The Spice Girls are back, ready to Spice Up Your Life, but the foursome won't be coming to Yorkshire as part of their comeback tour.

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Despite Melanie Brown, known as Mel B, coming from Leeds, the reformed gang will be bypassing the region.

Instead, they'll perform in Manchester, Coventry, Sunderland, Edinburgh, Bristol and London.

Earlier, it was announced that Victoria Beckham won't be joining them.

Say You'll Be There, even if you have to travel out of Yorkshire to see them...

Two rented properties in Rotherham have been closed over what the council says are "severe safety concerns".

Both properties are owned by the same landlord, with the council saying the "strongest possible action" will be taken.

The problems identified by the authority include fire and electrical hazards and rodent and pest activity.

Kevin Larkin
Political reporter, BBC Radio Leeds

Reports that the proposed high-speed HS2 rail line won't come to Yorkshire are "absolute nonsense", the government says.

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The Sunday Telegraph claimed Transport Secretary Chris Grayling told a meeting of rail bosses it wasn't in the bag due to a lack of support from MPs.

The Department for Transport says that report is "completely and utterly untrue" and HS2 will still come to Leeds in 2033.

Masked armed robbers wielding a gun and a hammer have robbed a taxi firm in Leeds.

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It happened at about 02:00 this morning at Club Cars in New Wortley when three men went into the firm's office.

One was armed with what appeared to be a handgun and another with a hammer and they threatened staff.

They then took a cashbox full of money and also took a handbag, mobile phones and keys from members of staff.

Anyone with information about the robbery is being asked to contact police.

Rotherham-based butchers Crawshaws has announced the loss of 350 jobs, with 35 stores closing across the country.

Of them, 10 locations in Yorkshire will close, with almost 100 staff losing jobs, it's been confirmed:

The shops are:

• Bramley
• Castleford
• Huddersfield
• Leeds Merrion
• Rotherham
• Sheffield The Moor
• Wakefield
• York

In addition to the shop closures, jobs will also go at its Rotherham head office and warehouse.

Earlier this month, the retailer said it was attempting to raise equity to restore growth and profitability, but has since announced that wasn't successful.

Police closed a major Sheffield road and evacuated residents after a gas leak at a property.

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People living on Southey Green Road, in the Southey area of the city, were moved to safety, according to South Yorkshire Police.

Cadent Gas confirmed they found a leak on a cooker, cut off the supply, and made the supply safe, before leaving at 13:27.

The road had been closed between Halifax Road and Wordsworth Avenue, but has since reopened.

Final approval for Scarborough to host the Tour de Yorkshire cycle race for a fifth time next year is expected to be given this afternoon.

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However, councillors are expected to set a cap of £150,000 on the amount they're prepared to pay to have a start or a finish there.

Race organisers have already announced the town will host the event again in 2019 - it's been a host town every year since the race began in 2015.

The full route will be announced in December and the race will take place between 2-5 May.

A paratrooper who survived some of the the worst-ever battlefield injuries will join Keeley Donovan in presenting tonight's Inside Out programme.

South Yorkshire solider, Ben Parkinson, is taking part in a special programme commemorating the centenary of the end of World War One.

Lance Bombardier Parkinson, from Doncaster, lost both legs and suffered more than 40 injuries in a landmine blast in Afghanistan in 2006.

Ben says: "I was so proud to be part of Inside Out’s programme marking the 100th anniversary of the Great War.

"These men and women were braver than we can ever imagine - they endured so much for our future, but for them it was never over.

"No generation have ever given more and we should never forget."

You can see BBC Inside Out Yorkshire and Lincolnshire at 19:30 on BBC One tonight.

A man was killed when he was hit by a recovery lorry on a busy road in Doncaster.

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It happened yesterday at about 14:00 on the A630 Wheatley Hall Road.

The 46-year-old pedestrian was hit between the junction with Worcester Avenue and Liverpool Avenue, opposite the Parklands Social Club.

He suffered serious head injuries and died at the scene, police said.

A search is on for this man after a family in Shipley was burgled and thousands of pounds worth of gold jewellery was stolen.

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Burglares broke into a house on New Close Road on 24 October and the suspects took numerous items of Asian gold jewellery, like the ones pictured below.

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They are then thought to have left in a silver car Vauxhall Astra.

The man police are looking for is described as being about 16 to 17-years-old.

Anyone with information about the man's identity - or with any other information about the burglary - is being asked to contact police.

A teenage girl has been sexually assaulted on a bus in York.

The incident happened on Friday at 16:15 on a First York bus travelling from Ousegate to Foxwood Lane in Acomb.

The 17-year-old was touched inappropriately and racially abused, police say.

Anyone who saw what happened is being urged to contact the North Yorkshire force.

A blaze at a scrap metal site in Barnsley is not thought to have been started deliberately, the fire service says.

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Firefighters were called to the fire on Boulder Bridge Lane in Royston at about 06:00 on Saturday morning.

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Crews were scaled down over the weekend, with firefighters from Barnsley, Cudworth, Dearne, Tankersley and South Kirby all attending.

It's believed to have started accidentally, according to South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.

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More than 350 jobs are lost as Crawshaws closes stores across the Midlands and North of England.

English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson has been formally released from bail.

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Judge Nicholas Hilliard QC announced that the campaigner, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was no longer subject to any bail conditions after referring his contempt of court case to the Attorney General.

In a brief hearing at the Old Bailey, the judge said: "This is simply to indicate in open court that now the matter has been referred to the Attorney General, Mr Yaxley-Lennon is no longer on bail to this court."

Neither Mr Robinson nor his lawyer were required to attend the brief hearing.

He was freed from prison in August after three leading judges quashed a contempt of court finding made at Leeds Crown Court.

The Attorney General has the power to discontinue the case.

Goole's mayor says he wants to see work start on a £200m train factory in the town as soon as possible.

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Rival companies had taken legal action after Siemens was awarded a multi-billion pound contract to build new London Underground trains in East Yorkshire.

The legal challenge was thrown out by a High Court judge last week.

The planned train factory in Goole will cover a 67-acre site.

It's thought the investment could lead to about 700 jobs being created.

It looks like Leeds singer Mel B will be returning to her famous moniker of Scary Spice after it was announced the Spice Girls are expected to announce a new tour.

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However, it's going to be a case of When Five Become Four with the reunion looking unlikely to feature Victoria Beckham.

Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Geri Horner and Melanie Chisholm are set to reveal details of the reunion tour later.

Bunton said on her Heart Radio breakfast show that the group will put details on social media at 15:00.

"I'm just so excited, I want it out there. It'll be brilliant," Baby Spice told co-host Jamie Theakston.

Rotherham-based butchers Crawshaws has closed 35 stores and one distribution centre, resulting in the loss of 350 jobs.

Crawshaws has more than 50 stores across the Midlands and North of England.

The company previously said it did not have "sufficient cash resources" to carry out a restructuring after it failed to raise funds from investors.

According to its latest set of results for the six months to 29 July, the group posted revenue of £21.6m and a pre-tax loss of £1.7m.

Hayley Dunkley who was reported missing from Doncaster over the weekend has been found safe and well:

A CCTV image has been released after a woman was sexually assaulted and had her phone and purse stolen in Sheffield.

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It happened on Friday 10 August at about 22:30 on Barnsley Road, near to Norwood Avenue.

The victim, a woman in her early 30s, was left "incredibly shaken and distressed", according to police.

South Yorkshire Police has released a CCTV image of a man they'd like to speak to.

No arrests have been made.

Work on a new type of barrier along a section of the M1 in West Yorkshire, which should reduce noise for nearby residents and also act as a safety barrier, begins today.

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Engineers installing the device along the motorway close to Junction 39 in Wakefield say the barrier is the first of its kind in the UK.

It's being built alongside both carriageways at Denby Dale and on the northbound exit and southbound entry slip roads.

Highways England project manager, Sujad Hussain, said: “The barrier can withstand the impact of a 13 tonne bus travelling at 40mph and shows a noise reduction of 37 decibels, a similar noise level to a refrigerator humming.

“This area of the M1 has been identified as a national hotspot by Defra in relation to noise.”

The scheme is expected to be completed by the end of February next year.