A police officer is due to appear in court next month charged with unlawful and malicious wounding after a boy was injured at a South Yorkshire football match.

PC William Sampson, 26, has been charged after an incident following the Barnsley versus Sheffield Wednesday football match in February.

A 16-year-old boy was injured in the incident in Midland Street, Barnsley, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said.

An investigation was launched by the IOPC following the incident, which was completed in August.

A decision was then taken by the Crown Prosecution Service to charge the South Yorkshire Police officer.

Mr Sampson is due to appear at Leeds Magistrates’ Court on 2 December.

A lane on a Sheffield city centre road is closed this afternoon as efforts are made to move a derailed train:

The cement-carrying wagons derailed yesterday morning, delaying most services in and out of Sheffield.

The council says one lane on Sheaf Street remains closed as recovery work takes place.

The work is expected to take a few days, according to East Midlands Railway.

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People in Filey will be able to book tests at a new mobile coronavirus testing centre visiting the town in the coming days, it's been confirmed.

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The facility will be set up at Filey Country Park in Church Cliff Drive and will be open tomorrow and Sunday.

It comes after Filey saw one of the biggest jumps in case numbers in the borough of Scarborough.

In the seven days up to 6 November, Filey and Hunmanby recorded 66 new Covid-19 cases, a jump of 22 on the previous week.

The infection rate for the Filey area now stands at 569 per 100,000 people, above the average for the borough which is at 512.

The testing has been organised by the Department of Health and Social Care which has warned people to not just turn up but make an appointment first.

Four men and a woman have been arrested following a "targeted" firearms discharge in Keighley, say police.

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Officers were called just before 10:00 yesterday morning to reports of shots fired at a car on Westfell Road.

No one was injured in the incident, according to police.

A car the suspects used to leave the scene was later found by police.

Four men, aged 26, 30, 30 and 38, and a woman, aged 57, have been arrested in connection with the attack.

Det Ch Insp Fiona Gaffney said: “Officers quickly arrested three people in connection with this incident, who remain in police custody at this time.

“High-visibility patrols have been deployed to the area to provide reassurance to local residents and community.”

CCTV images have been released in the hunt for two people suspected of breaking a train guard's finger in an attack at a railway station in West Yorkshire.

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The attack on the guard, whose finger subsequently required surgery, happened on a train at Pontefract's Monkhill railway station just before 21:00 on Friday 16 October, according to British Transport Police (BTP).

Officers say they're keen to speak to the people in the images above, who they believe might have information about the incident.

Anyone who knows them is being asked to contact BTP.

The rising coronavirus infection rate in Hull is "serious", the city's director of public health has warned.

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Hull has the highest number of infections per 100,000 people in England, with that number continuing to increase.

Julia Wheldon, director of public health, said she couldn't "stress enough how serious this is", with an infection rate almost three times that of the national average.

She said: "Today’s figure is 726 per 100,000. We’ve now got more people in hospital than we did at the tip of the peak.

One hundred and fifty were reported earlier this week in hospital with Covid. We’re expecting that to be as high as 400 in the next couple of weeks.

"This really is a public health crisis. We know we’re in the middle of a pandemic, but for us in Hull it has become more serious."

Ms Wheldon asked people to keep working to try and bring the rate down to stop "unnecessary deaths".

A mother whose teenage daughter died in North Yorkshire after taking ecstasy has warned cheap drugs are being sold "on our doorsteps" in rural towns.

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Leah Heyes (pictured), who was 15, died in May 2019 after taking two tablets in a car park in Northallerton.

Two men who supplied the drug are due to be sentenced on Monday.

Leah's mother Kerry Roberts said "people don't think it happens" in rural areas.

Mrs Roberts said: "They don't realise how cheap it is - they can go out with a fiver in their pocket and get this.

"People don't realise it's everywhere, it's on our doorsteps."

An inquest held at Northallerton's County Hall heard Leah suffered a cardiac arrest and died from intoxication.

A man who murdered his partner's two-year-old son has been jailed for at least 22 years.

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Keigan O'Brien died after suffering a head injury while in the care of Martin Currie at home in Doncaster.

Jurors heard it was possible the "catastrophic" injury was caused by his head being hit against a wall or floor.

Currie, 36, was convicted of murder. Keigan's mother, Sarah O'Brien, 33, was found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child.

The court was told in the weeks before his death, Keigan had suffered a broken spine, broken ribs and a broken arm.

Jailing Currie for life, with a minimum term of 22 years, Mrs Justice Eady said he was guilty of the "violent murder of a blameless two-year-old".

Addressing O'Brien, who was jailed for eight years, she said: "At the very least, you failed to protect Keigan, leaving him with Martin Currie to be subjected to the very significant force used in the incident that led to his death."

A West Yorkshire-based ballet company says it's "disappointed" by comments made by an MP saying northerners prefer football to ballet.

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Northern Ballet, which tours across the country from its home in Leeds, said Jake Berry's comments "continue to perpetuate tropes that culture in the North is of less value than that in London."

It comes after Mr Berry, the Conservative MP for Rossendale and Darwen in Lancashire and former Northern Powerhouse Minister, made a comparison as he warned "northern culture" is being hit by Covid-19.

He pressed the government to intervene to "save" football clubs, saying: "For many people who live in London and the south of England, things like the opera house and ballet will be at the heart of their culture.

"But for many of us in the North, it is our local football club - our Glyndebourne or Royal Ballet or Royal Opera House or Royal Shakespeare Company will be Blackburn Rovers, Accrington Stanley, Barrow, Carlisle or Sunderland.

Northern Ballet has said culture being produced in the north is "world-class":

Mr Berry said he wasn't saying ballet doesn't exist in the North, or that football is more important than the arts.

He added that many communities in the north of England are "built around out football clubs", with some of those now on the brink of financial collapse.

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Business leaders in Harrogate are calling for free car parking in the town to be extended beyond the coronavirus lockdown in a bid to boost town centre trade during the festive run-up.

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Harrogate Business Improvement District (BID) said the current suspension of charges at council-run car parks until 2 December should be continued when non-essential businesses reopen after four weeks of enforced closures.

But Harrogate Borough Council – which announced it was temporarily scrapping fees on Friday – said it would not consider the move and argued: “There is no shortage of free parking if people wish to use it.”

Sara Ferguson, acting chair of Harrogate BID, questioned why the council had chosen to suspend fees while people are being told to stay at home and not when reopening shops need support.

She said: "Surely the best time to support the town centre, and its businesses would be when lockdown ends and when the shops reopen and town comes back to life.”

A council spokesman said its decision to pause fees during both the first and second shutdown was for the benefit of key workers and others travelling to work during the pandemic.

A masked man exposed himself to the same woman twice in one week on a cycle path in York, say police.

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The two incidents took place on the path off University Road, leading to Heslington Road.

The first happened at about 15:00 on Tuesday, 3 November. The second incident occurred one week later at about 14:00 on Tuesday, 10 November.

A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said: "The male suspect, described as Asian, was wearing a black face mask and dark clothing, including a hooded top with a red motif, and was seen hiding behind parked cars.

"He approached the same woman on both occasions. The victim, who is in her early 20s, reported it to the police on 10 November."

Anyone who has any information about the man, or who knows of any similar incidents in the same area, is being asked to contact police.

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Gusty conditions will continue tonight, followed by a band of squally rain building around dawn with the chance of thunder:

A Humberside Police officer has been sacked with immediate effect following a number of misconduct allegations.

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Writing on the force's website, Humberside Police said: "Following a misconduct hearing yesterday, PC Daniel Ward has been dismissed from the Force."

The hearing heard allegations that PC Ward had lied about his whereabouts on multiple occasions to avoid answering call-out requests.

Following the two-day hearing, a panel found his actions "amounted to gross misconduct and he was dismissed with immediate effect."

Det Supt Matthew Baldwin, from the Professional Standards Department said: “We expect officers to act with honesty and integrity at all times and Mr Ward’s conduct was dishonest, falling well short of the standards we expect.

“It’s vital that we maintain the public’s trust and confidence by removing anyone from the force whose behaviour undermines this.”

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Distruption at Sheffield railway station is likely to continue for several days after a train derailed in the early hours of yesterday.

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The freight service carrying cement derailed at the north of the station at about 02:45.

East Midlands Railway says, external: "Network Rail is working hard to recover the damaged train so they can assess the track and carry out repairs. This is expected to take several days.

"The damage means there is limited access to the station platforms so instead of the usual eight there will only be access to four of them."

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National Rail say: "Due to the location of the derailed freight train there are reduced routes and platforms available for use at Sheffield.

"Please allow for delays, cancellations and alterations to your journey today. You may need to use a replacement bus service to complete your journey."

The north has been hit harder than the rest of England during the coronavirus pandemic, "exacerbating" regional inequalities, according to a study.

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The Northern Health Science Alliance also found the mortality rate, even after factoring in deprivation, ages and ethnicity, was worst in the North.

It said in the "Northern Powerhouse" area, an extra 57.7 people per 100,000 population died between March and July.

The report by the northern health partnership said 12.4 more people per 100,000 population died with Covid-19 in the area of the Northern Powerhouse from March to July than elsewhere in the country.

The study put a conservative estimate on the economic cost of the increased mortality in northern England at £6.86bn, and estimated the impact on the region's mental health would cost about £5bn a year.

The Department of Health and Social Care said: "Throughout the pandemic we've worked hand-in-hand with local authorities and over £300m has already been allocated to local authorities in England to help them stop the spread of the virus in their communities."

The Tour de Yorkshire will be back "bigger and better than ever in 2022" following the cancellation of the 2021 event, organisers have said.

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The 2020 and 2021 events have both now been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Welcome to Yorkshire chief executive James Mason said the organisation had to focus on getting the industry back on its feet before planning a big cycling event which might not go ahead.

He said: "The uncertainty in front of us meant it was impossible to plan or commit the resource that the race needs.

"This has been a mutual decision made by Welcome to Yorkshire and the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and we will all now look forward to putting all our energies into bringing the race back bigger and better than ever in 2022."

Yann Le Moenner, director general of ASO, said: “This work is obviously not wasted and we will collectively do our best to relaunch the event in 2022 and give the chance to the world's best riders to be on the Yorkshire roads in front of one of the most enthusiastic audiences the cycling world has ever seen.”

Police are searching for this man from York wanted in connection with theft and wounding charges:

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Richard Sampson, 40, is wanted by police after he missed two court appearances.

A spokesperson for the North Yorkshire force said: "Warrants have been issued for his arrest after he failed to attend York Magistrates' Court in connection with a theft charge, and Hull Crown Court in connection with a charge of wounding.

"Officers have checked various addresses in York, but Sampson has not yet been arrested."

It's believed Sampson has connections to both York and Hull.

Anyone who knows where he is, or who sees him, is asked to contact police.

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A team of investigators has begun examining how a freight train came to be derailed at Sheffield railway station in the early hours of this morning.

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The train was pulling wagons of cement when it derailed at the north of the station at about 02:45.

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch said: "We understand that 16 wagons have derailed and no injuries have been reported.

"Inspectors are on site gathering evidence as part of the process of conducting a preliminary examination.

"If the evidence collected indicates there are likely to be important safety lessons for the railway industry, then a full and thorough investigation will be carried out and the findings, along with any safety recommendations, published."