Leeds City Council has apologised after maintenance work on a website meant parents were unable to see which primary school their children will be attending from September.

Some parents had been up in the early hours of this morning to log into the portal but were met with this error message:

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The website, which had crashed in the early hours of Tuesday morning, was inaccessible until about 09:00.

In a statement, Leeds Council has apologised for the inconvenience: "The maintenance should not have taken place on these servers during such an important time for parents and I can only apologise for the frustration this has caused."

A total of 8,501 families in Leeds are being offered their first preference, external out of 9,643 reception applicants this year, according to the council.

The Archbishop of York says "prayers were said" this morning following the fire at the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.

The fire, declared fully extinguished some 15 hours after it began, ravaged the 850-year-old building's roof and caused its spire to collapse.

Firefighters who worked through the night managed to save the Paris landmark's main stone structure, including its two towers.

Dr John Sentamu tweeted saying his thoughts were with those working following the fire:

A cyclist is in hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries after being involved in a crash with a van in Leeds.

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The man, who is in his 20s, was cycling on the A64 yesterday at about 17:50 in Burmantofts, opposite Walford Avenue.

He was involved in a crash with a grey Ford Transit van.

A passenger in the van was also treated for minor injuries.

Any witnesses to the crash are asked to come forward to police.

Teams of school pupils and university students are working together to build their own electric cars to race around Hull city centre.

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Children as young as 11 are involved with the Green Power Race, which will take place on a circuit near the Guildhall on 28 April.

It's believed to be the first event of its kind in the UK.

The project is aimed at encouraging more young people to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Brian Houston, from the University of Hull, said it will be the first time public roads in the UK will be closed for an electric car race.

He said it was "something fantastic, to be really proud about".

Crop circles which have appeared in North Yorkshire were the work of poachers rather than aliens, it's been confirmed.

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North Yorkshire Police have shared a picture of the damage caused to crops when a vehicle "entered a private field poaching".

Writing on Twitter, the police described the photograph, taken between Scotch Corner and Barnard Castle, as "shocking".

Train operator London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is advising passengers in Yorkshire not to travel today, due to an ongoing problem with some of their trains.

LNER said some of their trains have been arriving at Kings Cross station with damaged pantographs - which help deliver power from overheard cables to the locomotives.

The damage, which is under investigation, is being caused by damage to overhead electric wires.

Services from Leeds, Doncaster and York are being affected.

Experts at the minster, which was also damaged by fire, say restoring Notre-Dame is "achievable".

A CCTV image has been released of a man police officers want to speak to after another man was punched in the face on a train from Leeds to Ilkley.

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The man was on the train at about 23:15 on Tuesday 26 March as it waited to depart from platform 2C of Leeds Station.

A man is reported to have punched another man in the face multiple times before members of the public intervened.

British Transport Police believe the man pictured could hold information about the attack.

The family of a West Yorkshire schoolgirl, killed more than 50 years ago, have had their appeal for a new inquest into her death granted at the High Court.

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No-one was ever convicted of killing 14-year-old Elsie Frost more than 50 years ago.

Her body was found near a railway tunnel in Wakefield on 9 October 1965.

She had been stabbed several times.

The prime suspect Peter Pickering was expected to be charged but he died last year.

The 80-year-old, dubbed the "Beast of Wombwell", was being detained in a psychiatric hospital since admitting killing another girl in 1972.

Elsie's family say a second inquest would allow all the new evidence to be heard in court.

Police officers are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a man who has been reported missing in Barnsley.

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Kevin Parton was last seen in the early hours of Monday morning.

He has connections to the Royston area of Barnsley, South Yorkshire Police say.

Mr Parton is described as white, in his early 30s, 5ft 8ins tall, of slim build with blonde hair.

Anyone who has seen him is asked to get in touch with police.

The fire which ravaged Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris last night has been compared to a blaze which broke out at Selby Abbey more than 100 years ago.

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In a Twitter post, staff at Selby Abbey said: "Such terrible news from Paris. We know all too well the destruction caused by fire".

John Englehart, chairman of the Selby Abbey Trust, said the blaze at the 850-year-old Paris landmark was "almost a copy" of a fire in Selby in 1906.

Mr Englehart said: "Notre-Dame is the same shape as the abbey. To see the whole of the roof gone is exactly like the abbey was in 1906."

Planners are being advised to approve proposals for a new holiday park in part of East Yorkshire where there are already three others in close proximity.

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The developer wants to site 55 timber-clad lodges south of Brandesburton, with the local parish council objecting to the scheme on the grounds of what it says is over-development.

There are already three holiday parks close by and, in addition, this new one would lie too close to a former landfill site, according to the parish council.

But in a report, officials at County Hall say this new timber lodge scheme is of a suitable scale and is well screened, so the cumulative impact would be minimal.

They're recommending councillors approve the plans when they meet on Thursday.

Barnsley Football Club have lodged a formal complaint with the English Football League after their manager was allegedly assaulted.

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Daniel Stendel was left with "blood pouring from his face" after an incident involving rival manager Joey Barton at the end of the game.

The Fleetwood boss clashed with Barnsley manager Daniel Stendel in the tunnel after Saturday's 4-2 League One defeat at Oakwell, according to Barnsley player Cauley Woodrow.

He claimed on Twitter that Stendel had been "physically assaulted" and left with "blood pouring from his face".

Yesterday, South Yorkshire Police said they were "continuing to investigate reports of an assault".

The club has confirmed that it has lodged a formal complaint to both the English Football League and the Football Association.

It added it was "working with the police and assisting with all enquiries" regarding the incident.

A former Sheffield student whose brother was murdered has made a new BBC documentary about knife crime.

Chanell Wallace, who studied at Sheffield Hallam University, made the film 13 years after her brother Daniel was killed.

Daniel, who was 20-years-old at the time, was stabbed to death in Nottingham.

Now, Chanell has been invited to write a Victim Impact Statement which will be considered in the parole process for her brother's killer.

The documentary, Life After My Brother's Murder, has just been released on BBC Three.

The qualifications for the World Snooker Championship are under way in Sheffield at the moment.

The tournament will be played at the Crucible as part of the sport's annual visit toSheffield since 1977.

Qualifying rounds are currently taking place at Ponds Forge.

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Emergency services have been dealing with a death on the railway line between Halifax and Huddersfield, meaning many services in the area are currently disrupted.

A person was hit and killed by a train just after 04:00 near Brighouse, according to British Transport Police.

Rail replacement transport is being offered for some services, but travellers are being advised to check with their train operator before setting off:

Prayers will be said during services at Ripon Cathedral today for Paris and the people of France in the wake of the devastating fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral.

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Last night, the Dean of Ripon said he was praying for Notre-Dame after "tragedy grips them in Holy Week" with fire ravaging the 850-year-old Paris cathedral.

Writing on Twitter, the very reverend John Dobson said "we pray for them and all who are working to bring the fire under control".

A dozen fires have been started at a West Yorkshire park over the last few days and emergency crews dealing with the blazes have been attacked with stones, police say.

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Bushes, trees and other foliage have been set on fire several times at Wilton Park in Batley.

Stones and tarmac were thrown at firefighters and police officers as they tried to deal with the arson attacks.

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Officers from West Yorkshire Police in Batley and Spen said it "put an unnecessary drain on emergency resources, and takes units away from potentially life-threatening jobs".

Anyone with information about the fires or about the attacks on emergency crews is being asked to contact police.

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