Summary

  • Teenager's guilty plea over crash in Leeds which killed five

  • Plans to protect homes from flooding approved in Leeds

  • Uber 'disappointed' over York Council's licence renewal bid rejection...

  • ...While Uber licence suspension is finally lifted in Sheffield

  • Unemployment on the rise in Yorkshire and Humber

  • Sheffield MP scales back duties on doctor's orders

  • Comedian Peter Kay pulls out of major run of Leeds and Sheffield shows

  • Decision due over fate of Sheffield World War One memorial trees

  • Moto ponders next move after Doncaster council turns down service station plan

  • Live updates on Wednesday 13 December 2017

  1. Listen: Heartache over Harrogate passport confusionpublished at 08:13 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2017

    A woman from North Yorkshire fears she won't see her mother alive again, because she can't renew her passport.

    Tatiana, who's from Harrogate, became a British citizen 10 years ago and still holds Russian Citizenship, but her Russian documents are in her maiden name.

    British authorities say all of her documents must be in one name and won't issue her a new passport.

    It means if she travels to visit her mother, who has terminal brain cancer, she wouldn't automatically be allowed to return.

    Tatiana says she fears she's seen her mother for the last time:

  2. That's all from Wednesday...published at 06:30

    Those are all our updates from across Yorkshire on Wednesday 13 December 2017.

    Want to find out what's happening where you live on Thursday 14 December? Just click here.

  3. Mary Beard backs school Classics appealpublished at 00:55 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2017

    High Storrs School wants to raise £100,000 to subsidise Latin and Classics classes for students.

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  4. Saving memorial trees 'too expensive'published at 22:33 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

    The trees were planted in 1919 as a "living memorial" to local soldiers who died in World War One.

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  5. Council buys Travelodge for £2.35mpublished at 20:57 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

    The authority said it hoped the hotel would generate an income reducing the need to cut services.

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  6. 'Naughty girl' PE teacher struck offpublished at 18:52 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

    The 37-year-old is banned from teaching for making comments of a sexual nature to school girls.

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  7. IS bomber's brother guilty of terror plotpublished at 18:09 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

    The brother of an IS bomber who killed 30 in suicide attack will be sentenced at a later date.

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  8. Our five top stories todaypublished at 18:03 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 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. Leeds crash: Boy, 15, admits causing deaths
    2. Three jailed for 'violent abuse' of vulnerable man
    3. Huddersfield man guilty of terror offences
    4. Uber licence suspension lifted in Sheffield
    5. Peter Kay pulls out of Leeds and Sheffield shows

    See you tomorrow.

  9. Memorial trees in Sheffield will not be savedpublished at 18:02 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017
    Breaking

    Sheffield Council has this evening decided not to spend half a million pounds saving memorial trees.

    The trees were originally planted on Western Road as a living memorial to local soldiers who died in World War One.

    People living in the area wanted to keep them.

    There was a heated council meeting today which was adjourned at one point because of shouts from the public gallery.

    The council says if it saved the trees it would have to find half a million pounds from other budgets - and they are planting 300 more.

  10. Ripon boy 'critical' in hospital after being hit by carpublished at 17:55 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

    A 14-year-old boy is still in hospital in a critical condition after he was hit by a car on Monday in Ripon - police have renewed an appeal for information.

    RiponImage source, Google

    The accident happened as the boy was walking to school at 08:45 on Clotherholme Road, near the junction of Aislabie Garth.

    North Yorkshire Police say the driver of the car stopped at the scene.

    Officers investigating the incident want to speak to any witnesses.

  11. Sheffield dentistry student guilty of terror chargespublished at 17:46 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

    The brother of a suicide bomber killed in Iraq has been found guilty of terrorism charges.

    Mohammed Abbas Idris AwanImage source, Counter terrorism Unit

    Mohammed Abbas Idris Awan, originally from Huddersfield, was arrested after buying 500 ball bearings online.

    The 24-year-old, who told police that he was a keen fisherman and was researching hunting with a catapult, had denied preparing for an act of terrorism.

    He was convicted at Sheffield Crown Court.

    His brother Rizwan Awan, 27, killed 30 people in a bomb blast in Iraq in 2016.

    Dentistry student Awan, of Dun Street, Sheffield, was arrested in June 2017 by North East Counter Terrorism officers.

    Searches of houses took place in Huddersfield and Sheffield.

  12. Your weather forecast this eveningpublished at 17:42 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

    Mostly dry with clear spells overnight, especially in the east.

    However cloudier in the west with isolated and blustery wintry showers and a risk of icy patches developing.

    Some slight snow possible, but mostly across the Dales - staying rather breezy.

    Weather graphic
  13. Fire closes A64 near Yorkpublished at 17:31 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

    Fire crews are at a large fire at industrial units just off the A64 near York tonight - the road is closed near to the Highwayman Cafe.

    FireImage source, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue

    Fire crews from York, Huntington, Acomb, Malton, Tadcaster, Malton and Harrogate are at the scene tackling the flames.

    North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say that they "may be there for some time".

    Police say that one lane outbound is closed on Hull Road near to the university roundabout, and the area is congested.

  14. Missing Sheffield man could be in Oxfordshirepublished at 17:18 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

    Have you seen this man from Sheffield?

    John WaltonImage source, North Yorkshire Police

    John Walton was last seen in Salisbury where he had been staying.

    South Yorkshire Police say the 61-year-old may now have travelled to the Weston on the Green area of Oxfordshire.

    If you know where he is please call South Yorkshire Police.

  15. Travel update: Large fire causing queues near Yorkpublished at 17:01 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017
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    BBC News Travel

    There's a large fire just off the A64 near York, police are telling motorists to avoid the area:

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  16. Travel update: Temporary lights causing rush hour delayspublished at 16:55 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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    One to watch out for in Leeds tonight:

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  17. Rotherham man jailed for historical sex offencespublished at 16:44 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

    A man from Rotherham has been jailed after admitting sex offences against children.

    Christopher Charles Dilkes, aged 42, of Warwick Street, Rotherham was jailed for 10 years and told he will serve one year on extended licence after pleading guilty to multiple child sexual offences including four counts of attempted rape.

    Sheffield Crown Court heard the charges related to four boys, who were under 16 when Dilkes abused them in the 1990s and 2000s.

    Police launched an investigation after one victim came forward in 2016.

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    Our inquiries revealed several more victims, each of whom have demonstrated exceptional courage to share with officers the horrific abuse they faced at Dilkes’ hands"

    DC Emma Parsons, South Yorkshire Police

  18. North Yorkshire bridge reopens earlypublished at 16:33 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

    An 18th Century bridge in a North Yorkshire village has reopened early after being rebuilt.

    Gilling BridgeImage source, North Yorkshire County Council

    Engineers had discovered the mortar holding Gilling Bridge together had become soft all the way through making it unsafe.

    The crossing in Gilling West near Richmond has been opened a week early after the parapets had to be taken down and rebuilt.

    It's believed the Grade-II listed bridge was built in 1799 and widened and was strengthened in 1986.

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    The village is in awe of the superb job the contractors have done and we ought to say ‘well done’ to everyone involved in this £122,000 restoration project.”

    Cllr Angus Thompson, North Yorkshire County Council

  19. Travel update: Road closed in Rossingtonpublished at 16:27 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017

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    One to watch out for if you're travelling in Rossington near Doncaster

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  20. Temperatures set to drop tonightpublished at 16:23 Greenwich Mean Time 13 December 2017
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    It's been warmer today that the last few days, but it's set to be cold again tonight across the region:

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