Voters in North Yorkshire will go to the polls on 25 November to elect a new Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, officials have confirmed.

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The election follows the resignation on Thursday of Philip Allott over comments he made regarding the murder of Sarah Everard.

Mr Allott had only been in post for five months having been elected in May.

He had faced multiple calls to stand down since 1 October, when he told BBC Radio York women should educate themselves about powers of arrest, saying they should know "when they can be arrested and when they can't be arrested".

He made the comments after it emerged serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens had used his warrant card to falsely arrest Ms Everard for breaching coronavirus guidelines.

Mr Allott had repeatedly apologised for the remarks, but tendered his resignation saying he had "become the story".

In May, Philip Allott took 83,737 of the first and second-preference votes. Labour candidate Alison Hume was in second place with a total of 53,442 votes.

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The Covid infection rate in the Harrogate district is now the eighth highest in England and remains the highest in Yorkshire, the latest public health figures reveal.

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The district’s average rate in the week to 14 October stands at 721 cases per 100,000 people.

The average rate for England was 458.

You can find out the latest rate for your area here.

Senior North Yorkshire health officials are holding a briefing this morning about the high infection rate.

They are asking people to remember the basics such as washing hands, wearing facemasks and thinking about space and ventilation.

Last month, Louise Wallace, North Yorkshire's director of public health, said the rise in infections across the county was being “driven by school-age children”.

Dr Mike Holmes, the chair of Nimbuscare which run York's mass vaccination site, told BBC Radio York: "It is a worry that figures are going back up and we've seen a slow rise since schools went back.

"But we're monitoring it and the booster programme has come to try to enhance people's immunity."

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A man has been charged with murder and attempted murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Bradford teenager.

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Kian Tordoff, 19, died when he was stabbed on Sunday 10 October in the city centre.

Another man, also 19, was seriously injured in the same incident.

Amaad Shakiel, 20, of Leaventhorpe Lane, Bradford, has been charged by West Yorkshire Police.

He is the fourth person to be charged in connection with the stabbing. Three others have already appeared in court.

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A man has died after a crash involving two cars on a busy road in Hull on Sunday.

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Emergency services were called to Hessle Road at about 14:25 BST after a Ford Mondeo collided with another car and a bollard, Humberside Police said.

The driver of the Mondeo was taken to hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later with the other driver left uninjured.

Police are appealing for witnesses to contact them.

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A Leeds councillor says she was offered police protection at her surgeries because of threats made against her.

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Sarah Field's comments come as the government reviews the safety of MPs and local politicians, following the death of Conservative MP Sir David Amess on Friday.

Ms Field, an independent councillor for the Garforth and Swillington ward, told BBC Radio Leeds: "I've received threats of violence, phone calls all hours, people trying to find out my address - and because I do a lot of work around women's rights, I do get a lot of threats from men. So it was thought I would need police protection.

"We're thick-skinned and we understand that we will get called names and disagreed with, but when it ramps up it it becomes something quite different."

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Recycling bins that have not been emptied due to having the wrong items in them will now be collected as part of a council initiative to encourage people to get it right.

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Boston Borough Council said a small number of residents were still putting non-recyclable items in the blue bin, meaning less waste was able to be recycled due to it being contaminated.

The authority said it was offering residents a fresh start, but added that if bins continue to be tagged after this week enforcement action could be taken.

A Scarborough man who believed he was speaking to a teenage girl online but instead was talking to police officers has been sentenced for a number of child abuse offences.

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John Gilbert (pictured) was sentenced at York Magistrates’ Court to six months in prison, suspended for two years, on Friday 15 October after pleading guilty in September.

The three offences included being an adult attempting to meet a girl under 16 years of age following grooming; attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and attempting to cause a child aged 13 to 15 to watch or look at an image of sexual activity.

They were committed between 2 September and 14 September 2021 while Gilbert was engaged in online chats with a person who he believed to be a 13-year-old girl.

North Yorkshire Police says during these conversations Gilbert sent sexual images, engaged in sexualised chat and made arrangements to meet the girl, but what he had not realised was that he was communicating with the police throughout this time.

Gilbert has also been made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and has been put on the Sex Offenders Register.

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Humberside Police says it's been asked by the Home Secretary to review security arrangements for MPs following the death of Conservative MP Sir David Amess, who was stabbed to death on Friday.

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Sir David, 69, had been meeting constituents in Essex when he was stabbed multiple times. A 25-year-old British man is being held under the Terrorism Act.

A spokesperson for Humberside Police said; “The fatal stabbing of MP Sir David Amess was a despicable act and quite rightly, has sent shockwaves across the UK."

“The Home Secretary has asked all police forces to review security arrangements for MPs with immediate effect and we can confirm that we are underway with how we can do that for all MPs across the Humberside region.

"We are working with other forces across the UK, along with the Home Office, to agree an approach on how best to ensure the safety of our MPs, and more widely, our communities at large.”

A man has been charged after a suspected gas explosion at a property in Gainsborough last week.

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Emergency services were called to Waterworks Street at about 16:45 on Friday following a cannister explosion.

Nobody was injured and no other properties were affected, Lincolnshire Police said.

A 27-year-old, of Waterworks Street, has been charged on suspicion of arson with recklessness as to whether life was endangered, and common assault.

He is due to appear at Lincoln Magistrates' Court later.

Kian Tordoff, 19, died after being found seriously injured in Bradford city centre on 10 October.

An East Yorkshire man has pleaded guilty to a charge relating to the flight in which footballer Emiliano Sala died.

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David Henderson admitted attempting to discharge a passenger without valid permission or authorisation.

The plane carrying 28-year-old Sala and pilot David Ibbotson, from Lincolnshire, crashed into the English Channel in January 2019.

Henderson, 66, will now go on trial on a separate charge, accused of endangering the safety of an aircraft.

He entered the guilty plea when he asked to be rearraigned on the eve of his trial, as he appeared before High Court judge Mr Justice Foxton at Cardiff Crown Court.

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