Gina Bolton
BBC Radio Sheffield

A road accident which killed a 91 year-old woman in Sheffield has prompted an appeal for witnesses, external.

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Police say the woman was struck by a yellow highways vehicle on Ringinglow Road.

Officers would like to hear from anyone driving through the area yesterday morning, or any pedestrians who may have witnessed the collision.

Oli Constable
BBC Yorkshire Live

The Christmas lights at Sheffield Children's Hospital have been turned on.

They'll help to raise money for a life-changing analysis machine, external for the hospital's world-renowned chemical laboratory. It'll analyse vitamin D deficiencies, which can have a big effect on health.

The appeal still needs raise a further £100,000.

Children, including some former patients, from 36 schools attended the event last night; have a look at the impressive sight:

Jonathan Cowap
Presenter, BBC Radio York

The full route of the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire has been announced today.

It'll take place over four days, at the beginning of May, but the news has not pleased everyone.

David Bewley runs a shop in Tadcaster, which hosted the start of stage two of last year's race.

He told me his takings were down on the day as a result:

Thanks to Jenny Morrison for sending in this serene pic of the River Ouse taken in York earlier today.

Thanks also to Kirsty Shepherd for her shot of Gouthwaite Reservoir in North Yorkshire's Nidderdale.

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Former Morley and Outwood MP Ed Balls has had a rather strange request from a school in Nottingham today:

The former shadow chancellor and Strictly Come Dancing star replied with:

An 80-year-old is in hospital after falling as she moved out of the way of a bus while crossing a road in Leeds.

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The woman was using a pedestrian crossing in Swillington on Wakefield Road yesterday at 14:50.

According to police, she moved out of the way of the oncoming bus and fell, injuring her pelvis. She was taken to hospital where she's still being treated.

Officers say the bus didn't stop and they are "keen to speak to the driver and/or any passengers" on the "cream-coloured" single decker.

Nick Wilson
BBC Radio Sheffield

The team behind the Sheffield music festival Tramlines, external have confirmed they've been given approval to host the event at Hillsborough Park next year.

In previous years, tens of thousands of people have attended the event which has been held in a range of locations in the city centre and in nearby Netherthorpe.

There will still be a type of fringe festival in the city centre.

Head of city centre management at Sheffield Council Richard Eyre has this to say:

A 98-year-old woman is playing the donkey in her first Nativity play at a care home in Castleford.

Staff at Newfield Lodge Care Home have teamed up with the residents to put on their first production for the public.

The cast, which includes an 87-year-old shepherd, have a combined age of nearly 350 - not counting the staff!

Do you know this man?

Police want to speak to him after a burglary in Leeds.

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It happened at a house on New Road Side in Horsforth between just after 19:00 on Monday, 20 November.

A man was seen walking away from the house and was wearing a dark hooded top and dark jeans and was carrying a bottle of Tropicana juice.

If you know him call West Yorkshire Police on 101.

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With the dust settling following this morning's announcement of the route of the Tour de Yorkshire 2018, here's what we know now:

• The 2018 race, a legacy of the Tour de France Grand Depart Yorkshire hosted in 2014, will take place from 3-6 May and will also feature a two-day women's race
• The Tour has been expanded to four days for 2018, with the women's race to be staged over two days
• Barnsley, Beverley, Doncaster, Halifax, Leeds, Ilkley, Richmond and Scarborough have been named as the locations for starts and finishes of the stages
• Stage one is a 180km race from Beverley to Doncaster for the men, shorter for the women, and with only 660m of climbing, is expected to favour the sprinters
• The second stage ends with a summit finish at the famous Cow and Calf Rocks on Ilkley Moor after a 148km race from Barnsley - again the women's race will be shorter
• Stage three will be a familiar finish on Scarborough's North Shore after starting in Richmond and taking in the North York Moors
• And the finale promises to be an intriguing stage, with 3,400m of climbing before finishing on The Headrow outside Leeds Town Hall, where the 2014 Tour de France began.

The Tour de Yorkshire's stages for 2018 have been announced today - it will start in Beverley on 3 May and finish in Leeds on 6 May.

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The finish line will be where the Grand Depart of the Tour de France in 2014 started (pictured).

The leader of Leeds City Council, Coun Judith Blake, said: “I’m absolutely delighted that Leeds has been chosen to host the big finale of next year’s Tour de Yorkshire."

So, the Tour de Yorkshire is definitely coming back to the East Riding of Yorkshire in May 2018, it's been confirmed.

For the seaside town of Hornsea, it's the first time the prestigious bike race will be passing through.

It will host the Men's Stage 1 on 3 May next year.

Have a look at the Stage 1 route below:

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This morning the four stages of next year's Tour de Yorkshire were announced.

Here they all are together so you can see where the riders will be visiting:

Former world cycling champion Mark Cavendish has given his very pithy summary of the trials facing the Tour de Yorkshire 2018 riders as they race through North, South, East and West Yorkshire next May:

Here's a nice stat for you - next year's race will cover 711km.

And, of those 711 km, 460 of them have never been part of a cycle race like the Tour de Yorkshire before.

Former world cycling champion Mark Cavendish, who's set to take part in the Tour de Yorkshire for the first time next May, should be in with a good shout here, according to the BBC's Tanya Arnold:

So that's it, the full route of next year's Tour de Yorkshire has been announced.

Here's an overview of where the action will be happening in May 2018:

Here's how it all looked at the Piece Hall in Halifax as the route for the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire was announced.

According to our reporter there, there were "oohs" as Sir Gary Verity announced each climb in the last stage of the race!:

If you thought Stage Three was a bit easy on the rider, the fourth and final stage of the Tour de Yorkshire really isn't.

It's the longest stage at 189.5km with a monster six King of the Mountains.

It all starts in Halifax and goes through Hebden Bridge, Skipton, Threshfield, Masham, Otley and Leeds with a grandstand finish on the Headrow.

Ominously, it's known as the "Yorkshire Terrier".

Here's how it looks:

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So, about those hills...

The six climbs are Cote de Hebden Bridge, Cote de Goose Eye, Cote de Barden Moor, Cote de Park Rash (the highest on the tour), Cote de Greenhow Hill and Cote de Otley Chevin.

That's 3,400m of climbs - ouch.

Here's how it looks:

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Sir Gary Verity has said that the finish line on the Headrow will be the same as the start line as the Tour de France in 2014 - outside the art gallery.

Stage Three of the Tour de Yorkshire 2018 is men only and is strictly a North Yorkshire only affair, going from Richmond to Scarborough.

It's a much flatter course and is the second longest of the tour, taking in Morton on Swale - a sprint - Thirsk, Pickering, a climb at Cote de Silpho and through to Scarborough, looping through Filey and Cayton back to Scarborough again.

The theme for this stage is "Yorkshire market towns".

It's a 184km-course and here's how it looks:

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And here's how those (few) climbs look - but the big one on the route is Cote de Sutton Bank, so maybe it's not all plain sailing:

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According to Sir Gary Verity, the man behind the Tour de Yorkshire, the British Army has requested that the tour goes close to Catterick Garrison.