Summary

  • Tour de Yorkshire to be extended to four days in 2018

  • Former vicar jailed over historical sex abuse offences

  • Sheffield man accused of terror offences to face trial

  • Anti-fracking protester injured during demonstration

  • Man charged over attack on policeman in Doncaster

  • Boss of North Yorkshire-based power producer Drax to step down

  • Family calls for better safety measures after student's Sheffield canal death

  • E-fit appeal over knifepoint robbery in Leeds

  • Updates on Thursday 21 September 2017

  1. Man charged over attack on policeman in Doncasterpublished at 06:51 British Summer Time 21 September 2017

    A 22-year-old man's been charged with grievous bodily harm after a police officer was left in a critical condition following an attack in Doncaster earlier this week.

    Police at scene

    The assault happened in Hexthorpe at about 08:00 on Tuesday morning and left the policeman, who's 45, with serious head injuries. He's now in a stable condition in hospital.

    As well as being charged with GBH, the man, of no fixed abode, is also charged with possession of an offensive weapon, aggravated vehicle taking without consent, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance, as well as two counts of robbery and two counts of possessing a knife.

    A 24-year-old man from Conisbrough has also been charged with robbery in connection with the incident.

    Both men have been remanded into custody and are due to appear at Barnsley Magistrates' Court later this morning.

    A woman who was also arrested at the time has been released with no further action taken by police.

  2. Check your train journey this morningpublished at 06:40 British Summer Time 21 September 2017

    BBC News Travel

    Rail services across Yorkshire appear to be running pretty much to time so far this morning.

    However, the 06:52 from Bradford Interchange to Leeds is posted as delayed.

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

  3. Good morning: Join us for today's live coveragepublished at 06:30 British Summer Time 21 September 2017

    Hello and welcome to BBC Local Live in Yorkshire on Thursday 21 September 2017.

    We'll be with you until 18:00 with all the latest news, weather, travel and sport updates from across Yorkshire.

    Not too long now to see if we'll be treated to a canopy of red to start the day. The BBC Weather Watchers inbox was a riot of rouge yesterday. I picked a couple to start us off with:

    WX

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