1. Grieving husband in menopause mental health pleapublished at 12:38 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2021

    David Salmon, whose wife Linda took her own life, says he was unaware of the link to mental health.

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  2. Man denies attempt to fatally shoot police officerpublished at 12:29 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2021

    Jamie Burke will face trial over the attempted murder of a plain-clothes policeman in Scunthorpe.

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  3. Fatal flight organiser sentenced to 18 months in jailpublished at 12:20 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2021
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    The organiser of the flight in which footballer Emiliano Sala died has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of endangering the safety of an aircraft.

    David Henderson

    David Henderson (pictured above), 67, of Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire, was found guilty after a trial at Cardiff Crown Court.

    Sala (pictured below left), 28, and pilot David Ibbotson (below right), 59, from Crowle, Lincolnshire, died in the crash in the English Channel in January 2019.

    Emiliano Sala and David IbbotsonImage source, Getty Images

    Henderson had also previously admitted trying to arrange a flight for a passenger without permission or authorisation.

    The single-engine Piper Malibu aircraft was bringing the striker, who was involved in a multi-million pound transfer deal, from Nantes in France to Cardiff where he had signed for the Bluebirds.

    The body of Sala was recovered from the seabed the following month, but the body of Mr Ibbotson, from Crowle, Lincolnshire, was never recovered.

  4. Police car crash injures two officers and motoristpublished at 11:57 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2021

    Two officers and a motorist have been injured in a crash involving a police car.

    Crashed vehiclesImage source, R.S.Mortiss

    The force vehicle collided with the BMW in the centre of Grantham, Lincolnshire, at about 05:25.

    Lincolnshire Police said those involved were treated at the scene on High Street for "minor aches and pains" and none required hospital treatment.

    The police car was not involved in a pursuit at the time of the crash, the force said.

    Crashed vehiclesImage source, R.S. Mortiss

    Pictures from the scene show significant damage to the front of the vehicle.

    A spokesperson said the matter would be dealt with in accordance with the force's collisions policy.

    High Street has since reopened, police said

  5. Security bill for new council homes site tops £120kpublished at 11:17

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    Over £120,000 is to be spent on security at a site where new council housing is being built in South Yorkshire.

    Building siteImage source, LDRS

    The Daresbury View development at Arbourthorne, Sheffield, will be a mix of three-bed and four-bed semi-detached homes.

    But the site has been hit by anti-social behaviour and the council says it is taking extra security measures so work can continue safely.

    The additional measures include metal fencing, CCTV, extended guard times and changes to the boundary costing £120,400.

    It means the project is forecast to go over budget by almost £74,000.

  6. Voice of The Cube's mum waits 14 hours for A&E bedpublished at 10:38 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2021

    Colin McFarlane urges against unnecessary hospital visits after seeing pressures on staff first-hand.

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  7. York's Christmas lights switch-on cancelled againpublished at 10:22 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2021

    BBC Radio York

    There will be no Christmas lights switch-on event in York again this year, it has been confirmed.

    York's Christmas lightsImage source, York BID

    The city's annual Winter Lights Scheme, delivered by York Business Improvement District (BID), consists of more than nine miles (15km) of lights across the city centre as well as the city's four bar walls being draped in a cascade of lights.

    Tree of LightImage source, York BID

    It is the second year in a row that organisers have cancelled the switch-on and although most Covid restrictions have been relaxed, tourism organisation Make It York says after much consideration the decision has been taken, in partnership with York BID, not to hold a physical light switch on event this year.

    However Phil Pinder, director of York BID, says he is angry at the decision.

    He told BBC Radio York that he believed if it is safe enough to hold the Christmas market this year then it is safe to hold the lights switch-on.

  8. Hull KR half-back Lewis extends dealpublished at 09:43 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2021

    Hull KR half-back Mikey Lewis signs a new four-year deal to keep him at the club until the end of the 2025 season.

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  9. Friday's forecast for Yorkshire and Lincolnshirepublished at 08:43 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2021

    BBC Weather

    Today will be an unsettled and windy day with spells of rain, heavy at times.

    There may be a few brighter spells during the afternoon.

    This evening will remain mostly cloudy and a few showers may linger for a time:

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  10. Leeds shop workers threatened by knife-wielding masked menpublished at 08:01 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2021

    Masked men armed with knives threatened staff and took cash in a raid on a shop in Leeds, police say.

    Co-op on Swarcliffe AvenueImage source, Google

    The three men entered the Co-op in Swarcliffe Avenue at about 20:30 on Wednesday, according to West Yorkshire Police.

    The suspects took cash from a till and a large quantity of cigarettes before driving off in a silver Toyota Yaris, officers said.

    Det Insp Guy Shackleton said: "None of the staff involved were physically injured, but this was obviously a distressing experience for them."

    Anyone who witnessed the incident or who has any information about it is being urged to contact police.

  11. Flooding lessons from a city below sea levelpublished at 06:30 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2021

    Hull has been at COP26 to share its innovative approach to tackling flood threats with the world.

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  12. ‘We tried 225 children’s homes, none would take her’published at 01:01 Greenwich Mean Time 12 November 2021

    How vulnerable children in England are being detained in temporary accommodation under special "draconian" court orders.

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  13. Final go-ahead given for 'super prison' in East Yorkshirepublished at 17:52 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2021

    A new jail for almost 1,500 criminals will now be built in East Yorkshire after councillors passed the plans this afternoon.

    Artist's impression of plans for Full Sutton new prisonImage source, Ministry of Justice

    Outline planning permission for the 1,440-inmate jail at Full Sutton was given by East Riding of Yorkshire Council in 2019.

    The Ministry of Justice agreed to make changes to landscaping after concerns from people living nearby about noise and light pollution.

    The jail - where a Category C facility will be built alongside the current maximum security Category A and B wings - is part of government plans for 10,000 new prison places nationally.

    It was agreed that trees and other landscaping should be built around the jail to reduce its impact on residents.

  14. Retailers 'gobsmacked' by anti-terror barrierspublished at 17:42 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2021

    The barriers at one end of York's historic Shambles will cause delivery problems, traders say.

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  15. Arthur resigns as Yorkshire chief execpublished at 17:40 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2021
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    Yorkshire chief executive Mark Arthur resigns following the racism scandal at the club.

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  16. Final York remembrance wreath laid by ex-servicemenpublished at 17:29 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2021

    Members of the British Railways Ex-Servicemen’s Association have laid their last ever remembrance wreath in York.

    BRESA member with wreathImage source, BRESA

    Every Armistice Day for more than 100 years, the group has paid tribute at the railway memorial on Station Rise in the city.

    The association was set up in the aftermath of World War One in which 2,236 men working for the North Eastern Railway lost their lives.

    Over 550 railway workers were subsequently killed in World War Two and more names have been added over the years to the memorial located outside York's railway station.

    Wreath laid by Railway ex-servicemen

    However, membership has declined and there are now only a small number of ex-servicemen within its ranks.

    Chairman Shaun Houldridge says: "There are so many members I’ve known in the association that are sadly no longer with us.

    "Time marches on and none of us lives forever, apart from those whose names are actually etched in stone and they will live forever more."

    Station Rise, York
  17. Bramley Shopping Centre benches petition handed to councilpublished at 16:42 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2021

    Local Democracy Reporting Service

    Protesters in Leeds locked in a battle over benches with shopping centre bosses have handed a petition to the city council.

    Bench protestersImage source, A Place To Sit

    For the past five months, members of A Place to Sit have staged weekly demonstrations at Bramley Shopping Centre over the removal of 22 benches.

    They have taken their own seats to the centre every Saturday to "stand up for a place to sit down".

    The site's owners said the benches had been an "obstruction".

    London and Cambridge Properties said the removal was done in the best interests of shoppers.

    However, more than 1,000 people have signed the protesters' petition calling for all the seats to be restored.

    It has now been handed to Leeds City Council.

    At Wednesday's council meeting, group member Jo Herbert said the impact on the community had been "nothing short of devastating".

  18. Extra estate patrols to tackle arson and violencepublished at 16:36 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2021

    The action on Hull's Boothferry estate is to target a "core" group of 30 individuals, police say.

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  19. Two men injured in Skegness hit-and-runpublished at 16:19 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2021

    A 33-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident, police say.

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  20. Appeal after youths suspected of smashing police car windowpublished at 15:55 Greenwich Mean Time 11 November 2021

    A group of youths is being looked for in Hull after the rear window of a police car in the city was smashed, external.

    damaged police carImage source, Humberside Police

    Police officers found the vehicle damaged when they returned from foot patrol on Biggin Avenue on Wednesday night.

    Members of the group of youths suspected of causing the damage are thought to be aged between 11 and 16, according to the Humberside force.

    Anyone with information about the incident is being urged to contact police.