage source, North Yorkshire Police

    Officers want to speak to the men in the CCTV images in relation to the incident.

  13. Did you see Bradford hit-and-run?published at 16:56 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    A man was left with a broken wrist after a hit-and-run in Bradford.

    The collision is thought to have happened at about 11.30 on Saturday, 12 August in North Avenue, close to the traffic lights outside Beacon House in the Manningham area.

    The car, believed to be a bright red Fiat Punto or Ford Fiesta with scratches to the hub caps, turned into Cunliffe Road after hitting the 26-year-old.

  14. Dentistry student appears in court on terror chargespublished at 16:42 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    A dentistry student charged with seven terror offences is to be tried at the Old Bailey.

    Abdurahman Kaabar, 22, of Martin Street, Sheffield, is charged with three offences of possessing records of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, and four offences of disseminating terrorist publications.

    He was arrested on August 10 and has been in custody since.

    Thickly bearded Kabaar, wearing a dark blue T-shirt and bottoms with flip-flops, remained expressionless throughout the Westminster Magistrates' Court hearing.

    Kaabar, a UK citizen of Libyan descent, was studying at Plymouth University, according to court documents.

    He is to appear at the Old Bailey on 1 September.

    Kaabar intends to plead not guilty to the charges, defence lawyer Sav Khan said.

    Bail was not granted.

  15. Fire crews carry out major railway accident exercise in Barnsleypublished at 16:36 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    Fire crews from South Yorkshire have taken part in a training exercise testing their response to a incident at Elsecar Heritage Railway, near Barnsley.

    It was done to test out what would happen in the event of a major incident, like a car getting stuck across the rails.

    Train hits carImage source, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue

    "Casualties" included passengers on the train, and a 27st training dummy, to simulate a morbidly obese person.

    Train hits carImage source, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue

    South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said it specifically focused on the station's procedures for contacting the emergency services and for dealing with an incident before and during the arrival of the fire service.

  16. Police appeal for witnesses after sex attack in Yorkpublished at 16:16 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    Police are asking for the public's help to identify the people pictured below.

    The people in the pictures, snapped walking along Riverside Walk towards Lendal Bridge, may be witnesses to a sex assault - but may not be aware that they possess potentially important information.

    A woman was assaulted as she walked along the riverside path between Bridge Street and the Park Inn in York between 00:30 and 00:45 on Saturday, 15 July.

    A man in his 30s has been charged with sexual assault following the incident and appeared in front of magistrates in York last month.

    CCTV York sexual assaultImage source, North Yorkshire Police
    CCTV York sexual assaultImage source, North Yorkshire Police
    CCTV York sexual assaultImage source, North Yorkshire Police
  17. Hammer gang attack cash vanpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    An armed gang attacked a van carrying cash as it called at petrol station in Leeds.

    Armed robbery

    Three men damaged a G4S security van with a hammer, while it was parked up within the petrol station at Asda on Killingbeck Drive at around 12:40.

    They then made off in a black VW Sirocco, which was later found abandoned.

    No one was injured in the incident.

  18. Sheffield Job Centre staff start two-week strike over 'disgraceful' treatmentpublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    Job Centre workers in Sheffield are holding a two-week strike in protest at plans to close their office.

    Eastern AvenueImage source, Google

    Members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union in the city have already taken industrial action, saying the closure of the Eastern Avenue office will remove a vital public service in one of the city's most deprived areas.

    The union is campaigning against plans to close a number of Job Centres across the country.

    The Department for Work and Pensions says the re-organisation of Job Centres will make the service more efficient.

  19. Pineapple ban for Leeds Festivalpublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    Pineapples have appeared on a list of items banned from this year's Reading and Leeds Festivals, alongside fireworks and weapons.

    Pineapple hat

    Organisers said it was because fans of Oxford band Glass Animals bring hundreds of the fruit to their gigs, in a nod to song Pork Soda which includes the lyrics "Pineapples are in my head".

    Drummer Joe Seaward said it would be a "challenge" to get in with pineapples.

    "Anyone who wasn't bringing a pineapple definitely is now," he said.

    "It's fruitist. Watermelons are fine, but not pineapples?"

  20. Listen: Crackdown on boozy holidaymakers?published at 15:15 British Summer Time 14 August 2017

    The government's considering bringing in tougher rules to tackle drunken airline passengers after the number of arrests at airports went up by almost 50% in the last year.

    More than half of cabin crew who responded to a survey said they had witnessed disruptive behaviour and some had been physically abused.

    Last summer a 21-year-old man from Yorkshire was banned from travelling on an airline for life after threatening staff and other passengers.

    Phil Ward, the Managing Director of Leeds-based Jet2.com - the first airline to ban sales of alcohol on flights before 08:00 - says the airports need to act: