'George Michael' comment medic suspendedpublished at 15:15 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
An NHS bowel surgeon who verbally abused staff and patients is suspended by a tribunal.
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'George Michael' comment medic suspendedpublished at 15:15 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
CCTV of fast-food restaurant robbery releasedpublished at 15:01 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
Police investigating a burglary at a fast-food restaurant in North Yorkshire have issued CCTV of a pair of men they want to speak to.
Image source, North Yorkshire PolicePolice have released pictures of two men they believe have information about the raid on the restaurant in the Starbeck area of Harrogate.
Image source, North Yorkshire PoliceThe burglary took place at about 01:00 on 17 December, with two men entering through the front of the KFC, before breaking into a safe and leaving by the rear of the building.
Woman's dog scares off would-be robber in Bridlingtonpublished at 14:45 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
A thief, who tried to steal a woman's mobile phone in Bridlington, was scared off by his victim's dog.
Image source, GoogleThe woman was walking with her dog along an alleyway, between Lawson Road and Applegarth Lane, when the man approached her from behind and grabbed at her jacket.
Humberside Police says he demanded her mobile phone, but ran off when the dog began barking and snarling at him.
Police are appealing for information about the attempted robbery, which happened just before 18:00 on Sunday 13 January.
Hundreds buy 'Brexit Box' amid food fearspublished at 14:38 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
A Leeds-based firm is selling kits of freeze dried food, water filters and fire-starting gels.
Read MoreScarborough man wanted for failing to do community servicepublished at 14:30 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
A Scarborough man is wanted by police for failing to complete the community service he received as part of a suspended jail sentence.
Image source, North Yorkshire PoliceNorth Yorkshire Police are looking for Huw David Owen, 35, who also failed to appear at Scarborough Magistrates' Court.
He is believed to be in the Scarborough area and anyone who sees him is asked to get in touch with the police.
Hillsborough jurors quizzed on football allegiancespublished at 14:24 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
Potential jurors at the manslaughter trial of Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield have been asked to reveal their football allegiances.
Image source, Getty ImagesMr Duckenfield, 74, (above right) appeared at Preston Crown Court at the start of his trial. He denies the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool fans.
Jury candidates were asked whether they supported Liverpool, Everton, Sheffield Wednesday or Nottingham Forest.
About a dozen family members of those who died were in the public gallery
Mr Duckenfield sat alongside former Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell, 69, who is charged with contravening the stadium's safety certificate and a health and safety offence.
Fight to stop cuts to special educational needspublished at 14:16 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
More than 400 people have responded to a consultation over cuts to the special educational needs budget in North Yorkshire.
Image source, Getty ImagesSenior councillors are likely to accept the plans to save nearly £2m, but they say after listening to families, young people, schools and the pupil referral service, they're likely to extend how long the changes will take.
Councillor Patrick Mulligan has responsibility for education and says they also want to create more places for children with special educational needs.
Mr Mulligan says: "Selby, for example, doesn't have any special needs school at all, which I find extraordinary, we're going to create one there.
"That's going to take time, in the meantime we'd like the government to step in and help us with this demand and help us with the funding."
Three released after teen killed in crashpublished at 14:04 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
A 16-year-old girl died when the car she was travelling in hit a tree.
Read MoreMan sought by police over violent crimes in Barnsleypublished at 13:58 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
Have you seen Alan Tyson? Police want to speak to him in connection with assault, harassment and public order offences in Barnsley.
Image source, South Yorkshire PoliceHe also goes by the names of Alan Guthrie and Alan Guthrey.
He has connections to West Yorkshire, according to police.
Over 50 men arrested in Kirklees child sex abuse oppublished at 13:43 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
A total of 55 men have been arrested since November as part of an operation investigating child sex abuse in Kirklees, police have revealed.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe investigation centres around allegations made by seven women of sexual abuse committed against them as children, mostly in the Dewsbury and Batley areas, between 2002 and 2009
The suspects, who were arrested in Dewsbury, Batley and Bradford, have been interviewed and released under investigation, police say.
Det Insp Ian Thornes said: "This investigation demonstrates the force's ongoing commitment to the investigation of both current and non-recent sexual offences against children.
"We have teams of specialist safeguarding units across each district in West Yorkshire, which include police officers dedicated to dealing with both current and non-recent child abuse and child sexual exploitation."
Mobility scooter rider gets locked in cemeterypublished at 13:31 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
A man on a mobility scooter got locked inside a cemetery in Hull at night and had to be rescued by council workers.
Image source, Geograph/Ian SThe emergency services were called after he became trapped inside the cemetery on Preston Road.
By the time the fire service arrived at about 20:00 on Friday, the council had attended and let him out.
116-year-old gold football medal stolen in Sheffieldpublished at 13:07 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
Have you spotted this Football League gold medal?:
Image source, South Yorkshire PolicePolice are searching for the award after it was stolen in a burglary in Sheffield.
It was taken from a property on Chapel Road in Chapeltown on 12 January.
The medal is engraved and dates back to a title win in a southern football league in 1912.
It is "of great sentimental value to the victim", according to South Yorkshire Police
If you have any information about its whereabouts, police are keen to hear from you.
500 miles left for Yorkshire rowers Atlantic crossingpublished at 12:47 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
Four Yorkshiremen who are rowing across the Atlantic to raise funds for charity have less than 500 nautical miles left to reach the finish line.
Image source, Row4victoryThe team known as row4victory are due to reach English Harbour in Antigua on Monday 21 January, after they’ve rowed the final stretch of the 3,000 mile race.
They began rowing at La Gomera in the Canary Islands on 12 December and have been rowing in pairs, two hours on and two hours off, around the clock, to raise money for military charities, Soldier On! and the Royal British Legion.
Image source, Welcome to YorkshireThe team consists of four friends from North Yorkshire: Duncan Roy, a former Royal Engineer, Fraser Mowlem, a serving Chief Technician in the Royal Air Force, Glyn Sadler, a former Royal Marine and Will Quarmby, a landscape gardener.
Image source, Row4victoryThe crew said: "With less than 500 miles left to go we dare to visualize Antigua and the finish line.
"Arriving in the harbour will make four Yorkshire men very proud after rowing for 40 days in an eight-meter rowing boat.
"With sleep deprivation, sores, injuries, and ration packs, seeing our much-missed loved ones will be a welcome treat."
Two in court deny homeless assaultpublished at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
Two men from Lincoln have appeared in court to deny assaulting homeless people sleeping in a tent in Hull.
Image source, Geograph/Jonathan ThackerJamie Nickell, 26, and Jake Mann, 29, appeared before magistrates in Hull this morning.
They entered not guilty pleas to a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
They are due to appear at Hull Crown Court on Monday 11 February.
Charity finds foster homes for dogspublished at 12:16 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
The RSPCA in Hull says it has found enough volunteers to foster dogs while it raises £400,000 for improvement works to its kennels.
They needed new homes because the RSPCA kennels, on Clough Road, were no longer up to welfare standards.
All the dogs put up for fostering by RSPCA Hull and East Riding have now been reserved following a public appeal.
Cyclist suffers severe injuries in collisionpublished at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
A man suffered severe facial injuries after his bike was in collision with a 4x4 vehicle in Selby.
Image source, GoogleThe crash happened at about 14:00 on 9 January outside Rose Villa on Hull Road.
The cyclist suffered severe facial injuries and lost several teeth.
Police are keen for anyone who saw the Mitsubishi Outlander or the bike at the time to get in touch.
Museum gets £150,000 to improve disabled accesspublished at 11:45 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
A museum in Hull has received £150,000 funding to make it more wheelchair-friendly.
Image source, Geograph/Richard CroftHull Maritime Museum will use the money to build new ramps, making it easier for disabled people to access the building.
A new access staircase is also due to be installed at the museum, which is in the middle of Hull city centre.
It says the DCMS Wolfson Foundation grant will help to give "all visitors the same experience".
Fresh plans submitted for 'super prison'published at 11:29 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
The ministry of justice has submitted fresh plans for a so-called "super prison" in an East Yorkshire village.
Image source, Minister of JusticeEast Riding Council has already granted permission for a new prison, next to Full Sutton's existing high security jail.
But government officials have decided it needs to be bigger than originally planned, containing space for an extra four hundred inmates.
Local residents in the village, near Stamford Bridge, have expressed concerns about traffic and light pollution
Footballers pay tribute after sick boy diespublished at 11:15 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
Toby Nye developed a special relationship with several players and staff at Leeds United.
Read More'Lucky escape' for Scarborough surfer dragged out to seapublished at 11:11 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2019
A Scarborough surfer says he had a "lucky escape" after being dragged out to sea over the weekend.
Image source, Humber CoastguardThe coastguard had received reports of the man waving and calling for help in the North Bay.
However before they arrived to help the surfer had managed to swim to safety by swimming across rather than against the riptide, a narrow, powerful, current of water running from the beach to the ocean.
The rescue team say they had "extra empathy" for the man as they'd been out on the water training earlier in the day and knew conditions were rough.
They thanked all those who called 999 after spotting the man in difficulties.