Jurors fail to reach verdicts in the case of two men accused of planning to detonate a remote explosive.

A man from Scunthorpe has been sentenced to life in jail for the murder of his partner.

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Rojs Avaliani, 37, of Tamir Walk, strangled Tamara Sinakova, 61, in January at the Scunthorpe flat they shared.

Sentenced at Hull Crown Court, Avaliani will spend a minimum of 16 years and 92 days in prison having spent 273 days on remand.

The 64-year-old died after falling into the path of a single-decker outside Castleford Bus Station.

Sheffield-trained boxer Billy Joe Saunders looks set to lose his WBO middleweight title after being refused a licence to fight against Demetrius Andrade.

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Saunders, 29, returned an adverse finding in a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association test in August.

The Massachusetts State Athletic Commission, which was due to sanction his title defence in Boston on 20 October, has denied him a licence.

The WBO says Saunders has the right to appeal, external to retain his title belt.

But if he fails to satisfy the WBO appeal, it says it will "declare the title vacant".

A Hull MP has joined a cross-party group of politicians to launch a bill to decriminalise abortion in Northern Ireland.

Hull North Labour MP Diana Johnson is among a number of MPs calling on the UK government to intervene.

Later this month, Ms Johnson will put forward a bill in Parliament which proposes removing the piece of law that makes abortion a crime in Northern Ireland.

It's currently illegal there unless there's a serious risk to a woman's health.

Healthcare is a devolved issue - which means the Northern Ireland Assembly forms its own laws.

But it collapsed in January 2017 after a row between the ruling parties, meaning no decisions can currently be made.

A new poll suggests two-thirds of Northern Ireland citizens would support Westminster intervening.

The UK government has said it's for Northern Ireland politicians to decide.

A man has died after the car he was driving crashed into a wall near Stainforth, Doncaster.

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The 36-year-old man was driving a silver Ford Puma along Thorne Road towards Stainforth just after midnight when the crash happened outside Holme Gardens, police say.

He died at the scene.

Police are appealing for information into what happened.

Twelve blind or partially-sighted people from West Yorkshire are attempting to scale the country's highest climbing wall.

Today's fundraising event, at the outdoor climbing wall in Brighouse, which is 118ft high (36m), is part of Guide Dogs Week, external.

The huge climbing wall is built on the side of an old grain silo.

Chris Towers, from Shipley, is among those taking part and he says being blind when climbing something so high might actually be an advantage:

A big fundraising push is under way in Hull to boost a mental health hub which aims to stop young people having to travel for support.

To mark World Mental Health Day today, the city's Health Stars charity is raising money to add "a little sparkle" to the new £7.8m mental health in-patient unit on Walker Street in Hull.

The Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust wants to raise more than £1m to fulfill the wishes, hopes and dreams of patients such as building a garden and to help fund minibus trips:

South Yorkshire Police has ring-fenced at least £1m so far in anticipation of a major policing operation when exploratory fracking work begins in the county, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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Planning permission for exploratory work in South Yorkshire has now been granted and there is interest in other sites - with an expectation that work will go ahead.

South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Doctor Alan Billings says he's concerned about the financial impact on the force when fracking exploration work gets under way.

He says it would involve paying overtime to officers during extended operations.

"Inevitably if people are turning up at sites, there will be a police presence and police have to be prepared," says Doctor Billings.

"It does mean there will be a cost and we have to put money aside," he said.

A special week of events is being held in Bradford in a bid to inspire students in the city to consider a career in manufacturing.

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More than half of the area's schools are taking part in the week-long Manufacturing Week, which is run by West Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce.

Nick Garthwaite, president of Bradford Chamber of Commerce, says: "I think when we look back on this, what we want to see is young people enthused and passionate about the opportunities to go into our type of businesses."

Councillors in East Yorkshire are being urged to call on the government to drop plans to centralise decision-making on fracking.

Government ministers say fracking is important to the country as a whole and decisions on where it can take place should be made in London.

Yesterday, campaigners with sticky tape on their mouths held a protest outside County Hall in Beverley over who gets to decide on fracking.

Now, East Yorkshire councillor Phil Davison is preparing to tell today's full council meeting that such decisions should remain in local hands.

Plans by the boss of North Yorkshire's police force to take control of the county's fire service as well are set to be challenged at Westminster.

In June, Home Secretary Sajid Javid approved plans for Police and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan to run both organisations, meaning North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority would be disbanded.

The proposal faced opposition from local councils across the county.

Now, North Yorkshire County Councillors have been contacted by Liberal Democrat peers seeking documents relating to what Ms Mulligan's critics have dubbed "a takeover".

Councillor Carl Les, chairman of North Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Panel, said: "I do understand there will be a challenge in the House of Lords, but I think it will just slow it down, it won’t stop it."

Tom Barrasso has been named as the new head coach of the Sheffield Steelers.

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He joins the ice hockey side from Italian team Asiago of the Alpine league.

Barrasso has had a notable NHL career, winning two Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins before starting his coaching career with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2007.

An elderly man is in hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a car in Doncaster.

The 70-year-old pedestrian was on the A19 High Street in Bentley when he was hit by a silver Skoda Octavia at about 19:00 on Monday.

Police are appealing for information and witnesses to come forward.

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Hull is among the British towns and cities falling behind when it comes to people gaining the skills they need for work in the future, it's being claimed.

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A report by the Centre for Cities says that by 2030 more than a fifth of current jobs in Hull will be automated.

Urgent action's now needed to give people the skills they need for work in the future, the report finds.

Sarah Pashley, principal of Ron Dearing University Technical College in Hull, which works closely with local employers, says schools need to be able to change what they teach.

Ms Pashley says: "We have a very traditional curriculum at the moment and the English baccalaureate doesn't necessarily prepare young people with the skills they need. There isn't even a digital qualification in it.

Hundreds of children and young people are at risk of child sexual abuse (CSE) in Bradford, according to a report being presented to officials.

The report shows 347 children and young people were deemed at risk of CSE in the district in August - an increase of 14.5% since January.

The largest group at risk is said to be young, white girls and more than half of the alleged abusers are men of Pakistani origin.

Bernard Gallagher, a child protection expert from Huddersfield University, says organised crime gangs are involved in some of these crimes.

Mr Gallagher says: "It's vital youngsters and their families are taught how to protect themselves."

Just a few days after seizing £500,000 worth of suspected cannabis in an operation across Leeds, external, West Yorkshire Police officers have discovered another "cannabis farm" in Bradford:

Unborn children in North Yorkshire are still being harmed because mums are struggling to give up smoking, according to an organisation trying to help people quit.

Smokefreelife North Yorkshire's, external latest figures show its staff were asked to help 121 pregnant North Yorkshire mums who were smoking in the last three months, but only 27 were able to give up.

Lorraine Dodd, from the organisation, says: "Sadly, many women are choosing to ignore the real risks of smoking in pregnancy and the harsh reality is babies are still dying because women are smoking."

A motorcyclist who died following a collision in Bradford last week has been named as 30-year-old John Naylor.

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The crash happened on Cottingley Road at about 19:45 on Wednesday 3 October and involved a silver Ford Focus and a grey Yamaha motorcycle.

The Ford Focus was travelling in the direction of Cottingley and turned right at the junction with Stone Street when it collided with the motorcycle which was travelling in the opposite direction.

The Ford was then driven off from the scene and was in a further collision with a red Volkswagen Polo. It was later found abandoned on Meadow Court.

Two men, both aged 24, have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and released under investigation.