A Grade I-listed park and garden in South Yorkshire is to re-open next month following a funding crisis which forced its closure.

Wentworth Castle Gardens, near Barnsley, was taken over by the National Trust last year after a 25-year lease was agreed.

The gardens closed in 2017, just three years after undergoing a a £3.74m renovation

Wentworth Castle and Stainborough Park Heritage Trust said at the time it didn't make enough money to cover the running costs to be open year-round.

It's now been announced that that attraction will reopen on Saturday 8 June.

Hull KR's Joel Tomkins will miss their Challenge Cup quarter-final with Warrington after losing an appeal against a ban.

Two senior politicians have called for a Yorkshire rail operator to be stripped of its franchise.

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Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, the mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region, say they're speaking out a year on from last May's problems when a new timetable was introduced.

They claim the company has "consistently failed to show" that it's "able to take the action required to restore public confidence".

In response David Brown, Managing Director at Northern said: "We agree the North deserves the best possible rail service and are working hard to improve the performance and reliability for customers.

"The unacceptable disruption following the May 2018 timetable change was caused by delays in infrastructure projects out of our control.

"We have apologised to our customers for the pain this caused and seen two successful timetable changes since then, introducing many more new services.

"Since last year, we have made a large number of improvements, including better punctuality, investment in new and refurbished trains, over 2,000 new services and hundreds more people employed to help customers."

A broken window on a northbound train between Doncaster and York has blocked the line.

London North Eastern Railway, which runs the service, tweeted that there are delays following the incident.

It's mainly affecting the northbound line, it added.

Sophie Jones lied to 'conceal wrongdoing' over allegations of racist abuse, an FA regulatory commission rules.

An evangelical church shuts down after victims of historic abuse, including children, come forward.

Barnsley striker Kieffer Moore is among four Yorkshire-based footballers called up to the Wales squad for the Euro 2020 qualifiers in June.

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Moore (pictured) and teammates Ben Williams and goalkeeper Adam Davies have been named in Ryan Giggs' team.

Rotherham's Will Vaulks has also made the cut.

Leeds' Tyler Roberts misses out due to injury.

Wales' first game of the qualifiers will be against Croatia on 8 June.

A post box in Leeds has been painted blue to mark the Cricket World Cup which starts on Thursday - one of 10 to get similar treatment in towns and cities across England and Wales.

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The post boxes have been rebranded by the Royal Mail for the duration of the tournament.

The International Cricket Council (ICC), said the promotion would "help bring the tournament to life".

The blue boxes, including the one on Briggate in Leeds city centre, have been decorated with local facts about the game and players.

The tournament opens with England playing South Africa at the Oval.

Previously, two postboxes were painted gold in a Leeds street to honour the Olympic win of boxer Nicola Adams.

Pictures of valuable items stolen in a burglary in Halifax have been released by police in an effort to retrieve them.

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Officers are investigating a burglary in the Rocks Road area of Saville Park which happened between 14:00 and 15:00 on 19 April.

A large amount of valuable items were taken, including jewellery and Persian coins.

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The West Yorkshire force says it wants to hear from anyone who's been asked if they want to buy the items, who saw what happened, or knows who stole them.

Plans to close a school in Huddersfield which hit the headlines when video emerged of a 15-year-old-boy being dragged to the ground and doused in water are to be discussed later.

A Syrian refugee schoolboy and his sister were attacked in the playground of Almondbury Community School 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.

A school spokesman said it had made "numerous changes and improvements".

Councillors in Kirklees will look at future options later today, including closing the school at the end of next year.

A teenager has been stabbed during a disturbance in Huddersfield, police say.

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Officers were called to Prospect Road in Longwood, near the Slip Inn, at about 23:00 last night.

The 16-year-old male victim was taken to hospital for treatment and is said to be in a stable condition.

Three teenage boys aged, 14, 14 and 17, and a 48-year-old man were arrested at the scene and are being held in police custody.

A police cordon remains around the area this morning as investigations continue.

Dinner ladies and cooks are set to protest over proposed changes to the way school dinners are provided in Barnsley.

Barnsley Council wants to stop providing meals, meaning schools would have to use external companies instead.

However, one union claims this could cause about 220 job losses for school cooks and kitchen staff.

The authority says schools will not lose their school meal provision, with the plans set to be discussed at a meeting later today.

Rotherham Council is one of 11 councils in England to be warned it risks running out of cash reserves if recent spending levels continue.

The local authority has seen the third largest drop in reserves of councils in the UK between 2015 and 2018.

Analysis by the BBC has identified 11 authorities the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (Cipfa) said would have "fully exhausted" reserves within four years unless they topped them up.

The Local Government Association said councils faced "systemic underfunding".

The government said councils were responsible for managing their funds.

Cash reserves, money held back for specific projects or emergencies, such as flooding, are seen as a measure of financial security.

Councillor Richard Watts, from the Local Government Association, said: "Some councils are facing a choice between using reserves to try and plug funding gaps or further cutting back local services in order to balance the books."

A man's been left with injuries to his face after he was attacked on a cycle path in York, police say.

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The man was walking on a cycle path on Chesney Fields on Saturday when three males approached and attacked him.

He was left with facial injuries in the incident and the three suspects ran towards Gale Lane, police say.

Members of the public stopped and provided first aid until police arrived.

Police say they need help from members of the public to "establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident".

They're appealing for information from anyone who witnessed the incident or knows who is responsible.

Students from Hull have won an award for an app they built in a single day which was designed to transform the university experience.

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University of Hull computer science students Daniel Tregoing, Alex Lovett, Nathaniel Read and Harry Gwinnell drew on their own experience to design the Intelligent Campus app.

They've won the Hackathon contest at the Digifest educational technology summit and now hope to launch their own business and make the app available to universities across the UK.

The app aims to streamline university services, allowing students to do everything from checking timetables to ordering food deliveries.

Bradford City boss Gary Bowyer signs centre-half Tyler French from non-league side AFC Sudbury following a trial spell.

A large blaze at a former mill in Halifax is now extinguished, according to firefighters.

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Crews were called out to Square Road at about 03:00 this morning after reports of a blaze at a four-storey building.

About 30 firefighters and two aerial ladders tackled the fire.

Fire investigators on scene said: "Stopping such a well-developed fire in this type of building is quite a feat.

"Well done to all firefighting crews in attendance."

Several passengers on a double-decker bus in Sheffield were injured when it crashed into a city hospital last night, police say.

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It happened at the Northern General Hospital's Chesterman wing at about 22:45 last night.

Passengers suffered minor injuries and were treated immediately by staff at the hospital.

The wife of a missing North Yorkshire man says her children are giving her the strength to carry on.

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Peter Brown, 46, from Whitby, was last seen in Scarborough three weeks ago on the afternoon of Wednesday 8 May.

He went missing from hospital where he was being treated for anxiety and depression.

His wife, Natalie Brown, says: "My arms feel like they've got needles in, my stomach is in knots, I feel like I've a constant lump in my throat.

"But my kids give me strength, because I'm encouraging them to go to school and their little part-time jobs So I think if I'm encouraging them to do normal things, then I should."

These are the latest pictures from the scene of a blaze at a large building in Halifax which fire crews have been tackling since the early hours.

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Firefighters were called out to Square Road at about 03:00 this morning after reports of a blaze at a four-storey building.

Fire investigators say: "Early arrival at the scene has ensured information could be collected from witnesses to get the investigation into this fire off to good start."

Charles Street and Square Road remain closed while fire crews continue their work.