A report finds Kirklees Council held evidence of child sexual exploitation but failed to act on it.

A 1.5% pay rise for staff is "galling" when the director has had his increase by a third, says a union.

Delegates at the Green Party's spring conference in Scarborough have had to walk through an arch made of plastic discarded on Scarborough beach to get to their seats.

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The debris was collected over two weeks and turned into an ornate arch by artist Gabrielle Naptali.

During the conference, which concludes today, the Green Party's only MP, Caroline Lucas, challenged the government over its policy on plastic.

The party has welcomed government plans to ban plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds but says it must bring forward its target of eliminating all plastic waste by 2042.

An open-air screen of the Royal Ballet in Hull tomorrow has been moved due to the weather forecast.

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Hull is the only city in Yorkshire hosting a screening of the adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, with the event set to take place in Trinity Square.

However, it will now go ahead inside Hull Minster from 19:00, with 600 seats available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

A motorcyclist is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a crash in Sheffield on Saturday night.

The 22-year-old was travelling along Oldfield Road towards Stannington when his bike hit a road sign.

It happened at about 23:45 and South Yorkshire Police want to hear from anyone who saw what happened.

Britain's Georgia Taylor-Brown wins her first World Triathlon Series title with victory in Leeds as team-mate Jess Learmonth takes bronze.

A man suffered serious facial injuries after allegedly being assaulted with a hammer in Hull.

The 25-year-old man was waiting with a friend at a bus stop on Holderness Road, near Laburnum Avenue, when he was approached by a group of three men who allegedly attacked him at about 22:15 on Friday.

Det Insp Rich Osgerby said: "This is an incredibly serious offence and I would urge anyone with any information to get in touch to help us bring those responsible to justice.”

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The A684 from Sedbergh to Hawes is closed east of the Moorcock Inn on the county boundary because of an accident.

A gang of thieves stole shoes from the back of a lorry in North Yorkshire before the driver blocked their path stopping them from getting away.

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The lorry driver was woken up as suspects tried to steal boxes of shoes contained in his trailer and load them onto another lorry at Barton Lorry Park on the A1 near Scotch Corner.

North Yorkshire Police said that one of them threatened him during the incident, which happened at about 02:30 this morning.

As the suspects tried to leave the park, the victim blocked the way with his own vehicle with about eight suspects fleeing the area on foot.

Police are appealing to anyone who was in the area between 01:00 and 05:00 and who saw anyone on foot or was flagged down either on the A1 or the roads nearby.

Officers would also like to hear from anyone with dash-cam footage which might have captured the suspects at the side of the road.

A cook and former manager of a care home admit stealing money from an Alzheimer's sufferer.

Opportunities to expose a grooming gang which raped and abused girls as young as 11 in Huddersfield were lost, an independent review has found.

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It said Kirklees Children's Services had "sufficient evidence" at the time to conclude two girls were being exploited but no action was taken.

Last year, 20 men were jailed for their part in the abuse, which took place between 2004 and 2011.

Kirklees Council said it was "truly sorry" the girls were not protected.

Foul play has been ruled out after a number of cats died in the Pocklington area.

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Owners had taken to Facebook to explain their pets have died, with vets pointing at antifreeze poisoning.

But Humberside Police say the cat deaths were likely due to antifreeze running into road puddles which the cats subsequently drank from.

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Flood teams are on standby at Sheffield Council as the city prepares for three days of torrential rain.

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The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for heavy rain extending widely across England from Tuesday onwards.

Streets Ahead contractor Amey says it has “emergency procedures” in place if there is any flooding and will respond quickly.

Melissa Wise, project director at Amey Streets Ahead said: “Areas of the city known to experience localised flooding are already being checked, and gullies and culverts are being cleared of any leaf litter and debris to ensure affected roads are able to drain any excess water as quickly as possible.

“We have emergency procedures in place should significant flooding occur and our teams are on standby ready to respond quickly to any reports of flooding in the city if the heavy rain arrives."

Police say a 78-year-old man "showed no real remorse" when his great-grandson died after being shot with a pellet gun in Sproatley.

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Albert Grannon, from Church Lane, Sproatley, today pleaded guilty to manslaughter with police saying he had "finally admitted his guilt and faced up to the enormity of his action".

His great-grandson Stanley Metcalf, died in hospital after being hit in the abdomen by a pellet from an airgun in Sproatley on July 26 2018.

Mr Grannon appeared at Hull Crown Court where he also admitted possessing an air rifle without holding a firearms certificate with the case adjourned for sentencing.

After the case, Det Insp Rebecca Dickinson said: "This was an extremely tragic incident where a 6-year-old boy who had all his life ahead of him had it cut so needlessly short.

"It makes it all the more tragic that it was a member of his own family who was ultimately responsible for his untimely death."

A 14-year-old boy was robbed by a group of teenagers in Dewsbury.

The youngster was kicked and punched by the group in Earlsheaton Park on Friday 31 May.

West Yorkshire Police say they tried to take his mobile phone but made away with £13 in cash after a dog walker shouted at them.,

Officers want to hear from anyone who witnessed the incident between 13:45 and 14:45.

Paige Gibson, 23, was treated by paramedics at the scene in Halifax but later died in hospital.

A fleet of ice cream vans will be out on the streets of Hull this week playing their chimes and jingles to create a "mesmerising symphony" as part of a music festival in the city.

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The seven ice cream vans, each with their own individual harmony, will "call out to one another" at various locations across the city to create a "beautifully nostalgic score".

Hull composer Dan Jones has come up with the piece, called Music For Seven Ice Cream Vans, which will feature in the PRS Foundation’s New Music Biennial.

The free event, which promises to provide a unique snapshot of contemporary music in the UK today, will be in London from 5 to 7 July before coming to Hull on 12 to 14 July.

No play is possible at Guildford on day one of Surrey's County Championship Division One game with Yorkshire because of rain.

Workers at the National Railway Museum in York and the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford are to be balloted on strike action in a row over pay.

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The Prospect union said its members at the two sites, as well as several other museums run by the Science Museum Group, will vote in the next few weeks over whether to launch a campaign of action.

The union said the move followed the imposition of a below-inflation pay rise of 1.5%, claiming workers had suffered a 13% real-terms pay cut since 2010.

Prospect negotiations officer Sharon Brown said: "Our members in the Science Museum Group love what they do, but they cannot carry on with year after year of real-terms pay cuts.

"For years, our members' pay has risen by less than inflation and the imposition this year of yet another below-inflation, 1.5% pay rise is especially galling when the director has seen his pay increase by a third in just four years."

The crew of a police helicopter on a training flight above Leeds today has snapped a veritable vista of panoramic views.

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Members of the National Police Air Service said: "These days there are some big cranes in Leeds we have to avoid!"

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There's a blue one looming right of centre in the picture below.

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