Summary

  • Posthumous medal for man who tried to save MP Jo Cox

  • Man due in court over Kirby Misperton arrest

  • Pair jailed as police crack West Yorkshire drugs ring

  • Man dies after falling from boat into sea off Scarborough

  • Universal Credit behind rise in foodbank use in North Yorkshire, charity claims

  • MPs demand more transport funding for Yorkshire and the North

  • A-boards to be banned in Bradford

  • Final stage of York Minster's Great East Window restoration begins

  • Updates on Tuesday 7 November 2017

  1. That's all from Tuesday...published at 06:30

    Those are all our updates from across Yorkshire on Tuesday 7 November 2017.

    Want to find out what's happening where you live on Wednesday 8 November? Just click here.

  2. LGBT Asians resorting to sham marriagespublished at 01:30 Greenwich Mean Time 8 November 2017

    A charity says the numbers of LGBT Asians known to use online forums is the "tip of the iceberg".

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  3. Doctor quizzed patient over sex lifepublished at 21:11 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    Dr Mohammed Ihsan was suspended for nine months after acting inappropriately with female patients.

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  4. Our five top stories todaypublished at 17:59 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 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. Jo Cox hero receives George Medal posthumously
    2. Pair jailed as police break Keighley drugs ring
    3. Final stage of York Minster's Great East Window restoration begins
    4. MPs demand more transport funding for the north
    5. Secrets of York's Cold War bunker revealed online

    See you tomorrow.

  5. Science funding 'can regenerate areas'published at 17:49 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    Mick Lunney
    BBC Local Live, Sheffield

    A leading academic has told MPs that fairer funding of the sciences could help re-generate deprived areas like Barnsley.

    Richard Jones, who's professor of Physics at the University of Sheffield, says there are big regional differences in the funding of research and development which are holding some areas back.

    He's been giving evidence to the Commons' Science and Technology committee, external:

    Richard JonesImage source, University of Sheffield
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    If we get to a situation where we think that elite science is something that we do because we can afford it, that's the wrong way round"

    Richard Jones, Professor of Physics, University of Sheffield

  6. Rugby club 'to take stadium row to court'published at 17:32 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    Owners Chris Brereton and Michael Carter say the deal to keep the club at Belle Vue is "uneconomical".

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  7. Keyhole surgery success for children with heart diseasepublished at 17:27 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    Jamie Coulson
    Health Correspondent, BBC Look North

    A keyhole procedure that was originally pioneered by doctors in Leeds to treat children with heart disease has for the first time been shown to be more successful than open heart surgery.

    Heart surgery

    The technique increases blood flow to the lungs for new-born babies by propping open a blood vessel that would normally close soon after birth.

    A small plastic tube, called a catheter, is inserted into the groin and guided up to the heart and once in position a small mesh tube, called a stent, is inflated by balloon to hold the blood vessel open.

    By collecting data from hospitals across the UK, doctors have been able to show that babies who have this keyhole procedure stand a better chance of survival than open heart patients.

  8. Job cuts loom at Scarborough hospicepublished at 17:13 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    Allan Watkiss
    BBC Radio York, News

    Scarborough's Saint Catherine's Hospice is planning a restructuring which could lead to some job losses.

    St Catherine's HospiceImage source, Google

    In a statement, trustees say they've been operating with a significant financial deficit for a number of years.

    They're consulting on plans which they say could reduce the workforce by five per cent.

  9. Two guilty of bribing manslaughter jurypublished at 16:55 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    Shahrear Islam-Miah and Abdilahi Ahmed offered jurors £500 to return not guilty verdicts.

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  10. Travel update: Tuesday's evening rush hourpublished at 16:49 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    BBC News Travel

    So here we go everyone, it's time to get home and get the tea on, but how long will you have to wait in this evening's tailbacks to get home?

    If you're in Leeds city centre, I'm afraid it's looking a bit grim:

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    And that won't be helped by this:

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    Elsewhere in Yorkshire it's not looking too bad apart from this on the Sheffield/Rotherham boarder:

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  11. Renewed appeal to trace prison absconderpublished at 16:34 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    Anyone who may have seen John Henry Swales is asked to contact DS Louise Sproson from Cleveland Police.

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  12. Northern strike: Advice for train passengerspublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    Be warned if you travel by train around Yorkshire tomorrow as there's another day of strike action as part of a long-running dispute over driver-only operated trains.

    TrainImage source, Northern Rail

    Northern say that they will operate about 65% of their normal weekday timetable, external, with the majority of trains running between 07:00 and 19:00.

    But you can expect these services to be very busy, and people who are going to the Meadowhall Christmas Live event are being told to "make alternative travel arrangements for their journey home, external."

    Arriva Rail North, which manages Northern, said it had hoped to work with the RMT union to resolve the issue, but the RMT say the dispute is about public safety and Northern were "going through the motions".

  13. North Yorkshire Police offer weapons amnestypublished at 16:24 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    If you've got any unwanted guns or weapons, North Yorkshire Police would like you to hand them in...

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  14. Watch: Yorkshire free-runner takes international titlepublished at 16:10 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    BBC Look North

    Teenager Elise Bickley from Sheffield seems to see railings, drops and bars as a challenge rather than as obstacles.

    When the 13-year-old comes across them she becomes alive, using them as props as she goes into twists, spins, vaults and somersaults.

    Such is her skill at Parkour, or free-running, that Elise is now thought to be the youngest women's champion at the Air Wipp Challenge, external, held recently in Sweden.

    Take a look at her skills.

  15. Unwanted armchair makes all the differencepublished at 15:51 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    A woman from Leeds has shared a story on social media of how an old armchair has made all the difference to a man with dementia.

    Old manImage source, Samantha Kelly

    Samantha Kelly posted the above picture on the Leedsface Facebook group after she asked members if they could find a new home for an armchair she no longer wanted.

    In a subsequent post she said the person who came to collect it gave it to their granddad who has recently moved into care home and that he "adores it".

    Samantha said "I am so so happy at how much difference it has made and at this time of year especially near Christmas where some people might struggle."

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    "I encourage everyone to try and do something similar no matter how small as it may have such a massive impact on someone else"

    Samantha Kelly

  16. Travel update: Slow traffic in Leeds city centrepublished at 15:39 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    BBC News Travel

    An accident is causing a problem in the centre of Leeds this afternoon.

    The westbound Inner ring road is very congested because of the accident:

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  17. Man suffers serious knife injuries in Sheffield attackpublished at 15:27 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    Mick Lunney
    BBC Local Live, Sheffield

    A man has suffered serious injuries to his back and lower body in a knife attack in Sheffield.

    Blackstock RoadImage source, Google

    The 22 year-old has serious injuries to his back and lower body and South Yorkshire Police think he'd been assaulted by a group of men and had walked to where he was found looking for help.

    He was discovered on Blackstock Road in Gleadless yesterday afternoon and is in hospital in a stable condition.

    Officers are appealing for witnesses.

  18. Advertising boards banned from streetspublished at 15:16 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    The ban on A Boards on Bradford's pavements comes after concerns were raised by disability groups.

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  19. More train services between Knaresborough and Leedspublished at 15:03 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    Trains will run every half-hour between Knaresborough, Harrogate and Leeds on Sundays from next month.

    Knaresborough StationImage source, Google

    It's part of an announcement of new services by Northern Rail.

    There's currently one train an hour.

  20. New pony rescue centre for Rotherhampublished at 14:47 Greenwich Mean Time 7 November 2017

    Jenny Eells

    About 18 months ago Janine Cope stumbled across three homeless ponies which she went on to rescue.

    Rescued pony

    She's since gone onto rescue more ponies and is the co-founder of a new pony rescue centre in Kiveton Park, Rotherham.

    It's called TakPonies, external, a name that comes from the Todwick and Kiveton areas of the town.

    It's based on an old football field.

    After caring for the animals they rescue, the group re-homes them, occasionally calling in to check up on their welfare.

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    All our rescues when fit and well will be chipped and have their very own passport ensuring they belong to Todwick and Kiveton Pony Rescue and cannot end up at the meat market"

    TakPonies

    Rescued pony