British-Pakistanis speak up after the cricketer received racial abuse at his former Yorkshire club.

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Onlookers have described a fireball that lit up the sky over the UK - including Yorkshire - as "spectacular".

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Sightings of the green-tinged display were reported across England, after it passed over the UK at about 21:30 on Wednesday night.

Stephen Wall, from Riddlesden, in West Yorkshire, said he was standing outside his back door when he spotted the bright light, which his security camera also captured (pictured) .

"(It) was green with a red tail and very spectacular," Mr Wall told the PA news agency.

The 58-year-old petrol station cleaner added he had seen fireballs before, but this was the "best".

Although not formally identified, the fireball could be a meteor, a high-velocity body of matter from space which illuminates the sky due to friction with the atmosphere.

Daragh Corcoran
BBC Radio Leeds

A link between Leeds' medieval past and the city of today has been saved from collapse.

The First White Cloth Hall, on Kirkgate, is one of 17 buildings in Yorkshire which Historic England has removed from its Heritage at Risk Register, external - a list of buildings considered in danger of being lost forever.

The First White Cloth Hall was one of the first commercial buildings in the city. It was built in 1711 to rival a similar hall built in Wakefield the year before, and was used by individual weavers to sell their wares.

Richard Butterfield, from Historic England, says: "It marks the transition from a medieval market town to a primary commercial centre for the north of England, with the textile trades at the very heart of that development."

However, as seen below, the building had fallen into serious disrepair.

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Plans to restore the building were approved in 2018. It has now been rebuilt, and is likely to be used as office space.

Richard Baker, from developer Rushbond, says: "As businesses start to return to the city centre, they're striving for quality and inspirational spaces, which First White Cloth Hall definitely is."

Yorkshire County Cricket Club is due to hold an emergency board meeting at which more board members are expected to quit in the ongoing racism scandal.

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Club chairman Roger Hutton resigned earlier today over the club's response to racism experienced by former player Azeem Rafiq.

Hutton - who had been under mounting pressure to step down - "apologised unreservedly" to 30-year-old Rafiq.

He said the club "should have recognised at the time the serious allegations of racism".

Hutton added that at Yorkshire he had "experienced a culture that refuses to accept change or challenge".

It comes after an investigation found Rafiq was a victim of "racial harassment and bullying" - but the club said they would take no disciplinary action.

On Thursday, Yorkshire were suspended from hosting England matches by the ECB.

The ECB said it was "clear" Yorkshire's handling of the issue is "wholly unacceptable and is causing serious damage to the reputation of the game".

Many companies have cut their ties with Yorkshire, including kit manufacturer Nike, primary sponsor Emerald Publishing and Yorkshire Tea.

Free school meals are set to be provided over the Christmas and Easter holidays to thousands of children in North East Lincolnshire.

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Those who are eligible will each receive £15 per week in funding, which is expected to help more than 7,000 households in the area.

The funding comes as North East Lincolnshire Council is awarded £1.5m of government cash to support vulnerable households over winter.

Other plans for the cash include helping to support people with energy and water payments.

A driver who ran away from the scene of a collision he was involved in on a West Yorkshire motorway is being sought by police.

The crash happened at about 13:30 on Sunday 24 October on the westbound carriageway of the M62 between junctions 33 (Outlane) and 22 (Rishworth).

It involved a red BMW A4 and a white Audi A3, according to the West Yorkshire force.

The driver of the BMW ran away from the scene of the collision which had left the occupants of the Audi with slight injuries, officers say.

Anyone who saw what happened, or who has dashcam footage of how the BMW was being driven before the collision, is being asked to get in touch with police.

Scunthorpe United appoint former Rochdale, Barnsley, Bolton and Tranmere boss Keith Hill as their new manager.

A football fans' group describes the train station scenes as "concerning".

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Today, it will be a somewhat cloudy day, but with a few breaks in the cloud yielding some sunny spells. It will be largely dry, with just some patchy light rain possible within the thickest cloud.

Tonight will be mainly cloudy with some patches of light rain moving in from the west at times. Winds will gradually increase.

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BBC Sports editor

Yorkshire chairman Roger Hutton has resigned over the club's response to racism experienced by former player Azeem Rafiq.

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Hutton - who had been under mounting pressure to step down - "apologised unreservedly" to 30-year-old Rafiq.

He said the club "should have recognised at the time the serious allegations of racism".

Hutton added that at Yorkshire he had "experienced a culture that refuses to accept change or challenge".

He was also highly critical of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), claiming the governing body "declined to help".

His resignation came before an emergency board meeting on Friday at which Hutton was expected to face calls to quit. More resignations are expected and Hutton says "some" non-executive board members have already left their posts.

It comes after an investigation found Rafiq was a victim of "racial harassment and bullying" - but the club said they would take no disciplinary action.

On Thursday Yorkshire were suspended from hosting England matches by the ECB.

The ECB said it was "clear" Yorkshire's handling of the issue is "wholly unacceptable and is causing serious damage to the reputation of the game".

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A man has died in a head-on crash between the car he was driving and a lorry in North Yorkshire.

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The man, thought to be in his 70s and from Doncaster, who was driving a Jaguar, died on the A19 near Walden Stubbs about 10:00 on Thursday, said North Yorkshire Police.

Two people in the DAF lorry, both from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, were taken to hospital with leg and neck injuries.

The road was closed for over nine hours and two air ambulances landed during that time. The road was reopened by 19:30.

Police are appealing for anyone who saw what happened, or who has dashcam footage, to contact them.

Yorkshire are suspended from hosting England matches as the ECB delivers a devastating rebuke over the club's response to racism experienced by former player Azeem Rafiq.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan says he was named in Yorkshire's Azeem Rafiq report but "totally denies any allegation of racism".

A sculpture of Billy Casper, tearaway protagonist of the classic coming-of-age drama, goes on show.

The York venue says it decided to cancel after receiving a number of threatening messages.

About 75,000 vehicles use the Lofthouse interchange, connecting M1 and M62, every day.

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Another Lincolnshire council has voted to officially join a group examining plans to build a multibillion-pound nuclear waste disposal facility in the county.

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The working group was launched last month by Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) to scrutinise proposals for the Geological Disposal Facility at Theddlethorpe, near Mablethorpe.

On Wednesday, members of East Lindsey District Council's (ELDC) executive voted in favour of taking part in discussions around the plans.

Lincolnshire County Council and Theddlethorpe Parish Council have already joined the working group.

Campaigners opposed to the plans to store nuclear waste underground at the site gathered outside ELDC's offices prior to the meeting.

They said ELDC should join the group in order to have the local representation needed.

Campaigner Melanie Gibbons said: "It’s important ELDC also joined to ensure the proposals from RWM are fully and carefully scrutinised and the interests of what is essentially a vulnerable community are not lost in the process."

The working group will take six to 12 months to carry out its initial processes, which will include starting conversations with local communities and identifying a search area to undertake feasibility studies.

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BBC Radio Leeds

Hindus,Sikhs and Jains across Yorkshire are celebrating Diwali - the festival of lights.

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Tonight is the darkest night in the lunar calendar, on which oil lamps will be lit to signify the victory of light over dark and good over evil.

The Lakshmi Narayan Hindu Temple in Bradford (pictured below) is getting ready to celebrate for the first time in two years, after the coronavirus pandemic put a halt on celebrations in 2020.

However, this year there will be no fireworks.

Vice chairman of the temple Deepak Sharma says: "For the first time in 25 years we’ve decided not to do any fireworks.

"We just thought we’d not do it this year, but it’s nice people are celebrating Diwali together."

Ronnie Holmes and Stephen Jewitt were found dead on a craft moored on York's River Ouse in 2019.

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Free parking has been extended until 2022 at a number of Doncaster Council-run car parks, it's been confirmed.

Shoppers and visitors will continue to be able to park for free from 14:00 at Markets Car Park and St George’s Car Park until 3 January 2022.

Meanwhile, the Chappel Drive car park will also continue to have free parking all day on Saturdays until the new year.

Council-run car parks and on-street pay and display areas continue to be free on Sundays.

Free parking is also available as standard in other areas of the borough, including Mexborough and Thorne, with free parking facilities for residents and businesses.

A three-month "trial phase" was originally announced in July.

Council bosses said they hoped the extension of free parking in certain car parks would encourage residents to spend locally and to support Doncaster businesses in the run-up to Christmas.