Summary

  • Huddersfield Infirmary downgrade 'not in interests of locals' - Health Secretary

  • New arrests after fatal stabbing at house in Huddersfield

  • Sheffield Pride in climbdown over "celebration not protest" comments

  • Bradford head-stamp killer guilty of murder

  • "One Yorkshire" devolution plan won't get government backing - Ex-Minister

  • Road closed as suspected WWII shell found in Barnsley

  • Lost Barnsley theatre sculpture found in Wakefield garden

  • Sainsbury's-Asda may 'have to sell at least 73 shops'

  • Wakefield councillor sacked over 'offensive' comments

  • Labour Parliamentary candidate for York stands down

  • Fans queue overnight in Sheffield for ultra-rare Arctic Monkeys LP

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  1. Yorkshire flood opera wins music awardpublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    Calderland, a community opera staged after the 2015 floods, wins a Royal Philharmonic Society Award.

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  2. Leeds 'never reconsidered' Myanmar trippublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani says he did not reconsider the club's decision to go on a controversial post-season trip to Myanmar.

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  3. Teens sentenced for heritage railway carriage vandalismpublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    Eight teenagers who caused thousands of pounds of damage to heritage railway carriages have been sentenced.

    Train damageImage source, North Yorkshire Moors Railway

    Light fittings, furniture and fixings on the eight carriages, belonging to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, were damaged in the vandalism in Pickering last July.

    The carriages, which date between 1930 and 1950, were used in the filming of the TV drama Downton Abbey.

    Train damageImage source, North Yorkshire Moors Railway

    All eight teenagers pleaded guilty to theft and criminal damage:

    • Mollie Dawson, 18, of Keld Head Orchard, Kirkbymoorside, received a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay fines and costs totaling £635.88
    • Benjamin Terry, 19, of Jute Road, York, was also given a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay fines and costs of £135.88
    • A 17-year-old boy, from Lendales Lane, Pickering, was ordered to pay compensation of £530 and will have to complete a 12 month youth offending panel contract
    • Two 17-year-old boys, from Pickering, who cannot be named because of their age, were given a youth offending panel contract for six months and will have to pay fines and costs totalling £135 each
    • A 17-year-old girl from Pickering and a 17-year-old boy, both from Ampleforth, who cannot be named, were ordered to pay compensation of £535 and complete a twelve-month youth offending panel contract
    • A 17-year-old boy, from Malton, was ordered to pay compensation of £535 and will have to complete a 12 month youth offending panel contract.
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    In addition to the financial outlay, it must have been heart breaking for all those who had invested a considerable amount of time and hard work to see it destroyed in this way by these mindless vandals."

    Sgt Nigel Askworth, British Transport Police

  4. Investigation after reports of shots being firedpublished at 11:40 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    Officers are investigating reports of shots being fired at a car in the Conisbrough area of Doncaster yesterday.

    The intersection of Poplar Grove and Sheffield RoadImage source, Google

    Police were told a masked man got out of a grey car on Sheffield Road, at the junction with Poplar Grove, and fired two shots at a blue car driving towards Rotherham.

    No one is thought to have been injured.

  5. Man shot as car stops at traffic lightspublished at 11:32 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    The injured man was taken to hospital and later arrested, police said.

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  6. Travel update: Police investigation causing delayspublished at 11:21 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    BBC News Travel

    Traffic problems in Leeds today are due a shooting last night in the city.

    The investigation is continuing this morning and a police cordon remains in place at the scene:

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  7. Listen: Mayor says Sheffield is perfect for Channel 4published at 11:12 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    Paul Rowley
    BBC Political Correspondent

    Sheffield is the perfect location for Channel 4 to move too, says the newly elected mayor of Sheffield City Region, external.

    The TV company is set to move outside London as part of government plans to give a greater voice to the regions.

    Dan Jarvis, who is also Labour MP for Barnsley, told the Commons why Sheffield was the best choice:

  8. Elderly man critical after being hit by carpublished at 11:01 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    A man in his 80s remains in a critical but stable condition after he was hit by a car in Keighley yesterday.

    Police scene

    The 88-year-old was walking along Keighley Road when he was hit by a brown Ford Focus.

    The car driver, a man also in his 80s, stopped at the scene and was spoken to by officers.

  9. Listen: Scratchcard art helps autistic teenagerpublished at 10:50 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    An autistic teenager says creating art from discarded scratchcards acts as a form of therapy.

    The pictures, by James Owen Thomas, are on show at Bradford Industrial Museum, external until July.

    The teenager, from Pateley Bridge, say art has made an enormous difference to his life:

  10. Yorkshire breaking news: Latest updatespublished at 10:37 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    Breaking news, sport, travel and weather updates from across North, South and West Yorkshire.

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  11. Baby joy for Halifax MPpublished at 10:36 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    Holly Lynch, the Labour MP for Halifax, has announced she and her husband are expecting their first child later this year:

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  12. Man shot in car at traffic lightspublished at 10:21 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    A man was shot last night as he sat in a car in Leeds in a targeted attack, police said.

    Crime scene

    The 23-year-old man was in a BMW at traffic lights on Burmantofts Street, near to the A64 flyover, when a silver Mazda 3 cut through traffic and pulled alongside.

    Three masked men got out, two of them carrying machetes or bats, and attacked the BMW.

    One of them pulled out a handgun and shot at the driver of the car before the three men fled.

    The 23-year-old man was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound to his shoulder, but his injuries were minor.

    West Yorkshire Police said the injured man had been arrested on suspicion of possession of firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and is currently in custody.

    A police cordon remains in place and has caused significant traffic delays in Leeds today.

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    We recognise the scene we have in place on a main commuter route will be causing significant disruption to the public but we are doing everything we can to minimise that."

    Det Insp Andy Farrell, West Yorkshire Police

  13. Smoking goods ban: Council responds to traders' angerpublished at 09:58 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    Barnsley Council has responded to market traders' anger over its latest bid to make the town smoke-free by 2025.

    Artist's impressionImage source, Barnsley Council/Queensberry

    The council wants to drop market traders at the new Glass Works (pictured) who sell smoking-related items such as papers, lighters and flints.

    Matthew Gladstone, Executive Director for Place, said the primary aim of The Glass Works is to create a safe and welcoming family-friendly destination.

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    We believe this commitment is an important step to realising that ambition. More than one in five adults in Barnsley smoke and smoking costs the Barnsley economy £78.2m per year - or £1,862 per smoker - and tobacco use remains the single largest cause of health inequalities, avoidable disease and premature death as well as contributing to family and child poverty."

    Matthew Gladstone, Barnsley Council

  14. Watch: Yorkshire's Thursday forecastpublished at 09:43 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    Owain Wyn Evans
    Weather presenter, BBC Look North

    A cooler feel to things throughout the day across Yorkshire with plenty of sunny spells and brightness to come.

    Watch my forecast here:

  15. At the scene: Police cordon in Leeds city centrepublished at 09:35 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    Trevor Gibbons
    BBC Local Live, Leeds

    There've been major delays to traffic in Leeds city centre this morning after a police cordon was set up by police following an incident which it's believed happened overnight.

    Cordon

    I've been out to the scene where the blue tape fluttering in the wind is across Burmantofts Road, which leads to Beckett Street and St James’s Hospital.

    A second tape cordon across the road is in place a short distance further along and the road is empty of vehicles.

    Police officers stand guard over the stretch of road as parents and children are guided into the nearby school.

    Staff and patients hoping to reach the hospital on foot are being guided into the school grounds and told they can reach St James’s that way.

    All traffic for Beckett Street is being diverted onto the raised carriageway of the A64(M) and there are large queues of vehicles caused by the closure.

    As as result, the occasional blast of a horn can be heard as tempers fray in the traffic queue.

  16. Music shop in Doncaster ceases trading after 26 yearspublished at 09:18 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    One of Doncaster’s best known music shops has shut its doors and is no longer trading.

    Electro Music shuttered shop front

    A generation of musicians has bought instruments and gear from the Electro Music shop on Copley Road since it opened in 1982.

    But now the shutters are down and there's a sign on the door and on the company's website saying it's ceased trading.

    Sign on shutters

    The company's website, external thanks anyone who has bought anything from the shop in the past and provides contact information for the liquidator and future guitar repairs.

    News of the closure has been met with dismay from people who have bought equipment and instruments there, including BBC Radio Leeds presenter Stephanie Hirst:

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  17. In pictures: Police cordon near scene of Leeds incidentpublished at 09:05 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    Trevor Gibbons
    BBC Local Live, Leeds

    These are the latest pictures from near the scene of an incident in Leeds city centre this morning.

    A police cordon's been set near Beckett Street, but we have no more details at present as to what's happened.

    There've been major delays in the city centre as result of the road closure:

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  18. Listen: Mother of Sheffield MDMA death student's warningpublished at 08:57 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    The mum of a Sheffield Hallam University student who died after taking MDMA while out celebrating the end of her studies is warning parents to get wise to the risks their children face.

    Joana Burns, 22, collapsed at the Tuesday Club at Sheffield University Students' Union on 6 June last year.

    A coroner yesterday recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.

    Joana's mum, Mosca, says parents need to be aware:

  19. In pictures: Terriers' triumph in relegation battlepublished at 08:46 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    Huddersfield Town fans were celebrating into the night yesterday after the Terriers secured a second season in the Premier League.

    A battling draw at Stamford Bridge damaged Chelsea's hopes of playing in next season's Champions League and left Swansea City on the brink of relegation.

    Here are just a few reminders of last night's triumphant scenes:

    Wagner celebratesImage source, Reuters
    CelebrationsImage source, Allsport/Getty Images
    Dean Hoyle celebratesImage source, AFP/Getty Images
    CelebrationsImage source, PA
  20. Traffic and travel: Big delays in Leeds city centrepublished at 08:34 British Summer Time 10 May 2018

    If you're heading into Leeds city centre this morning, be aware that there are major delays on the roads.

    No more information about the incident from the police as yet:

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