'Unremorseful' paedophile jailed for child sex abusepublished at 14:20 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
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Topman withdraws '96' shirt amid Hillsborough anger
Third man bailed in Jarvin Blake murder investigation
Snow and ice warning upgraded for West and South Yorkshire
Motorists advised to avoid motorways due to forecast
Bradford 10k race postponed because of snow forecast
Former Pulp frontman Cocker criticises Sheffield tree felling
Driver arrested after crash near Selby
Big rise in number of Yorkshire secondary schools in deficit
Petition calls for government action over Filey fishermen's future
Concerns over conditions faced by bar staff and waiters
Large increase in number of visitors to York Minster
Day two of BBC Look North's Sofa Challenge
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'Unremorseful' paedophile jailed for child sex abusepublished at 14:20 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
Image source, Huddersfield ExaminerListen: Jeremy Corbyn needs a tougher stancepublished at 14:07 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
Some Labour MPs have criticised their leader, Jeremy Corbyn, after he refused to explicitly blame Russia for the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter and, instead, called for dialogue.
The Penistone and Stocksbridge MP Angela Smith says Mr Corbyn needs a tougher stance:
Warning of snow and ice for Yorkshire and Lincolnshirepublished at 13:56 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
The Met Office has just issued a Yellow Warning for snow and ice for tomorrow
Image source, Met OfficeThe warning comes into effect from 15:00 tomorrow.
The Met Office warn of some roads and railways being affected with longer journey time.
We're being told to watch out for icy patches on untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths.
Aldi murder was 'revenge'published at 13:53 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
Neville Hord's attack on a 30-year-old supermarket worker in North Yorkshire was "a premeditated and frenzied attack", according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
Image source, North Yorkshire PoliceThe 40-year-old man stabbed Jodie Willsher to death while she was working at an Aldi supermarket in Skipton in December last year.
Hord, of Great Horton Road in Bradford, had been in a relationship with Mrs Willsher's mother, Nicole Dinsdale.
The CPS says that when the relationship broke down he blamed it on her daughter.
Quote MessageThis was a cold-blooded and public execution, carried out for the purpose of revenge.
Thomas Neoyftou, Senior Crown Prosecutor with CPS Yorkshire and Humberside
Neville Hord has been sentenced to at least 30 years imprisonment.
Kirby Misperton policing costs down in Februarypublished at 13:28 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
It cost £30,772 to police the anti-fracking protests in Kirby Misperton in Feburary 2018.
That's down 36% compared with January 2018.
The figure is for the additional costs of policing the site in Ryedale, including overtime, mutual aid, equipment, subsistence, and travel-related costs.
Image source, North Yorkshire PoliceQuote MessageI’m pleased that costs were down again in February although this is to be expected while Third Energy’s activity has been put on hold."
Julia Mulligan, North Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner
The Police and Crime Commissioner has published all the additional costs of the policing operation at the site in Ryedale. So far they have amounted to:
- £80, 238 up to 31 August 2017
- £101,476 in September 2017
- £233,704 in October 2017
- £147,881 in November 2017
- £58,488 in December 2017
- £48,101 in January 2018
- £30,772 in February 2018
Ex-Bradford Lord Mayor in the clearpublished at 13:19 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
A former lord mayor of Bradford accused of misconduct in a public office has been exonerated.
Naveeda Ikram was accused of championing a business to district councils while failing to declare a financial interest in the company.
The case was thrown out during a trial at Leeds Crown Court due to insufficient evidence, but prosecutors lodged an appeal.
At the Court of Appeal, the judgement was upheld and Mrs Ikram was cleared.
Look North trio making good progresspublished at 13:06 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
BBC Look North's team are now half way through the first day of their eight-day challenge for Sport Relief.
If you'd like to find out more or support their efforts you can head to bbc.co.uk/sofa.
This afternoon they'll head through Dewsbury before making their way to today's finish line in Ossett.
Despite a few problems with the sofa, external, they're now back up and running.
Aldi killer 'devastated a family'published at 12:53 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
"Rotten to the core" killer Neville Hord who stabbed supermarket worker Jodie Willsher to death in an Aldi store in Skipton, has "devastated a family" say North Yorkshire Police.
Image source, North Yorkshire PoliceJodie was working in the Aldi store on Keighley Road at 15:27 on Thursday, 21 December when she was stabbed to death.
Jodie Willsher had a daughter and a husband.
They do not want to comment , but Mark Pearson from Cleveland and North Yorkshire Major Investigation Team says Neville Hord has left "a mother without a daughter, a husband without a wife and a young girl without her mother."
Image source, North Yorkshire PoliceShoppers and members of staff detained Hord before the police arrived, but Jodie died at the scene after being repeatedly stabbed.
Quote MessageThis incident had a very significant impact upon members of the public who were going about their Christmas shopping that day, as well as on Jodie’s colleagues in the supermarket.
Temp Det Ch Insp Mark Pearson, Cleveland and North Yorkshire Major Investigation Team
Hord was jailed for at least 30 years at Bradford Crown Court today where the judge described him as "rotten to the core".
John Lewis revamp up for discussion in Sheffieldpublished at 12:43 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
Talks will be held to determine how extensively the branch of John Lewis in Sheffield city centre can be overhauled to complement a £500 million development scheme, external.
Image source, Sheffield StarMisconduct-accused ex-mayor exoneratedpublished at 12:42 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
Naveeda Ikram was accused of championing a business but failing to declare a financial interest in it.
Read MoreBig 50 Sofa Challenge: Team go through Heckmondwikepublished at 12:29 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
The BBC's Look North presenting team are now well into their first day of their Big 50 Sofa Challenge.
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End of twitter postHarry Gration, Amy Garcia and Paul Hudson will transport a customised red sofa to 50 locations around Yorkshire in just eight days, meeting viewers and raising funds for Sport Relief.
The trio are pushing, pulling and dragging their famous red sofa across Yorkshire.
They've just gone through Heckmondwike, make sure you're following them on Twitter, just click on the tweet above.
You can also follow their progress on this GPS tracker, external.
Third murder arrest over street attackpublished at 12:23 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
Jarvin Blake, 22, was attacked by a group of men in Brackley Street, Burngreave, on 8 March.
Read MoreSouth Yorkshire MP backs Theresa May over Russia sanctionspublished at 12:16 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
A South Yorkshire Labour MP has signed a motion supporting Theresa May's decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats following the poisoning of a spy and his daughter in Salisbury.
Rother Valley MP Sir Kevin Barron is among 19 Labour MPs backing government sanctions against Russia.
It appears to be a snub to their leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who has questioned whether the nerve agent attack was the work of President Putin's regime.
The motion, which was published this morning, reads that MPs "unequivocally" accept the "Russian state's culpability" for the attack.
It adds that they would consider supporting "further proportionate action to deter future acts of aggression by the Russian state".
Aldi killer to be jailed for at least 30 yearspublished at 12:04 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
BreakingNeville Hord, who stabbed supermarket worker Jodie Willsher to death in an Aldi store in Skipton, North Yorkshire, has been jailed at Bradford Crown Court for at least 30 years.
Aldi killer described as 'rotten to the core'published at 11:59 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
The man who killed supermarket worker Jodie Willsher has been described as "rotten to the core" in court.
Image source, PANeville Hord, 44, pleaded guilty to murdering the 30-year-old, at the Aldi store in Skipton, North Yorkshire, on 21 December.
Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC told Hord Judge Jonathan Durham Hall QC told Hord he was "truly and horribly rotten to the core".
"You sentenced her, in your mind, to death."
The judge said "You chose a time and a place to, in effect, execute; to kill; to murder." and said the killing was calculated to cause the "maximum pain, horror, shock and trauma".
Watch: Keira Knightley in Leeds to shoot new filmpublished at 11:48 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
Keep your eyes open if you're around Leeds over the next few days, you might just find yourself in the company of a Hollywood A-lister.
Keira Knightley is in town to shoot her news film Official Secrets - based on a true story and set in 2003.
It's about a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal spy operation linked to the Iraq invasion.
Here's a look at the cast and crew in Boston Spa yesterday, if you spot her, send you pics in to us!
Third man arrested after fatal stabbingpublished at 11:36 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
A 26-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the fatal stabbing of Jarvin Blake.
Image source, Family PhotoThe man, from the Southey Green area of the city, is the third person to be arrested in connection with the incident.
He remains in police custody waiting to be questioned by detectives.
Two other men, aged 24 and 25-years-old, who were arrested earlier this week on suspicion of murder and other offences have been bailed pending further police enquiries.
Aldi supermarket killer had crossbow as 'option weapon'published at 11:30 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
The man who murdered an Aldi supermarket worker in Skipton had been planning to kill her for two weeks, a court has heard.
Image source, FacebookToday Neville Hord, 44, pleaded guilty to murdering Jodie Willsher, 30, at the store in Skipton, North Yorkshire, on 21 December.
Prosecutor Peter Moulson QC told the court Hord had told police: "Jodie made things very difficult in my and her mother's relationship." and that he had admitted putting a tracking device on Ms Willsher's car.
He said Hord had been planning the killing for two weeks, buying a pistol crossbow as an "option weapon".
The prosecutor said Hord admitted he went to the store to kill Jodie and told officers he thought she had smiled at him as they made eye contact in the supermarket before he stabbed her.
He said the defendant admitted taking an axe into the store as "back up, just in case".
Police try to trace driver overtaken by fatal crash carpublished at 11:24 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
Police say they're trying to find a driver who was overtaken by a car which was then involved in a fatal accident in Bradford.
Image source, GoogleJane Floweth, who was 68 and from Ilkley, was a passenger in a blue Honda Jazz which was involved in a crash with a silver Vauxhall Astra.
It happened on Common Road, near the Guide Post Hotel in Low Moor on 24 February. Ms Floweth was taken to hospital by died later.
West Yorkshire Police say the Astra over took a Ford which was travelling along the A641 Huddersfield Road and then was involved in the crash.
A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and remains on bail pending further enquiries.
Supermarket worker's killing act of 'revenge'published at 11:12 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2018
A man who is accused of murdering a supermarket worker in Skipton has pleaded guilty today.
Image source, North Yorkshire PoliceNeville Hord, 44, pleaded guilty to murdering Jodie Willsher, 30, at the Aldi store in Skipton on 21 December.
The mother of one died from injuries to the chest and abdomen inflicted during the attack at the supermarket.
Prosecutor Peter Moulson QC told the court it was a "cold-blooded public execution perpetrated for the purpose of revenge" and that Hord was the former partner of Ms Wilsher's mother.
The prosecutor said the attack was witnessed by many people, including a child as well as caught on CCTV, he added the attack was pre-planned and the defendant also took an axe with him to the supermarket.
