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  1. More compensation for Northern passengerspublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    Passengers have coped with delays, disruption and cancellations after a timetable overhaul in May.

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  2. County Championship: Yorkshire beat Lancashire by 95 runspublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    Yorkshire took the last three Lancashire wickets early on the final morning to seal a potentially crucial 95-run victory at Headingley:

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    The result means the Tykes leapfrog their Roses rivals, who drop into the relegation zone with one game to play.

    Resuming on 109-7, needing another 121 to win, Jack Brooks (4-47) uprooted Keshav Maharaj's leg stump for 18.

    Brooks then bowled Graham Onions, before Ben Coad completed a five-wicket haul to leave the visitors 134 all out.

  3. Clare Balding heads to literature festivalpublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    TV presenter and author Clare Balding is to appear at a new children's literature festival in North Yorkshire.

    Clare Balding

    The BBC star, who has an written an animal adventure trilogy aimed at youngsters, will take part in the first Broughton Hall Children's Literature Festival later this month.

    The first two installments of the trilogy - The Racehorse Who Wouldn’t Gallop and The Racehorse Who Disappeared - have already been published.

    The organisers of the festival, near Skipton, say she will share tales of growing up surrounded by animals and inspirational stories from the Olympians and Paralympians she has met during her "remarkable career".

  4. A63 cyclist ban plan droppedpublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    Highways England says it will not introduce restrictions on the A63 following opposition.

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  5. Have you seen missing teenager Chantell?published at 11:50 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    Police in Sheffield are asking for help finding find missing teenager Chantell Marsden, who's been missing since Tuesday.

    Chantell MarsdenImage source, South Yorkshire Police

    The 16-year-old left the Toppham Drive area on Tuesday to go to college but she didn't return home.

    She was last seen in the city centre at about 21:10.

    She is described as being about 5ft 3ins tall and has brown hair with blonde streaks in.

    She may be wearing a green top, blue jeans and carrying a yellow bag, police say.

  6. Bradford's £19m sixth form plans scrutinisedpublished at 11:34 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    Plans to build a £19m sixth form college in Bradford are due to be considered by councillors later.

    College plansImage source, City of Bradford Council

    The New Collaborative Learning Trust hopes to open New College Bradford on the former site of Britannia Mills in the city.

    Applications for places at the new sixth form college opened on 3 September.

    ground worksImage source, @NewColBradford

    A photograph of construction work beginning (above) was posted on New College Bradford's twitter feed the day after.

    If approved, it would be one of the biggest city centre developments in years.

  7. Travel update: M62 reopens after police incidentpublished at 11:25 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

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    The M62 has fully reopened following a police incident this morning.

    The road had been closed from J22 to J24 in Huddersfield:

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  8. Hull KR confiscates fans' membership cards for 'misuse'published at 11:19 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    Membership cards have been confiscated from four Hull KR fans accused of misusing them to get cheaper tickets for the game with Halifax last Sunday, the club has confirmed.

    Craven ParkImage source, Google

    The Rugby League side is cracking down on supporters using other people's membership to get into Craven Park "using the wrong price category".

    The club says it has "a zero tolerance approach" to ticket misuse and will carry out extra checks during Saturday's match against London Broncos.

  9. Travel update: Major delays on M62 near Huddersfieldpublished at 11:05 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    BBC News Travel

    Both carriageways on the M62 from J22 to J24 are closed following a police incident.

    Highways England has tweeted to tell drivers to avoid the area in Huddersfield if possible.

    Meanwhile, drivers who are stuck in traffic are being asked to remain with their vehicles:

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  10. York contemplates advert board ban extensionpublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    A decision on whether to continue a current ban on advertising boards in parts of York is due to be made later.

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    A trial has been in place in the city centre since February last year.

    The local authority says the ban is an attempt to declutter the ancient narrow streets.

    Such boards obstructing the footpaths leave little "safe space" for pedestrians to use, the council said.

    York city centre has many narrow streets that still follow the old pattern within the medieval city walls.

    Some street layouts even follow Viking property boundaries dating back 1,000 years.

    Obstruction of footpaths was "a growing concern" for people who are blind, partially sighted or use a wheelchair, the council said.

  11. Daughter's sepsis death 'was avoidable'published at 10:53 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    A health watchdog has found Anna Hemming's death from sepsis could have been avoided.

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  12. Two in court after Sheffield stabbing and shootingpublished at 10:42 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    Two people are due to appear in court later charged with separate violent incidents in Sheffield.

    Corporation nightclubImage source, Google

    Cornell Hirst-Johnson, 21, of Horner Close, Sheffield, is charged with wounding with intent and threatening a person with an offensive weapon after a man was stabbed in a nightclub.

    Awill Ahmed, 24, of Sicey Avenue, Sheffield is charged with robbery, wounding with intent and possession of an offensive weapon after a taxi driver was robbed in Burngreave yesterday morning.

    A man was then stabbed on Gower Street.

    The two incidents aren't linked, according to South Yorkshire Police.

  13. Town boss Wagner has worked 'miracles'published at 10:35 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    Huddersfield Town chairman Dean Hoyle says David Wagner would remain the club's manager even if they were relegated from the Premier League.

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  14. Bradford-based Morrisons posts rise in salespublished at 10:25 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    The revival of Bradford-based supermarket Morrisons has continued as the supermarket's sales soared in the first half of the year, but profits slid almost a third to £142m.

    A Morrisons storeImage source, REUTERS

    Like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT, rose 4.9% for the six months to 4 August - better than the 3% increase for the same period last year.

    Second quarter sales were up 6.3% - its best result for almost a decade.

    Chief executive David Potts said Morrisons continued to become broader, stronger and more popular.

  15. Stranger attempts to lure teenager into carpublished at 10:09 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    A male driver attempted to lure a 13-year-old girl into his car in Sheffield, police say.

    Owlthorpe GreenwayImage source, Google

    It happened at about 20:00 on Monday evening when the girl was walking along Owlthorpe Greenway.

    Officers have described the vehicle the man was driving as a "white, small car-derived van."

    They say it pulled up alongside the girl and the driver asked her if she was okay.

    As the girl continued to walk on, the driver is said to have followed her a short distance before asking her to get into the vehicle.

    When she refused he drove away from the area, heading towards Rother Valley Country Park.

    The driver was wearing a blue headscarf and is described as black, in his 50s, with a long curly beard.

    Police want to hear from anyone who thinks they may have seen the vehicle or the man in the area on Monday evening.

  16. Yorkshire hospital 'overwhelmed' by donated orange squashpublished at 09:51 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    More than 1,000 bottles of orange squash have been donated to an East Yorkshire hospital after a public appeal.

    Castle Hill Hospital in CottinghamImage source, Google

    Staff at Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham say they now have enough orange squash to last for at least a year following the "fantastic" response.

    They are asking people to hold off from giving them any more for the time being, so they can use the bottles they already have.

  17. Overturned car closes A64 north of Yorkpublished at 09:36 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    There are major problems on the A64 north of York after a car overturned on the busy dual carriageway.

    A64 mapImage source, Google

    The road is now closed near the Sand Hutton turn off near York.

    A crash involving two cars happened at about 08:30.

    The road will remain closed while emergency services deal with the accident.

  18. A hanging fox and a snake in the binpublished at 09:21 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    A hanging fox and a snake in a bin sounds like it could be the title of a Roald Dahl book or a slightly surreal rural pub name doesn't it?

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    Actually it's just a couple of the more unusual incidents covered by the RSPCA in West Yorkshire in the last 24 hours.

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  19. Police officers share stories of being spat atpublished at 08:55 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    Police in East Yorkshire have shared their experiences of being spat at while on the job, as the maximum prison sentence for people who attack members of the emergency services is set to double.

    Police jacket

    PC Tracey St Paul, from Humberside Police, said: "He spat in my face and a bit went in my eye, I had to be tested for hepatitis A, hepatitis B and HIV."

    A new law which will give extra protection to police officers, nurses and firefighters, reaches the last stages in Parliament today, although it won't come into force until November.

    PC Richard Eglen, from Humberside Police, added: "I can't think of anything more horrible that somebody could do you then actually spit straight at you, to feel the saliva running down your cheek."

  20. 'Urgent talks' to avoid 2015 Leeds floods repeatpublished at 08:39 British Summer Time 13 September 2018

    Urgent talks with the government about protecting Leeds from flooding are needed, according to the leader of Leeds City Council.

    The first phase of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme, external started in 2014, the second stage would see £112m spent on more measures along the River Aire.

    Officials want to spend the money on new defences to prevent a repeat of the floods seen in 2015.

    However, the Environment Agency has only agreed to pay for a lower level of protection, which local Labour MP Rachel Reeves described as "second rate."

    Neil Campbell recently opened a deli on Kirkstall Road, one area of the city badly flooded in 2015 and he says he's worried for the future of his business: