Local Democracy Reporting Service

A proposal to allow motorcyclists to use bus lanes in Leeds is to be looked at by councillors.

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It follows a request from the Leeds Motorcycle Action Group, which says doing so would improve safety for motorcyclists and help tackle congestion and air quality problems in the city.

At a meeting where the proposal was raised councillor Neil Buckley said: "It’s difficult to justify to the public having a bus lane that is completely empty most of the time and say motorbikes can’t go into it.”

But councillor Ron Grahame was concerned about placing motorcyclists near cycle lanes.

He said: “To put a motorbike in between there, it can lead to a fatality, I think it’s far too risky.”

The scrutiny board is now set to discuss the idea in more depth at a future meeting.

BBC News Travel

If you're making a journey on the rails in Yorkshire this Thursday morning, most services appear to be running on time so far.

For all the latest live updates from the county's main railway stations, click on the links below:

• York Station, external
• Leeds Station, external
• Sheffield Station, external
• Hull Station, external
• Doncaster Station, external
• Wakefield Westgate, external
• Bradford Interchange, external
• Bradford Forster Square, external

South Yorkshire Police will get an extra £1.6m to tackle violent crime.

The Home Office funding is to pay for a violence reduction unit (VRU), similar to Glasgow's which launched after a rise in crime there.

The South Yorkshire VRU will enlist experts to address the causes of knife crime, the region's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) said.

Knife crime in South Yorkshire almost doubled in the last nine years.

South Yorkshire's PCC, Dr Alan Billings, said Sheffield had eight fatal stabbings in in 2018 and nearly 1,000 offences involving a knife that same year.

He said Glasgow's 10-year strategy had dramatically cut murders and stabbings.

A 71-year-old man from East Yorkshire has gone missing overnight, police say.

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The Humberside force says it is 'concerned for the safety of Eric Wright' who is missing from Thorngumbald.

Mr Wright is described as 5ft 11ins tall, with white, thinning hair, a grey beard and glasses.

Officers say they believe he may have headed towards Bempton.

Anyone who sees him is being asked to contact police.

BBC Weather

Today will see areas of patchy rain and drizzle with some areas remaining largely dry.

There will be sunny spells too and a gentle to moderate breeze.

Any lingering daytime rain should clear this evening to leave a dry night with lengthy clear spells:

A seaside resort in Yorkshire wants its own version of the London Eye.

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Scarborough Borough Council has issued a tender document to try and attract a temporary observation wheel.

The authority said it would be located on the site of the former Futurist Theatre.

The council stated any observation wheel would not be a "fairground attraction" and would be in place for 28 days at first, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Steve Siddons, leader of Scarborough Borough Council, said: "I promised we would look for a high-quality use for the site when I was elected and this proposal will fit the bill.

"Having an additional high-quality attraction on the seafront will benefit the South Bay until plans for a permanent solution are finalised."

A man has been arrested after a group of people were seen fighting in Leeds city centre.

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Police say they were called to the area around Nuffield Hospital and Leeds Magistrates' Court at 21:00.

Officers say the group ran away and one man was arrested.

A charity for terminally ill children warns hospices are under threat unless the NHS increases funding.

Barnsley sign goalkeeper Brad Collins on a four-year deal following his release by Chelsea.

Yorkshireman Oliver Hannon-Dalby takes his first eight-wicket match haul as Warwickshire limit Yorkshire's progress at York.

An inquest hears Patrick Boothroyd and his friend fell when a cornice broke off the mountainside.

This is the moment a crash left a car on its roof in Leeds yesterday.

CCTV footage from the scene on Harehills Lane shows a black BMW colliding with a silver car.

Nobody was seriously injured and the driver of the BMW was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving, according to West Yorkshire Police:

Teaching staff at Bradford College will strike for three days in July over job cuts and pay.

A man is wanted by police after a seven-year-old boy was sworn at and had his arm broken after being pushed off a slide in a Hull playground.

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The boy is said to have been hurt in Grasby Park on Saturday 1 June at about 18:00.

It's thought the boy was pushed off the slide by the man in retaliation after one of his daughters was pushed off the slide by the seven-year-old.

The boy was also sworn at during the altercation with left him with a broken arm.

The father-of-two has been described as white, between 30 and 40, with short black hair. He was wearing a long-sleeved black top and white shorts.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Wakefield’s Conservative party has been fined £200 by the Electoral Commission.

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The organisation failed to file its 2017 statement of accounts on time, according to the Commission, the independent body which oversees the conduct of elections, parties and candidates.

In a statement, the Commission said the group had paid the fine last month.

Wakefield Conservative Association chairman David Hopkins said the error had occurred as a result of information arriving late from one of its ward branches.

“The accounts were filed around nine or 10 days late, beyond the deadline,” Mr Hopkins said.

Calls for East Riding of Yorkshire Council to declare a "climate emergency" have been rejected by the authority.

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The council's two Yorkshire Party councillors, supported by Lib Dems, had proposed the local authority took the step, saying it would drive home to residents the urgency of tackling global warming.

But the council's ruling Conservative group has voted instead to write to the government asking it to provide extra funding, saying East Yorkshire was already making great efforts to tackle global warming.

Dozens of areas around the UK have said there is a climate emergency, but while there's no single definition of what that means, many areas say they want to be carbon-neutral by 2030.

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A woman in her 20s has received hospital treatment for a stab wound following an attack in Stokesley.

She also suffered superficial injuries to her head.

The attack happened on Allen Grove 17:30 on 2 June.

A youth is believed to have shouted threats of further violence towards the victim and also made threats to damage the woman’s car.

A woman in her 50s and a 15-year-old girl have been arrested and released on bail.

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The death of an experienced climber from West Yorkshire who fell at least 1,300ft down Ben Nevis was a "tragic accident", an inquest has heard.

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Patrick Boothroyd, 21, from Honley, in Huddersfield, died after he and Leon Grabowski were caught in a mini-avalanche as they scaled the mountain in December.

Bradford Coroners' Court heard an overhanging ledge of snow broke off as Mr Grabowski tried to cut through it.

A post-mortem examination found Mr Boothroyd died from chest, head and pelvis injuries.

Emergency services in South Yorkshire are using a special location app to find people who may have become lost or injured and don't have an internet signal.

An algorithm developed by start-up company what3words divides the entire world into 57 trillion separate areas, each 97 sq ft in size, and gives each a unique three-word address.

For example, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue's main building's co-ordinates are known in the app as "rang.onion.entertainer".

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service and South Yorkshire Police are now using the app, which needs to be downloaded onto a phone but can then work when no internet is available.

The application is particularly used by walkers who might not be able to rely on landmarks or postcodes to direct emergency services. Here's how it works:

The accident and emergency department at York Hospital is very busy at the moment, according to health service bosses.

Management at A&E are asking people to consider alternative services such as a GP before going to hospital: