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  1. Search for men in fluorescent jackets after Brighouse burglarypublished at 13:40 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    Police want to speak to this man after a burglary in Brighouse.

    E fitImage source, West Yorkshire Police

    Two men broke into some apartments at Millroyd Mill, on Huddersfield Road on 19 June.

    Both men were wearing fluorescent jackets and white hard hats.

    They searched one apartment and stole a Breitling watch and a laptop, which police believe was worth several thousand pounds.

  2. Dry weather means first crops in Yorkshire are cut earlypublished at 13:24 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    Yorkshire Post

    It rarely, if ever, delivers the perfect conditions for any farmer but this year’s weather has brought some real challenges, lurching from a long cold and wet spell at the start of the year to hot and dry conditions lasting into the summer - The result has been an earlier than usual start to harvest season, external.

    Sutton-under-WhitestonecliffeImage source, Yorkshire Post
  3. In Pictures: Yorkshire wine growers in for 'bumper' croppublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    It looks set to be a record breaking year for East Yorkshire's wine growers, due to the terrific weather.

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    The grapes will be harvested in the autumn, but the early indications are looking good.

  4. Festival to donate money to local parkpublished at 12:51 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    The organisers of Sheffield's Tramlines Festival are donating £10,000 to Hillsborough park as a thank you for being allowed to take it over for two weeks, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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    Council bosses struck the deal, although the Friends of Hillsborough Park group said the amount was less than it expected.

    The park will be fenced off for a fortnight to allow time for preparations for the festival.

    The council hopes there will be a long partnership between the festival and the park.

    It's Tramlines 10th anniversary and Hillsborough Park, with a capacity for up to 40,000 people, is its biggest ever venue.

    Hillsborough ParkImage source, Geograph/Graham Hogg

    Andy Chaplin of the Friends group said he was surprised at the final figure, but there was plenty of things which needed improving in the park.

    He said: "We had hoped for more and had previously agreed with the Parks Management that a good use for a higher figure would be for improved field drainage.

    "If it is £10,000 then we can always suggest a use for it - improvements to the playground, walled garden, lake, entrances or pavilion."

    Tramlines has erected giant fences around the perimeter of the park but people will still be able to use the library, playground, bowling green and walled garden without a pass.

  5. First conservation area anniversary markedpublished at 12:36 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    An exhibition opens today to mark 50 years since the creation of Beverley's first conservation area.

    BeverleyImage source, Google

    It meant tighter controls being placed on what developments were allowed in historic parts of Beverley.

    It was designed to help preserve the historic areas by insisting on sensitive development.

    Stephen Walker, senior conservation officer at the East Riding Council, says the conservation areas have been a success, but the council remains alert to threats from new developments.

  6. Letting agent jailed after fatal Huddersfield house firepublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    A property manager has been jailed for a year for health and safety violations after two young children died in a fire in a rented house with no smoke alarms.

    Pictures of the boys killedImage source, West Yorkshire Police

    Three-year-old Logan Taylor (left) and his brother Jake, two, died in the blaze in Fartown, Huddersfield in February 2016.

    Kamal Bains, whose property company managed the house, admitted a breach of health safety law on Monday.

    Bains, 51, of Stableford Gardens, Huddersfield, was director at now-defunct Prime Property Estates (Yorkshire), which maintained 140 homes in Huddersfield on behalf of private landlords.

    He told police smoke alarms had been installed, but fire investigators found no trace, the court previously heard.

    He was jailed at Leeds Crown Court by Mr Justice Males, who said: "Your failure to fit smoke alarms was a significant cause of the children's deaths."

  7. 'Last ever' suspension of laws for cycle racepublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    Laws which protect a well-known piece of common land in Harrogate could be suspended to allow one of the world's biggest cycle races to take place.

    CyclistsImage source, @Yorkshire2019 May 9

    Following the success of the Tour de Yorkshire, eight days of racing will take place across Yorkshire next year, as it hosts the UCI Road World Championships.

    Harrogate has been named as the main competition town and finish location for each race.

    Harrogate StrayImage source, PA

    Harrogate Borough Council would like to suspend legislation, which restricts the size of events held on The Stray (pictured), to allow the event to take place.

    A report to today's full council meeting backs applying for the suspension and recommends making this the final ever temporary application.

  8. Plans for student flats at Park Hill expected to go aheadpublished at 11:45 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    Plans are expected to be approved for the next phase in the redevelopment of Sheffield's Park Hill flats, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

    Park Hill, SheffieldImage source, Getty Images

    The plans will provide living accommodation for students, with 74 units being built.

    An application for the third phase of the redevelopment has been submitted to Sheffield City Council by Alumno Student Developments Limited and Urban Splash as joint applicants.

    It will be considered by the council's planning and highways committee at a meeting next week.

    Developers are also applying to create a range of mixed-use commercial space around South Block, where the student accommodation would be housed, car parking spaces and cycle storage.

    Phase two of the plans, which is expected to provide almost 200 residential units, commercial space and car parking, was approved in 2017 and work is set to begin this year.

    The first phase, which saw the regeneration of 263 flats, of which almost 100 were classed as affordable homes, was completed in March 2016.

    The committee is expected to grant both planning permission and listed building consent when the plans are discussed at a meeting of the council's planning and highways committee when it meets at Sheffield Town Hall on Tuesday, July 24.

  9. Lintin remains in a critical conditionpublished at 11:45 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    A Lincolnshire motor bike racer remains in a critical condition after a crash which killed another rider.

    Ivan Lintin from Bardney was involved in a four rider crash at last week's Isle of Man TT in which James Lowton from Driffield died, and two others were injured.

    LintinImage source, Pacemaker

    A statement from RC Express Racing and Dafabet Devitt Racing has today said all of the operations on Ivan Lintin have been a success, but this is going to be a lengthy process.

    The team have asked for privacy at this time, but thank everyone for their messages of support.

  10. Five due in court over burglarypublished at 11:37 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    Dave Wade
    BBC News

    Five people have been charged in connection with an aggravated burglary in Hucknall.

    maple leaf wayImage source, Google

    It happened in Maple Leaf Way (pictured) in the early hours of Monday. Arrests were made in Somercotes and Sheffield.

    • A 29-year-old man, from Thrybergh, Rotherham, has been charged with aggravated burglary, dangerous driving, threatening a person with a bladed article in a public place and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
    • A 23-year-old man, of Kimberworth, Rotherham, has been charged with aggravated burglary and dangerous driving.
    • A 23-year-old woman, from Thrybergh and two men, aged 23 and 27, from Nottingham, have been charged with aggravated burglary.

    They're all due at Nottingham Magistrates Court today.

  11. Why is my taxi from another city?published at 11:31 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    Many taxi drivers from around England say Wolverhampton council needs to tighten its licensing rules.

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  12. MP to cut back duties on health groundspublished at 11:17 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    The Sheffield Hallam MP's announcement comes just days after he quit the Labour Party.

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  13. Chris Packham hits Filey in 10 day 50 site UK 'bioblitz'published at 11:14 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    The naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham is in Yorkshire this evening as part of his aim to raise awareness of conservation, by visiting 50 nature reserves around the UK in 10 days.

    Chris PackhamImage source, @ChrisGPackham

    His whistle-stop nature tour, dubbed Bioblitz, which involves a team of experts visiting sites in Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales, reaches Filey in North Yorkshire.

    Chris and his team will stop at Filey's Bird Observatory, where they'll attempt to record as many species of midges, mosses, gannets, grasses, spiders and seaweed as possible in just a couple of hours.

    Chris says: "The results of this 2018 audit will help measure the rise and fall in numbers of different species in the future."

  14. Yorkshire's most dangerous petspublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    Yorkshire has 93 dangerous wild animals, including a crocodile, being kept as pets, according to the Born Free Foundation (BFF).

    CrocodileImage source, Born Free Foundation

    The international wildlife charity has revealed the figure as it wants the government to change the law to stop people from keeping the animals in "unsuitable environments".

    The BFF asked councils around Yorkshire about which dangerous animals were registered with them to be kept in private hands, this is the list:

    • Nine cats including six leopard Cats
    • 10 antelopes
    • 25 ostriches
    • One crocodile
    • 33 snakes including western diamondback rattlesnakes, monocled cobras and puff adders
    • 15 bison
    BisonImage source, Getty Images

    Currently, under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act of 1976, anyone in Britain can keep a dangerous wild animal as long as they obtain a licence from their local authority.

    The licence application requires them to demonstrate that the animals are properly contained and not at risk of escape.

  15. MP 'stepping back' after doctor advicepublished at 10:33 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    The MP for Sheffield Hallam Jared O'Mara says he's stepping back from Parliamentary duties on the advice of his GP.

    Headshot of Jared O'MaraImage source, House of Commons

    It follows his resignation from the Labour Party last week.

    Mr O'Mara says he recognises these are important times in relation to Brexit negotiations, and asked the Speakers office to make a reasonable adjustment to allow him to vote in the debates this week.

    In a statement he said that hadn't proved possible.

  16. Sir Cliff Richard: 'It's wonderful news'published at 10:20 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    Sir Cliff Richard says he "can't believe it" after winning more than £200,000 in damages against the BBC.

    Sir Cliff Richard wavingImage source, Getty Images

    It's over coverage of a police raid on his Berkshire home carried out by South Yorkshire Police in August 2014.

    The singer claimed the BBC's reporting of the raid, which was part of an investigation into historical child sex allegations, was a "serious invasion" of privacy.

    Sir Cliff was never arrested or charged over the allegations, which dated back to 1985.

    Hugging friends in court, Sir Cliff said: "I'm choked up. I can't believe it. It's wonderful news."

    Announcing his ruling, Mr Justice Mann said the BBC had infringed the star's privacy rights in a "serious and sensationalist way".

    During the hearing the 77-year-old told the judge that coverage, which involved the use of a helicopter, was a "very serious invasion" of his privacy.

  17. Driffield show gets under waypublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    The 134th Driffield show gets under way today.

    Driffield ShowImage source, Driffield Show

    It's one of the largest agricultural shows in the country.

    There'll be five hundred exhibitor stands, stunt artists and a dog show.

    To try and help with traffic congestion around the town an open-top shuttle bus will run between the centre and the showground.

  18. Sir Cliff wins his case against the BBCpublished at 09:52 British Summer Time 18 July 2018
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    Sir Cliff Richard has won his High Court privacy case against the BBC over its coverage of a police raid on his home carried out by South Yorkshire Police.

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  19. Boy, 5, injured after play centre fightpublished at 09:45 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    A five-year-old boy has been injured after a fight at a children's play centre in Rotherham.

    The car park of the big apple play centreImage source, Google

    Police say a large group of people were fighting in the car park of Big Apple Play City on Old Sheffield Road, Canklow.

    It happened at about 11:30 on Sunday 3 June, where a number of people were injured, including the five-year-old who suffered minor injuries.

    No arrests have been made and police have asked witnesses to come forward.

  20. Cliff Richard: Ruling on singer's suing of the BBC duepublished at 09:30 British Summer Time 18 July 2018

    A ruling is expected today on whether the BBC invaded Sir Cliff Richard's privacy by filming a police force's raid on his home.

    Sir CliffImage source, (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

    Officers searched his home in Berkshire after an allegation of a historical child sex assault was made to South Yorkshire Police, but prosecutors later said there would be no charges.

    The singer, 77, said the BBC's reporting, which involved a helicopter filming his home, was a "very serious invasion" of his privacy.

    The BBC disputes those claims.

    A High Court judge is due to announce his ruling this morning

    South Yorkshire Police previously agreed to pay Sir Cliff £400,000 and, according to his lawyers, the singer is seeking damages at the "top end" of the scale from the BBC.