Local Democracy Reporting Service

A campaign named in memory of a baby who died aged 11 days old after being sent home from York Hospital is being launched.

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Campaigners hope to make sure all maternity wards across the UK have access to machines which detect heart defects in newborns.

The charity, Tiny Tickers, external, says its Test for Tommy campaign is a key part of its mission to ensure no baby dies from an undiagnosed congenital heart defect.

The campaign is named in memory of Natasha Pye's son, Tommy, who died in 2015.

Tommy was released from hospital after an apparently normal birth, despite his parents being concerned about his health.

A post-mortem examination found he had a birth defect which involved his arteries being the wrong way round.

According to Tiny Tickers, a baby is born with a serious heart condition every two hours in the UK.

York Hospital has started using the monitors since Tommy's death.

A 70-year-old man who has been missing on moorland near Haworth overnight has been found, according to West Yorkshire Police.

Officers say he needs some treatment, but he has no serious injuries.

Stephen Wright contacted his wife yesterday at about 17:40 to say he had got lost while walking from Stanbury in Haworth.

The search for a 70-year-old man who has become lost while walking on Haworth Moors in West Yorkshire is continuing this morning.

Stephen Wright contacted his wife to say he had lost his way while walking from Stanbury, but he hasn't been seen or heard from since.

A mountain rescue helicopter has been brought in to help the search teams.

BBC Look North reporter Phil Bodmer is on the scene as the search continues:

There has been an increase in the number of food parcels which have been handed out by food banks in the Yorkshire and the Humber area.

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The Trussell Trust food bank network says it's handed out 40,000 emergency supplies between April and September this year, a 17% increase on the same period in 2017.

A total of 14,000 of the food parcels were handed to children, the network said.

Healthy trees, originally planted in Sheffield 99 years ago to mark the end of World War One, will not be cut down, despite them being earmarked for felling earlier this year.

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A total of 20 of the 23 trees on Western Road will be saved, despite the council voting to get rid of them, according to the Green Party

At a public meeting last December, it was decided that trees on the road, planted in 1919, would be removed and replanted.

The trees were planted in honour of local soldiers who died in World War One, but are due to be cut down as part of a £2bn road and footpath improvement project.

The council has insisted only trees which were dead, diseased, or causing damage would be felled, though this has been disputed by those opposed to the project.

Alison Teal, from Sheffield's Green Party, told the BBC it was a "tremendous victory".

"It's really, really wonderful news," she said.

A consultant eye surgeon in Hull says he's seen an alarming increase in the number of people suffering damage to their eyes because of novelty contact lenses.

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The lenses, which change the colour of your eyes, are widely available at fancy dress shops and online, and have become increasingly popular as part of Halloween costumes.

Steven Naylor, a consultant at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, says he's seen many cases of infection and scratches on the surface of the eye caused by lenses, which he says can lead to to severe sight loss.

The Association of Optometrists says people should only wear lenses sold and fitted by a professional.

Motorists in North Yorkshire are being urged to think about where they park after instances of gritting routes being blocked by vehicles.

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North Yorkshire County Council is asking drivers to park considerately to allow gritters to pass unobstructed.

Councillor Don Mackenzie, said: “So far this year two routes have been partially affected because the gritter wagon couldn’t get through.

"This is not only dangerous for motorists having to drive on untreated roads.

"If our vehicle couldn’t get through, then fire engines or ambulances would also have the same problem."

The council says it understands many drivers have to park on the public highway, but wants people to ensure they leave plenty of space for larger vehicles.

Jayne Lewis was strangled and stabbed a number of times with a screwdriver, police said.

A 14-year-old girl has gone missing in Leeds.

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Alina Stefan has been missing from from the city's Harehills area since Sunday evening.

The teenager,from Romania, is described as having long black hair and dark brown eyes.

Officers say they are concerned about her welfare and want anyone with any information about her whereabouts to contact them.

A government minister says she'll look into the case of a woman from York who it's claimed is facing eviction from a council home after living there for 30 years.

The Communities Minister, Heather Wheeler, says it's a "sad case" and has agreed to a meeting about it.

Her comments came in response to York Central's Labour MP, Rachael Maskell, who told the Commons it was having a serious impact on the woman's mental health:

A man has pleaded guilty to killing his partner at their home in Sheffield just before Christmas last year.

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Jayne Lewis was found dead at a flat in Hazlebarrow Crescent on 21 December.

She was strangled and stabbed with a screwdriver, police said.

Phillip French, 47, was charged with her murder, but admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility at Sheffield Crown Court.

He has been sentenced to serve a hospital order.

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Miss Lewis's body was discovered by South Yorkshire Police officers after neighbours reported a disturbance at the flat where the pair lived.

Two young fisherman were winched to safety by the Humber Coastguard search and rescue helicopter after their fishing boat capsized off the coast of north Norfolk.

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They were fishing for whelks off Wells-Next-the-Sea yesterday afternoon, when the boat tipped and began to take on water.

The Martime and Coastguard Agency said the men had called the coastguard while they were clinging to the side of the boat, just before it sank.

BBC News Travel

A railway bridge in Aspatria on the A596, which was damaged in an accident, has been closed until this afternoon.

That means the road joins a list of routes shut for various work:

• At Storrs, south of Bowness on Windermere on the A592, electricity work is taking place
• The A684 remains closed in Garsdale, where a retaining wall by the river is being repaired
• The A684 is also closed just east of Kendal, between Parkside Road and Hayclose Lane, for culvert repairs
• And in Cockermouth, Lamplugh Road, the A5086, is now closed until 18 November.

Teachers and parents in Yorkshire are being given training to spot the signs that young people could be addicted to gambling.

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The lessons, being offered by the charity GamCare, are being offered in Hull and Leeds this week.

It's designed to give people the skills to recognise when a young person might be struggling with a gambling addiction and how to deal with it.

MPs from the Humber region have called on the home secretary to hear about financial pressures faced by Humberside Police.

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It's over fears the force may have to cut staff to cover changes to police pension arrangements.

The Chief Constable and the Police and Crime Commissioner warned of job losses if no extra funding is found last month.

The Hull North Labour MP, Diana Johnson, says: "Home Office funding must be found to cover the pension changes, if we are to avoid a disastrous setback for policing across the Humber region."

A North Yorkshire historian says he's discovered wreckage from a famous 18th Century warship that sank off the Yorkshire coast.

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Timbers from the Bonhomme Richard are now being examined by experts.

The American ship was the first to beat the Royal Navy in British waters, before it sank near Filey after winning a battle against the British warship, the Seraphis on 23 September 1779.

The battle is counted as one of the most memorable battles of the American Revolutionary War.

Harrogate historian Tim Akers believes he's found remains of the ship and says: "We hope a museum will be set up in Filey to share the story with the rest of the inhabitants of Yorkshire."

A new initiative to reduce the number of children being excluded from schools in Doncaster has started.

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It's to tackle the rising number of exclusions in primary and secondary schools.

The charity Right to Succeed are behind the lottery-funded programme and are working hand-in-hand with local schools.

It says children who get excluded find it difficult to then rejoin mainstream schools.

Police officers have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to after a Wakefield family had racial abuse shouted at them by a passing motorist.

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A little girl had dropped a piece of litter outside a shop on Eastmoor Road in Wakefield on 2 October.

A man pulled up in a car and started to abuse the family.

Sgt Zoe Kempa from West Yorkshire Police said: “This was an unprovoked verbal attack on a woman with her young child, and I would appeal for anyone with any information to get in contact with police.”

BBC Weather

A foggy start in places.

The odd shower is possible this morning with some brighter spells.

There's still the chance of a shower this afternoon, but in general, staying dry with bright periods.

Gradually through tonight there'll be thickening cloud with spells of rain. A blustery night but it will be mild.

BBC News Travel

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

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
• Hull Station, external
• Doncaster Station, external
• Wakefield Westgate, external
• Bradford Interchange, external
• Bradford Forster Square, external