Crash deaths: Boy, 15, detained for car crash which killed five
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Holocaust survivor Iby Knill from Leeds recalls her time in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Nazi-occupied southern Poland.
She and four friends were taken there in June 1944.
Iby, who was born in what is now the Czech Republic in 1923, but has spent much of her life in Leeds, said it was their support which kept her going.
This weekend marks Holocaust Day.
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Police have been investigating an assault on New Year's Day in Harrogate and want to speak to them about it - They need your help to track them down.
Image source, North Yorkshire PoliceIt happened at about 02:00 as a 30-year-old man was walking home with a friend after leaving The Den on Cambridge Road.
As they reached Cheltenham Crescent they were approached by two men and a woman and the man was punched in the head.
He fell to the ground and was kicked in the head by the same man leaving him with injuries on his face and shoulder.
A 13-year-old girl has been injured after she was in collision with a van this morning.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt happened on Wykebeck Valley Road at about 07:30.
She was taken to Leeds General Infirmary for treatment but her injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
The driver stopped at the scene and has spoken to police about what happened.
The gang of four, including a husband and wife, were sentenced after admitting firearms and drug offences.
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Image source, Getty ImagesThe Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority backed the measure last month, saying it was to try to "halt and then reverse" the decline in the number of young people living in the area.
It's now consulting with the eight local authorities which form part of the national park, with a view to putting a proposal for a pilot scheme to the Government.
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Mr Ward was attacked in his home on Salisbury Road,Maltby in the early hours of Thursday 1 October 2015. He also had his life savings of £30,000 stolen.
He died as a result of his injuries five months later.
The North Yorkshire MP whose area covers the Friarage Hospital, in Northallerton, says retaining services there is his "number one local priority".
Campaigners have accused health bosses of misleading the public over its future and say a public consultation is "closure by stealth."
Rishi Sunak is the Conservative MP for Richmond. He says he intends to apply pressure on the hospital trust:
There's been anger at the sentence handed to a 15-year-old boy in Leeds for causing the deaths of five people in a car crash.
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceThe boy - who cannot be identified - admitted five counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
Ellis, 12, and Elliott Thornton-Kimmitt, 14, died in the crash along with Darnell Harte, 15, Anthony Armour and Robbie Meerun, both 24.
Elise Dhers the sister of Darnell Harte said outside Leeds Crown Court "Four years is not long enough - four years is not even a year for a life. He will be out in two years' time."
Supt Lisa Atkinson from West Yorkshire Police said: "The 15-year-old boy who was at the wheel of the stolen car is starting a period in custody, but he also has to live with the deaths of those five people on his conscience for the rest of his life.
She added "What this terrible incident so painfully illustrates is the appalling human consequences of dangerous driving."
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Image source, University of YorkThe ochre crayon was discovered near an ancient lake, now covered with peat, near Scarborough.
Its thought it was used 10,000 years ago for art work and colouring animal skins.
Dr Andy Needham, from the University of York’s Department of Archaeology, said the latest discovery has helped further our understanding of Mesolithic life.
He commented: “Colour was a very significant part of hunter-gatherer life and ochre gives you a very vibrant red colour.
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It says it will now consult with trade unions and colleagues on the plans.
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A 15-year-old boy has been detained for four-and-a-half years today for causing the deaths of five people when the stolen car he was driving crashed into a tree in Leeds.
Image source, PAEllis Thornton-Kimmitt, 12, and Elliott Thornton-Kimmitt, 14, died in the crash along with Darnell Harte, 15, Anthony Armour and Robbie Meerun, both 24.
Leeds Crown Court heard the car "split in two" when it hit a tree in Meanwood at 88mph on 25 November.
After the sentencing, David Holderness, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "The defendant acted in a supremely dangerous way, driving erratically and at speeds of about 88mph in a residential area.
"Tragically his victims paid the price of the driver’s utter irresponsibility with their lives. I hope the sentences passed today are of some comfort to them in their grief.”
