Man, 77, summonsed over pellet gun death
Two men jailed for 'ruthless and barbaric' killing
Man charged with abduction of 12-year-old girl in Leeds
Three-day health workers' strike begins in Doncaster
Two charged after being seriously hurt in firearms incident in Leeds
Closure U-turn for tiny rural Yorkshire Dales school
High levels of drugs found in Humber estuary
Police appeal over missing Huddersfield teenager
Celebrations as Barnsley FC promoted to Championship
CCTV appeal over North Yorkshire social club break-in
Hull Uni moves up league table as Leeds leads in Yorkshire
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Live updates on Wednesday 1 May 2019
A man has been charged with the abduction of a 12-year-old girl in Leeds.
Image source, GoogleThe girl was walking along Old Run Road in Hunslet on 23 April when she was approached by a man who grabbed her.
Michael Sehannie, 18, of St Luke's Road in Leeds, is due to appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court later accused of kidnap.
Local Democracy Reporting Service
A tiny rural primary school in North Yorkshire has been saved from closure by its community.
Clapham School, near Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales, which has only 28 pupils, had been threatened with closure.
However, North Yorkshire County Council has decided to overturn plans and keep the 150-year-old institution going.
Campaigners said they were "surprised and delighted" by the news.
A meeting in Northallerton heard the school would face "numerous challenges" but the community had showed a "huge appetite" for it.
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, with Richmondshire and Craven district councils, have all said they want to keep small rural schools open despite financial and academic challenges.
BBC News Travel
If you're making a journey on the rails in Yorkshire this Wednesday morning, most services appear to be running to time.
However, the 08:23 Hull to Kings Cross via Selby service has been cancelled.
For all the latest live updates from the county's main railway stations, click on the links below:
A 14-year-old girl has gone missing from Huddersfield.
Image source, West Yorkshire PolicePolice say Darcy Young is black, about 5ft 2ins tall, with shoulder length braids.
When last seen she was wearing a navy blue and white pinstripe dress and a black jacket.
Anyone with information about her whereabouts is being asked to contact West Yorkshire Police.
Luton Town and Barnsley secure promotion to the Championship after Portsmouth and Sunderland both lost on Tuesday.
Read MoreSupermarket chain Aldi has stopped selling a baby changing bag after being accused of copying another company's design.
BabaBing, a Keighley-based child and baby products firm, claims a bag sold by Aldi in January has similarities to one it started selling in 2018.
The BabaBing bag retails at £49.99, with Aldi's selling for £17.99.
The retailer said it always listens to feedback and would be happy to meet the firm to discuss its concerns.
Residents of Bishop Wilton are selling £52,000 of shares in order to reopen their old village shop.
Villagers are so fed up of having to drive to their nearest town when they run out of basics like bread and flour, they are planning to start their own village shop, staffed by volunteers.
They're selling shares in order to refit the former village store with the aim of opening the new community shop in September.
A church in Rotherham has remembered the hundreds of people killed or injured in Sri Lanka in a series of suicide attacks on Easter Monday.
Image source, GoogleThe Liberty Church, in Station Road, hosted a special memorial service, which was translated in to Tamil for the town's Sri Lankan community.
Community Pastor Rose Flora Thomas said: "It was powerful to see so many people come together and stand in unity."
An 82-year-old man suffered a cut lip and was left shaken after a thief attempted to steal his mobility scooter and bag.
Image source, GoogleHumberside Police said the man was attacked outside McColl's in Hessle Road, Hull, at about 13:45 on Thursday, 25 April.
The thief, described as a white male, aged between about 30 and 40 and wearing a red shirt and dark jacket, fled the scene when members of the public intervened.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact police.
BBC Sport
Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford has been charged with "successful deception of a match official" by the Football Association during Sunday's Championship draw with Aston Villa.
Image source, Getty ImagesBamford (pictured) went down holding his face after an altercation with Anwar El Ghazi following the home side's controversial opening goal.
El Ghazi was sent off but has now had the red card rescinded.
Bamford has until 18:00 BST on Wednesday to respond to the charge.
Police searching for a missing man have recovered a body from the river in Doncaster.
Terry Harhoff, 70, was last seen leaving his home in Doncaster on 21 April.
South Yorkshire Police said the body of a man was found by underwater search teams in the river Don, in the North Bridge area of the town, yesterday.
Formal identification has not taken place yet, but officers believe it is that of Mr Harhoff.
The force said the death is not being treated as suspicious.
David Rhodes
BBC Yorkshire
The man responsible for creating the Tour De Yorkshire cycle race has been removed as a director of the company delivering the Road World Cycling Championships.
Image source, Getty ImagesSir Gary Verity's directorship of Yorkshire 2019 has been terminated, company documents show, external.
The world championships will be held in Yorkshire in September this year.
Yorkshire 2019 said Sir Gary was removed following his resignation as the boss of Welcome To Yorkshire.
Sir Gary Verity quit his role as chief executive of the tourism board in March on health grounds.
It came after an investigation found he had "made errors of judgement regarding his expenses", and concerns were raised that he had subjected staff to "completely unacceptable" behaviour.
A man from Halifax has been jailed for a string of sex offences committed against a 14-year-old girl in Hull.
Image source, HUMBERSIDE POLICERobert Smith, 34, of Bentley Avenue, Halifax, was found guilty of seven counts of sexual activity with a child, three counts of making indecent pictures and one count of possession of extreme pornography.
Hull Crown Court heard how Smith travelled to the city to exploit his victim in a hotel.
Det Sgt Stuart Fox said: "He lied and deceived his family in Halifax in order to fulfill his sexual desires.
"Had he not been caught, I dread to think about how many other victims there might have been."
Smith was jailed for four years and eight months.
Image source, BRADFORD TELEGRAPH & ARGUSGarry Hodgkinson is jailed after 48 skunk cannabis plants were found in air raid tunnels at his firm.
Read MoreA 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a stabbing at a Harrogate swimming pool yesterday.
Image source, GoogleThe victim suffered minor injuries to his chest after he was attacked at Harrogate Hyrdo on Jennyfield Drive and received treatment at the scene.
North Yorkshire Police said the incident is not related to a stabbing in the town earlier this month.
Insp Penny Taylor said: "We've made arrests in connection with both offences.
"I'd ask people not to speculate or raise unnecessary alarm on social media, and allow the investigations to take their course.
"It's important to remember that Harrogate is, and remains, a really safe place to live and work. Incidents like these are, thankfully, very rare in our town."
The Doncaster team are made up of men who have all experienced child loss.
Read MoreTrains travelling to and from Hull could soon be named after the city's most famous sons and daughters.
Image source, Hull TrainsHull Trains is asking for names for its five new Hitachi locomotives, which are expected to be in service by the end of the year after a £60m investment.
Politicians have already suggested one be called Amy Johnson - the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia in 1930 - and another could be named Big Lil Bilocca after the trawler safety campaigner.
Louise Cheeseman, managing director of Hull Trains, said: "We are one of the only rail companies in the UK which has named the company after the city we serve, so it seems only right we name our new trains after Hull and its famous faces and places.
"Our customers may think the trains should be named after the city’s most famous sons and daughters, or perhaps named after landmarks in the city.
"Maybe our customers will suggest they are named after our sporting heroes or our well-known and much-loved Hull characters."
Trainy McTrainface is probably off the table then...
Tributes have been paid to a "popular student" who died eight days after he was hit by two cars in a road crash in Rotherham.
Image source, Brinsworth AcademyRyan Durkin, 15, was critically injured when he was struck by the cars, one after the other, on Brinsworth Lane on 19 April, police said.
A man has been charged with a number of offences in connection with the crash, and a teenager was arrested.
Brinsworth Academy, where Ryan was a pupil, said it was "deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic death".
Associate Principal John Naylor described the youngster as "a quiet, popular student with a fun sense of humour", who had "a very close group of loyal friends".
"He had great potential and a bright future ahead of him, particularly in sport, where he was a crucial member of the school football team," Mr Naylor added.
The Lady Mayoress of Leeds has raised more than £2,000 for St Gemma's Hospice with a sponsored parachute jump:
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Councillor Pat Latty took part in the challenge under the watchful eye of the Red Devils Army Parachute Display Team
St Gemma's Hospice provides care and support for people with terminal illnesses.
