West Yorkshire Police has launched an internal investigation after footage of a black man being arrested was shared online.

Footage recorded by a member of the public shows three officers restraining the suspect on Albion Street, Leeds.

At one point, pepper spray is discharged and shouts of disapproval can be heard from onlookers.

Police said the man had resisted arrest before being held on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly in a public place on Monday.

The force has been criticised for using "disproportionate force", but said the suspect suffered no injuries during his arrest or detention.

A spokesperson said "incapacitant spray" and "physical control" was used to detain the man after he resisted arrest.

The force said officers were contacted by Leedswatch CCTV about a man removed twice from the city's Trinity shopping centre by security staff for acting aggressively.

When police located the suspect he was on a bench on Albion Street drinking alcohol - a breach of a Public Spaces Protection Order.

According to the force, officers spoke to the man for more than eight minutes to try and establish his identity.

The case has been referred to the force's own professional standards directorate for a formal review.

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Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died and a woman was left with life-threatening injuries in a collision involving three vehicles and a cyclist in Lincolnshire.

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Emergency services were called to the A52 at Croft Bank, near Skegness, just before 15:30 on Sunday 6 June, according to Lincolnshire Police.

A blue Mini travelling east towards Skegness collided with a black Peugeot 208 travelling towards Wainfleet, near the Top Farm caravan site, police said.

A spokesperson for the Lincolnshire force said: "The 46-year-old man driving the Mini was pronounced dead at the scene.

"A 40-year-old woman who was a passenger in the Mini was airlifted to Hull Royal Infirmary in a critical condition."

A white Vauxhall Mokka and a female cyclist were also thought to be involved in the incident, officers said.

It's believed the cyclist was wearing shorts and a high-visibility vest, and she initially stopped at the scene.

Officers are asking the cyclist to get in touch as they believe she will be able to help with the investigation into the incident.

Anyone who witnessed the collision, or who has dashcam footage which might help the investigation, is also being urged to contact police.

Maternity services at a hospital in Sheffield have been downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate” following an unannounced inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

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The CQC's inspection of the Jessop Wing, which is part of the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, found maternity services did not provide "the standard of care women should be able to expect".

Findings from the inspection, which took place in March, included a lack of effective systems to ensure staff had the skills, competence, knowledge and experience to safely care for women and their babies.

The trust was also found to not have effective systems in place for managing and responding to patient risk in line with national guidance.

Sarah Dronsfield, the CQC's head of hospital inspection, said: "Inspectors found a service that was not providing the standard of care women should be able to expect.

"We continue to monitor the trust extremely closely and expect them to continue to make rapid improvements" .

Kirsten Major, chief executive of the trust, said: "Whilst we are exceptionally disappointed with the findings of the CQC report, we welcome the external scrutiny.

"We have wasted no time in responding to the actions which have been identified as necessary."

Police have renewed an appeal for information following the death of a woman in a multi-vehicle crash on a roundabout near Selby, in North Yorkshire.

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A blue car, a black car and a grey panel van were involved in the collision at the Sponsored Roundabout at Barlby at about 16:45 on Wednesday 2 June, according to North Yorkshire Police.

The woman driving the blue car died at the scene after receiving CPR from a passing nurse and firefighters using a defibrillator, police said.

Officers say they want anyone who saw the crash, or who saw any of the vehicles involved before the crash, to get in touch.

They're also asking people with dashcam footage of the incident to save it for police to review.

This was the scene in Leeds last night after a blaze broke out in an eighth floor flat in the city centre:

The fire started in a high-rise building in Little Neville Street at about 20:00.

Three people who were in the flat got out uninjured as about 40 firefighters dealt with the blaze, West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said.

Specialist equipment including an aerial appliance was used to tackle the flames, which could be seen across the city.

People living near HMP Full Sutton say they'll continue to fight plans to develop the site into a "mega prison".

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The 1,440-inmate jail at Full Sutton has been given planning permission by East Riding of Yorkshire Council.

A petition has been launched calling for a review of the idea.

The jail - where a Category C facility will be built alongside the current maximum security Category A and B wings - is part of government plans for 10,000 new prison places nationally.

Stamford Bridge parish councillor Colin Clarke launched a petition on the Parliament website, which claims a review is needed.

He said: "The site is unsuitable for a large prison - there's a transport issue.

"Something like 1,000 trucks a day will be going to the prison.

"They could just expand the existing prison to a small degree, that would be a more suitable use of the land rather than trying to put 1,440 inmates in a new prison."

The Ministry of Justice disputes the claims, saying it's investing to create "modern, efficient prisons".

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Firefighters tackled an eighth floor flat fire seen across Leeds last night.

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About 40 firefighters were called to Little Neville Street in the city after numerous reports of a fire on the balcony and flat of a high-rise building.

Three people who were in the flat when the fire started got out uninjured, the fire service said.

Specialist equipment including an aerial appliance was used to fight the flames, which could be seen across the city.

West Yorkshire officers are accused of using "disproportionate force" to arrest a black suspect.

A cyclist has attacked a woman walking a dog on a York cycle path, pushing her to the ground and into stinging nettles, police say.

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The victim was pushed to the ground in the assault on the cycle path from Shipton Road to the Rawcliffe Park and Ride at about 12:15 on Saturday, according to North Yorkshire Police.

The attacker was on a bicycle and was with a woman on a bicycle, police said.

He is described as white, aged about 50, and was wearing a cycle helmet, a white t-shirt with a yellow logo and denim shorts.

In a statement, a police spokesperson said: "We are requesting the public’s assistance to help establish the full circumstances surrounding the incident.

"In particular, we are appealing for information about the man and woman on the bikes."

Anyone with information about the incident is being asked to contact police.

Police have charged 45 people as part of a major operation to tackle county lines drug gangs operating in Hull.

Humberside Police executed 30 warrants, arrested 69 people and seized "huge amounts of drugs", including, heroin, crack cocaine, spice, and cannabis between April and May.

The force said it has now charged 45 of those arrested during raids in Hull, Bradford and London, with offences relating to the possession and supply of drugs.

The arrest and charges come in addition to a further 79 arrests made by the force during a national crackdown.

County line gangs are urban drug dealers who sell to customers in more rural areas via dedicated phone lines.

Det Ch Insp Simon Vickers said: “This has been a vast operation, taking months in the planning and gathering of intelligence and information.

“Our teams have, as a direct result of this operation, managed to dismantle four ‘county lines’, and already secured guilty pleas from six men who were at the head of these crime groups and facilitated the supply of Class A drugs."

A Victorian street has been found beneath the feet of students at the University of Bradford.

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The cobbled street, dating from about 1870, was unearthed by first year students studying archaeology at the university.

The aspiring archaeologists would normally be conducting fieldwork in Orkney, but travel restrictions due to the Covid pandemic meant they had to dig up their own campus.

Dr Ben Jennings, from the School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences, said: "We did some research on ordnance survey maps to identify the street which was confirmed by ground penetrating radar.

"Parts are only 15cm below ground because the housing was only demolished in the 1960s and then the university was built, which means there's been very little time for soil to build up across the top."

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First year archaeology student Erika DaNel (pictured top), said: "I'm very happy with what we've found so far and the fact it's so near my accommodation is very helpful

"My hope is to start digging further trenches because I'm curious to know what we'll find there as well."

When the excavation is finished later this week, Dr Jennings says a protective membrane will be put down and the trenches will be filled, allowing further excavations next year.

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Cameras are to be installed in a park after thieves stole almost 1,000 plants from freshly-planted flower beds.

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The "selfish" thieves lifted the perennials from Kingsway Gardens in Scunthorpe, leaving the beds bare, North Lincolnshire Council said.

It is thought the plants were taken to be sold at markets or car boot sales, the authority added.

The council said the thieves had "decimated" the flower beds and asked people to be alert for similar thefts.

Almost 1,000 plants were stolen from the park, according to the local authority

A spokesperson from the authority said the theft was disappointing.

They added: "North Lincolnshire Council is investing thousands of pounds in our parks and gardens, making them beautiful open spaces for exercise, horticultural interest and leisure.

"The council will be installing surveillance devices in the area."

Kingsway Gardens has previously won a coveted Green Flag award, the international benchmark for parks and green spaces, the council said.

A Met Police officer has admitted kidnapping and raping Sarah Everard.

The 33-year-old, originally from York, vanished as she walked home in Clapham, south London, on 3 March. Her body was found a week later in woodland near Ashford, Kent.

Appearing at the Old Bailey via video-link, PC Wayne Couzens, of Deal, pleaded guilty both to kidnap and rape.

The court heard he also accepted responsibility for Ms Everard's death but did not enter a plea on the charge of murder.

Marketing executive Ms Everard had been walking to her home in Brixton on the night she disappeared.

She was reported missing by her boyfriend on 4 March and her body was discovered hidden in an area of woodland on 10 March.

PC Couzens pleaded guilty to kidnapping Ms Everard "unlawfully and by force or fraud" on 3 March.

He also pleaded guilty to a second charge of rape between 2 and 10 March.

Four members of Ms Everard's family were present at the court as PC Couzens answered the two charges with: "Yes, sir."

The court heard that he had accepted responsibility for the killing but medical reports were awaited.

The next plea hearing is due to take place on 9 July.

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A 16-year-old waiter from South Yorkshire has been praised after he came to the rescue of a young girl, saving her from choking on just his second day in full-time work.

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Jack Smithson, from Doncaster, was working at the Jazz Cafe on Printing Office Street in the town when he heard panicked screaming from the girl's grandmother.

The former sea cadet sprang into action, performing the Heimlich manoeuvre, which involves standing behind the person and pushing the bottom of the diaphragm to force food out of the airway, saving the girl's life in the process.

Mr Smithson told the PA news agency: "I heard screaming and I ran around the corner. The grandma had her fingers down the girl's throat.

"I am first aid trained and I knew that she shouldn't put fingers down her throat because it could push it further down and cause it to be even worse.

"I knew instantly I needed to get it out of her throat, so I just grabbed the little girl and started using the Heimlich manoeuvre. Luckily on about the fourth attempt, she managed to cough it out.

"It was quite stressful and panicky, but in the end she was all right."

Mr Smithson, who begins college in September and hopes to become a forensic psychologist, said he was "extremely happy" the girl, believed to be around seven years old, was OK.

He was later named employee of the month by the cafe, and rewarded with a £25 Amazon gift card.

Cafe owner Sarah Pinkerton said: "Thank goodness he was there. A few of us are first aid trained, but you just don't know how you will react in an emergency situation.

"But for him to act as calmly and coolly as he did, it was incredible. We are just so proud of him."

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Plans to give new life to Lincoln’s Drill Hall would bring live entertainment back to the landmark venue, as well as health and wellbeing services and community events, it's been revealed.

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A report before the Lincoln Town Board on Friday has revealed Lincoln Drill Hall will be used to house health and wellbeing training as part of Lincoln College’s plans for the site's future.

Originally, £19m of government funding was going to be spent on a separate wellbeing hub in the city, alongside 13 other projects, but that's now been incorporated into the Drill Hall revamp.

The theatre, which closed in October 2020 due to a lack of funding, was taken over by Lincoln College Group in May and will receive £1.55m from the town fund.

When it reopens, it promises a return as a live entertainment venue, with theatre, music and comedy at its focus.

The bar and cafe will be transformed into a destination for socialising and other spaces in the building will become community clinics and training course classrooms.

As well as laying on shows, the venue will teach around 250 arts students in the theatre setting which will help increase achievement and attendance.

Documents said the project will create 1,300 sq m of commercial space, engage with 200 employers a year and attract 11,520 visitors.

There'll be no Leeds West Indian Carnival parade this summer for the second year running due to the Covid-19 pandemic - but there will be online celebrations instead, it's been confirmed.

The annual event normally attracts over 100,000 visitors to the city, but organisers say Covid "continues to affect the carnival community, in particular those from Black and Asian backgrounds."

The decision to host a combination of both virtual and managed physical events this year was "not taken lightly", organisers said on the event's official Facebook page, external.

But with volunteers waiting for further updates from the government on the easing of Covid restrictions, this has "already impacted on designers having the time to design and create their wonderful costumes".

Instead, what's being called a Legacy Carnival will take place, with events held throughout August.

The traditional King and Queen and Prince and Princess costume shows will still go ahead, but with limited audiences.

Dr Arthur France, founder of Leeds West Indian Carnival, said: "We are passionate about promoting and protecting our cultural heritage and carnival is the legacy of what our fore parents went through. Legacy Carnival here we come!"

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Members of a Hessle walking football team have had to comb their pitch for broken glass believed to have been left behind by youths drinking at the site.

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Charlie Walker, a town councillor who also runs Hessle Sporting Club at the King George V Playing Fields in Boothferry Road, said shards of glass were found on Monday morning.

He added the walking football team, made up of players over 55 and some in their 80s, delayed their game by around 20 minutes to pick up broken glass.

The incident is the latest in what Councillor Viv Padden, East Riding Council member for Tranby, said were recurring gatherings of youths on the fields.

Mr Padden added broken glass bottles had been found pushed into the grass (pictured), with shards left which were so small they could not be seen without a “magnifying glass”.

Mr Walker said youths were also believed to be responsible for the stripping of bark from trees in the fields.

He said: “It’s not the first time we’ve had this. We think youths are somehow breaking beer bottles in two and shoving them upside down in the ground. It’s been going on for a month or two.

“We found one last week that was shoved into the grass so deep that we had to dig it out.

“A tree’s also been destroyed after the bark was ripped off it. I tried tying it back on to see if it would take, but it just gets torn off again.

"It’s soul destroying to find the damage they’ve left when we come on to play. The club’s here to entertain people with sports, but now we’re spending our time cleaning up after these youths."