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It's been suggested the search for a new chief executive at Scarborough Borough Council could take several months.

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On Monday it was announced Jim Dillon will retire from the role he has held for 13 years in June and the authority is to begin the search for a successor.

However, due to the upcoming elections for the borough, the appointment is not likely to be made before then.

An advert will be placed for the role, for which Mr Dillon was paid a salary of approximately £110,000 in 2018, and an appointments committee will be set up.

A recommendation will then be made for the full council, which will make the final appointment.

However, due to the upcoming borough elections on May 2, the council will enter purdah six weeks earlier in March, meaning no major decisions will be made during that time.

This means the appointment of a new chief executive could be the first decision of the new 46-person council in May.

Scarborough's MP Robert Goodwill said any successor would "have big shoes to fill".

The English Football League is formally investigating Leeds United after the Whites spied on a Derby training session.

Two teenagers have been arrested after shots were fired on Monday afternoon in Huddersfield.

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Officers were called to Macaulay Road at about 16:20.

Two boys, aged 16 and 17, were arrested and remain in custody.

Det Insp Mark Catney said: “This was clearly a very serious incident with those involved intent on causing fear or harm and we recognise it will cause concern in the community.

“We believe this was an isolated incident sparked by a dispute, and it is not being connected to previous firearms discharges in Kirklees."

Police want to hear from anyone with any information about the incident.

Teenagers George Turner and Mason Pearson died in a crash on the A61 at Busby Stoop in March.

Workers on strike at a chocolate crumb factory in East Yorkshire are due to end their industrial action today.

Members of Unite at Meadow Foods, in Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, walked out on Saturday in a dispute over pay.

It was in response to a 2% pay offer, which the Unite union said was below the cost of living.

The firm said it had given a 2% pay rise for the past 10 years, adding that it did not expect the strike action to have a "significant impact on our customers".

The action is due to end at 18:00 today.

A woman holding a young child assaulted a member of staff at a museum in York, according to police.

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North Yorkshire Police say it has not been able to locate the woman after the assault at Castle Museum at 12:40 on 15 December.

It is appealing for help identifying a suspect.

She is described as having tied-back brown hair and was wearing dark clothing.

There will be two days of strikes by staff at Bradford College later this month as part of an ongoing dispute over pay.

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Members of the University and College Union will take industrial action on 29 and 30 January, claiming wages have gone down by a quarter in the last decade.

This follows a two day walk out in November and comes as staff at 16 colleges in England take similar action as part of a campaign for "fair pay".

The manager of a fish and chip shop in Hull invited friends and customers to discuss their differences around Brexit.

Zoe Carver, 21, voted to remain in the European Union and said "without it a lot of Hull places will just close," but many of her friends wanted to leave.

Here's what happened when they chatted over dinner at Bob Carver's fish and chip restaurant in Hull:

Match commander David Duckenfield's "extraordinarily bad" failures contributed to the deaths of 96 football fans at Hillsborough, a court has heard.

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The former chief superintendent (left), 74, denies the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool supporters at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final.

Ex-Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell, 69, is charged with safety offences.

The jury was sworn in earlier.

There were 123 drink and drug-driving arrests in North Yorkshire over the Christmas period, according to police.

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The campaign ran for a month across the festive period.

In this time, a teenager from Harrogate was arrested just a week after passing his driving test.

The 18-year-old was found to be twice over the legal limit.

Sgt Andy Morton said: "When we respond to crashes involving drunk or drugged-up drivers, we witness the indescribable carnage they cause to themselves and innocent people.

"If you saw what I saw, I guarantee you’d never even consider driving under the influence."

The number of those arrested across the county fell by 10% compared to last year, police say.

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The budget for Bradford's libraries is due to be slashed by almost £1m in the next year.

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Although all the council-run libraries in the district will remain open, library staff are likely to bear the brunt of the cuts, with a raft of job losses expected.

Bradford Council plans to cut about £950,000 from its libraries budget, with a further £1,050,000 in the following year.

Overall it means the service's budget will drop over 65% in just two years.

There are currently 10 libraries in the district, along with 17 community run libraries and two "hybrid" libraries.

Details of staff redundancies are not yet known.

The Marks & Spencer store in Rotherham is one of the shops earmarked for closure as part of the retailer's reorganisation plan.

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It is one of 17 proposed closures as part of the clothing, homeware and food retailer's five-year plan to shut more than 100 stores by 2022.

Marks and Spencers say it is consulting with 79 workers at the store, which is on Rotherham's Parkgate Shopping Park.

The retailer says it will "continue to serve" customers from other South Yorkshire stores including the one at Sheffield's Meadowhall shopping centre.

The Hillsborough trial jury has been warned against discussing the case at home or conducting their own research into the history and points of law involved.

Judge Sir Peter Openshaw said: “Jury service, particularly in such a case, is a heavy responsibility."

He added: “This case, as you will understand, concerns the Hillsborough disaster of 1989, about which there has been a huge amount of publicity.

“What any of you may have heard or read or seen in the past is entirely irrelevant to your task, which is to decide whether the charges which have been read out to you ... have been proved by the evidence you hear in court."

Two men charged in connection with a road accident in North Yorkshire, in which two teenage boys were killed, have pleaded not guilty this morning at Teesside Crown court.

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Luke Ridley, 23, is charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and five counts of causing serious injury.

William Corser, 18, faces one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

The accident on the A61 happened near Busby Stoop in March last year.

George Turner and Mason Pearson from Thirsk (pictured), we’re both 17 and both rear seat passengers in the car that crashed.

A trial date has been set for 8 July.

Sheffield cutlery manufacturers say a new bill would stop them accessing the online market.

Senior Labour MP Hilary Benn says he expects there will be a call for a vote of no confidence in Theresa May's government "very quickly", depending on today's vote.

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If the Prime Minister loses today, the Leeds Central MP said he assumes Jeremy Corbyn would call in the vote.

He said: "It is a decision for the shadow cabinet to take and we will see as a result of that vote whether there’s the possibility of a general election, which we would like."

If Labour cannot force an election, Mr Benn says May should go back to parliament to try and find a deal that can win a majority.

The chair of the Exiting the European Union Select Committee says he would support a second referendum if all parliamentary procedure had been exhausted.

Marks & Spencer says it "remains committed" to serving customers in East Yorkshire after it revealed its Hull city centre store is proposed for closure.

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The retailer says it is consulting with 93 workers over the proposed closure of the shop on Whitefriargate, described as "an incredibly difficult decision, but a necessary one".

It says customers will still be able to use its "food halls" at Kingswood and Anlaby retail parks, with clothing and homeware able to be ordered for collection online.

Marks & Spencer confirmed that its Rotherham and Huddersfield stores are also proposed for closure.

An investigation's been launched into the cause of a flu outbreak at a North Yorkshire hospital.

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A ward's been closed at Harrogate Hospital after nine people were diagnosed with the virus.

Dr Jenny Child, the hospital's director of infection prevention and control, says: "The infection appears to be hospital acquired.

"At the moment the investigation is still ongoing and it's not clear exactly how the virus was introduced.

"But once it got in it spread quickly within the elderly patients."

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust says the Jervaulx Ward will be closed "until it is considered safe to re-open".

Members of the public have been asked not to visit the hospital if they are suffering from "flu-like symptoms".

The jury has been sworn in for the trial of Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield.

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Seven men and seven women were selected from a panel of 29 at Preston Crown Court to serve as a jury of 12, with two extra people who will sit through the case opening.

Former South Yorkshire Police chief superintendent David Duckenfield, 74, of Bournemouth, denies the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool fans at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final.

Under the law at the time, there can be no prosecution for the death of the 96th victim, Tony Bland, as he died more than a year and a day after his injuries were caused.

Mr Duckenfield appears in court alongside former Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell, 69, of Stocking Pelham, Hertfordshire, who is charged with contravening a term or condition of the stadium's safety certificate and failing to discharge a duty under the Health and Safety Act.