Summary

  • Geoffrey Boycott sorry for 'unacceptable' comment

  • Spit guards carried by West Yorkshire Police officers from today

  • Bradford-based Provident Financial's profit warning as boss quits

  • Tadcaster residents and businesses criticise parking charge plan

  • George Osborne urges 'HS3' rail for northern England

  • Chief executive of Rotherham's Magna Centre dies

  • 'Unknown' Dewsbury soldier identified after 73 years

  • Updates on Tuesday 22 August 2017

  1. Huddersfield Town 2-1 Rotherham Unitedpublished at 22:43 British Summer Time 23 August 2017

    Huddersfield earn their third straight win of the season as the Premier League side come from behind to beat Rotherham in the EFL Cup second round.

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  2. That's all from Tuesday...published at 06:30

    Those are all our updates from across Yorkshire on Tuesday 22 August 2017.

    Want to find out what's happening where you live on Wednesday? Just click here.

  3. The Bollywood epic filming in Yorkshirepublished at 01:05 British Summer Time 23 August 2017

    More Indian films are shooting in the UK - including one starring Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar.

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  4. Rotherham whistleblower case 'examined'published at 01:02 British Summer Time 23 August 2017

    Jayne Senior, who first exposed the child sex abuse scandal, has been investigated by Rotherham Council.

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  5. Rotherham: 'She was raped by six men'published at 00:40 British Summer Time 23 August 2017

    Julie Roberts' foster daughter Gemma took her own life, after she continued to be preyed upon.

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  6. Carnival dances in city for 50 yearspublished at 19:49 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    Leeds Carnival is the "oldest carnival in Europe" and is still looking to the future.

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  7. Man walks away from 200mph crashpublished at 18:32 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    David Tremayne reached 296mph before losing control when the parachute was released.

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  8. Our top five stories todaypublished at 17:58 British Summer Time 22 August 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. Former Yorkshire cricketer Geoffrey Boycott sorry for 'unacceptable' comment
    2. Spit guards to be carried by West Yorkshire Police from today
    3. George Osborne urges 'HS3' rail for northern England
    4. 'Unknown' Battle of Arnhem soldier identified after 73 years
    5. Reward offered for return of young boy's lost toy at Yorkshire Wildlife Park

    See you tomorrow.

  9. Listen: Union wary over 'forced redundancies'published at 17:49 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    A planned five-day bin collection strike planned for tomorrow has been called off while the trade union Unite continues negotiations.

    Members of the Unite union employed by the private contractor Suez in Doncaster were planning on staging two walkouts on Wednesday and 2 September in a row over pay and jobs.

    The union said the pay dispute had been resolved after a new offer was put to the workers and accepted unanimously.

    Unite is still unhappy about proposed redundancies and haven't ruled out balloting their members for strike action in the future. Shane Sweeting is their regional officer:

    In a statement, Suez say a long-term pay deal has been reached and it'll be business as usual for collections tomorrow.

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    In addition to securing a pay award for 2017, the long-term deal struck yesterday also sets in place a sustainable pay mechanism for up to 10 years linked to the cost of living"

    Nick Browning, General Manager for Municipal Operations at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK

  10. Ringing the changes: New bell ringers to join York Minsterpublished at 17:29 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    York Minster has recruited a new band of volunteer bell ringers.

    York Minster

    The previous ringing team was sacked last October, over what the Minster had described as safeguarding issues.

    Several members of the former team are included in the new team which will get together for the first time next month.

  11. North will 'speak for itself' over HS3published at 17:05 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    Former Chancellor George Osborne has urged Theresa May to commit to building high-speed rail lines across the north of England, from Liverpool to Hull.

    But Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said northern England would "speak for itself" tomorrow at a transport summit for political and business leaders, in Leeds.

    George OsborneImage source, PA

    Mr Osborne said "HS3", which he had approved in government, would help the prime minister to "relaunch her premiership".

    A "full-blown attempt to rebalance the economy of Britain" was needed, he added.

    Mr Osborne launched the Northern Powerhouse project during his time at the Treasury, promising new funding and powers for cities, including Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds.

    But, in Tuesday's Financial Times, external, he wrote there had since been a "systematic attempt" by Mrs May's advisers to "eradicate all mention of the initiative".

  12. Enforcement action planned for Bradford care homepublished at 16:44 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    Legal action's being taken against a care home in Bradford which has been rated inadequate for the second time.

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    The Care Quality Commission (CQC) says staff at Heaton Grange Residential Home did not always give people their medicines as prescribed and didn't always update risk assessments consistently.

    The care home inspectors arrived unannounced at the home in June, they now say they will be taking enforcement action against the provider.

    However the CQC did say that people felt comfortable at the home: "People told us they liked living at the home and staff were kind and caring"

  13. Watch: If you want to get ahead, get a hatpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    Joanita Musisi
    Reporter, BBC Radio York

    The prosecco is being chilled and the horses groomed ahead of York's biggest race meeting of the year.

    The Ebor Festival starts tomorrow. It's York's oldest, richest, fastest and most famous race meeting.

    For some it's a good excuse to get dressed up and for the best dressed this year, there's a prize - a trip to Dubai!

    So I've been to search out a hat to give me a chance of being a winner in the fashion stakes:

  14. Landlord licensing scheme consideredpublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    Barnsley Council said the scheme would benefit both landlords and tenants.

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  15. Reward offered for return of young boy's lost toy at Yorkshire Wildlife Parkpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    A family from Doncaster has made an urgent appeal to try and find a much-loved toy which was lost at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

    Five-year-old Merlin Toomer has had the teddy, also called Merlin, since he was born.

    Merlin is under assessment for autism and suffers from high anxiety.

    MerlinImage source, Supplied

    The family say the toy was lost near the bush pig and lemur enclosure on Saturday.

  16. Doncaster man named as Hemswell Cliff fatal crash victimpublished at 15:47 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    Police have released the name of a man who was killed on the A631 Gainsborough Road at Hemswell Cliff earlier this month.

    48-year-old Andrew Charity from Doncaster died after his motorbike crashed at around 08:20 on Monday 7 August.

    Police say they would still like to speak to anyone who saw what happened.

  17. Missing Preston man could be in Halifaxpublished at 15:33 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    A missing man from Preston could be in the Halifax area according to police - have you seen him?

    Stuart KeppelImage source, Lancashire Constabulary

    Stuart Keppel was last seen at about 15:00 on 18 August at his home in Bartle, where he got into a taxi to go into Preston town centre, but he hasn't been seen since.

    The 54-year-old has links to Halifax and officers say it's possible he may have travelled there.

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    Stuart’s disappearance is out of character and we are keen to hear from anybody who may have seen him, or who knows where he may be"

    Lancashire Police

  18. Asda left red-faced over 'Isle of White' bag spelling mistakepublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    The opening of Asda's first store on the Isle of Wight made an impression for all the wrong reasons after special bags produced to mark the occasion included the spelling "Isle of White".

    Asda bagImage source, IW Radio.co.uk

    The Leeds-based retailer opened the doors to its Newport store on Monday and offered shoppers the chance to buy 10,000 bags designed by two island children.

    Bosses obviously did not check them properly as they included the mistake.

    Asda said it was "hanging our heads" and promised to get the bags reprinted.

  19. Purge on anti-social behaviour in Scarboroughpublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    A purge has begun in Scarborough to tackle anti-social behaviour and improve the quality of life for residents and visitors.

    The scheme, known as Operation Culture aims to deal with anti-social behaviour, street drinking, users of legal highs and those who use public places as a toilet.

    scarborough sea front
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    Locating and apprehending those who choose to use and supply drugs in the town and taking robust action against perpetrators of antisocial behaviour."

    Mike Tinsley, North Yorkshire Police

  20. Paedophile caught by vigilante grouppublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 22 August 2017

    Eugene Forrest was arrested after setting up a meeting with what he thought was a 13-year-old boy.

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