People are being told to avoid an area in Harrogate because of an ongoing incident involving an unexploded bomb being found in a garden.

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North Yorkshire Police were called to Gordon Avenue in Bilton today after a member of the public found what is believed to be an unexploded shell.

A 'small number' of homes have been evacuated while the Army is called in, police added.

A cordon is in place around Gordon Avenue, Hall Lane and Bilton Lane.

People living nearby are asked to stay indoors and avoid the area while the investigation is ongoing.

Stoke City are fined £10,000 and Barnsley fined £8,000 following their ill-tempered 1-1 Championship draw on 15 September.

A number of homes have been evacuated in the Harrogate area after what is thought to be an unexploded shell was found in a garden.

People are advised to stay indoors and avoid Gordon Avenue, Hall Lane and Bilton Lane in Bilton while the Army are called.

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Officials in Bradford will look at how pollution and historic damage is putting a network of becks under the city at risk.

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The Bradford Beck river system was built on and covered up during the industrial revolution.

Friends of Bradford's Becks has presented a report to be looked at by the council.

Chairman Barney Lerner said: "All the ancient buildings have sewers and drains connected wrongly to the network and we're really concerned about the pollution. There was a major fish kill in 2018 and it's only just beginning to recover."

"We've had a great campaign with Yorkshire Water where volunteers go out and take photos of watercourses but we've been unable to get into the tunnels and we're hoping this year to send some remote monitoring devices in which would set off alarms if they detect high levels of pollution."

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An event is taking place this afternoon at the Aura Innovation Centre in Hessle which will focus on the needs of employers looking for people with the right skills to work towards a carbon-neutral society.

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The Yorkshire & Humber Climate Commission Green Skills and Jobs Summit will welcome people who have studied areas such as renewable energy, flood risk and offshore wind.

The clock at Grimsby Minster has been showing a time of 12:05 for more than 12 months.

Strange lights in the sky last night appear to be linked to the launch of a rocket in the USA.

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People took to social media to report the cone-shaped illumination in the night sky and to ask if others had seen it.

The lights, which were seen across the UK, appear to be related to the launch of the Atlas V rocket in California.

The launch, part of NASA's Landsat scheme, delivered a satellite observatory into orbit around Earth.

A "de-orbit burn", which sees a firing of the rocket's engines as it re-enters the earth's atmosphere, appear to be the cause of the light.

Elliott Stone, who took the image above from Keighley in West Yorkshire, said: "When I first saw it I thought it was a comet.

"But then I noticed it was travelling the wrong way so I thought it must have been a plane with its light on until I Googled it and realised it was the Atlas V.

"I had no idea until after I took the photo!"

Plans to open a museum and gallery in the former BHS store on Kirkgate have been put on hold.

A man who was attacked in Pontefract last week has died in hospital.

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Simon Hailes, 40, from Worcestershire, was found with serious head injuries at an address on Dark Lane, in the town, at about 05:00 BST on Saturday 18 September.

He was taken to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield where he died a week later.

Two people were arrested on suspicion of assault in connection with the incident and bailed pending further enquiries, police said.

Detectives say they are continuing their enquiries to establish the circumstances that have led up to his death and have appealed for anyone with information to contact officers.

Residents in two coastal villages are beginning to clean up today after what was described as a "mini tornado hit their area.

A number of properties in Humberston, near Cleethorpes, and Thorngumbald, near Hull, were affected on Monday.

Bob Salt, who lives in Humberston, said: "There were bins flying all over the place. It was a right mess. It was like a war zone. It was like a like an explosion. You wouldn’t think in Humberston that wind could blow a three tonne camper van into next door."

Mr Salt's neighbour, Andrew Saunders, described it as "shocking".

"I saw it [caravan] lift up and watched it as it came down. It was crazy. I thought it's going to come through the front window."

Our area will start off brighter this morning but it's then expected that cloud cover will increase through the morning before it gets wetter this afternoon.

Showers, some prolonged, are predicted through the later afternoon and evening.

But that band of rain should move through overnight.

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Marion MacLeod tells an inquiry of the moment the Manchester Arena bomb went off, killing her daughter.

A pedestrian has died a month after being hit by a car in Sheffield which failed to stop.

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The man, aged in his 50s, was found on Regent Street on Sunday 22 August shortly after being hit at 01:35.

Police say the vehicle which hit the man did not stop at the scene.

The victim was taken to hospital in a serious condition and died as a result of his injuries on Tuesday, South Yorkshire Police said.

A 24-year-old man from Sheffield arrested in connection to the incident has been released under investigation.

Officers continue to appeal for witnesses to the crash to come forward, especially those who may have seen what happened but have not yet spoken to police.

A teenager has died in a motorbike crash in North Yorkshire this morning.

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The 18-year-old was riding a white KTM motorcycle on the A19 between Great Thirkleby and Carlton Husthwaite at about 06:20 when the incident happened.

The rider died at the scene, North Yorkshire Police said.

The driver and passenger of a grey Seat Terra that was also involved in the collision were taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Witnesses to the crash, or those who may have seen anyone in the area at the time travelling towards Thirsk, are asked to get in touch with police.

Inquests have opened into the deaths of a woman and three children found dead at a house in Derbyshire.

Residents report vehicles being flipped, flying bins and a garage roof being ripped off.

Yorkshire's ambulance service has asked people to follow government advice and not panic buy fuel.

A spokesperson for the service, which covers North, South, West and East Yorkshire said they currently had sufficient fuel for their vehicles.

They added: "We have robust business continuity plans in place to ensure we are able to respond to patients needing our assistance and can invoke additional measures should they be required."

The ambulance service said like many others, NHS staff have had trouble finding fuel for their own vehicles and a staff transport plan may be activated if the situation escalates further.

Ricardo Linton has brought "life-long misery" to Mohammed Basharat's family, a judge says.

Armed robbers who attacked a Leeds security guard were forced to flee empty-handed after being covered in dye when they opened a stolen cash box.

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West Yorkshire Police say they were called to the Lidl store on Selby Road in Halton after reports of a security guard being hit by a masked man with a baseball bat on Saturday morning.

A spokesperson for the force said a stolen cash box was taken to a getaway car but the driver and masked robber were covered in red dye and left without the money.

Det Insp Michael Herbert said the security guard suffered minor injuries but was left badly shaken after the incident which happened just before 08:00.

He added: “The car involved and possibly the suspects are likely to be heavily stained from the red dye pack going off at the scene."

Police are keen to hear from witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage.

Christopher Barker, 44, says the vessel was new and he was excited to get closer to the creatures.