Terminally ill patients in the north of England get the least amount of end-of-life hospice care in the country, a report claims.

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On average, patients in the North were referred to hospices 35 days before death compared to 55 days in the South, Midlands and East of England.

Co-author Mike Bennett said northern doctors and "stoic" patients may be reluctant to make or accept referrals.

The government said it was "dedicated to ending variation".

Researchers from the University of Leeds and palliative care charity, Hospice UK, said some adults with incurable conditions including dementia, liver failure and stroke, were not receiving palliative care from hospices early enough.

A man's died following a collision in Huddersfield yesterday.

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The man was walking along the A642 in Lepton just after 02:30 when he was hit by a lorry.

Police said the man's identity has not yet been established.

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World famous nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow, who was originally from Sheffield and who's died from cancer aged 77, has been praised by 1960s music star Dave Berry.

Stringfellow went on to become known as the King of Clubs because of his nightclub empire which he started in his home city.

Dave Berry (pictured left) was often at Stringfellow's first club in Sheffield, The Black Cat, and he says the entrepreneur was a special man:

House of Fraser stores in Doncaster and Skipton are among 31 of the chain's shops to close, it's been announced.

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The closures will affect about 6,000 jobs across the UK and Ireland,

The chain "urgently needs to adapt to the fast-changing landscape in order to give it a future and allow it to thrive", according to House of Fraser chairman Frank Slevin.

If the plan is approved, 2,000 House of Fraser jobs will be affected, and 4,000 brand and concession roles.

Leeds is playing host to the England football team today, as the team come to the city for their final warm-up game before the World Cup.

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The competition gets under way in Russia in a week's time.

Tonight, England face Costa Rica at Elland Road.

It's the first time in 16 years the national side has played in the city.

Famous Sheffield-born nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow has died from cancer, aged 77.

The so-called King of Clubs opened many venues around the world and his eponymous club in London's West End became a magnet for celebrities.

However, it all started back in Sheffield.

In 1962, Stringfellow rented St Aiden’s Church Hall (pictured), on Manor Lane, every Friday night and set up The Black Cat Club.

He then opened the King Mojo club (below), in the city's Pitsmoor area in 1964.

The club become part of the city's folklore, with legends such as as Howlin' Wolf, Wilson Pickett and Jimi Hendrix performing there.

From this South Yorkshire scene he went on to open venues around the world.

As English Heritage scraps its plans to build a visitor centre in the base of the historic Clifford's Tower in York, here are some facts you may not know about the site:

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• The stone tower was built in the 1250s, replacing an earlier wooden structure
• It sits on top of a castle mound created by William the Conqueror in 1068
• It was the scene of a massacre of the city's Jewish community in 1190
• The stone tower was reduced to a shell by a fire in the 1680s
• It is the only remaining structure of the city's castle
• The tower was surrounded by the Victorian prison until the 1920s

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Plans, which have just been scrapped, to build a visitor centre adjacent to 13th Century Clifford's Tower in York were "too much for many", English Heritage has admitted.

Objectors claimed building the centre into the base of the tower's mound would destroy the view and have a detrimental effect on the appearance of the area.

Despite their objections, the £2m centre was approved in 2016, with English Heritage saying the project would "enhance access to the site".

Now, the organisation has scrapped its plans saying it realised "many people have a deep emotional attachment towards the mound".

Andrea Selley, English Heritage’s Director for the North of England, said: "The visitor building would not have touched any of the medieval remains, but that small mound is a deeply familiar backdrop.

"The thought of changing it – even slightly and even with the very best intentions – was too much for many," she said.

Plans for a visitor centre at the foot of York's historic Clifford's Tower have been scrapped, English Heritage has said.

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City of York Council approved English Heritage's £2m plans for the 13th Century tower site in October 2016.

But detractors said the planned centre looked like a "toilet block" and "the wrong building in the wrong place".

English Heritage says that since the plans were first given the go-ahead, "a lot has changed".

A new masterplan to regenerate the Castle Gateway area which has since been produced by City of York Council has "opened up possibilities that did not exist when English Heritage first developed its plans for Clifford's Tower", the heritage organisation says.

It's also "clear that many people love the shape of the mound and disliked the thought of its circumference being broken", a statement by English Heritage adds.

A 22-year-old man from Wakefield has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Jill Hibberd.

Plans to create a new £2m visitor centre at York's historic Clifford's Tower, which had been criticised for resembling a "toilet block", have been scrapped, English Heritage confirms.

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A 22-year-old man from Wakefield's been arrested on suspicion of murder, following the death of a 73-year old-woman in Barnsley.

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The body of Jill Hibberd was found in the living room of a house in Roy Kilner Road, in Wombwell, near Barnsley, on Thursday.

Another man has already been charged with murder, theft and burglary.

Police say the arrest was made following the discovery of a missing red Audi TT, external which had been taken from the driveway of Ms Hibberd’s property.

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If you're making a journey on the rails in Yorkshire today, there's an amended timetable operating across some parts of the Northern network, external to be aware of.

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The death of Sheffield's Peter Stringfellow, the famous nightclub owner, has been described as "very sad news" by his publicist.

Mr Stringfellow, 77, who started in the nighttime trade in the early 1960s, had been suffering from cancer.

In 1980, he opened Stringfellows in Covent Garden in London's West End and went on to create venues in Paris, New York, Miami, Beverly Hills.

His publicist, Matt Glass, says: "He passed away in the early hours of this morning. It was kept very private, he didn't want to tell. He wanted to keep it a secret."

Nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow, who was from Sheffield, has died at the age of 77, a spokesman has said.

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The businessman, who had cancer which he had kept private, died in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Known as the King of Clubs, Stringfellow opened a string of venues around the world and his his eponymous club in London's West End became an institution for celebrities.

His wife Bella and their four children have asked for privacy.

Three-quarter Ash Handley signs a new three-year deal with reigning Super League champions Leeds Rhinos.

Nick Dunn, a 32-year-old former soldier, was released from prison in India six months ago.

Terminally ill patients in the north of England receive the least time for end-of-life hospice care in the country.