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Concerns have been raised about testing reliability after a family from Leeds received conflicting results about whether their eight-year-old son had coronavirus.

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Archie Hume received a positive result on Saturday but two days later a text message said he had tested negative.

Father Max Hume said it took further phone calls to establish that his son did have the virus.

Mr Hume said: "The concern is, if we'd have received that text message within 48 hours we'd have been out most of the weekend with a little boy who was carrying the virus."

Meanwhile, another family had to wait five days to access a test for their 13-year-old son who was showing symptoms of the virus.

After trying more than 200 times, Natalie Murdin said the only appointment she was offered was at a test centre in Darlington - 53 miles away from their home in York.

The government said it was providing tests on an unprecedented scale.

A charity helping male victims of domestic abuse receives 60% more pleas for help than a year ago.

Selby FC planned to sign Reece Thompson but changed its mind when Reeds Rains withdrew support.

Estate agents say the "unusual" extra is available with the property, which adjoins a graveyard.

A Leeds theatre's announced its Christmas pantomime won't now go ahead because expected guidance on indoor social distancing from the government will come "too late".

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The Carriageworks Theatre says this year's Aladdin panto is now postponed until 2021 - the first time in the venue’s history the annual pantomime has been cancelled.

Pantomime producer Paul Holman said: “It's with great sadness we've come to the unprecedented conclusion we have no other choice but to postpone this year’s production of Aladdin.

"With no further government guidance on social distancing expected until at least November, even if we were given the go-ahead at that time, it would be too late to put together a production on the scale we'd want to present," he added.

Meanwhile, Matthew Sims, from Leeds City Council, said: “Last year’s production of Sleeping Beauty played to over 20,000 people and we’re acutely aware postponing this year’s pantomime is a big loss to the local community."

Aladdin is now planned to run at the theatre from 26 November 2021 to 9 January 2022.

Lucy the pug needs daily medication for her heart.

A man has been arrested after a number of vehicles in Sheffield were damaged with acid, police say.

The 29-year-old was arrested yesterday on suspicion of criminal damage after vehicles were damaged when acid was thrown on them, according to the South Yorkshire force.

He has since been released under investigation.

Officers are appealing for CCTV images following the incidents on Carter Knowle Road and Montrose Road in Nether Edge.

Sgt James Marshall said: "As well as the arrest made yesterday, we have seized a significant amount of materials, including CCTV footage, that we will now be reviewing as part of the investigation.

“I would continue to appeal to anyone who has information to contact us, especially people living on these roads who might have CCTV footage of the incidents. Even small bits of footage could help us with our inquiries.”

One person has been safely rescued after a car went into the River Ouse in York this afternoon, police say.

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Emergency crews were called to Skeldergate Bridge at about 16:30 and remain at the scene.

At least one person from the car is "safe", but it's unconfirmed how many people were in the vehicle when it entered the water, according to police.

Members of the Yorkshire and Humber Marine and Underwater Search Unit are on their way to the scene.

The road is currently closed to allow emergency services to deal with the incident, officers add.

Sheffield Hallam's vice chancellor wants financial help for students during coronavirus pandemic.

A brewery in South Yorkshire says it's faced an "absolute nightmare" over the last six months as it's tried to continue trading during the coronavirus lockdown.

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Family-run Acorn Brewery, which is based in Wombwell, Barnsley, has been making beer since 2003.

But because of the pandemic it has lost more than half its staff through redundancy and furlough.

Head brewer and managing director Dave Hughes (pictured above) said the new 22:00 curfew on pubs being introduced from Thursday will be tough on his business, with fewer barrels of beer already being sold.

He said: “We have to do what the government says, but it’s tough. It seems our sector has been hit and hit and hit.

"If our numbers drop again, it would be very worrying. We’ve been established 17 years but that can soon go if we get another full lockdown.

“It’s been an absolute nightmare the past six months. As business owners the stress and anxiety it’s caused is not good at all. It had just started to feel like we were seeing a few green shoots, but now they have been trimmed away."

Mr Hughes added that most pubs are "very, very safe" and that he felt safer in a pub "than doing my daily shopping".

Conservationists say they would like a ban on super trawlers in British waters to protect whales.

A bride-to-be from South Yorkshire has described how she cried after Boris Johnson announced the maximum number of people allowed at weddings is being cut from 30 to 15.

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From Monday 28 September, only 15 people will be able to attend weddings and civil partnerships in groups of six due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Funerals can still take place with up to 30 people

Beth Turner, who is due to marry her partner Andrew Taylor next month in Sheffield, said she had been upset by the "initial shock" after the Prime Minister's announcement, but was now trying to focus on the positives.

"Once you realise what's happening and that your wedding day is not going to be your wedding day anymore you think, OK, we will just have to get on with it. There are worse things happening to other people, we're not losing our jobs, we have to look for the positives," she said.

Mr Taylor said despite the reduction in guest numbers, the suggestion the restrictions could remain in place for at least six months "at least gives us some confidence we can do the important bit on the day".

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Images have been released of how Scarborough Hospital will look when a planned multi-million pound transformation is completed.

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In 2018, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust announced it had successfully bid for the goverment funding to create a Combined Emergency Assessment Unit as part of a £40m conversion of the site.

Just over half that amount is to be used to create the unit, which would see surgeons and the medical staff working together at the front door of the emergency unit.

The unit will be created alongside the Emergency Department and the on-site Urgent Treatment Centre, creating a “comprehensive and integrated” urgent and emergency care hub.

The work is scheduled to be completed in October 2023.

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When the funding was announced in 2018, the then chief executive of York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Mike Proctor, said: “This much-needed development means we can improve and streamline how patients are assessed, admitted and treated, which should reduce the time people wait in the department, and ultimately improve patient safety.”

In addition to the improvements to the Emergency Department, the funds will also enable essential infrastructure upgrades on the Scarborough site, including several million pounds being used to upgrade the hospital’s power supply.

A major music festival which was due to be held in Leeds in November after being postponed earlier in the year due to the coronavirus pandemic will not now go ahead, it's been confirmed.

The Live at Leeds festival began in 2007 and has been held every year since at venues and spaces across the city, attracting about 10,000 people.

However, due to the pandemic, the event - featuring about 200 artists and over 20 stages - was moved from its original date on the May Day bank holiday weekend to Saturday 28 November.

But in a statement, organisers now say, external: "With current guidance it's now clear that won't be possible and certainly wouldn't be the Live at Leeds experience we've all grown to enjoy."

They add that "some exciting things" will instead be planned for Live at Leeds 2021 and refunds for this year's event will be available from point of purchase.

Firefighters will continue tackling a farm blaze in Bramley, Rotherham "for some time yet", South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say.

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Crews were called to Gorse Field Farm at about 06:00 this morning to reports of thousands of tonnes of wood chips on fire.

In total, seven fire engines are at the scene which is now involving about 300 tonnes of wood chips and 300 tonnes of green waste.

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The fire service said: "We expect to be here for some time yet and urge anyone living locally to close their windows and doors, to avoid the smoke plume."

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Huddersfield hooker Adam O'Brien is set to miss the rest of the season after suffering a neck injury earlier this month.

The planned £30m development in East Yorkshire is believed to be a new distribution centre for Amazon.

Police have issued an "urgent" appeal for information about a man missing from Bradford since Monday evening.

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Martin Cawley, 44, was last seen at about 22:00 on 21 September in Bowling Old Lane.

He was wearing a black woollen beanie hat, a black knee-length coat with a red hooded top underneath and grey jeans.

Officers say he was also carrying a dark coloured backpack and a large white bag.

Anyone with information about Mr Cawley's whereabouts, "including Martin himself", is being asked to get in touch with police.

Police have issued this image of a "ride-by" robber who targeted a teenage girl in Leeds city centre in the hope someone will recognise him:

Image source, West Yorkshire Police

The 17-year-old victim was walking to work in Call Lane at about 08:55 on Friday 31 July when the male cycled up behind her, grabbed her phone and rode off with it, say police.

Although the image doesn't show the suspect's face, officers say they hope people might recognise the suspect's clothing and bike.

Anyone with any information about the male in the image is being asked to contact police.