Those are all our updates from across Yorkshire on Wednesday 18 October 2017.

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

Burglar Daniel Jones set a fire that killed a father and daughter in order to destroy CCTV evidence.

The club wants facilities closer to its Elland Road ground and to build a community sports village.

Keal Richards was filmed giving "a whoop of delight" after the death of Raheem Wilks, a court hears.

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. Man guilty of manslaughter after fire kills father and daughter
2. Asad Khan death: Coroner delivers narrative verdict
3. Yorkshire A&E departments fail to meet waiting time targets
4. Unconscious man found at Rotherham reservoir
5. Tattooed Rees-Mogg fan from Doncaster meets his hero

See you tomorrow.

A burglar has been found guilty of killing a man and his daughter by setting fire to their house in Wakefield .

Image source, West Yorkshire Police

Andrew Broadhead,42, and eight-year-old Keira (pictured) died in the fire in October last year.

Daniel Jones, 29 of Spawd Bone Lane in Knottingley, started the fire in an attempt to destroy CCTV evidence of him breaking into a house across the road.

He claimed he did not start the fire or carry out theburglary at the other house in Stanley.

Today the jury has cleared him of murder but found him guilty of two counts of manslaughter, and one of burglary.

He's due to be sentenced on 9 November.

The future of a top performing arts college has been secured after the government confirmed it is to open as a free school.

Image source, CAPA

Cathedral Academy for Performing Arts (CAPA) in Wakefield is regarded as one of the best places in northern England for arts training.

The college feared it would have to close because it had outgrown its site.

But the Department for Education said it would fund the free school from next September.

BBC Sport

Castleford Tigers have re-signed half-back Jamie Ellis from Huddersfield Giants on a three-year deal.

Image source, SWPIX.COM

Ellis, 28, spent two-and-a-half years with the Tigers between 2012 and 2014.

He was loaned to Hull KR last season, helping them win promotion back to Super League.

"Since I've been away from Castleford I've become a bit of a fan and I've really enjoyed watching all of the success that has come to the club," he told the club website., external

A replica of the ship Captain James Cook used to sail to Australia and New Zealand in the 1760s is to become part of a new tourist attraction in Whitby.

Image source, North York Moors National Park Authority

Endeavour, based at Stockton, Teesside, was built as a floating museum for £2.5m in 1993 but was sold in August.

It was acquired by a partnership led by businessman Andy Fiddler and supported by the North York Moors National Park and is expected to move to Whitby in 2018.

Yorkshire-born Cook began his maritime career in Whitby.

A former soldier beat and stabbed a man to death in a seemingly unprovoked attack after drinking and taking drugs, an inquest has heard.

Image source, Family photo

Jennifer Swift, who was legally known as Jonathan Swift, attacked Eric Flanagan, 26 (pictured), with a kitchen knife and a broken shovel at a house in Balby, Doncaster, on 15 November.

Mr Flanagan died in hospital as a result of his injuries a month later.

Senior Coroner Nicola Mundy concluded he had been unlawfully killed.

A woman from Huddersfield has been sent to prison for 12 years for her part in a cocaine smuggling operation.

Image source, National Crime Agency

Gillian Welldrick of Alton Avenue in Huddersfield was caught went she went to meet Andrew McCollin who she used as a drugs mule at Manchester Airport.

McCollin had flown in from Barbados and had cocaine worth £115,000 strapped to his chest under his shirt which was revealed when Border Force officers stopped him.

Weldrick was also arrested at the airport, and the National Crime Agency later found that she had paid for and arranged McCollin’s flight from Barbados.

A man has been found guilty of manslaughter after a father and daughter died in a house fire in Stanley, near Wakefield.

He was found not guilty of murder.

More to follow.

Leeds Bradford Airport has been sold to an Australian investment company.

Image source, Mark Winterbourne

AMP Capital has bought 100% of the airport from its previous owners Bridgepoint Advisers Limited.

The airport sees four million passengers through its doors every year.

The company is talking about "improving the customer experience" and adding routes to the departure boards.

It's just a small heritage railway station near Northallerton, but it's now been named the Best Historical Education Programme in Britain.

Image source, Derek Bailey

The site at Scruton, external was refurbished by volunteers three years ago so children could step back to 1917 and find out what it would have been like during the first world war.

It beat entries from the V&A and the Imperial War Museum.

Details of a vicious attack on a Leeds United fan, who was beaten and kicked as he tried to escape three men have just been released by police.

Officers want to speak to these men about it, do you know them?

Image source, British Transport Police

It happened last month at Halifax train station when the man, who's in his 20s and was wearing a Leeds scarf, got off a train after being at a Leeds game.

As he was heading for the exit the men shouted “Leeds Scum” at him and he was punched in the face. He stumbled down the stairs and made his way to a waiting room.

The three men followed him in and punched him again - he fell to the floor and they kicked him multiple times until he managed to struggle free .

He made it out of the station but was then attacked for a third time by the men.

Tom Ingall
Journalist, BBC Look North

Plans have been announced to create a high quality piece of public art which celebrates the mining heritage of Doncaster.

The council says artist Laurence Edwards has been commissioned to devise the artwork which will represent Doncaster’s former mining communities and what mining meant to the whole borough.

The killing of a teenager from Leeds had "all the hallmarks of a gangland shooting", a jury has been told.

Raheem Wilks, 19, was shot close to Too Sharps barbers in Harehills on 26 January.

He was shot once through his heart from the back as he "passed the time of day" according to the prosecution who referred to the trial as a joint enterprise case.

Five men are on trial for the murder of Raheem Wilks, today was the opening day.

The trail continues

A blind man from York is warning about so-called "mate crime" after his support worker stole money from him.

"Mate crime" happens when a vulnerable or disabled person is befriended by someone hoping to take advantage.

In 2013 Shaun Lavery, who also uses a wheelchair, moved into his own flat and employed a support worker.

He said that although they seemed to get on well, his support worker stole "a lot of money" from him:

New figures show police recorded 53% more disability hate crimes in England and Wales in 2016/7 than were observed in the previous year.

North Yorkshire Police have launched a 'We Care' scheme, external focusing on helping the most vulnerable people. Members of the scheme will hold a 'help me' card.

Image source, North Yorkshire Police

The Home Office suggests the increase in the number of disability hate crimes is due to an improvement in the identification and recording of offences rather than a genuine increase.

Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

A new university guide puts the University of Sheffield in top spot in the North of England when it comes to its graduates being attractive to employers.

The guide has been produced by The Times and Sunday Times, external and says 82.6 per cent of graduates, external from the university secure graduate-level employment or further study after finishing their studies.

A boy found hanged in his bedroom had unclear intentions, a coroner has said.

Asad Khan, 11, a pupil at Bradford's Beckfoot Upper Heaton School, was found by his mother at the family home on Tile Street, on 28 September.

His parents believe he was being bullied and had also raised concerns about a choking game at the school.

Delivering a narrative verdict, coroner Martin Fleming, said there was no evidence to back up those claims.