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A large grass fire near Barnsley last week could have been started deliberately, police say.
Image source, Phil McNultyThe fire happened in playing fields off Water Royd Road at about 18:30 on Wednesday 1 August, spreading and damaging nearby houses causing damage.
Police are appealing for information.
An investigation is continuing in a North Yorkshire seaside village this morning after a nine-year-old girl died in a rock fall at a beach.
Police say she suffered serious head injures after a section of cliff collapsed in Staithes yesterday afternoon.
Eyewitnesses say the girl had been on holiday with her family and the incident happened at a spot where there are warning signs about the cliff.
A message on the Staithes Facebook page says: "The whole village is in shock after the tragic event.
"Everyone in the community, or connected with Staithes, are passing on their deepest condolences to the family," it adds.
The BBC's Adam Clarkson is in Staithes this morning:
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Read MoreA report from the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse which is due to be published later is expected to severely criticise two private Catholic boarding schools, including one in Yorkshire.
The English Benedictine monasteries at Ampleforth in North Yorkshire and Downside in Somerset - and their affiliated schools - have apologised for their past failings.
Lawyers representing former students allege the schools turned a blind eye to offending over many years.
Following several weeks of evidence hearings last year, the probe, led by Professor Alexis Jay, is expected to publish its findings at midday.
Leeds City Council has made more than £30,000 selling data about voters over the past six years, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Image source, Science Photo LibraryFigures - which are publicly available - reveal the authority sold data from the electoral register to credit reference agencies, political parties and even a music festival between 2012 and 2018.
When added to West Yorkshire's other four authorities - Bradford, Wakefield, Kirklees and Calderdale - more than £145,000 was made from selling data during the six-year period.
A Leeds City Council spokeswoman said: "The edited electoral register can be provided to anyone who approaches the council and requests it on payment of a prescribed fee.
"The full cost of compiling and maintaining the register of electors far outweighs any money we receive from the sales of the electoral role."
Police in Rotherham have used a knife arch to try to find people carrying blades on nights out in the town.
Image source, South Yorkshire PoliceThe walk-through, arch-shaped machine detects whether people have knives on them.
No weapons were found, but the team said the successful pilot will be repeated.
Image source, South Yorkshire PoliceActing Insp Simon Kirkham said: "To ensure we didn’t stay in one place too long and risk being avoided by anyone carrying a dangerous weapon, we moved the arch around the town centre fairly regularly.
Quote MessageAll the while, we were observing behaviour and ensuring anyone who seemed to want to avoid the arch was subject to a search."
Acting Insp Simon Kirkham, South Yorkshire Police
A largely dry and hazy start, with just the odd shower around at first.
By afternoon, further showers will build.
However, there will still be plenty of sunshine through to the evening and then a cool, often clear, night ahead.
Eyewitnesses at a beauty spot where a nine-year-old girl died after a rock fall, have said the girl had been on holiday with her family and the incident happened at a spot where there were warning signs about the cliff.
Part of the beach at Seaton Garth in Staithes remains cordoned off this morning after the girl's death late yesterday afternoon.
North Yorkshire Police said: "Sadly, despite the efforts of the emergency services, the girl died at the scene from her injuries."
A statement from RNLI said: "The RNLI, and in particular the volunteers of Staithes and Runswick Lifeboat Station, would like to share their deepest condolences with the child's family."
If you're making a journey on the rails in Yorkshire today, most services appear to be running to time at the moment.
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A nine-year-old girl has died after rocks fell from a cliff at a beach in North Yorkshire.
Image source, UGCEmergency services were called to Seaton Garth in Staithes at about 16:20 yesterday to reports of a rock fall in which a child received serious head injuries.
The girl died at the scene, North Yorkshire Police said.
Staithes Coastguard said a section of the cliff had fallen.
Derby boss Frank Lampard makes Huddersfield defender his eighth signing since taking at the Championship club in the summer.
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Read MoreDevelopers are hoping to demolish a bank in Sheffield to make way for a new tower block for students and young professionals, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Image source, LDRSThe complex is proposed on the site of the vacant HSBC building on Hoyle Street in the city centre and would have 650 beds.
A Grade II-listed furnace tower from Sheffield's industrial heyday, which also stands on the site, will not be demolished as part of the proposed development.
Historic England is not opposing the application, stating that while the development "will cause some harm to the heritage significance of the site, the development will also secure the long term conservation and management of the scheduled monument.
While the development is primarily aimed at students, it would be designated 'mixed use', allowing non-students to reside in the premises as well.
The application is recommended for approval on the condition that developers pay almost £80,0000 to the council for traffic management.
It will be considered at a meeting of the authority's planning and highways committee at the Town Hall on Tuesday 14 August.
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Read MorePlants in Wakefield are saving taxpayers from paying millions of pounds, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Image source, GoogleEnvironmental experts have studied the impact of pollution on every area in the UK, and how trees and vegetation have helped absorb toxic gases from the air.
They found that Wakefield has one of the healthiest atmospheres in the country, because the large number of plants in the area are soaking up so much ammonia and sulphur dioxide, which are produced through human activity.
As a result, lives are saved through the prevention of lung diseases and people in the city have to pay less for the authorities to clean up the air.
A man's had two bikes stolen, external in a matter of days in Hull by what police believe could be the same person.
Image source, GoogleThe man was riding his bike down Buckingham Street (pictured) on Monday when he saw someone with another of his bikes which had previously been stolen from outside a shop.
When he confronted the man with the bike, he was assaulted by another man who arrived in a black Peugeot 206.
The second bike was then also stolen.
Police are appealing for information.
Britain in Bloom judges have been in Beverley today.
The East Yorkshire town is a finalist in this year's large town category.
Beverley is up against eight other competitors, including Perth, Oswestry and Colwyn Bay.
Judges say they are impressed with the number of people who've been involved.
Immingham has also made it to the Britain in Bloom final for the town category.
We'll find out who the winners are in October.
There's been dramatic rise in the number of grass and wildfires in South Yorkshire.
Image source, PAThe latest figures from the fire service show there were more than 1,200 in the year to this July.
The previous year saw 470 fire incidents - The vast majority of fires in the past year were caused deliberately.
Fire services may now need to apply for emergency government funding to help cover the cost of the increase.
Hull's Ferens Art Gallery and The Deep have been named on a list of most visited attractions in Yorkshire.
It comes as Visit England say Yorkshire had the greatest rise in visitor numbers anywhere in the country.
More people came on day trips to the county and the amount they spent went up too.
Quote MessageThis is magnificent news for Yorkshire and confirms the many positive results our members have individually reported over the past 18 months. Through events like the Tour de Yorkshire which have showcased the county on a global scale, as well as high profile national marketing campaigns taking Yorkshire across the country, it's great to see everyone's hard work paying off and our attractions reaping the benefits."
Sir Gary Verity, Welcome to Yorkshire Chief Executive
The most visited attractions from our area are Ferens Art Gallery, Maritime Museum, Hull & East Riding Museum, Beverley Minster and The Deep.
Police are searching for this woman - who is thought to be in her 70s - after a purse was stolen from an off-duty paramedic as she helped a person who had fallen ill.
Image source, North Yorkshire PoliceThe paramedic was in the Asda store on Brompton Road in Northallerton on Monday when a shopper became ill and she rushed to help them.
As she was helping the person into an ambulance, her purse, which had her cards, cash and car keys, was taken from her basket, which she had left as she went to the aid of the shopper.
Police say the woman they want to speak to is about 70-years-old and was carrying a number of carrier bags from various stores.
If you can help, contact North Yorkshire Police, external.
