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  1. Traffic and travel: Road closures due to snowpublished at 06:30 Greenwich Mean Time 28 February 2018

    People heading out on the roads this morning are being warned to take care in the snow and icy conditions.

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    A weather warning remains in place across Yorkshire with motorists being told to take extra care on the roads.

    The A57 Snake Pass is closed in both directions due to the snow, as is the A59 Skipton Road between Harrogate and Skipton.

    Staying in North Yorkshire the A66 is also closed in both directions due to snow between Scotch Corner and New Road.

    In Holmfirth in West Yorkshire the A6024 Woodhead/Holme Moss Road is also shut at the moment.

    Driving conditions on the A170 at Sutton Bank are described as "hazardous".

  2. Reading 1-3 Sheffield Unitedpublished at 22:43 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Sheffield United beat Reading to move up to sixth in the Championship and increase pressure on Royals manager Jaap Stam.

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  3. Hull City 1-1 Barnsleypublished at 22:24 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Defender Michael Dawson salvages a point for Hull with an equaliser in their home Championship game against Barnsley.

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  4. Sheffield steel used in ice skating bladespublished at 17:59 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Blades created in South Yorkshire were part of ice skates worn at the Winter Olympics.

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  5. Yorkshire's top stories todaypublished at 17:59 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Yorkshire's top stories today include:

    Updates on breaking news will continue throughout the night.

    For the latest on the weather tune into your local BBC radio station.

  6. Sheffield steel used in ice skating bladespublished at 17:52 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Ice skating blades made from Sheffield steel made it onto skates worn by medal-winners at the Winter Olympics.

    Two-thirds of the figure skating winners in Pyeonchang wore blades made in Yorkshire.

    HD Sports, which has a base in Sheffield, said its kit helped win 18 medals for other nations.

    The company has more than 300 years of steel-making expertise.

  7. Snow showers move across Yorkshirepublished at 17:47 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    It looks like we'd all better get used to those snow showers over the next 24 hours, as it seems we're in for a few more of them.

    Still, it'll at least give us dramatic landscapes and cloud formations as they move across the region.

    A little like this, taken on Royd Moor near Huddersfield:

    Snow
  8. CCTV: do you know these men?published at 17:42 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Take a look at this CCTV footage released by West Yorkshire Police:

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    They want to speak to the men in it about a burglary in Bradford in December last year.

    It happened on Willow Avenue, Bank Top. Two men got inside a house and stole jewellery and the keys to a grey Mercedes E220.

    They drove off in the car which was later found parked up in the Barkerend area.

  9. Guiseley P-P Barrowpublished at 17:34 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Tuesday's National League match between Guiseley and Barrow is postponed because of a frozen pitch at Nethermoor.

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  10. Yorkshire devolution discussed in Westminsterpublished at 17:33 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Plans to have an elected mayor for the whole of Yorkshire are being discussed in Westminster today.

    White rose flagImage source, PA

    Council leaders from across the region are trying to convince the government it's a good idea.

    South Yorkshire is due to elect its own mayor later this year, with powers over things such as transport and planning.

    But most councils want one mayor for all of Yorkshire. Eighteen of the 22 council leaders have signed-up to the idea.

    Politics leaders from across Yorkshire are meeting the Communities secretary Sajid Javid, to try and convince him to sign an agreement for a future deal on devolved power.

  11. Gritters in action as big freeze takes holdpublished at 17:20 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    The gritters have come into their own today, and no doubt will be busy tonight too.

    Look at this tweet from Leeds city Council, -5C expected..

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  12. Watch: Latest on the 'Beast from the East'published at 17:12 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    BBC Look North's weatherman Owain Wyn Evans is in the snow, giving us the latest on the snow!

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  13. Watch: Canine capers caught on camerapublished at 17:08 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Thanks to Lyn in Helmsley for introducing us to Flossie and Charlie, who aren't entirely sure how they feel about a snow dog (although the nose is quite tasty!).

  14. Appeal following Sheffield shop robberypublished at 16:57 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    There's an appeal for information after two robbers, with their faces covered, threatened staff with knives at a convenience store in Sheffield last weekend.

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    It happened at about 20:55 on Sunday 25 February at McColl's convenience store on Barnsley Road in Sheffield.

    The robbers fled the scene with what police are describing as a "quantity of cash".

    No one was injured and police are appealing for witnesses.

  15. Watch: Snow showers from the 'Beast from the East'published at 16:49 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    It's expected that we'll be getting frequent snow showers into this evening and tomorrow, with North Yorkshire copping for the worst of it.

    When they come, they're pretty severe as this blizzard that passed through Leeds a short while ago demonstrates:

  16. Watch: Creative minds move into Castlegatepublished at 16:09 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

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    BBC Local Live, Sheffield

    It's fair to say the Castlegate area of Sheffield has struggled since the market moved across the city to the Moor.

    But now - amid the graffiti and boarded-up shops - there are little green shoots of economic life:

  17. Scheme to reduce stray cats in Sheffieldpublished at 16:06 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    The RSPCA wants to reduce the number of unwanted cats which need to be rehomed.

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  18. Bradford bin collectors given body cameras to curb attackspublished at 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time 27 February 2018

    Bin collectors have begun wearing body cameras amid fears for their safety following a number of attacks.

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    Bradford Council said its employees had been punched and spat at and threatened with a baseball bat and knife.

    As reported in the Telegraph & Argus, external, 25 serious incidents have been recorded since 2015, with three so far in 2018.

    Councillor Sarah Ferriby said: "I am flabbergasted that people would behave in this way against staff who are just going about their work."