An inquest has been opened into the death of a man who died after being tasered by police.

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Adrian McDonald, 34, from Huddersfield, died in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, after complaining to police of breathing difficulties in 2014.

On the first day of his inquest, a jury at Hanley Town Hall have been shown footage taken from one of the arresting officers' body cameras.

It shows police trying to get access to his room and then attempting to arrest him, the film shows he appears to be breathing quite heavily.

The Crown Prosecution Service has ruled out charges against any of the officers involved.

Firefighters are tackling a fire at two portable cabins in Sheffield.

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Crews were called to the fire on Manor Lane.

Photos show plumes close to the Sheffield Parkway.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say traffic may be affected in the area.

Three engines are currently in attendance.

The charge, of up to £50 a day, is proposed for commercial vehicles entering parts of Sheffield.

A former Labour leader of Bradford Council has died at the age of 68.

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Ian Greenwood passed away after a short illness.

His political career in the city spanned four decades and saw him lead the city council twice.

He represented Little Horton ward from 1995 to 2012, when he was ousted by the Respect party.

He was awarded the OBE for services to local government in 2013.

CCTV images of a man police want to question about a fake doorstep salesman in Bradford have been released.

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Officers say they would like to talk to the man in the image about the theft of cash from a flat in the city.

It happened after a man called at the victim’s flat and offered to sell him some products.

They agreed a price for the items and the man left.

The victim, who is in his 70s, then found more money was missing from his wallet.

Det Con Suzanna Jones said: “The victim has become quite ill recently, so we are particularly keen to identify this man.”

A Hull sculpture likened to a "giant cheese grater" has been nominated for an international award.

Solar Gate in Queen's Gardens has been shortlisted, in both the best small structures category and the artistic category, in the 2018 Structural Awards.

The 10m-high (33ft) steel honeycomb tower allows sunlight to shine through it at different angles, to represent times and dates.

The artwork is etched with key dates in Hull's history, which are highlighted in turn by the movement of the sun.

Designed by architects Tonkin Liu, the £310,000 structure was moved to Queen's Gardens, after the original planned site near Beverley Gate, the medieval entrance to Hull, was rejected by councillors.

One councillor at the planning meeting likened it to a "giant cheese grater".

Wet wipe companies should do more to tell customers to bin their used wet wipes, after causing more than 30,000 sewer blockages every year, according to Yorkshire Water.

The firm says many wipes don't break down and that companies that sell the wipes should put that fact prominently on their packaging.

Wet wipes are behind up to 80% of blockages in UK sewers, a key element of the infamous giant obstacles known as fatbergs, according to Water UK, the trade body representing all of the main water and sewerage companies in the country.

They say it costs £100m a year to deal with them.

Wipe manufacturers told the BBC they use a different disintegration test, and blamed the blockages on people putting non-flushable wipes down the toilet.

Premier Foods has said it intends to stockpile raw materials in the run-up to Brexit as fears grow over gridlock at UK ports.

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The firm, which owns Bisto, Oxo and Mr Kipling, has sites in Knaresborough in North Yorkshire and Barnsley in South Yorkshire.

It says it's had to prepare because of uncertainty surrounding Britain's departure from the EU next March.

The company said it expected to spend up to £10m on the preparations.

More money is needed to help businesses make their shops more accessible, according to a Hull-based disability group.

Ian Streets, from the Hull Access Improvement Group, says small changes can be made at little cost.

Speaking on Purple Tuesday, the day when UK retailers are encouraged to think about their disabled customers, he said: "There should be a fund but there isn't one."

Kelham Island has been named the Best Neighbourhood in the UK and Ireland, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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The former hub of Sheffield's steel industry has won the Urbanism Award for the regeneration work and community there.

Judges at the Academy of Urbanism praised Kelham Island for the excellent relationship between the local authority, a community association and businesses in the area with a sense of common purpose.

Chair of the Academy, David Rudlin, said: "It is a place where conservation of its historic fabric sits alongside cutting-edge architecture and innovative new housing."

Sheffield's Devonshire Quarter has also been a previous recipient of the award.

Changes to blue badge parking provision in the centre of York have been branded "cruel" by disability campaigners.

Under trial measures aimed at improving protection against the threat of terrorist attacks, blue badge users will not be able to park in St Sampson's Square daily between 10:30 and 17:00.

Jackie Chapman, from York and District MS Society, said: "A few years ago a lot of people campaigned to get better access to shops and businesses, which they have done and it's fantastic. But now they're saying we can't go in the shops because we can't park.

"I just think it's cruel when people have fought to get the ability to access things that we are having it taken away."

Peter and Barbara Barnes, whose 35-year-old son has cerebral palsy, echoed Mrs Chapman's concerns, saying: "If you've got a severely disabled child, you've got no access to the centre of York."

City of York Council says it's working to keep York secure while trying to minimise any impact on residents, businesses and visitors.

Huddersfield actor Sir Patrick Stewart has paid tribute to Stan Lee, the American writer and former president of Marvel Comics, who has died at the age of 95.

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Lee created The Fantastic Four for Marvel Comics in 1961 and went on to create titles including Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk.

Sir Patrick told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he had met Lee "numerous times".

"He loved to visit the set and he became famous, like Hitchcock, for appearing in his movies," said the actor, who played Professor X in the X-Men series.

"He created flawed heroes and it was one of the things that made X-Men so interesting for all of us who worked on them," he continued.

"We were always very much aware that no matter what our superpowers were, we were human beings, we could make mistakes and things could go wrong. It was that quality which gave humanity to all of Stan's work."

A 15-year-old girl has been reported missing from Bridlington.

Humberside Police say Kayleigh Bennett was last seen at 12:30 on Monday in the Kingsgate area of the town:

A pair of armed robbers have held up a Chinese restaurant in North Yorkshire at knifepoint.

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Officers are searching for two men who entered the Fortune Cookie, in Great Ayton, and began demanding money.

North Yorkshire Police say the pair stole cash from the restaurant, on the village's High Street, before making off on foot.

One was described as wearing a vampire mask and the other had a scarf or snood wrapped around his face.

Det Sgt Michele Fawcett said: “Thankfully, no-one was injured, however the staff were terrified and have been left extremely shaken."

Humberside Police Federation has welcomed a new law, which means people convicted of assaulting a member of the emergency services could be jailed for up to a year.

It says the change, which comes into force today, follows an increase in the number of attacks on its officers.

The federation's chair, Pete Musgrave, said: "We've got to see these tougher services handed out, to say to people who think they can assault emergency service workers that it's completely unacceptable."

The hen harrier, which had a satellite tag, was last recorded in the North York Moors.

A teenager is still in hospital being treated for burns after he was attacked with a firework on bonfire night in Bingley.

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The 16-year-old boy was walking up the "cat steps" last Monday at about 16:20, when a group of males walked past him and threw a lit firework at him.

It exploded and left him with serious hand injuries and burns on his arms, torso and legs.

Detectives say the area was busy at the time and there will have been witnesses who may have information.

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Sheffield City Council is planning a congestion charge of up to £50 a day to drive in the city centre, which will affect buses, taxis, vans, coaches and lorries, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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The council say the Clean Air Zone will help tackle pollution and save lives.

The city made a list of the 30 UK places that exceeded the World Health Authority's recommended limit for fine-particle air pollution levels.

A scheme began in the city last month to fine motorists who leave their engines running while parked outside 20 schools in the city.

The plans will be considered by the council's cabinet on 27 November and residents, businesses, taxi drivers and bus companies are set to be consulted from early 2019.

All buses, coaches and HGV's will have to pay £50 a day to use the inner ring road, £12.50 a day for taxis and private hire vehicles and £10 a day for vans and LGVs.

Private cars are not included in the plans.

The detective who led an inquiry into the killing of a mum in North Yorkshire is urging the victims of domestic abuse to come forward.

Adrian Rodi, 50, from Cawood is starting a life sentence in a secure hospital after admitting the manslaughter of his ex-partner Angela Rider.

Det Insp Steve Menzies, from North Yorkshire Police, led the inquiry and says people experiencing any sort of domestic abuse must speak up:

Police are trying to identify a woman in connection with a hate crime on a bus in Sheffield city centre last month.

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It's reported that a group of women were verbally abused by a passenger on the Number 1 bus at Arundel Gate on Thursday 11 October at about 13:20.

It's thought the abuse was racially aggravated.

Police officers believe the woman pictured could help with the investigation.