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  1. Decade-long minster window work completepublished at 15:17 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    The project involved removing all 311 glass panels from the Great East Window for refurbishment.

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  2. Detectives enter day four of Jessica Patel murder investigationpublished at 15:02 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    Detectives have entered a fourth day in the hunt to find the person who murdered Jessica Patel in Middlesbrough.

    Police are continuing to piece together the movements of the 34-year-old on the day she died.

    Jessica, originally from the Leeds area, was murdered at her home on The Avenue in Linthorpe at about 20:20 on Monday.

    Detective Superintendent Tariq AliImage source, Cleveland Police

    Det Supt Tariq Ali said the murder happened in a quiet part of the town, leaving residents shocked:

    "People can be reassured that we do have officers working on this inquiry round the clock.

    "Officers are continuing to trawl through hours of CCTV footage today, as they build a picture of Jessica's movements prior to her death on Monday evening.

    "We know that Jessica was a well-liked and well-respected member of the local community, and that a lot of people knew her from working at the pharmacy."

    No arrests have been made.

  3. Hundreds of empty Wakefield homes a 'waste'published at 14:59 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    Hundreds of homes lie empty in Wakefield, despite a shortage of affordable housing in the city according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

    Empty house

    A provisional council report says that 1,500 properties across the district have been unoccupied for at least six months.

    It's been described as an unaffordable "waste" by the scrutiny group tasked with analysing the issue, with a majority of the properties being privately owned.

    Part of the council's strategy for tackling the problem is to help landlords to improve homes to make them fit for sale or let, the paper says

    However, Wakefield does have a lower proportion of empty homes than anywhere else in West Yorkshire.

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    The situation across Yorkshire and Humber is worse in general than the majority of southern areas."

    Chris Bailey, Empty Homes charity

  4. Up close and personal with military aircraftpublished at 14:36 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    If you live in Leeds you cannot have failed to see pictures of planes on your social media feeds over the last few days.

    Leeds Bradford Airport is having a military training week where all sorts of planes are coming into land.

    Here are two of them snapped by the airport themselves:

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  5. Police officer 'repeatedly raped girl'published at 14:24 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    The officer denies rape and other assault charges.

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  6. Life-saving machine with a story behind itpublished at 14:21 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    This machine can help identify serious heart problems.

    It's being used in Rotherham and a sad story sits lies behind its existence.

    Heart machineImage source, Rotherham Hospital and Community Charity.

    An appeal raised more than £100,000 to pay for the echocardiogram, supported by the family of a teenager who died from an undiagnosed heart condition.

    Tom Fellows, 19, from Bramley died because of a narrowing of the heart's main artery. He had no idea he had the condition.

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    We hope that having the scanner in Rotherham will mean that patients with heart conditions are able to receive early diagnosis and treatment, so that other families in Rotherham don’t have to go through what we have. It would be amazing if we could prevent just one family from losing a loved one. "

    Susan Fellows, Mother of Tom Fellows

    Tom FellowsImage source, Via family
  7. Healthcare help for migrants in Leedspublished at 14:10 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    A project is being piloted in Leeds to help new migrants use local health services.

    Helping migrants

    Volunteers, many of them immigrants themselves, are offering their support at several GP surgeries in Armley.

    The area has a 19% migrant population while the city's average is 11%.

    The volunteers' role is to help people understand the health system and they are paid for by Leeds City Council with government money.

    It's hoped it'll help ease pressure on the health system and improve cohesion in the area.

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    They are good to talk with us. They see us as a shoulder to cry on."

    Ade Adekanmbi, Volunteer

  8. Watch: Drone's eye view of York Minster's Great East Windowpublished at 13:42 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    Here's the chance to take a close-up look at York Minster's 600-year-old Great East Window, which has been restored to its former glory after 10 years hard work.

    The restoration's taken about 100,000 hours to complete and was finally finished early this year - and today's the day a special celebration's held at the Minster to mark it.

    We can assume that glazier John Thornton, the man behind the window's creation back in the 15th Century, never dreamed of a drone being used to inspect his handiwork

    And while the window cost all of £56 back in 1408, this latest restoration cost just a little more...:

  9. Road to get £50m to ease congestionpublished at 13:41 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    The A164 runs between the town and the Humber Bridge and carries about 30,000 vehicles a day.

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  10. Charles Bronson to stand trial over Wakefield 'jail attack'published at 13:27 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    Inmate Charles Bronson is to stand trial over an alleged attack on a man at HMP Wakefield.

    Charles BronsonImage source, PA

    The 65-year-old is charged with assault by beating over the alleged attack at the high security jail on 25 January.

    The case was listed under his birth name, Michael Gordon Peterson, as well as his current alias Charles Salvador, the Yorkshire Evening Post reported.

    Bronson, who is serving a life term for robbery and kidnap, will go on trial at Leeds Magistrates' Court on 18 July.

  11. Listen: 'Uncertainty not helpful' over York rail jobspublished at 13:20 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    The deputy leader of City of York Council says he wants assurances over rail jobs in the city, after Virgin Trains East Coast lost its right to run the East Coast Main Line.

    Virgin Trains head office is in YorkImage source, PA

    The company, which has its head office in the city, runs the service connecting Yorkshire with London and Scotland in partnership with Stagecoach.

    It was given permission earlier this year to withdraw years early from its £3.3bn contract after overbidding for the franchise.

    Councillor Andrew Waller, who used to work in the rail industry, says the move leaves a lot of uncertainty over rail jobs in York:

  12. Norwich to Liverpool train axe plan risks "isolating" Norfolkpublished at 13:18 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    Plans to withdraw the direct Norwich to Liverpool train service would "risk isolating Norfolk from growth potential", the county council has said.

    Liverpool (left), Norwich (right)

    The next East Midlands rail franchise could see the service split in either Nottingham or Sheffield, in one of a number of proposals being considered by the government's transport secretary, Chris Grayling.

    Norfolk County Council's environment, development and transport committee has written to Mr Grayling saying the service is "well-used by travellers including business people, students and leisure travellers" and withdrawing it "would be a threat to the county's economy".

    The proposal, which is outlined in a public consultation document, external about the future of the franchise, suggests a "transfer of part of the Liverpool to Norwich service to the TransPennine Express franchise, potentially including a split of the services at Nottingham or Sheffield" because "the route serves different markets along its length".

  13. David Hockney painting sale smashes auction recordpublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    A painting by Bradford's David Hockney has sold for $28.5m (£21.1m) - more than double the previous auction record for the artist.

    HockneyImage source, PA

    Pacific Coast Highway and Santa Monica, a large-scale oil painting dating from 1990, was sold to a private Asian collector at Sotheby's yesterday.

    The record price for a Hockney had already been broken once when Piscine de Medianoche (Paper Pool 30) fetched $11.74m (£8.7m) earlier in the evening.

    The previous record of $11.7m, for Woldgate Woods was set in 2016.

  14. Charles Bronson accused of jail attackpublished at 13:05 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    The 65-year-old is serving a life sentence for robbery and kidnap in HMP Wakefield.

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  15. College staff start 48 hours of strikespublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    Staff at Hull College Group, which runs colleges in Hull, Goole and Harrogate, have begun a 48-hour strike as part of an ongoing row over plans to cut over 200 jobs across its sites.

    Hull College staff on strike

    The group says it needs to make the changes to help deal with serious financial issues.

    But the University and College Union argues the proposals would lead to "fewer learning opportunities for local people".

    Hull College Group has started a restructuring plan to deal with a £10m deficit.

  16. Travel update: Broken down lorry causes M62 delayspublished at 12:44 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

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    There are long queues on the M62 westbound this lunchtime after a lorry broke down between J29 and J28.

    It's a cleared now, but expect delays for at least the next half-an-hour or so:

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  17. Sheffield MP's dismay over Grenfell reviewpublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    A Sheffield MP says he "strongly regrets" the decision by a review of building regulations set up after the Grenfell tragedy to stop short of proposing a ban on flammable cladding.

    Grenfell tower blockImage source, EPA

    The review has called for a "radical rethink" of the safety system and calls for a regulator, but does not urge a total ban on combustible cladding.

    Report author Dame Judith Hackitt said indifference and ignorance had led to cost being prioritised over safety which led to the disaster.

    Clive Betts, the Labour MP for Sheffield South East, who chairs the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, says the report will be questioned by the committee this afternoon.

    Mr Betts says: "While the independent review has come to many sensible conclusions, I strongly regret Dame Judith's decision not to recommend an immediate ban on the use of combustible materials in the cladding of high-rise residential buildings."

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    The approach she proposes places too much faith in the professional competence of a construction industry in which too many people have been inclined to take shortcuts and cut costs at the expense of the safety of residents."

    Clive Betts MP, Sheffield MP and Chair of Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

  18. College staff start two-day strikepublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    Hull College Group is planning to axe 231 posts as part of a plan to reduce a £10m budget deficit.

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  19. Pension failings admitted by Samuel Smith brewerypublished at 12:12 British Summer Time 17 May 2018

    Tadcaster-based brewer Samuel Smith and its chairman has admitted failing to provide pension information to regulators.

    Samuel Smith buildingImage source, Google

    An inquiry was started into the pub chain and Humphrey Smith in 2015 to make sure earnings were enough to support pension schemes.

    Both pleaded guilty to neglecting or refusing to provide information and documents without a reasonable excuse under the Pensions Act 2004.

    The firm and Mr Smith will be sentenced at Brighton Magistrates' Court in June.