The family of a 91-year-old man are urging his wife's care home to allow them to create a bubble so he can visit her.

Michael Grantham uses a wheelchair and needs help to visit Marjorie, 89, at Holmwood Care Home in Sheffield.

He cannot visit as the home introduced a Covid policy allowing only a "single constant visitor" for each of their residents on 10 August.

The home said its policy was designed to "mitigate the risk of the virus".

Mr Grantham, who has been married to Marjorie for 33 years, said he missed his wife and felt like they had "lost a connection".

"I'm very sad about it. I'm trying to compensate by speaking to her on the telephone or video link but it's not the same."

Ex-school chaplain Robert Taylor dies in prison days after being jailed for child sex abuse.

A popular climber died after suffering multiple injuries in a fall in the Peak District, an inquest has found.

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John Allen, 61, from Sheffield, was coming down Stoney West crag in Derbyshire when he fell on 18 May.

Mr Allen - who "could have been the best climber in the world" but for a shoulder injury in his 20s - fell after a rope "appeared to ping" out of place, Chesterfield Coroner's Court heard.

A conclusion of accidental death was recorded.

Dr Muhammad Aamir Shahzad was unable to attend his uncle's funeral after a delay in renewing a visa.

Three brothers have been charged with child sex offences including rape and false imprisonment in Barrow between 2008 and 2010.

They are also charged with a number of offences in Leeds between 1996 and 2008.

The offences alleged in the Barrow area include:

• Shaha Amran Miah, 44, of no fixed abode, who is also known as Jai, faces charges of rape, sexual assault, kidnap and two counts of witness intimidation
• Shaha Alman Miah, 43, of no fixed abode, known to use the name ‘Ali’, is charged with two counts of sexual activity with a child aged under 16
• Shah Joman Miah, 34, of Warmsworth Road, Doncaster, also known as ‘Saj’ or ‘Sarj’ is charged with five counts of sexual activity with a child under the age of 16, two counts of false imprisonment and one count of sexual assault

The charges result from a joint investigation by West Yorkshire Police and Cumbria Police, and the three will appear before magistrates in Preston on 11 September.

Police say people should be aware that anything said or put on social media such as information likely to identify an alleged victim could be a criminal offence.

A number of people have gathered outside Halifax police station to protest after a video emerged appearing to show a police officer restraining a man and saying "chill out or I'll choke you out".

The video shows an officer wrestling a man to the ground before holding him with an arm around the neck.

West Yorkshire Police said the officer had been suspended and the incident had been referred to the force watchdog.

Earlier this afternoon demonstrators carrying placards saying 'We want justice' and 'I'll choke you out' gathered to express their concerns about the footage.

Two girls thought to be as young as 10 are believed to have been involved in a hate crime incident at a York nature reserve, say police.

The incident at St Nicholas Fields, near the reserve's office buildings, happened at about 16:00 on Saturday and also involved two boys aged 13 or 14 who were on bikes, according to North Yorkshire Police.

One of the girls is said to have made a homophobic comment to two victims. The boys are alleged to have made further homophobic comments, before throwing a full plastic bottle at one of the victims.

A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: “We are requesting the public’s assistance to help establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident.

"One of the girls was wearing a pink hooded top and one of the boys was wearing a black Nike hooded top."

Anyone who can help identify the children involved is asked to contact police.

The brother of Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi has refused to leave his cell for his sentencing hearing.

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Hashem Abedi was convicted of murdering 22 people - including several from Yorkshire - in the 2017 Manchester terror attack in March.

The Old Bailey heard the 23-year-old helped his brother to plan the "sudden and lethal" blast in which hundreds of people were injured.

A two-day sentencing hearing is under way but Abedi has refused to enter the courtroom.

Manchester-born Abedi, who was in Libya when his brother detonated the explosive, had denied helping to plan the attack at the end of an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.

At his trial, jurors were told how the brothers worked together to source materials used in the bombing.

On 17 March, he was found guilty of 22 counts of murder, one count of attempted murder - encompassing the injured survivors - and conspiring to cause explosions.

Sorrell Leczkowski, from Leeds, Marcin and Angelika Klis, who were both from Poland and lived in York, Kelly Brewster, from Sheffield, Wendy Fawell, from Otley, and Courtney Boyle from Gateshead, who was a student at Leeds Beckett University, were among those who died as a result of the bombing.

The Old Bailey was told some of the victim impact and witness statements should not be read in open court, but instead be considered by the judge in private.

Survivor Claire Booth, who was also injured in the attack, broke down in tears as she read her statement in memory of her sister Kelly Brewster, 32, from Sheffield.

"Since 22 May 2017 our family has not been the same - all our hearts are broken. It seems cruel that her life has been cut short," she said.

"My dad has not been able to walk his daughter down the aisle, my mum can't take her shopping for a wedding dress."

An otter's been spotted delighting people walking along the banks of Ripon Canal in North Yorkshire.

Image source, Mike Smith

These pictures were taken by Mike Smith, who says he'd heard of the otter being seen in the canal before, but had never actually seen it himself.

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Writing on social media, Mr Smith, who snapped the otter's fun and games yesterday, said: "I received a phone call from a friend telling me to get myself down to the canal.

"Apparently this little chap had been around for a couple of hours and he delighted us with a game of 'hunt the bubbles, hunt the otter' for a further hour."

A man has been rescued from a yacht after it ran aground in Penzance.

Lifeboats were scrambled to the scene early this morning after a mayday call came in from the 32ft vessel named Dynamite.

On arrival they found the anchor rope had come adrift and the Hull-registered yacht had been stranded on shingle and was being pounded by the waves.

The RNLI team did consider towing her out to sea but soon realised this was not an option.

Instead, Penzance coastguard rescue team helped the man off the boat. He was very shaken but unharmed.

The sailor was on his way to the Caribbean, BBC Radio Cornwall reports.

Almost all of Sheffield's playgrounds have reopened across the city as lockdown restrictions are eased during the coronavirus pandemic.

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More than 100 sites have already reopened following a clean and inspection, Sheffield City Council said.

Another handful of sites will reopen at the end of this week, the authority added.

Only one playground - at Hillsborough Park - remains closed because of vandalism.

The government gave the go-ahead for playgrounds and outdoor gyms to reopen in July following coronavirus restrictions being eased.

But Sheffield City Council held off fully-reopening the 154 sites until it was happy they would be safe to use, the authority said.

Wakefield Trinity sign Huddersfield Giants outside-back Innes Senior on a one-month loan deal.

Police have released an image of a man they want to speak to in connection with the theft of a mobile phone in Sheffield.

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It's reported that a 17-year-old girl was sitting in a wheelchair outside a shop when a man took her phone from her hand.

It happened at about 11:20 on Tuesday 11 August outside the Tesco on West Street.

Officers say the man pictured above could help police with their inquiries and they are keen to speak to him.

Police have made a new appeal for information following a crash near Wakefield which left a teenager in a "critical" condition.

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The collision, between a black Peugeot 206 and a grey Toyota Avensis, happened on Barewell Hill, Hemsworth, at about 12:45 last Saturday morning.

The Peugeot was travelling on Robin Lane, turning right onto Barewell Hill, while the Toyota was on Barewell Hill, travelling towards Barnsley Road.

A 17-year-old boy, who was a passenger in the Toyota, was seriously injured in the crash and remains in hospital in a stable condition.

Officers now say they want to speak to the driver of a dark-coloured Land Rover who may have seen the collision or been driving in the area at the time.

Three people who were arrested in connection with the crash have been released under investigation, police say.

Four men and a teenager have been charged after a man was found with potentially life-threatening injuries in Bridlington at the weekend.

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The victim was discovered by police in a critical condition at a property on Marshall Avenue at about 19:40 on Saturday evening.

A second man was also found seriously injured.

Four men and a 17-year-old boy have now been charged with two counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and one count of aggravated burglary.

They are due to appear before Hull Magistrates' Court later, according to Humberside Police.

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Bin collections in Barnsley may be disrupted following a blaze on Sunday night, according to bosses at one of the town's recycling sites.

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Fire crews were called at 22:35 to the Grange Lane waste transfer station, near Stairfoot, to reports that a fire had broken out in an area containing approximately 200 tonnes of unsorted household waste.

No-one was hurt at the recycling plant, which is owned by Barnsley Council and operated by Renewi, and damage was limited to the infrastructure.

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service investigators are still working to establish the cause.

Renewi bosses say any interruption to the service offered to the council will be minimised and the waste collected will be delivered to the main waste treatment facility in Rotherham, which is also operated by Renewi.

This is likely to mean some disruption to bin collections in Barnsley due to collection crews having to travel to Rotherham each time they unload waste, but plans are in place to keep disruption to a minimum, they say.

Simon Lund, from Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham Waste Partnership, said: “We are always aware of the dangers of items such as lithium batteries and disposable BBQs within the waste stream. Our security system worked well and the fire was detected immediately.

"We are extremely grateful to the fire services for their swift response and for the effective management of the situation," he added.

Pizza Express is to close 73 of its UK restaurants, including several branches across Yorkshire, with the potential loss of 1,100 jobs.

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The chain, which at the moment has 454 UK outlets, said it had cut a deal to reduce rent costs.

It said although most of its restaurants have been profitable over the past three years, earnings had been declining.

The outlets to close in Yorkshire are:

• Wakefield
• Halifax
• Leeds, Crown Street
• Leeds, Horsforth
• Northallerton
• Scarborough
• Sheffield, Devonshire Street
• Sheffield, The Moor

Zoe Bowley, Pizza Express's managing director for the UK and Ireland, said: "Unfortunately, the impact of the global pandemic has meant that we have had to make some incredibly tough decisions to safeguard Pizza Express for the long term."

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As the day progresses, it will become cloudy and windy with spells of rain.

Further rain is expected to sweep across Yorkshire overnight:

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Plans to introduce a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) in Leeds have been suspended for the foreseeable future, the city council has said.

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Improvements in air quality during the coronavirus pandemic could mean government support and funding being withdrawn, the council said.

The scheme, first proposed in 2016, would see owners of heavily polluting lorries, coaches, taxis and private hire vehicles charged for entering parts of the city, but private car owners and motorcycles would have been exempt.

A £6m camera system has already been installed to monitor the scheme, which was originally due to start in January and was delayed in March.

The council's deputy leader, James Lewis, said: "If the city's air pollution is expected to stay below legal limits then we will no longer have the support of the government to introduce a charging Clean Air Zone,"

Mr Lewis said the council was in discussions with the government about the scheme's future.

One care operator in Scarborough had an insurance quote at 880% more than their current premium.