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Abbie Dewhurst
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There's the risk of an isolated light shower through the morning, but there'll be plenty of sunshine to follow this afternoon.
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Leeds-born Erling Braut Haaland scored nine goals as Norway thrashed Honduras 12-0 at the Fifa Under-20 World Cup in Poland.
Image source, Getty ImagesHaaland, son of former Norway and Leeds United midfielder Alf-Inge Haaland, scored a seventh-minute opener against Honduras, who ended with nine men, and netted the final goal in the last minute.
The Red Bull Salzburg striker, 18, was born in Leeds, where his father was playing at the time.
Victory saw Norway finish third in their group, with Honduras bottom.
Only the top two from each of the six groups qualify automatically; Norway must wait to see if they also go through as one of the four best third-placed teams.
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People living in two South Yorkshire villages have welcomed news that the county's mayor is backing their call for a bypass - 30 years after it was supposed to be built.
Image source, UK ParliamentResidents of Hickleton and Marr are celebrating after Labour MP and Sheffield City Region mayor Dan Jarvis said he'd work with Barnsley and Doncaster councils to draw up a business case for a road to take traffic away from the villages.
Local residents had been told a bypass would be built in the 1980s as part of a wider plan to connect the M1 and the A1, but it has yet to happen.
A project in Bradford is hoping to give every child aged under five a free bedtime story.
It's the UK’s first free book-gifting scheme, with Bradford Libraries becoming its largest member.
The project, which is called Pyjamarama and run by the Book Trust, is aimed at encouraging families to share books with their children each night.
Police are investigating after firearms were stolen during a burglary at an East Yorkshire farm.
Image source, GoogleWatches, a wedding ring and jewellery were also taken from buildings at the farm on Main Road in Newport, near Gilberdyke, during the burglary on the afternoon of Monday 20 May.
Two men in a blue Ford Focus were reportedly seen acting suspiciously in the area at the time of the incident, according to police.
Detectives say they want to hear from anyone who has seen the car or has any information about the burglary, the whereabouts of the two men or the stolen items.
A murky start with extensive low cloud. Just a risk of an isolated light shower through the morning.
During the afternoon, the cloud will start to thin, with plenty of sunshine developing late on.
Investigations are expected to continue today into how a six-year-old boy came to fall more than 20ft from a rollercoaster at a North Yorkshire theme park.
Image source, Simon Moran/Getty ImagesIt happened yesterday at Lightwater Valley, near Ripon, at about 11:30.
The boy was flown to hospital but was in a non life-threatening condition, police said.
In a statement, the attraction said the ride, reported to be the Twister, would remain closed until a full investigation had been carried out.
Health and Safety Executive inspectors arrived at the theme park yesterday.
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If you're making a journey on the rails in Yorkshire this Friday morning, most services appear to be running to time so far.
However:
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A stolen BMW which was being chased by police through Sheffield has crashed into and destroyed a bus stop in the city.
Image source, South Yorkshire PoliceThe car was being pursued on Abbeydale Road South at about 03:10 this morning before crashing into the bus shelter on Baslow Road.
Pictures from the scene show the damaged car next to the smashed bus shelter, which has been ripped from the floor.
The pursuit had been abandoned by police because of how dangerous it was, according to South Yorkshire Police.
The car is thought to have been stolen in a burglary in Woodseats a few days ago.
The driver is yet to be found.
Scott Sharman faced challenging conditions on Ben Nevis during the rescue of two fallen climbers.
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Read MoreA missing man from Essex could be in North Yorkshire and police want to hear from anyone who may have seen him.
Image source, Essex PoliceRichard Tew, from Chelmsford, was last seen between 20:00 and 21:00 yesterday and it's thought he could be in Leeming or travelling on the A1(M).
The 40-year-old, who was last seen wearing a long-sleeved navy jumper, blue jeans and black or grey walking boots, may be driving a silver Vauxhall Meriva with the registration plate V20 TEW.
Essex Police want to hear from anyone who's said him and say: "We are really concerned for his welfare and need to find him to make sure he’s OK."
A museum celebrating Hull's "dark past," has closed after just two months due to lack of interest.
The Dark History Museum opened on West Street in March, featuring live actors and exploring topics such as the plague.
The people behind the attraction say they’ve made the tough decision following a lack of interest and rising overheads.
West Yorkshire's seen a huge rise in race hate crimes against children, new figures show.
Image source, PAThe statistics have been compiled by the NSPCC, which has looked at the number of cases reported to police.
The charity found that in West Yorkshire in 2015-16 there were 245 recorded race hate crime offences against children.
But in the year 2017-18 that figure rose to 423 - an increase of 73% in two years.
Childline counsellor Atiyah Wazir said: “These children have been made to feel shame and guilt and sometimes daren’t tell their mums or dads about it because they don’t want to worry or hurt their feelings."
Across the whole of Yorkshire, police forces recorded a total of 557 offences in 2017-18, a rise of 57% from the 354 offences recorded in 2015-16.
An East Yorkshire councillor has apologised after it was reported he'd compared Islam with Nazi bombing raids on Britain in a Twitter post.
Image source, Getty ImagesNick Coultish, who was elected to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council for the first time earlier this month, "repeatedly made anti-Islam comments online, external," according to an article posted by BuzzFeed.
The 21-year-old today issued an apology for "off the cuff comments I made years ago at the time of terrorist attack in the UK".
In a statement, he said: "These comments were made before university at a low point for me, I was upset and grieving and trying to make sense of the lives lost.
"My comments were wholly reactionary and unthoughtful, I was referring to radical Islamic extremism, of course, not real Muslims who are peaceful and live with British values.
"I was young, not yet involved in politics in a big way and naive. I'm sorry for any confusion or any offence my historic tweets caused."
Cllr Coultish, from Goole said he has since deleted the comments, which were posted in 2017, adding that they were not made "in a professional capacity".
Earlier this week, the Muslim Council of Britain formally asked the UK's human rights watchdog to investigate accusations of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party.
Health and Safety Executive inspectors have arrived at a North Yorkshire theme park where a six-year-old boy was injured after falling from a rollercoaster.
Image source, Simon Moran/Getty ImagesIn a statement Lightwater Valley said the ride, reported to be the Twister, would remain closed until a full investigation has been carried out.
It said: "We take the health and safety of our visitors very seriously and are committed to providing support to the affected family.
"We will continue working closely with the HSE and emergency services."
The Twister is the same ride involved in the death of 20-year-old Gemma Savage in 2001 the BBC has confirmed.
Parents and residents are to be asked for their views on plans to close a troubled Huddersfield high school.
Almondbury community school was placed into special measures when video emerged of a 15-year-old Syrian refugee being dragged to the ground and doused in water there in November 2018.
In February, the school was rated as inadequate in an Ofsted report, which criticised the school for "ineffective" safeguarding and "variable" and "weak" teaching.
It said though the "vast majority" of pupils felt safe, some felt the school did not respond quickly to bullying.
An eyewitness has described how an off-duty police officer and other passersby leapt to the aid of a six-year-old boy who fell from a rollercoaster at the Lightwater Valley them park.
Mark Charnley, who was in the queue for the Twister ride with his daughter, said the officer jumped over a safety barrier after the incident at the attraction, near Ripon, at about 11:30.
He said: "I didn't really understand what I was seeing to be honest, I thought I was actually seeing things.
"A couple of the guys near me jumped over the barrier and went to see him and there was an off-duty copper behind me and he jumped the barrier and went straight in."
The boy was airlifted to hospital following the incident.
North Yorkshire Police say his injuries are not believed to be life threatening.
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Kyle Edmund is out of the French Open after retiring during his second-round match against Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas because of a left knee injury.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe British number one, 24, trailed 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 2-1 when he shook hands with world number 47 Cuevas.
"You don't want to stop because you feel like you're quitting, but sometimes you have to," he said.
Edmund, from Beverley, said he is managing a long-term problem, but believes he does not need surgery.
"There have been a few times this year I have carried on and nothing got better and sometimes a bit worse," he added.
"It won't need surgery right now. If it did I wouldn't be playing, I'd get it sorted straight away rather than delaying the inevitable."
