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    Gymnasticspublished at 11:21 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Gymnastics - men's all-around final

    No messing about. It's time for the medal ceremony for the men's all-around final.

    James Hall gives Nile Wilson a big hug before Wilson is handed his gold medal.

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    Gold Medal - Nile Wilson (England)published at 11:19 British Summer Time 7 April 2018

    Gymnastics - men's all-around final

    Nile Wilson loved it and so do the judges! It's good enough for gold. He had to fight for that but Wilson, from Leeds, wins his second gold of these Games.

    Max Whitlock is watching on in the stands. Wilson has taken his title.

  3. Bradford student scoops top medical awardpublished at 17:46 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    A student from Bradford has been given a top award after completing one of the biggest healthcare projects in the world.

    Chloe LockwoodImage source, Institute of Biomedical Science

    St James's University Hospital biomedical scientist Chloe Lockwood was awarded the Rising Star Award at the Chief Scientific Officer’s Healthcare Science Awards

    The ceremony, attended by HRH The Princess Royal, celebrates the contributions of healthcare scientists to the NHS and the broader healthcare system.

    Ms Lockwood lead one of the biggest laboratory digitisation projects in the world and is a member of the Institute of Biomedical Science.

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    It was an honour to be invited to the ceremony, share the evening with brilliant people - and an even bigger honour to receive the award."

    Chloe Lockwood

  4. Housework? No thanks we're from Leedspublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    When it comes to getting the house work done, it appears Leeds is happy to bring in the hired help...

    VacuumingImage source, Getty Images

    New research suggests that nearly two out of five people in the city now pay for hired help.

    But they only spend an average of £20 a month compared to residents in Nottingham who shell out the most in Britain - £150.

    A leading insurance firm found the most popular forms of hired help were window cleaners followed by gardeners, decorators and then house cleaners.

  5. E-fit appeal after Leeds knife-point robberiespublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    Police have issued an e-fit image of a man they want to speak to following a series of knife-point muggings in two areas of Leeds.

    efitImage source, West Yorkshire Police

    Officers say on 9 February there were four robberies in and around the Burley and Headingley areas.

    In one incident, a 19-year-old man was walking home when he was grabbed by another man who then threatened him and showed him a knife.

    The teenager managed to get away from the man unharmed and nothing was stolen.

    Anyone with information about the identity of the man in the e-fit image is being asked to contact police.

  6. Man jailed after sub-machine gun and pistols found in carpublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    A man's been jailed after he was caught carrying a sub-machine gun in a car in Dewsbury.

    Faisal YounisImage source, West Yorkshire Police

    Faisal Younis, 31, of Tanhouse Street, Dewsbury, was a passenger in a car stopped by police last year.

    Two pistols were also found in a rucksack belonging to him, alongside ammunition which could have been used in the three weapons.

    A sawn-off shotgun was later found under a bed in a flat he'd been renting in Dewsbury, as well as heroin and crack cocaine with a total street value of about £90,000.

    Younis was jailed for 14 years at Bradford Crown Court.

  7. Moment trapped man is freed from Harrogate trenchpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    This is the moment a workman who was trapped in a collapsed trench in North Yorkshire for six hours was freed.

    Buried manImage source, North Yorkshire Police

    He reportedly became stuck under clay and tarmac at the housing development in Rossett Green Lane, Harrogate, just before 09:00.

    An air ambulance took him to Leeds General Infirmary.

    Insp Chris Galley, from North Yorkshire Police, said the recovery mission had been "a massive effort" from North Yorkshire Fire Service and the Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

  8. River polluted by oil spill near Leedspublished at 16:24 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    The pollution has affected a six-mile (10km) stretch

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  9. Wakefield river's 'disgusting' plastic bottle problempublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    A section of river near Wakefield which has accumulated thousands of plastic bottles and other rubbish has been the subject of debate on social media today.

    WasteImage source, Sandy Hartley

    Many took to commenting on the pictures which were posted on Facebook last night and show a part of the river Calder at Stanley Ferry.

    A screen in the water appears to have collected thousands of discarded bottles, other waste and even dead animals.

    Plastic waste in our water seems to be the issue of the moment after the BBC's Blue Planet 2 series in which Sir David Attenborough highlighted the threat of plastic waste in our oceans.

    WasteImage source, Sandy Hartley

    Among the comments on the Leedsface post read: "Saw that whilst walking there a few days ago. Really shocking"

    And "Absolutely disgusting. Take your litter home or find a bin, simples. Some people are just bone idle."

  10. Watch: Bodycams issued to Environment Agency officerspublished at 15:46 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    Environment Agency officers in Yorkshire and the north east have been issued with body cameras.

    It's in a bid to protect them from "abusive and threatening" behaviour.

    The agency has posted a video on twitter demonstrating the abuse officers sometimes receive:

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  11. Wakefield Trinity half-back extends contractpublished at 15:14 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

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    Wakefield Trinity half-back Jacob Miller has signed a new four-and-a-half-year deal.

    Jacob MillerImage source, swpix.com

    The 25-year-old joined Trinity from Hull FC in 2015 and has scored 35 tries in 92 appearances for the club.

    Coach Chris Chester said: "I am delighted that Jacob has signed a new deal, he's an outstanding player who still has a long career ahead of him.

    "I have enjoyed seeing him grow and develop as a player over the past couple of seasons."

  12. Oil spill pollutes stretch of River Airepublished at 14:38 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    The Environment Agency says its officers are investigating potential sources of the spill.

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  13. E-fit appeal over attempted kidnapping in Halifaxpublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    The man pictured in the e-fit image below is being sought by police after he tried to bundle a woman into the back of a van in Halifax.

    EfitImage source, West Yorkshire Police

    Officers say the 33-year-old woman was walking through the town centre in January towards a bus stop on Commercial Street when a man started talking to her.

    He then assaulted her and tried to pull her into a van, but she shouted for help and the man ran off.

    West Yorkshire Police say they're treating it "extremely seriously" and that they have already carried out a "significant amount of work" to trace the man using CCTV.

    The man had a Yorkshire accent and was also wearing a dark blue hooded top with dark trousers.

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    This was clearly a traumatic ordeal for the victim and we are treating this incident extremely seriously."

    PC Katy Bradford, West Yorkshire Police

  14. Huddersfield Giants release Symondspublished at 13:59 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    Huddersfield Giants release back row Tom Symonds to allow him to return to Australia.

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  15. Travel update: Leeds to London 15:45 train cancelledpublished at 13:58 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

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    Travelling to London on the 15:45 from Leeds?

    Yeah, you'll be an hour late:

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  16. Miller extends Wakefield contractpublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    Wakefield Trinity half-back Jacob Miller signs a new four-and-a-half-year deal with the Super League side.

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  17. Vandalised books of remembrance to be restoredpublished at 13:10 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    It's been revealed that Books of Remembrance, which were slashed with knives and scattered around the grounds of a Leeds crematorium are going through a painstaking restoration.

    books of remembranceImage source, Leeds City Council

    The attack happened over the weekend at the Lawnswood Crematorium and appears to have been targeted, with the door being forced open to the room where they were kept, and locked cabinets being broken into.

    Leeds City Council says the damaged books have been taken to a professional restorer who will "systematically" work through each damaged page and then they will be rewritten in exactly the same style and format.

    CCTV is now being reviewed to track down the people who did it, the books that were vandalised were contained to the months of April, May and June only.

  18. Brick thrown through window of rapid response ambulancepublished at 12:53 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    A rapid response ambulance has had to be taken off the road after it was vandalised in Leeds yesterday.

    Smashed windowImage source, Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

    One of the car’s windows was smashed with a brick as the paramedic was treating a patient in the Burmantofts area.

    Stephen Segasby from Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said: “We are shocked and very disappointed by this act of vandalism."

    "Our dedicated staff work extremely hard to deliver the best possible service and for them to be targeted in this way is appalling."

  19. 'Beast of Wombwell' killed by heart attackpublished at 12:48 British Summer Time 6 April 2018

    Child killer Peter Pickering died after complaining of back and stomach pain, an inquest hears.

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