A 74-year-old woman from Leeds has died after the car she was driving collided with two other vehicles in North Yorkshire.

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It happened at the junction of the B6163 and the A658 at Thistle Hill, near Knaresborough, at about 16:35 yesterday afternoon.

A blue Honda Jazz was in collision with a white Ford Transit van and a black Peugeot 3008.

The driver of the Honda was pronounced dead at the scene, while its passenger, a 70-year-old man also from Leeds, was taken to Leeds General Infirmary with head injuries.

The driver of the Transit, a 60-year-old man from Batley, was taken to Harrogate District Hospital but was later discharged.

The driver of the Peugeot, a 34-year-old man from Harrogate, was treated at the scene for shock.

Police are appealing for any witnesses to the collision, or anyone who may have captured the incident on dash-cam or seen what happened, to contact them.

Elly Fiorentini
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

A village in North Yorkshire which lost its bus service after route operator Utopia Coaches went bust last month is to get a temporary service.

A 16-seater bus run by North Yorkshire County Council will run twice a day, and another temporary service will be run by City of York Council, it's been confirmed.

However, Ian Gillies, who's responsible for transport at City of York Council, says while a long-term solution is being sought, cost will have to be a factor.

Back in 1991, Sheffield's Helen Sharman embarked on her mission to the MIR spacecraft - and now people are going to get the chance to take a look at the very spacesuit she wore.

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Dr Sharman was working as a chemist in a sweet factory, creating and testing flavour when, much to her surprise, her application to be an astronaut was successful.

Two years later, following an intense 18-month training course at a military base just outside Moscow, she was selected for Project Juno, the 1991 mission to the Soviet space station.

As a result, she became the first British astronaut - and, of course, the first Yorkshire astronaut, too.

If you want to see the famous spacesuit, you'll still have a bit of a wait - it won't go on display at the Great exhibition of the North in Gateshead, external until 22 June 2018.

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Harrogate briefly became Bollywood when movie cameras arrived at one of the town's most historic hotels, external.

As part of the new production of Gold, starring one of India’s biggest movie superstars, a film crew shot several scenes at the Old Swan Hotel.

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All lanes are now open again on the northbound M1 between J37 and J38 after a car fire earlier on, Highways England has confirmed, external.

If you're travelling on the M1 northbound in South Yorkshire just now, be prepared for some delays.

This is the reason why:

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after a teenager was stabbed near a school in Huddersfield.

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Police said the 16-year-old was attacked in Hazel Grove, Linthwaite, on Wednesday afternoon.

Earlier another teenager was threatened with a knife near Colne Valley High School on Gillroyd Lane, and it is believed the two are linked.

The 16-year-old victim is recovering in hospital from his injuries which are not believed to be life threatening.

Jamie Raynor
BBC Yorkshire Live

An Ilkley restaurant owner is home and well, six days after undergoing a life-saving liver transplant following an "overwhelming" worldwide response to his wife's appeal for help.

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Luigi Pignanelli, 60, was in desperate need of a new liver after doctors told his family they did not know if he would survive long enough to find a donor.

This prompted his wife Samantha, with whom he runs the restaurant, to put out an appeal for help.

His story received a global response, with 50 people contacting the liver transplant programme at St James' Hospital in Leeds within days.

Thankfully, a liver became available closer to home and Mr Pignanelli, known as The Singing Chef, underwent surgery on 30 August and returned to his restaurant and home on Tuesday.

Mrs Pignanelli tells me: "Luigi has been overwhelmed by the response received. It moved him to tears.

"He's known and loved by many in the local area and is keen to get back to get among the customers, but he needs to rest up and get stronger first."

A whistleblower credited with exposing child sex abuse in Rotherham says there's nothing new in a series of reports into Rotherham's Council's handling of the scandal.

No legal or disciplinary proceedings should be brought against any current or former senior officers at Rotherham Council over its handling of child sexual exploitation, a report has said.

More than 1,400 children were sexually abused in the town from 1997 to 2013.

Jayne Senior, who ran a youth project which worked with vulnerable underage girls who who were being exploited by older men and who is now a Rotherham councillor, says the reports contain nothing new and have no answers about who was responsible:

Elly Fiorentini
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Two lorries which were trying to deliver fencing to the fracking site at Kirby Misperton faced a rowdy reception this lunchtime.

Anti-fracking protestors tried to stop them getting in to the site and claim that Third Energy - which is due to start production at the site at the end of the year - has broken promises.

Campaigners say local residents were told no equipment would be brought on to the site until next week.

It comes ahead of a drop-in session this afternoon at Kirby Misperton Village Hall, where local people can meet the organisations regulating Third Energy's fracking operations.

Martin, from the Environment Agency, who has asked to be only identified by his first name, explains what the agency's role will be:

Elly Fiorentini
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

The new Executive Director of York's Theatre Royal says he can't wait to get started.

Tom Bird will take up the post in December.

He's currently executive producer at Shakespeare's Globe on London's South Bank.

In the past he has taken a production of Hamlet to the migrants camp at Calais.

He also won an award for his work at the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

Elly Fiorentini
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Anti-fracking campaigners have tried to stop two lorries delivering fencing to a site at Kirby Misperton.

They claim the delivery was in breach of fracking company Third Energy's promise there'd be no equipment brought on to the site until next week.

Eddie Thornton from Pickering is one of the people who tried to stop the trucks.

The organisations in charge of regulating fracking in North Yorkshire, will hold a drop-in session this afternoon.

Third Energy was granted planning permission for the site in Kirby Misperton last year and operations are expected to begin by the end of the year.

The regulators say today's session at Kirby Misperton village hall will be a chance for residents to ask questions about the coming months.

It is open from 1400-1900.

Calling all budding local historians.

A new book called The History of Bradford City Fire Brigade will hit the shelves this weekend, looking back of some of West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service's heroes.

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It's written by keen historian and fire service employee Chris Smith and will cover the period 1800 to 1974 when the service was formed.

The book will look back on some of the service's leaders from years gone by, including chief fire officer James Scott who served the brigade for 50 years in the late 19th century through to the early 20th.

All profits made will go towards the upkeep of the Mr Scott's medals in honour of his service to both Bradford and the UK Fire Service.

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Bad news if you're a Huddersfield Town fan.

Head Coach, David Wagner, has said forward Collin Quaner is a doubt for their trip to West Ham on Monday evening.

The 26-year-old has featured in all three of Town's league games this season, as the club look to continue their unbeaten start to the campaign.

A teenager has been arrested after reports of indecent exposure at Pontefract Racecourse.

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The arrest comes as part of an ongoing investigation into recent reports of exposure offences and sexual assault in the Pontefract area.

The 18-year-old man is in police custody.

Anyone with information that may help the police inquiry is asked to call Kirklees District police on 101 or the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.

Julia Bryson
Journalist, BBC Local Live

People suffered burns to their skin after a white powder was put through a letterbox and sprayed on to cars in Pudsey, Leeds, on Wednesday night.

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Residents reported an "unknown powder chemical" which burned their skin on touching it.

Tests had been carried out on the powder this morning.

It had been put through a letterbox on Hammerton Street and on cars on neighbouring Longfield Road.

West Yorkshire Police said the powder was from a fire extinguisher and there was no risk to the public.

Investigations are continuing.

A series of reports into how Rotherham Council dealt with the sexual abuse problem in the town have been described as "a whitewash" by some survivors of the abuse.

No legal or disciplinary proceedings should be brought against any current or former senior officers at Rotherham Council over its handling of child sexual exploitation, a report has said.

The failure to tackle the problem was "not the fault of any one person" but was the result of "multiple and systemic failures", the report found.

Sammy, a Rotherham abuse survivor is unhappy with the report:

Congratulations to Allison Clark and Richard Midgley who have joined the Ripon Hornblowing Team.

In June we told you how the city was trying to recruit so they keep a centuries-old ceremony.

A horn has been sounded four times in Ripon's Market Place every night at 21:00 BST since AD886 to "set the watch".

The Mayor of Ripon says they had a number of strong candidates and decided to appoint two new hornblowers.

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The fire service issues a warning after an explosion in a car injures a man in South Yorkshire.

A teenager who killed a seven-year-old in York has been given an Interim Hospital Order to assess her mental health.

Katie Rough was killed in January.

She was asphyxiated and then attacked with a knife.

The 16-year-old who killed her denied murder but admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility at an earlier hearing.

The girl, who was 15 when she carried out the killing and appeared today via a video-link, sobbed as she was told she would be assessed in hospital before a further hearing in November.

The judge told her all sentencing options remain open.