A main road in Leeds has been closed because of a police incident, West Yorkshire Police said.

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People are being asked to avoid Low Road at the junction with Church Street, Hunslet.

It comes after a police incident in the area, the force said this morning, external.

Long delays are expected because of the closure.

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Four men have been arrested after two men were injured in a shooting in Sheffield, police say.

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Emergency services were called to Cowley Gardens at about 23:20 GMT on Monday where two men, aged 25 and 26, were found with gunshot injuries and taken to hospital, South Yorkshire Police said.

Their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.

Four men, aged 31, 21, 20 and 19, were arrested on suspicion of firearms offences.

A police spokesperson said: "Inquiries are ongoing but, at this time, it is not thought that this incident is linked to any others."

Hull move back into the top two of League One with a straightforward 2-0 victory at home to struggling Rochdale.

A tribunal had found the consultant behaved in a "sexually motivated" way towards three workers.

Rizwan Attaullah tried to hide bags of heroin after a crash which killed his passenger, a court hears.

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There's a drive for more youngsters in Bradford, especially from South Asian backgrounds, to take up tennis.

The sport was one of the first to become available after the first coroanvirus lockdown, and its governing body, the Lawn Tennis Association, has laid out plans to restart outdoors from 29 March, external.

A Bradford community leader is hoping it could be a way to encourage young people in the city to get active as soon as possible after the current lockdown.

Humayun Islam, chief executive of the BEAP Community Partnership,, external based in Manningham, says he's hoping to tackle misconceptions that tennis a "middle class sport".

He says: "We have tennis as a multi-sports activity, so we have kids coming in who may play football, cricket, other sports.

"Once they play tennis a lot of the kids enjoy it and once they come through the door, instead of playing football, they pick up a tennis racquet."

Croft House care home in Ossett is put in special measures by the Care Quality Commission.

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A widow who believes Highways England should be prosecuted over the death of her husband on a smart motorway has staged a protest outside South Yorkshire Police's headquarters.

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Claire Mercer said future smart motorway deaths "will be blood on the hands of the people running our roads" as she marked what would have been Jason Mercer's 46th birthday by placing a giant screen outside South Yorkshire Police's HQ.

Mr Mercer died along with another motorist, Alexandru Murgeanu, on part of the M1 which has no hard shoulder when a lorry ploughed into them little more than a mile from the police HQ building in Sheffield in June 2019.

At an inquest in January, Sheffield coroner David Urpeth said: "I find, as a finding of fact, it is clear a lack of hard shoulder contributed to this tragedy."

He told an inquest at Sheffield Town Hall: "I believe smart motorways, as things currently stand, present an ongoing risk of future deaths."

Mrs Mercer's lawyers have written to South Yorkshire's Chief Constable, Stephen Watson, demanding the same thing happens in her husband's case.

Mrs Mercer, 44, from Rotherham, said the wrong person had been jailed when lorry driver Prezemyslaw Szuba was given a 10-month sentence last year.

South Yorkshire Police said in a statement: "A Senior Investigating Officer has been assigned to this matter, and will be overseeing the review of all the materials obtained."

A Highways England spokesman said: "It would be inappropriate for Highways England to provide comment on the activity of South Yorkshire Police."

A driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing the death of a motorcyclist after a crash in an East Yorkshire village.

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A silver Vauxhall Astra went onto the wrong side of the road, colliding with a motorcyclist on a blue Yamaha.

Humberside Police said the crash happened on Staithes Road in Preston just before 07:15 GMT.

The male driver is being held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and remains in custody.

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Bradford's Clean Air Zone will be introduced in January after the council’s executive voted to approve the scheme to tackle the district’s illegal pollution levels.

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From next year drivers of buses, coaches and HGVs which breach pollution levels face a charge of £50 per day, while taxi drivers will be charged £12.50.

Owners of light good vehicles, such as minibuses face a fee of £9.

The city's been given £39.3m of government funding to implement the scheme and help vehicle owners switch to greener models.

Last year, Leeds City Council scrapped a similar plan to introduce clean air charging after the Covid lockdown led to air pollution levels declining.

But at a meeting this morning, councillors were told traffic in Bradford is already at similar levels to pre-lockdown.

After the meeting, James Craig, from campaign group Clean Air Bradford, said: “We're really pleased to see Bradford Council is introducing the Clean Air Zone and are putting the health of the people of Bradford first.

“Bradford Council must now ensure all the hard work and goodwill which has gone into the Clean Air Zone plan is not undone by new road building which makes air pollution worse", he added.

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Plans for Halifax's new £15.8m bus station are due to move a step closer this week.

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Pre-construction work's due to start on site in preparation for replacing the existing bus station on Winding Road with a new state-of-the art facility.

Full building work is due to start in earnest this summer.

Along with improved passenger facilities and better access to the town centre, plans for the new building include environmentally friendly features, some of which will help with the introduction of electric buses.

Councillor Kim Groves, chair of transport for West Yorkshire Combined Authority, says: “In these challenging times, it is more important than ever that we continue to invest in a modern, accessible transport network, which supports economic growth by connecting more people with job, training and education opportunities."

The new bus station was granted planning permission last autumn and should be finished by late 2022.

Richard Cottingham, who uses a computer to talk, wants to replace the device's "generic" default sound.

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The life of Keighley-born Captain Sir Tom Moore will be celebrated on what would have been his 101st birthday, his daughter has said.

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Capt Sir Tom, whose fundraising walk of 100 laps of his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire captured the hearts of the nation last year, died with coronavirus in February.

At the Army veteran's funeral on Saturday, six Yorkshire Regiment members carried his coffin, draped in the union jack, and an honour guard fired three volleys.

The funeral was attended by just eight members of his immediate family, in line with Covid-19 restrictions.

Hannah Ingram-Moore, Capt Sir Tom's daughter, said: "So many of you have asked what will be done to commemorate the life and spirit of my father Captain Tom and we've had some amazing suggestions."

She added said the family wanted an event that everyone could get involved in.

"It will truly celebrate his generosity of spirit, the hope and joy he brought to millions and his sense of fun," she added.

She asked people to "save the date - 30 April 2021".

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Former England hooker and Hull KR Captain, Shaun Lunt, has announced his retirement from rugby league after a 16-year playing career in the sport.

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The 33-year-old began his career at Castleford in 2005 before spells with Workington and Huddersfield Giants.

He reached the 2009 Challenge Cup final with the Giants and won his only England cap the following year.

In 2012 he went on loan to Leeds Rhinos and helped them beat Warrington in that year's Super League Grand Final.

He then went on to join Hull KR, spending four seasons with the club and captaining the side before short stints with Batley and Barrow Raiders in 2020.

Lunt never played for the Raiders, however, after the 2020 League One campaign was impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

"The change of shift pattern in his new job meant that he was unable to commit to the training demands of the club. We decided to part company on the best of terms," Barrow Raiders said.

In a tweet, Lunt added: "Well, rugby league, it's been emotional. Our time has come to an end unfortunately.

"I've been very fortunate through hard work and dedication to have a career I could've only dreamt of as a kid."

An appeal for witnesses and dash-cam footage has been launched following the death of a pedestrian on the A64 near York, police say.

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A 23-year-old man was fatally injured when he was hit by a Volkswagen van in the Askham Bryan area in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to North Yorkshire Police.

A spokesperson for the force said: "It happened on the westbound carriageway at about 00:50.

"Inquiries are ongoing to determine if a second vehicle was also involved.

"It's believed the man was in the area of Askham Bryan College prior to the incident and we're appealing to anyone in the area who saw a man walking wearing a top with a distinctive pattern to get in touch."

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Weapons and vehicles have been seized and a man arrested following a fight in Keighley last night, police say.

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Officers were called just before 23:00 to reports of an ongoing fight on Westburn Avenue, according to West Yorkshire Police.

The force said a group of men, some carrying weapons, were involved and a number of cars had been rammed and damaged.

Det Ch Insp Andy Farrell, said: “We believe this was a targeted incident and we have arrested a 38-year-old man overnight.

"I would like to reassure the local community there is no risk to the wider public and we will be deploying high visibility patrols in the area over the next few days."

Anyone who witnessed the incident is asked to contact police.

International students in Yorkshire want to be compensated by the government for the impact coronavirus restrictions have had on university life.

Overseas students pay up to £20,000 a year in tuition fees.

Student union officers from the universities of York and Leeds are among those leading the petition.

They say many foreign students have missed out on the face-to-face learning and cultural experience they wanted.

International relations student Freja Ellefsen, from Norway, said: "Doing half a year of online learning was okay, but now we're really starting to feel the effect.

"The quality in a lot of cases is just not the same, especially for those international students paying double, there's just no way of morally saying that this is okay."

The Department for Education said the quality of online teaching is being monitored and it has provided funding of £70m for students in the greatest need.

Motorbike racing is to return to Scarborough this summer, it's been confirmed.

Organisers at Oliver's Mount say they're planning to run four events this year, with the first one starting on 22 May, if the government plan for easing Covid-19 restrictions in England meets its deadlines.

Andy Hayes from Oliver's Mount said: "We'll just have to see what the data says and we'll have to see if the government stick to the dates they've published and if they do we should be good to go."

The announcement follows confirmation both the Great Yorkshire Show and Leeds Festival are to go ahead in July and August.