A Selby woman is planning to run the London Marathon , externalthis Sunday on what will be her 70th birthday.

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Anne Lewis, who is a member of the Selby Swans Triathlon Club, external, is taking on the 26.2 mile challenge with her sons Owen and Matthew.

They are raising money for the Epilepsy Society, external because Owen has experienced the condition since his early childhood.

Ms Lewis told BBC Radio York: "When they re-arranged the date to the 3 October 2021 I thought it's just too good an opportunity to miss. I can't think of a better way of spending my 70th birthday."

A car being chased by police in Bradford hit a man as he was crossing the road.

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West Yorkshire Police referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct after the collision in Laisteridge Lane in the city on Wednesday evening.

A black Audi S3, which officers were pursuing, struck the man in the road leaving him needing hospital treatment.

The car was found in Melbourne Place and the force says two men who were eblieved to be in the car had fld following the incident at 21:42 BST

Det Insp Suzanne Hall said: “We are conducting a number of enquiries into what has clearly been a serious incident in which a member of the public has been seriously injured by a car which failed to stop at the scene."

The force also appealed for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward.

The Queensbury Tunnel runs under the Pennines

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A West Yorkshire footballer says people at the highest levels of sport should be doing more to challenge racism.

Huddersfield Town winger Sorba Thomas, who was recently called up for his first Wales cap, was speaking out at the start of Black History Month, external, which this year is celebrating what people are "Proud to Be".

Thomas told BBC Radio Leeds: "There's always people who still live in the stone age and think it's OK to call people this and that.

"Everyone watches football, and sport in general can help massively."

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Fresh criticisms have been made at plans to demolish Knaresborough Swimming Pool to make way for a new leisure centre.

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Harrogate Borough Council's preferred option is to build the new facility over a play area behind the existing pool saying the proposals will create a "21st Century facility".

But some residents have described the existing swimming pool site as the “best” and “only appropriate” location for the facility.

Concerns have also been raised over the loss of green space and up until now the council had not revealed exactly where the new leisure centre could be built at Fysche Field.

The Not On Fysche Field campaign says it has the support of around 940 people who are against the council's plans.

A planning application is expected to be made later this year. If approved the new facility could be built by the end of 2023.

The company says it is still open to talks with the union.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct says it is investigating the incident.

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People taking rubbish to one of the recycling sites in the East Riding now have to show a pass to prove they live in the area.

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The passes have been introduced following a recent study which found nearly 20% of the rubbish being taken to the sites annually was being brought by people outside the area, especially Hull.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council says it's unfair that East Riding residents should be paying to process Hull's waste.

Councillor Chris Matthews says: "That equates to something like 12,000 tonnes of waste which we have to process and there's a cost to that. So in other words East Riding residents were paying for waste coming from outside our area."

Shan He is charged with possessing an offensive weapon and two counts of actual bodily harm.

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A shopping centre in Barnsley is among 40 new one-stop shops for NHS scans and tests.

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Ministers said the network of diagnostic clinics will help tackle the growing backlog in hospital treatment.

They will be able to carry out checks on cancer patients and scans to see if people need surgery for things such as knee and hip replacements.

The aim is to have them all up and running by March, with the Glass Works shopping centre one of the selected sites.

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Look North weather presenter

Wet weather sweeping across the region should ease as the day goes on with some sunny spells later in the afternoon.

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A Yorkshire farmer has killed hundreds of piglets because labour shortages in local abattoirs mean adult pigs are not being killed fast enough.

The resulting backlog means there is less space left on farms for younger pigs, which are cheaper and easier to kill.

The farmer had been "destroyed by it", according to a friend.

"He had to kill perfectly healthy, viable piglets," she told BBC News.

According to the National Pig Association (NPA), this may well not be the only case of farmers killing healthy livestock as mature pigs have continued to "back up" on farms.

The labour shortages are being blamed on Brexit and the Covid pandemic.

They will be kitted out with equipment to carry out X-rays, breast screening, ultrasounds and scans.

Catalans Dragons will make a first Grand Final appearance after beating Hull KR in the Super League play-off semi-final.

Libby Squire's mother says women have the right to walk the streets "safely".

Ross Mitchell denies assaulting two Lincoln City players at Gillingham's Priestfield Stadium.

Health bosses say their "preferred option" is to replace the department with an urgent care centre.

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BBC Radio Leeds News

One of Leeds's best-known buildings has been awarded £250,000 towards the restoration of its main auditorium.

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The money for Leeds Town Hall will come from the National Lottery Heritage Fund which says the 19th Century structure has fallen into disrepair, because of environmental pollution and insensitive redecoration projects in the 1950s and 60s.

The work will include the full restoration of the façade pipes on the organ, and some of the original decorative features, such as wall sections, columns and entrance doors. It will take place during a planned closure of the building.

Leeds City council's Jonathan Pryor said the town hall was an "absolutely integral part of the city’s story and identity".

He added: "It’s hugely important that we protect and preserve this beautiful example of Victorian architecture for future generations."

Hospitality and retail businesses hope the scheme's end will motivate people to apply for new jobs.

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The developers behind a scheme to create a luxury hotel and leisure complex have promised it will go ahead - but will not be completed for up to two years because of Covid-related delays.

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Bretton Hall, the Grade II listed former teacher training college next to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, is due to be converted into a five-star venue.

Developers Rushbond and hospitality firm Artfarm jointly formed the Bretton Investment Partnership, which received planning permission for the venture in May 2020.

Wakefield Council said in July the project had been delayed because of the pandemic.

However, the partnership has insisted the conversion will still happen and all parties involved are committed to the scheme.

A spokesman said: "The pandemic has had devastating impacts on the hospitality industry, though we all hope that the worst is behind us. The partners are committed to the project."

The developers said they wanted to start building work as “soon as possible” and hoped to have it completed within two years.

Wakefield Council leader Denise Jeffery said the delay would be 18 months to two years but she was confident the scheme would still go ahead.

“It will be a great asset to us,” she said. “The developer’s assured us, and I have seen evidence of this, that it will happen."

The original Bretton Hall building was built in the 18th Century, and later became a teaching college in the late 1940s. Education there ceased in 2007, when the University of Leeds relinquished its links with the hall.