Teachers have had plenty of time to complete training ahead of schools reopening, say critics.

Since football was halted in mid-March, the soundings from Championship clubs has been that they have wanted to finish the season.

As it stands, sides are due to resume training on Monday with an aim of trying to restart the season next month alongside the Premier League.

As league leaders, Leeds are desperate to complete the campaign to try to secure promotion to the Premier League for the first time since 2004, and chief executive Angus Kinnear says it would be a "national embarrassment" if the Championship season does not resume.

A woman who died following an incident at a house in Doncaster has been named as Amanda Sedgwick.

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The 49-year-old was found dead at a property in Manor Way in Askern on Wednesday.

A 48-year-old man who was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder has since been released under investigation, police say.

Ms Sedgwick's family are being supported by specially trained officers, South Yorkshire Police added.

Anybody with information regarding her death is asked to get in touch with the force.

A man has been charged by police in connection with a stabbing that left a Leeds student injured.

The 19-year-old victim was stabbed in the back on St Michael’s Lane, Headingley, on Tuesday night in what police have described as a "random" attack

A 33-year-old man from Headingley has been charged by police with causing grievous bodily harm with intent and possession of a knife in relation to the incident.

He is due to appear before court today.

Leeds United chief executive Angus Kinnear says it would be a "national embarrassment" if the Championship season does not resume.

The impact of the coronavirus pandemic has even been felt this morning, with League One side Doncaster Rovers' senior players agreeing to defer some of their wages until fans are able to attend games again.

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Almost £500,000 worth of drugs has been seized, weapons taken off the streets and over 30 people arrested in connection with a number of shootings in Sheffield earlier this month, police say.

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Police were called to Nether Edge, Sharrow and Burngreave after four shooting incidents within 24 hours on Friday 8 May.

Nobody was seriously injured.

South Yorkshire Police officers have since carried out warrants in the city, seizing £40,000 worth of Class A drugs and more than £400,000 worth of cannabis.

Cars and weapons have also been seized by officers carrying out vehicle stops, with 32 people being arrested, the force said.

Det Ch Insp Jamie Henderson said: "This type of work does hit profits and it does disrupt serious organised criminality, ultimately making our streets safer.

"It is only with your help that we can tackle the roots of organised criminality in our city, if we can do this, we remove violence from our streets.

"We are working hard to disrupt this activity, we’re getting results, but the more information we have, the more we can do."

Doncaster Rovers' senior players agree to defer some of their wages until fans are able to attend games again.

A project that stops food going to landfill says it's hoping to feed 35,000 people in Leeds in just three hours today.

The Real Junk Food Project hopes to distribute food to thousands of families after McCains, in Hull, donated 19 tonnes of frozen chips to the organisation.

Adam Smith, founder of The Real Junk Food Project, said: "The hardship faced by so many, shouldn’t be made more difficult by not having access to food, especially in an age where surplus is generated on such vast levels.

"This is simply people coming together to try and do the right thing and empower the young people to keep being positive."

The Bradford mosque argues the rules breach human rights to practise religion and cause "deep distress".

A £10,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the conviction of the person responsible for the death of a woman who was strangled and stabbed to death 23 years ago.

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Patricia Grainger, 25, was found dead in the Parson Cross area of Sheffield on 10 August 1997 after she had been missing for almost a week.

Her partially-naked body was face down in water, submerged by the weight of a divan bed base placed on top of her

She had been sexually assaulted before she was strangled and stabbed.

The charity Crimestoppers has now offered the £10,000 reward for information given to them that leads to the arrest and conviction of the people responsible for her death.

Half of the money has been put forward by Patricia's family.

Her son, Danny Grainger, said: "My vulnerable mum was treated in the most sickening way possible, used and abused as if she wasn't human.

"Someone out there knows what happened to Pat. No more secrets.

"No one should be able to get away with such a terrible crime on an innocent young mum."

People living in Hull could be at risk of a second wave of Covid-19 infections "more severe than the first" due to the city's relative isolation, a hospital doctor has warned.

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Dr Patrick Lillie, a consultant in infectious diseases for Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, said the city's coronavirus peak, which came a few weeks ago, was "not as high as we had originally planned for" and suggested one of the reasons may be its "relative geographical isolation".

He said: "While this is good news initially, and while the numbers of people in our hospitals being treated for COVID are now reducing, we are by no means out of the woods yet.

“Because fewer people in the region were affected during this first peak, it means that we have more people who have not been exposed to the virus at all yet.

"Should there be a second peak, for example if there’s an outbreak in a large care home or people begin to flout social distancing rules, Hull could quite feasibly experience a second peak which is more severe than the first.”

He added: "Overall, the data shows we are currently heading in the right direction, but it’s important that this isn’t seen as permission to relax or drop your guard."

Drivers on part of the M62 will face fewer roadworks than they might have been expecting over the next 12 months after repairs to a major bridge were finished a whole year ahead of schedule.

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The Ouse Bridge, which spans the River Ouse between Goole and Howden, needed more than 200 bearings replaced, with work starting in May 2018.

The bearings allow the bridge to move as it grows and shrinks slightly with temperature changes.

It's the first time the bearings have been replaced since the bridge was built in 1976, and the project had been expected to take three years.

However, Highways England says its teams have completed the work faster than expected and the 50mph speed limit will be removed by the end of August.

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A father who has spent 26 days in hospital while his son undergoes chemotherapy has described it as the "hardest thing I've ever done".

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James Stephenson and his four-year-old son, Oliver, have not set foot outside Leeds General Infirmary since 27 April.

Oliver is being treated for stage four neuroblastoma, having been diagnosed with the rare cancer in January.

His mum, Laura, 34, and two-year-old brother, Alfie, have been unable to visit since he began the treatment.

"Oliver can't go out of his room at all," said Mr Stephenson.

"I can go out of the room and walk 15 yards up the corridor to get a drink but that's as far as I can go."

The family have been hoping to raise £230,000, external to get Oliver to New York to take part in a clinical trial for a vaccine aimed at reducing the chance of relapse.

Their campaign has been backed by Wet Wet Wet singer Marti Pellow, external and Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet.

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Two men are due to appear in court later charged with the murder of a man who died following reports of a fight in Sheffield.

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Paul Crossley was found with a head injury after police were called to reports of a group of men fighting on Longley Hall Way last Friday.

Mr Crossley, 53, was taken to hospital for treatment but died on Tuesday morning.

Two men, 43 and 44, have been remanded in custody ahead of an appearance at Sheffield Magistrates' Court later.

Sheffield United say Prince Abdullah remains their owner - despite Companies House suggesting otherwise.

Part of a new £45m university building in Sheffield will have to be pulled down and rebuilt after contractors found an issue with the ground it's being built on.

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The University of Sheffield's new social sciences building is being built on a former dam and reservoir on Northumberland Road.

But it said contractor BAM had found a problem on the site which will delay the project by up to 15 months.

BAM said the problem involved the piling of the structure, meaning part of the building which had already been constructed would have to be demolished and rebuilt.

It said: "There was settlement occurring in excess of that which would normally be expected in a structure of this nature."

Following an investigation, it said "the best course of action would be to partly dismantle some of the current structural frame...then rebuild it".

The university said the "significant delay" would push the opening of the building back until summer 2022 - a delay of between 10-15 months.

The remedial work will involving piling deeper into the ground to create a more suitable foundation, it said.

Despite the delay "there will be no extra cost to the university", it added.

A five-year-old boy is recovering at home after developing a rare inflammatory disease linked to coronavirus.

Harry Fields was taken to Leeds General Infirmary after falling ill with a high temperature and severe abdominal pains.

His mother, Hannah, said: "I was so frightened. You just can't believe it's happening to you."

Up to 100 children in the UK have been affected and studies suggest the same reaction is being seen in children elsewhere in Europe.

Doctors say it is likely to be caused by a delayed immune response to the virus which looks like Kawasaki disease, a rare condition that mainly affects children under the age of five:

Hull Fair has been officially cancelled for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, it's been confirmed.

A statement from Hull City Council says the decision to cancel the annual fair, which dates back to the 13th Century, was made "with huge disappointment".

The statement adds: "We have never faced a situation like this in its 742-year history.

"Sadly, the risks posed by mass gatherings during the Covid-19 pandemic are too great and it is our responsibility to minimise that risk to the public."

Hull Fair is one of Europe's largest and oldest travelling funfairs, dating back to 1278.

Usually held over a week in October every year, the fair attracts several hundreds of thousands of visitors to the city.