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People are being warned not to go to Calderdale Royal Hospital’s A&E department unless their condition is "serious or life-threatening" due to increasing pressure on the service caused by Covid-19.

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The call has come from Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust which says people who are Covid-19 positive have been turning up at A&E, which is extremely dangerous for both patients and NHS staff.

In a statement, the trust says there's also recently been a rise in the number of people visiting A&E with very minor injuries which could have be treated quicker by other health and care services.

If a person feels unwell and requires medical advice, they should call 111, their GP or in an emergency, 999, the trust says.

Helen Barker, the trust's chief operating officer, said the hospital's A&E department was for the treatment of serious and life-threatening injuries and conditions only.

She said: "These can include persistent and severe chest pains, burns, loss of consciousness and the symptoms of stroke, and severe bleeding that can’t be stopped.

“Please use common sense and ask if you need to go to A&E," she added.

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A scheme to ban traffic from outside schools during drop-off and pick-up times will be trialled in 10 Bradford primaries, it's been confirmed.

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There have long been calls for Bradford Council to implement “school streets” in the district, and the authority has now announced that two schools in each of the district's constituencies will be part of the pilot scheme.

An attempt to reduce pollution levels around schools and encourage more families to walk or cycle, the pilot will see traffic on a number of roads around the schools limited at morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up times.

There are already numerous School Street projects in neighbouring Calderdale.

Bradford Council has yet to name which schools will be involved – saying they are currently in talks with schools and local councillors.

The trial is likely to begin later this year, and if a success, School Streets could be rolled out to schools across Bradford.

A council spokesman said: “For those who can’t avoid driving their towards their child’s school, it is hoped they will park some distance away from the school gates and walk the rest, providing them with an easy way to get more exercise and help make schools safer and reduce harmful car exhaust emissions in the air around the schools.”

Access arrangements will be made for people living on the affected streets and for businesses, while some vehicles, such as the emergency services, and people with mobility issues, will be exempt from the restrictions.

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Three businesses in Kirklees have been ordered to close for breaching Covid-19 regulations and hosting weddings with more than 15 people present, the council has said.

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Two banqueting halls in Dewsbury and a hotel in the Liversedge and Gomersal area have been closed after council officers and police visited them "on a number of occasions".

The venues were found to be holding wedding receptions for between 50-150 people, breaching the government’s national restriction of no more than 15 guests due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The necessary Covid-19 safety measures were also not being followed at each venue, with a lack of social distancing, especially at arrival and departure, the council adds.

However, a pub in Huddersfield which was instructed to close on 25 September has now been able to reopen after making necessary improvements, the authority says.

Councillor Rob Walker, cabinet member for environment, says: "Our aim is to support local business by giving praise where due, providing advice when required, challenging poor practices and behaviour, and only taking stronger action where necessary."

An appeal for witnesses has been launched after a man was glassed in a Sheffield pub's beer garden.

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A 34-year-old man received injuries to his face in the attack while he was sitting at a table in the garden of the Nursery Tavern pub at about 21:00 on Saturday 12 September, police say.

The man was taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries.

A 30-year-old man has been interviewed in connection with the assault and has been released while an investigation is carried out, according to South Yorkshire Police.

A force spokesperson said: "The beer garden was busy at the time the incident occurred and officers want to hear from anyone who witnessed the assault."

The 25ft (7.5m) animal, thought to be a young female, was spotted washed up on the beach at Spurn.

An "urgent" warning has been issued to parents after "drug-laced sweets" were seized in a North Yorkshire town.

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The discovery was made after four teenagers were arrested in Ripon on Thursday afternoon on suspicion of possession with intent to supply Class B drugs, money laundering and weapons offences.

Among the items seized by police were "carefully disguised sweets" which officers "strongly believe" are laced with controlled drugs, according to the North Yorkshire force.

Anyone consuming items similar to these could be at risk of serious harm and parents are now being urged to be vigilant, police say.

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Police say: "These so-called 'edibles' pose a risk to young people across York and North Yorkshire."

Three of the arrested teenagers have since been released under investigation and a fourth has been bailed while inquiries continue, officers say.

A delivery driver who raped a vulnerable woman in the back of his van in East Yorkshire after offering her a lift has been jailed for 12 years.

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Richard Ramsey, 34, attacked the woman after picking her up as she was walking towards Driffield on 25 November.

Humberside Police said Ramsey had passed her once before circling back and asking her if she wanted to get in.

He suggested she could accompany him while he made his deliveries and a short time later asked her to assist him at the back of the van where he then raped her.

He then took her to Driffield and drove off, leaving her "upset and confused".

Det Con Paul Tyrer said: "This was a targeted attack on a vulnerable young woman, who Ramsey took advantage of for his own gratification."

Ramsey, of Ings Lane, Bedale, was convicted of two counts of rape after a trial at Hull Crown Court.

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A coronavirus outbreak has been confirmed at a 999 call handling centre in West Yorkshire.

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The Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) centre in Wakefield has confirmed that cases of Covid-19 have been detected.

A source at the union Unison said it was understood that about 19 staff had tested positive, but YAS would not comment on the numbers.

The service said it had assistance for 999 call handling from a centre in York and other ambulance trusts.

YAS said callers would be asked the same questions and where an emergency ambulance was required in the Yorkshire and Humber region it would be dispatched from Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

A Unison source said the only information available to them was that there had been around 19 people who had tested positive for the virus, but there were no figures provided for the number of people working at the site or how many other staff were self-isolating.

A 12-year-old boy was left injured and "shaken" after being pushed from his bike into oncoming traffic in York earlier this week, police say.

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It happened between 16:40 and 17:00 on Wednesday at the junction of Boroughbridge Road and Beckfield Lane in Acomb.

The boy, who was on his bike, was pushed by an unknown male into the road and suffered an injury to his ankle which needed hospital treatment, according to North Yorkshire Police.

Anyone who saw what happened, including anybody with dash cam footage of the assault, is being asked to contact police.

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Dead animals and household waste are among the items being dumped near a stream in West Yorkshire by people fly-tipping.

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The site, which is an isolated spot alongside Nab Water, near Oxenhope, has seen an increase in rubbish being left there in recent months.

Yorkshire Water said it had taken steps to prevent rubbish going into the stream but more needed to be done and has submitted an application to build a fence to deter the fly-tippers.

It told the Local Democracy Reporting Service the rubbish was not thought to have caused any contamination so far.

The rubbish, which has been dumped there since May, includes multiple sheep heads, 30 goose carcasses, soiled nappies and more than 100 bags of household waste, Yorkshire Water said.

Deborah Feldhaus, head of Water Quality and Production at Yorkshire Water, said: "The area has had issues with fly-tipping for some time, but this has escalated recently with more waste than normal being dumped and we have concerns this could impact the water going into the beck in future.

"We've been working with Bradford Council to find a solution and we hope the higher fencing will deter people from discarding waste in future."

Rebecca Poulsen, Conservative councillor for Worth Valley, said the situation had worsened during the coronavirus lockdown when household recycling centres were closed.

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Chairs which had been screwed to the floor at York Crematorium to make sure mourners kept to social distancing guidelines due to the coronavirus pandemic have now been unfastened, it's been confirmed.

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Funeral director Martin Rowley raised concerns about grieving family members being able to hug each other during services after an incident in Milton Keynes when a son was told to move away from his mother during his father’s funeral because of social distancing.

Mr Rowley asked City of York Council to urgently review its arrangement, which saw chairs screwed to the floor at York Crematorium to prevent them from being moved.

He said this year has been one of the worst times to lose a loved one and that most venues now allow family groups to sit together.

City of York Council said the arrangements at the crematorium had been reviewed in light of the incident in Milton Keynes.

A spokesperson said: “Following a review and in consideration of public health advice, chairs will placed unsecured in the social-distanced format."

In response, Mr Rowley said: “I’m glad the council has reviewed its position and will now allow those families the right to comfort each other at the service.”

Drugs worth £1.3m have been removed from the streets of northern Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire by specialist officers in recent months, according to Humberside Police.

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Officers have also seized 63 cars, recovered 10 stolen vehicles and stolen property to the value of almost £5,000 over the last 10 months, the force says.

Police have made at least 120 arrests, as well as providing the force with information and intelligence.

The unit works alongside teams across the force to prevent suspects from coming into or leaving the area. It combines information and intelligence to plan targeted strikes.

Sgt Will Knapp said: “The work we do targets the people who cause the most harm and we hope word is now getting around that Humberside is not a place where you can get away with it.”

A crumbling community arts centre in Bradford is about to be given a new "warm and dry" lease of life when work to transform it begins next month.

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South Square in Thornton is made up of a dozen Grade II-listed workers' cottages dating from 1832.

It currently houses a local history archive, three galleries, 14 artist studios, community and workshop spaces and a vegetarian cafe bar.

Earlier this year it was handed over by Bradford Council to the charity, which currently runs the centre on a 99-year lease.

The centre was saved by a community campaign and has since been awarded almost £1m, mostly from lottery grants, for a refurbishment as well as new projects and traineeships.

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Yvonne Carmichael from South Square said: "The money means we can undertake a three-year heritage activity programme working with local people, schools and care homes.

"We'll also be able to renovate, which means we'll have a dry and warm building at the end of it."

The centre has continued projects throughout the coronavirus lockdown, including garden gigs with care homes, Zoom workshops for people shielding, family activity kits and interviewing former residents of the workers cottages.

Planned changes to the government's approach to tackling the coronavirus pandemic are making things "difficult and confusing" and affecting people's mental health, York's health boss says.

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A tiered system of measures for England is expected to be announced within days in an effort to stall rising infection rates.

York's director of public health, Sharon Stoltz, says she had understood that York would be going on the government's coronavirus "watch list" this week, but now believes there will be an announcement "sometime on Monday."

She says: "Not knowing what's happening makes things incredibly difficult. I spent much of yesterday with the leaders of the council trying to work out what messages we're going to be able to give to residents of York on Monday.

"We've had to prepare three different media statements, because we don't know which one we're going to use."

She added: "It makes it incredibly difficult for people in York, who I think are becoming increasingly confused about what they're allowed and not allowed to do. It compounds the impact on people's mental well being."

The death of a British backpacker in Malaysia remains a mystery six years on, an inquest has heard.

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Gareth Huntley, 33, from Leeds, disappeared on Tioman Island on 27 May 2014. His body was found on 4 June.

At a hearing in Wakefield, West Yorkshire coroner Jane Alam said decomposition meant the cause of his death was not clear.

In a narrative conclusion, she said a third-party could not be ruled out but "no positive findings" supported this.

The inquest heard Mr Huntley was working as a volunteer for the Juara Tutle project when set off on a walk to a local waterfall.

When he did not return, extensive searches were launched and his remains were eventually found a short distance from a police command post.

"How Gareth came by his death remains unknown," Ms Alam said.

Mr Huntley's family said the "mysterious circumstances" surrounding his death had compounded their pain.

A car was set on fire and bricks and fireworks thrown at police in an incident in Castleford last month, police have revealed.

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Officers were called to reports of a memorial being held at The Green on the evening of Friday 25 September, with over 500 people in attendance.

A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police says: "On arrival,bricks and fireworks were thrown at police and into the crowd. A car was set on fire and damage was caused to the village green."

A 19-year old was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence and has since been bailed while an investigation takes place, the force says.

Det Insp Sarah Degnan says: "All assaults on emergency workers are totally and utterly unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

"I would like to appeal to anyone who was at this gathering to come forward with information. We are particularly keen to speak to people who has video footage of the disorder."