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Sheffield’s director of public health has welcomed the lifting of Covid restrictions but said a careful exit is necessary.

Greg Fell (pictured), said earlier this week he would continue to wear a face mask despite the government announcing it would lift almost all Covid-19 restrictions on 19 July.

In a statement on the announcement, Mr Fell said: “I am supportive of Stage 4 of the roadmap. We do know, however, this won’t mean the end of Covid.

"I want to stress the importance of keeping hygiene levels up. Let’s all continue to wash our hands on a regular basis, get a test if you have symptoms and self-isolate.

"This will stop the spread even more and is an added bonus to the vaccine."

Mr Fell added: "We know the measures we have taken have worked so far - masks have made a huge impact and there is overwhelming evidence to support this.

"We'd have a lot less freedom if it wasn’t for the impact wearing a mask in closed spaces has had on transmission rates. I’m confident Sheffield will recover well, and we’ll see fewer hospital admissions."

Almost £200m will be invested in wind power factories on the banks of the Humber and the Tyne.

Two drivers have been fined after a crash between a JCB and a car left one person with multiple injuries and sparked a major slurry clean-up operation, police say.

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Both drivers appeared in court last week following a serious collision on 7 December 2020 between a VW Beetle and a JCB towing 15,000 litres of slurry, according to North Yorkshire Police.

A passenger in the Volkswagen Beetle had to be cut from the wreckage and suffered multiple facial injuries, rib fractures and internal injuries in the collision on the A19 at Escrick, officers said.

A police spokesperson said: "As a result of the crash, a large amount of slurry spilled onto the A19 which needed a big clean-up operation involving Yorkshire Water, North Yorkshire Council and the Environment Agency."

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The slurry tanker was found to have two defective tyres and all four brakes "produced significantly less force than they should", police said.

Appearing at Harrogate Magistrates’ Court JCB driver David Coning, 53, of Fleet Bank Lodge, Tollerton, pleaded guilty to using a trailer in a dangerous condition. He received three penalty points and £574 in fines and costs.

Volkswagen driver Matthew Parker, 21, of Wiles Way, Stamford Bridge, pleaded guilty to careless driving. He was given six penalty points and £334 fines and costs.

After the hearing, traffic constable Mark Patterson, said: "This collision resulted in some very serious injuries and it’s fortunate nobody was killed - it was an alarming scene."

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An inquest into the death of serial killer Peter Sutcliffe will concentrate on the last 17 days of his life.

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The 74-year-old, dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper, died with Covid-19 last November, having fallen ill in prison on October 27, a pre-inquest review was told.

Sutcliffe, who changed his surname to Coonan, had been suffering from increasing breathlessness and needed additional levels of oxygen.

The serial killer was transferred from jail to the University Hospital of North Durham, where he died on November 13.

He had been serving a life sentence at HMP Frankland in Durham for the murders of 13 women in the 1970s. Before he was caught in 1980, his spree terrified much of northern England.

Assistant senior coroner for County Durham Crispin Oliver has set out the scope of the inquest, which will be held in September.

He said the death in custody was from natural causes, does not have Human Rights Act implications and will not require a jury hearing.

He confirmed the timeline for the inquest will be from October 27, when Sutcliffe fell ill, to his death on November 13.

Sutcliffe's next of kin, his ex-wife Sonia, is aware of the proceedings and will be invited to make a statement.

Mr Oliver said: "My preliminary view at the moment is that the medical records do not reveal anything unusual or untoward in Mr Sutcliffe's death."

Brighton & Hove Albion loan forward Ryan Longman to Championship club Hull City on a season-long basis.

A 'doting father' killed while cycling in a crash with a car in East Yorkshire has been named by police.

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Richard Goodwin, 56 (pictured), died when he was hit by a Nissan Juke on the A1033, between Ottringham and Patrington in Holderness, at about 21:00 on 26 June, according to Humberside Police.

The car veered on to the wrong side of the road and hit the bike before leaving the road, ploughing through a field and coming to a stop in a residential garden, external, police said.

A man arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving over the legal limit has been released while an investigation into the incident takes place.

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A spokesperson for the force said: "Richard was doting father of five children, and leaves behind a loving partner, sister and parents.

"He was a kind, caring, selfless person who will be greatly missed by all who knew him."

Anyone who was travelling along the A1033 Patrington Road at about 21:00, and saw the collision, or who has dashcam footage of the incident, is asked to contact police.

People in East Yorkshire will have to prove they live in the region to access the area's 10 tips, it's been revealed.

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All cars entering an East Riding Household Waste Recycling site will need to display a resident's pass, with each household in the area due to receive a free pass in the post by 16 August.

If you don't display your pass, staff at the site will ask if you are a resident or not. If you forget your pass you will be asked to provide a utility bill or driving licence, officials said.

The East Riding of Yorkshire Council said it's introduced the requirement after discovering almost a fifth of visitors to the tips don't live in the area.

Harrogate council is due to use Yorkshire's former Nightingale Hospital to host its first full in-person meeting since the start of lockdown.

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The facility at Harrogate Convention Centre did not treat a single Covid-19 patient and was closed in April.

It was one of seven built in England in 2020 to try and prevent hospitals becoming overwhelmed during the pandemic.

All 39 councillors were due to meet at the Civic Centre headquarters, but the venue was changed because it is not big enough to enable social distancing.

Council meetings have been held online during the pandemic, but the government ordered all local authorities to hold them in-person from May.

The full council meeting is subject to the requirements set out in the Local Government Act 1972.

One such legal requirement is that councillors must be physically present at the meeting in order for decisions to be made. It must also be open to the public to attend.

However, a delay to the lifting of the final phase of Covid restrictions meant the authority was unable to hold its meeting at the smaller Civic Centre headquarters.

The council said the meeting would also be live streamed on the authority's YouTube channel.

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An Italian supercar worth more than £250,000 has been "wiped out" by a suspected drink-driver, police say.

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Officers were called to a crash in Waltham, North East Lincolnshire, on Monday and discovered the yellow Lamborghini Aventador in pieces on the road.

An Alfa Romeo, also involved in the crash, was nearby.

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In a statement the Humberside force said: "We were called to a two-vehicle road traffic collision at 16:15 on Monday 5 July on Cheapside, Waltham.

"Nobody was seriously injured as a result of the collision."

The female driver of the Alfa Romeo was arrested on suspicion of driving whilst over the legal limit and remains in custody, according to police.

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Police in Rotherham say they have seized £3m worth of cannabis from organised crime groups in the last six months.

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The seizures were part of the work by the force's Operation Fortify team, which targets organised gangs.

A report to South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner says the team's work saw 20 warrants executed, the seizure of 5kg of suspected cocaine due to be exported from the UK and "significant" amounts of Class A drugs seized.

More than £3m worth of cannabis was recovered alongside £120,000 in cash and a firearm.

The operation also led to 27 arrests.

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Libby Squire's mother wants to see therapy offered to low-level sex offenders.

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A mobile phone mast set to be built in a village near York could block views of the city's minster, according to parish councillors.

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Hutchinson UK – which runs mobile network Three – has applied for permission to put the 15m (49ft) mast up in Millfield Lane in Nether Poppleton close to the entrance to Poppleton Junior Football Club.

City of York Council’s planning team recommends the plans be approved.

But Nether Poppleton Parish Council is unhappy with the mast, saying: "The parish council is aware the open aspect of the green belt in this area affords wonderful views of the Minster and as such gives further protection to the green belt status of the area.

"Further, in the York Business Park there is a height restriction on all buildings of four metres so that the open views of the minster from Poppleton are not broken."

Council planning officers say: "The new telecommunications mast and cabinets to facilitate 5G technology is considered to be of an appropriate scale and design.

"It is not considered that the mast would harm local views of the minster or adversely affect the setting of the village or the historic character of the city and its skyline. "

A pedestrian has died after being hit by a dustbin lorry in Halifax, police have confirmed.

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Emergency services were called to Queen's Road shortly after 08:30 this morning following a collision between the pedestrian and the lorry, according to West Yorkshire Police.

Despite the efforts of emergency services the pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene, police added.

An investigation into the incident has been launched.

A spokesperson for the force said: "Initial inquiries are ongoing and road closures are in place."

A group of entrepreneurial students have launched a range of plant pots made from recycled plastics found in Sheffield's rivers.

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Dominic Lewis, Oscar Keenan, Max Sudbury and Tommy Linnett came up with the idea for the business in lockdown.

The first batch of 20 pots, which were made using a panini press and blender at their home, sold out in 37 minutes.

The Sheffield Hallam students said part of their goal is to help clean up green spaces.

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The plant pots are comprised of a plastic drip tray made from high-density polyethylene found in bottle caps and milk cartons collected from the river. The pot itself is made from a mixture of jesmonite and glass.

Jesmonite is a water-based concrete alternative and is completely eco-friendly. Each pot contains 520g of recycled material.

The students said the ethos behind the business was about protecting rivers though litter picks

Any rise in Covid numbers following the lifting of restrictions won't mirror spikes from earlier in the year, the man in charge of hospitals in Lincolnshire has said.

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Boris Johnson has set out government plans to lift the remaining Covid restrictions in England.

Yesterday the prime minister said he hoped most legal restrictions and guidance in England would be removed from 19 July.

After declining substantially at the start of the year, the average number of daily confirmed cases has been rising sharply in recent weeks.

A further 27,334 confirmed cases in the UK were announced on Monday.

But Andrew Morgan, chief executive of United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust, said: "The vaccination programme, which I think has been a huge success in Lincolnshire, has broken the link between people getting the infection and hospitalisation rates.

"I think the numbers will go up and down, but I don't think we're looking at the scale of numbers that we were talking about six months or so ago."

Supergrass will replace Richard Ashcroft as the Sunday night headline act at Sheffield's Tramlines festival.

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Ashcroft announced on Monday he would not perform at the festival after it became part of the government's pilot events programme.

Sheffield's Tramlines festival will take place from 23-25 July in front of a full-capacity 40,000 audience and is part of the Events Research Programme.

Announcing his decision via Instagram Ashcroft said: "I had informed my agent months ago I wouldn't be playing concerts with restriction.

"The status of the festival was one thing when I signed up for it, but, sadly was forced to become something else."