Summary

  • River Ure bursts its banks in Yorkshire Dales

  • Flood alerts issued by Environment Agency

  • Roads around Bridgewater Place in Leeds closed

  • North Yorkshire Police report rocks on road near Bainbridge

  • Tree falls on parked car at Nether Poppleton near York

  • Trees down at Sutton on Derwent and outskirts of Filey

  • Nick Clegg on his son's secret cancer battle

  • Yorkshire Air Ambulance to operate at night for first time

  • Fracking firm 'does not know how to deal with protesters'

  • Updates on Wednesday 13 September 2017

  1. Join us on Thursday for our coveragepublished at 08:22 British Summer Time 14 September 2017

    That's all for our coverage on Wednesday.

    Join us on Thursday for the latest, news, sport, weather and travel.

  2. 'He took the train to London and was never seen again'published at 00:58 British Summer Time 14 September 2017

    Ten years on from the Doncaster schoolboy's disappearance, the BBC revisits his unusual case.

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  3. The boy who went to London and vanishedpublished at 00:58 British Summer Time 14 September 2017

    Andrew Gosden was last seen at King's Cross in London after travelling one-way from Doncaster.

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  4. Murder arrests over man's 2015 deathpublished at 19:59 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    Police said new information had led to three men being arrested on suspicion of murder.

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  5. Review urged over failing academy chainpublished at 19:37 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    Wakefield City Academies Trust has announced it is pulling out of all 21 of its schools.

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  6. 'Unknown' WW2 soldier grave rededicatedpublished at 18:42 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    L/Cpl William Loney lay in an unmarked grave for almost three-quarters of a century.

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  7. Sangakkara sparkles before Tykes recoverpublished at 18:04 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    Surrey batsman Kumar Sangakkara makes his seventh century in 12 innings, before Yorkshire fight back at The Oval on day two.

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  8. Our five top stories todaypublished at 18:00 British Summer Time 13 September 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. Clean up operation after storm Aileen
    2. Yorkshire Air Ambulance to operate at night for the first time
    3. Nick Clegg on his son's secret cancer battle
    4. Yorkshire and Humber unemployment falls
    5. York bookshop worker Fiona Mozley on shortlist for Booker Prize

    See you tomorrow.

  9. Leeds flood defence scheme mass tree planting proposalpublished at 17:50 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    Hundreds of thousands of saplings could be planted in a £100m scheme to protect against flooding in Leeds.

    Flood

    The mass tree planting proposal is in a Leeds City Council report, external for the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme.

    It follows a study of the River Aire catchment area after Storm Eva damaged 3,355 properties in the city in December 2015.

    Up to one million trees could be planted if the scheme is approved - the largest number planted for this purpose in the country.

  10. Illegal strikes 'probably right' - West Yorkshire MPpublished at 17:40 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    A Labour frontbencher and West Yorkshire MP has told the BBC that trade unions who strike illegally over pay are "probably right".

    Strike

    The Batley & Spen MP, and shadow early years minister, Tracey Brabin backed the Unite leader up during a Radio 4 interview this lunchtime.

    The Unite leader Len McCluskey has suggested unions could walk out even if they didn't have support among half of members.

    Strike ballots need a 50% turnout for legal industrial action to go ahead.

  11. Selling my book 'strange and embarrassing'published at 17:34 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    Shortlisted Booker Prize author Fiona Mozley also works in a shop which sells her novel.

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  12. MP for Shipley questions PM on transport investmentpublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    The Prime Minister has insisted that the government is investing heavily in transport for West Yorkshire.

    It's after the Conservative MP for Shipley, Philip Davies, raised concerns in parliament.

    ShipleyImage source, Google
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    My constituents feel they've not had a fair slice of the transport infrastructure cake over the years compared with London and the south east.

    Philip Davies, MP for Shipley

    Theresa May said that making the decision on spending on transport wasn't "about making a choice between north and south".

    She also said that the government had allocated £781m for the West Yorkshire Plus Transport Fund.

  13. Watch: Rugby players serve up breakfast to homelesspublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    Rugby League team Sheffield Eagles donned aprons and got to work helping out staff at the Cathedral Archer Project.

    The charity serve breakfast to dozens of homeless people every day.

  14. West Yorkshire school and church on Victorian Society's 'at risk' listpublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    A former school in Bradford and a church in Huddersfield have been named among England's most endangered buildings.

    Feversham Street First SchoolImage source, Victorian Society

    The buildings feature on the Victorian Society's annual list of buildings deemed "at risk of being lost forever".

    Comedian and vice-president of the Victorian Society, Griff Rhys Jones, said: "All of the buildings on this year's list have local, even national, importance in terms of their history and/or architecture.

    Feversham Street First School, Bradford (pictured above) is the only Grade II* building on the 2017 list.

    Since closing in 1993, this Gothic Revival building has been used mainly for commercial purposes but now appears to be closed and abandoned.

    St Andrew's ChurchImage source, Victorian Society

    The other building in West Yorkshire which is included in the society's top ten list is St Andrew's Church in Huddersfield (pictured above).

    It's the only church on the list and the building is currently up for sale but the Victorian Society says it is becoming increasingly vulnerable due to damage from vandals, nesting birds and general decay.

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    To have let them fall into their current state is deplorable, but there is still time to save them for future generations to enjoy."

    Griff Rhys Jones

  15. Listen: Claims major development in York will increase pollutionpublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    Elly Fiorentini
    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    There's a piece of valuable land in York which the city council has been trying to redevelop for years.

    It was called the 'Teardrop' site and now it known as York Central. The land is part of the old sidings where the former Carriageworks site used to be. It stretches across to near York Railway Station.

    There are claims that multi million plans to redevelop the huge site could make the city's pollution problems worse. That's the view of people living nearby.

    Artist's Impression of York Central siteImage source, City of York Council

    Around two thousand new homes and a business park are planned for the area behind the railway station. A consultation on roads into and out of the site ended today. The York Central Partnership says it'll bring crucial jobs and investment. Chris Barrett is from York Central Action, a campaign group against the plans.

  16. Scott Grix: Chris Chester condemns 'disgusting' abuse of Wakefield full-backpublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    BBC Sport

    Wakefield coach Chris Chester has said he is "disappointed to be associated" with fans who have abused full-back Scott Grix online.

    Scott GrixImage source, SWPIX.COM

    The 33-year-old made a late error to give St Helens victory at Belle Vue last week.

    The defeat could potentially be damaging to Trinity's hopes of finishing in the play-off places.

    Chester said Grix had "copped some ridiculous stick... from his own fans from behind the keyboard".

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    I'm very disappointed to be associated with those Wakefield fans. Some of it has been just disgusting which I wouldn't expect from any fan, never mind our own."

    Chris Chester, Wakefield coach

  17. Have you seen this man?published at 16:08 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    Kimberley Metcalfe
    BBC Local Live

    Police are asking for help in finding Hull man Brendon Carrier who's gone missing from his home and who may now be in North Yorkshire.

    Brendon CarrierImage source, Humberside Police

    He was reported missing on 30 August after leaving his home on Hymers Avenue without telling friends or family where he was going.

    Police are becoming increasingly concerned as Brendon has some health issues which require treatment.

    It's believed that he may be in the North Yorkshire area, officers say.

    He's described as about 5ft 7ins tall, of slim build and with brown hair.

    He was last seen wearing dark tracksuit bottoms, a hoody and carrying a green rucksack.

  18. Watch: Farmer strips for flood car rescuepublished at 15:53 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    A farmer strips to his underpants to rescue a car from flood water in North Yorkshire.

    Yep, just that really:

  19. Kirkbymoorside birthday balloon ends up in Polandpublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 13 September 2017

    Elly Fiorentini
    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    Jennifer Thackray's identical twin girls are a year old. To mark this occasion she decided to let off this special balloon. She let it go from Kirkbymoorside asking whoever found it to contact her via social media.

    Celebratory balloonImage source, Jennifer Hackett

    Imagine Jennifer's surprise when she got a message via social media to say it was found hundreds of miles away in Poland.

    The balloon travelled hundreds of milesImage source, Jennifer Hackett