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Live updates on Friday 25 May 2018
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A cooler, rather breezy day with outbreaks of rain, some heavy with the odd rumble of thunder.
Tonight will be cloudy with the chance of a few showers for a time.
A murder investigation is under way in Sheffield after the death of a 15-year-old boy in the city.
Police say they received reports of a teenager being stabbed on Lowedges Road at about 20:00 last night.
He was taken to hospital, but died an hour later.
Ch Supt Stuart Barton, said: "We are treating this incident as an immediate priority, with a vast number of officers and resources already deployed into the investigation and an absolute determination to apprehend those responsible."
Chesterfield Road South roundabout to Meadowhead roundabout, towards Sheffield, remains closed, as well as the end of Lowedges Road on to Chesterfield Road South in both directions.
Aston Villa or Fulham, who meet in the Championship play-off final, will receive at least £160m in revenue after promotion.
Read MoreSt Helens extend their lead at the top of Super League as they overcome Castleford Tigers at the Jungle.
Read MoreErin Emilia Rain Tomkins was taken to Sheffield's Children's Hospital but died from head injuries.
Read MoreYorkshire's top stories today include:
Updates on breaking news will continue throughout the night.
Police hunting a man who tried to snatch a four-year-old girl from the street, as she was walking with her mother in Leeds, have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to.
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceIt happened last month as they were walking along Lodge Lane in Beeston.
The mother and girl were crossing the road when a man came up to them from behind.
He picked up the girl and carried her off across the road.
The mother chased him and confronted him, a passing van driver also stopped and intervened, the man then let go of the girl unharmed and ran off.
Quote MessageWhile it remains unclear what his intentions were, it is vital that we trace him and establish the full circumstances surrounding this incident."
Det Insp Dave McDougal, West Yorkshire Police
Ryan Jowle, 19, died after being attacked in a block of flats in Sheffield on Tuesday night.
Read MorePlans to transform Castleford's old chemical works into a vast housing and leisure complex have been approved, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Image source, GoogleUp to 1,400 new homes could be built on the land, which also includes the town's former Nestle factory.
Shops, restaurants, a hotel, health centre and care home have also been earmarked for the site, off Wheldon Road.
Supporters of the scheme believe the proposals will change the face of the area, part of which has been unused since the chemical works shut 11 years ago.
Detectives investigating a series of armed robberies in Leeds have released a recording of the suspect speaking as as shop was robbed,
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Officers say a series of robberies have happened in the city over the last few days and believe the robber carried a handgun.
The thefts have happened at five shops and bookmakers in the Bramley, Burley, Wyther Park and Hough End areas.
Four took place on Tuesday and the fifth happened yesterday on Hyde Park Road.
Quote MessagePeople may be worried about this spate of offences, however, I can assure the community that we are doing all we can to find the person behind this."
Det Insp James Entwistle, West Yorkshire Police
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A paedophile who carried out "horrific assaults" against children as young as two has been jailed for 12 years after a police cold case investigation., external
Image source, York PressThere could be more badger culls in England as the government steps up action to tackle outbreaks of bovine TB in cattle.
Image source, PAThe Environment Minister, George Eustice, says badger control measures can now take place in the so-called Low Risk Area, external, which includes large parts of northern and eastern England.
Permission will only be given in "very exceptional circumstances".
The government said that would be when an area is judged to meet the criteria for a bovine TB 'hotspot'.
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Extra care is needed on the M62 this afternoon due to a pedestrian on the hard shoulder:
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A West Yorkshire MP has resigned from the government because she's concerned Brexit plans are being watered down.
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Andrea Jenkyns, the Conservative MP for Morley, is a supporter of leaving the EU and says she's quitting her role as a Parliamentary Private Secretary so she can challenge the government's Brexit policy.
It comes as a committee of MPs said the government may be forced to stay in the EU's customs union beyond 2020 if it cannot agree new arrangements.
The Brexit Select Committee said that in the absence of another plan, extending the current arrangements "will be the only viable option".
Police said two teenage boys, convicted of plotting to kill teachers and pupils at a school in Northallerton, had a real "interest in violence".
Image source, West Yorkshire PolicePolice said the case had been "deeply unsettling".
A jury at Leeds Crown Court heard the two boys, both 14 at the time, had become "fascinated" with Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who killed 13 people and themselves at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999.
The boys, 15, were both convicted of conspiracy to murder, and will be sentenced in July.
Quote MessageThese boys demonstrated a very real interest in violence and had both expressed a desire to act out their fascinations. They’d looked into weapons, how they could get hold of them and where they could be stored."
Det Supt Martin Snowden, Counter Terrorism Policing North East
Police officers have visited the grave of a World War One soldier who became the subject of a public appeal by South Yorkshire Police in 2016.
Image source, South Yorkshire PoliceSgt Francis Bark's medals were found at the force's HQ and officers appealed to try and find out more about him.
He had worked for Sheffield's police service from 1913 until the outbreak of war.
Sgt Bark died from gas inhalation aged 26 in May 1918 while serving in France.
Officers from the South Yorkshire force have been paying their respects at his grave in France to mark the 100th anniversary of his death.
Quote MessageHe is a credit to our force. Francis would have suffered due to the gas inhalation and died in pain, one hundred years later we stretched out our arms to Francis and held him during his time of need. He truly will never be forgotten."
Marie Allen, South Yorkshire Police
A reminder now of one of our main stories today and two teenage boys have been found guilty of plotting a Columbine-style shooting at a school in North Yorkshire.
Image source, PAThe two boys, both 15, planned to shoot and kill pupils and teachers at a school in Northallerton.
A jury at Leeds Crown Court heard they had become "fascinated" with Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who killed 13 people and themselves at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999.
The boys, who were 14 at the time, were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.
A broken-down car transporter and a lorry crashed on the northbound carriageway on Tuesday.
Read MorePolice say a man who died after being stabbed in Sheffield on Tuesday was 19-year-old Ryan Jowle.
He died after being taken to hospital from the Woodhouse area of the city after police were called to flats on Tannery Close.
A post-mortem showed he died from a stab wound to his chest.
Specialist officers are providing support to Mr Jowle's family, who have asked for their privacy to be respected.
An 18 year-old woman and a 24-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of murder.
The 24-year-old remains in custody and the 18-year-old has been released on police bail as enquires continue.
Police cordons remain in the area.
Two teenage boys have been found guilty of plotting a mass shooting at a school in Northallerton.
A jury at Leeds Crown Court found both 15-year-olds guilty of a joint charge of conspiracy to murder.
The older of the two teenagers has also been convicted of one charge of unlawful wounding but was cleared of a charge of aggravated burglary.
The judge has asked for psychiatric reports on both boys - they'll be sentenced later.
Councillor John Forrest is the mayor of Northallerton and said the arrests had shocked the entire town:
