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The towel has been thrown in by campaigners who've been fighting to save Grimethorpe Hall in Barnsley.

A local group, external has been campaigning to rescue the Grade ll listed hall, but legal wrangles mean they've failed. Their hope was to buy it for a nominal fee from the Crown, which owns it, and turn it into a centre for forces veterans.

Now they say all efforts have been thwarted and it's time to end their campaign.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision in Wakefield last night.

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Officers were called at about 22:13 to Newstead Lane, Fitzwilliam, after a grey Citroen Xsara hit a railway bridge barrier.

The vehicle was being driven along B6428/Hemsworth Lane in the direction of Havercroft.

The driver of the Citroen, a man in his 20s, is being treated in hospital for serious injuries .

The car had been travelling with a black Vauxhall Astra at the time of the incident and a 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the collision.

Police say they would like to hear from anyone who saw what happened or either car the area prior to the crash.

Five anti-fracking protesters have been charged with offences at Kirby Misperton following arrests at the site yesterday.

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Officers made six arrests at the site entrance.

A 61-year-old man was released with no further action and a 56-year-old woman has been charged with obstructing a police constable.

Four women aged 35, 36, 54 and 62 have been charged with "wilfully obstructing a highway" and "besetting a place to compel the abstention of a lawful act*.The five people who have been charged will appear at York Magistrates Court next month.A total of 18 people have been arrested at the site so far. Two were released with no further action, two accepted cautions, and the other 14 are due to appear at court.

Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

A man's in a critical condition after a van and a motorbike collided in Cudworth.

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The 19-year-old's Yamaha and a white van crashed on Snydale Road at its junction with Saxon Street.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident on Sunday evening.

Police want to speak to these two men after a man was robbed of his bank cards and phone at a skate park in Shipley.

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It happened at Crowgill Park where the 30-year-old man suffered cuts and bruises during the robbery.

A man tried to use one of the stolen cards in a shop in Manningham Lane on the same day as the attack.

If you think you know them call West Yorkshire Police on 101.

Tom Ingall
Journalist, BBC Look North

There will be no Bakewell Show next year.

Organisers say that after being hit by bad weather last month they'll now rest the ground for a year and reassess the event.

They are though keen to welcome volunteers who are would like to be involved in the new-look show in 2019.

Here's a reminder of the problems visitors faced at the show this year.

Andy Kershaw
BBC Radio Sheffield News

Here's a video from the scene of an accident that's been causing major tailbacks on the Parkway heading into Sheffield.

The crash happened just after the Prince of Wales Road junction.

Police say no one appears to have been seriously hurt.

Traffic is now being let through the area that was closed by police.

Experts in Leeds are talking about how to recognise the signs of child neglect.

A conference has been organised by the city's Safeguarding Children Board.

Its host, Dr Mark Peel, says it will also remind officials how to do their jobs as well as possible:

Nick Wilson
BBC Radio Sheffield

Several cars have been involved in a crash heading into Sheffield on the Parkway this morning.

It's still ongoing and there are major delays heading back to the M1 from the Prince of Wales Road junction.

Twitter user Jill White is one of the people caught up in the standstill.

A team from motorcyling's governing body will visit Oliver's Mount in Scarborough next month to try to determine what caused two riders to crash into crowds at the weekend.

Several spectators were injured in the two crashes, along with two of the riders.

The Auto Cycling Union was already planning to visit the site as part of regular safety checks, but the group's General Secretary, Gary Thompson, says this trip will be different:

Protesters say farmers will be joining an anti-fracking demonstration in North Yorkshire later.

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There've now been five days of demonstrations since Third Energy started moving equipment needed for fracking onto the site in Ryedale.

Yesterday's protests saw six people arrested, as activists locked themselves into a concrete filled barrel near the gates.

It's part of a series of protests taking place at the site at Kirby Misperton, where Third Energy was granted permission to frack in 2016.

Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

In South Yorkshire, the M18 is closed northbound around J4 at Armthorpe due to an accident.

There are long delays as traffic is being diverted via the exit and entry slip roads.

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Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

There are major problems heading into Sheffield on the Parkway.

The road is closed because of an accident.

The crash is just after the Prince of Wales Road exit.

Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

Underfire airline Ryanair has received an offer of help from an unlikely source..a 12 year-old boy from Doncaster.

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Ryanair has cancelled thousand of flights over what chief executive Michael O'Leary called a "a major boo boo" over the allocation of pilots' leave.

Enter Alex Swift who has written to the airline offering his services:

The Nidderdale Show in the Yorkshire Dales yesterday hosted some unusual thrills and near spills

Jockeys raced camels, around the main ring.

As you can see here, they don't appear to be the easiest animal to steer in a straight line:

Lisa Gallagher
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

After starting with a murky mixture of mist, low cloud and fog, everywhere will gradually become brighter.

Here's my full forecast:

British astronaut Tim Peake will be in Bradford later - as preparations are finalised for the the spacecraft which took him to and from the International Space Station to go on show.

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The Soyuz capsule is part of an exhibition at the newly renamed National Science and Media Museum which opens tomorrow.

It's hoped it'll attract large visitor numbers - and help the museum achieve its aim of becoming a top international attraction.

The MOBO Awards are set to take place again in Leeds this year - the 22nd celebration of urban music.

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The awards show will take place on Wednesday 29 November at Leeds Arena and is the second time MOBO has hosted the awards in the city.

Organisers say that the previous ceremony in 2015, was the fastest selling arena show in recent years.

The MOBO Organisation was founded in 1996 to champion urban music genres in the mainstream music industry.

The fight to save one of Barnsley's oldest buildings has been dealt a blow.

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Grimethorpe Hall was built in the 1600s and over recent years a local campaign group have been trying to raise funds and awareness to prevent it from becoming a total ruin.

However, the team is finally throwing in the towel.

Despite numerous campaigns to save the grade II listed building, including the involvement of councils, MPs and Historic England, efforts to breathe life back in to it by the Save Grimethorpe Hall group, are now officially coming to an end.