A farmer says he could have been killed after arsonists set fire to hundreds of acres of wheat ready for harvest on farmland near Wakefield.

Fire crews battled smoke and fierce flames while Ackworth farmer Dan Scase drove through the fire watching his annual harvest being destroyed.

"We made a break diagonally across the field to stop it spreading, which didn't work," said Mr Scase.

"We were then trapped in the top corner of the field with a combine harvester and a tractor. We thought the only way out was to drive through the flames.

"I could have easily died, as could many people. There's been 10 months of work gone into this and there's no reward for it now," he adds.

A nine-year-old girl from Oxford who was killed by falling rocks on the North Yorkshire coast earlier this week has been named by police.

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Harriet Emily Nicola Forster was visiting Staithes with her family when the incident occurred near the south pier at Seaton Garth on Wednesday afternoon.

Her family said: "We cannot comprehend the enormity of this tragedy. Harriet was the light of our lives."

They added that they were suffering "indescribable pain" following her death.

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Staff and customers at House of Fraser in Hull have been told to leave the store this morning.

An announcement was made asking people to leave after it was announced earlier that the struggling department store chain has gone into administration.

The firm, which announced store closures in June, says negotiations with its investors and creditors had failed to reach a deal, leaving 17,000 jobs at risk.

The young girl killed in a rock fall at Staithes, North Yorkshire, earlier this week has been named by police.

She was Harriet Emily Nicola Forster, aged 9, from Oxford.

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Abbie Dewhurst
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A bright but rather cool start with plenty of early sunshine, but heavy showers and sunny spells later.

Watch my full forecast here:

The next phase of tram rail replacement works is due to get under way in Sheffield today, with rails being changed at Gleadless Townend and Herdings Park.

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This year's project is around half completed after starting at Hillsborough and Middlewood in May, then moving on to Birley and Halfway.

Tram pperators Stagecoach say the latest works will last until 19 August.

About 1,200 more people attended A&E at hospitals in northern Lincolnshire and Goole, in East Yorkshire, last month compared to last year, according to new figures released by NHS England, external.

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There was a slight rise in Hull and East Yorkshire, too, with 190 more attendances during July this year.

Nationally, the number of people going into accident and emergency departments in England last month reached a record high.

NHS sources say the heatwave was one factor.

Sheffield United's Wales midfielder Lee Evans joins Wigan Athletic on loan ahead of a permanent transfer in January 2019.

Police in Leeds are trying to find this man:

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David Weldon, 62, from Morley, was reported missing on Wednesday evening.

He was last seen wearing a plain grey/beige short-sleeved shirt, black jeans and dark blue suede shoes.

He is thought to have been driving a silver limited edition Kia Picanto with a sunroof.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is being asked to contact police.

Original plans to move A&E services to another hospital had been met with widespread opposition.

One of the UK's biggest unions is calling for the Leader of Wakefield Council to resign.

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Unison says following a recent inspection by education watchdog Ofsted, which rated the council's children's services as "inadequate", that it's time for Peter Box (pictured) to step aside.

The union says the services "have been badly let down by incompetent managers and a bullying culture".

Responding, Mr Box says he's overseen urgent and decisive action to address the concerns raised by Ofsted.

The council's chief executive Merren McRae says there's no evidence to suggest that bullying issues are widespread.

The energy regulator Ofgem has said it's concerned a project to tunnel a gas main under the Humber isn't value for money.

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About £140m is being invested in the tunnel which will carry a gas main from Paull, near Hull, to Goxhill in North Lincolnshire.

When finished it'll carry one fifth of Britain's gas, but Ofgem says National Grid hasn't demonstrated the work is in the best interests of consumers.

National Grid says the project has already been approved by the government.

Humber tunnel project manager Steve Ellison says their investment will only be a "tiny" part of consumer bills.

A group campaigning against plans to close A&E services at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (HRI) says new proposals which would see it remain open aren't enough.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust had drawn up plans to close the HRI, replace it with a smaller unit and move A&E care to Halifax.

But the former health secretary said in May that the plan was flawed and urged NHS bosses to think again.

New plans would see the HRI remain open, but ambulance patients would be transported to Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax.

Mike Forster, chair of campaign group Hands off HRI, says his members would oppose the new plans.

"This is not an Accident and Emergency as we all understand them to be," he says.

"They have already downgraded Dewsbury A&E and in effect this would become an accident centre and all emergencies would be transferred to Calderdale."

This is 14-year-old Courtney Robinson. She hasn't been seen since 6 August and police are asking again for help finding the Hull girl amid growing concern for her safety:

Image source, Humberside Police

She went missing from the Richmond Lane area of city and is believed to be wearing a black hoody, a black vest top, possibly shorts and a short black skirt and she's carrying a black bag.

This is the police's most recent picture of Courtney:

Image source, Humberside Police

Officers want to hear from anyone who has seen her or knows where she is.

They're also appealing directly to Courtney to let them know, external she is safe.

A bright but rather cool start, with plenty of early sunshine followed by an afternoon of heavy showers and sunny spells.

Any remaining thundery showers will quickly clear to the east, leaving a sunny evening.

If you're wondering whether you're imagining the smell of smoke in South Yorkshire this morning - you're not...

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Staff at South Yorkshire Fire Control say they're receiving a lot of calls about a strong smell of smoke across the region - but it's actually coming from some distance away.

They say a big plume of smoke has blown into the county across the Peak District from a fire in Staffordshire.

Firefighters there are tackling a large moorland fire at Upper Hulme, which started yesterday afternoon.

Over a dozen fire engines are currently dealing with the blaze.

An area about 1,000 sq m is affected and people are being told to avoid the area.

If you're making a journey on the rails in Yorkshire today, most services appear to be running to time at the moment.

However:

• The 06:52 Leeds to Newcastle/07:16 York to Newcastle service is 17 minutes late
• The 06:53 Wakefield to Kings Cross service is cancelled
• The 07:14 Doncaster to Kings Cross service is cancelled
• The 07:50 Doncaster to Leeds service is cancelled

For all the latest live updates from the county's main railway stations, click on the links below:

• York Station, external
• Leeds Station, external
• Sheffield Station, external
• Doncaster Station, external
• Wakefield Westgate, external
• Bradford Interchange, external
• Bradford Forster Square, external

• Hull Station, external

Controversial plans to close A&E services at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (HRI) have been axed by NHS bosses.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust had drawn up plans to close the hospital and replace it with a smaller unit and move A&E care.

But in May the former health secretary Jeremy Hunt said the plan was flawed and urged NHS chiefs to reconsider.

Revised plans will see it remain open but ambulance patients being taken to Calderdale Royal Hospital in Halifax.

Under the original plans, which had been met with widespread opposition, HRI would have been flattened and replaced with a new smaller centre, while A&E would have moved to Calderdale.

Rahman Begum was found lying on the kitchen floor after being stabbed through the heart, the court heard.

Rail company Northern, which runs many of Yorkshire's local train services, says it is "disappointed" the RMT union has announced another three strike days.

The union has accused Arriva Rail North, which operates Northern, of "stringing its negotiators along rather than looking seriously for a settlement".

However, the rail company called the action "disappointing and frustrating" and said they were "doing everything" to find a solution to the dispute.

They said: "Talking costs nothing, while strike action causes inconvenience to customers and damages the case for long-term investment in rail.”