Gina Bolton
BBC Radio Sheffield

Barnsley Council is facing damages and legal costs after being sued by a jogger who fell into a pothole and injured his ankle. 

Lee Michael Crawley fell while out running in Hill Top Avenue in January 2012, and was left unable to put any weight on his ankle for ten days. 

The pothole had been reported to Barnsley Council the evening before, but it was four days before workmen repaired the road.

Judges at London's Court of Appeal have now finally handed him victory in the case, ruling that the council breached its duty as highway authority.

The decision means Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is facing damages and legal costs bills bound to run into tens of thousands of pounds.

BBC Travel

If you're heading out on the A1 shortly, then expect delays.

One lane's closed and traffic's slow northbound at junction 45 (Boston Spa), because of an accident.   

Claire Renwick
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

Historic England's the latest organisation to get involved over the closure of Wentworth Castle Gardens.

A spokesperson says they've been in discussions with Barnsley Council "to find a solution" which would mean visitors can "continue using access to this important historic place".

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The Grade I-listed site is due to close in March due to funding problems.

A report which has looked into the effects of the 2015 floods in Leeds says that a "repeat of the Storm Eva event cannot be ruled out", if more funding doesn't materialise.

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City councillors are due to discuss the Section 19 investigation report next week. It's a document that has to be published after a significant flooding event.

There are two phases of work that are being undertaken in the city to prevent future floods; the first is due for completion this summer, but funding for the second still hasn't arrived.

The report says that without the second phase of work on the River Aire and it catchments, the risk of further flooding is a real possibility. 

Captain Cook’s famous Yorkshire cottage, which was dismantled brick by brick and shipped to Australia, has been made an honorary member of Welcome to Yorkshire.

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The house, which is classed as the oldest building in Australia, is now open as a tourist attraction, complete with an English cottage garden and furnishings representative of the period.

The two-storey home was originally built in Great Ayton, North Yorkshire, for the explorer’s parents in 1755. In 1933 it was bought by an Australian businessman for £800 - the highest local bidder offered just £300.

The cottage was then dismantled piece by piece and packed into 253 cases and 40 barrels before being shipped more than 10,000 miles from the Port of Hull to Australia. Cuttings from ivy plants in the garden were also included in the shipment and re-planted near the house. 

A site in Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens was chosen for the cottage’s new location and builders spent a painstaking six months rebuilding the house as close to the original as possible.

A stone obelisk now stands on the site of the old cottage on Easby Lane, Great Ayton. 

MPs voted by 494 to 114 to back the Brexit bill in the House of Commons after 17 hours of debate.  

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The bill gives Theresa May the go-ahead to formally tell the EU that the UK is leaving, by triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.  

Today the government has published an official policy document setting out its Brexit plans.

If you're wondering how your MP voted, you can check here.

Claire Renwick
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

Detectives investigating a shooting at a house in Sheffield early yesterday morning say it could be connected to other gun crimes in the city.

Officers were called to the property in Southey Hall Road at around 03:00 on Wednesday, after two shots had been fired through a ground floor window.

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Police are considering whether the incident is linked to similar offences in Sheffield, including at a house in Wortley Road on the 24 January.

Two men have been arrested and released on bail in connection with last month's shooting.

Six men have been jailed for a total of 81 years for the sexual abuse of two girls aged 12 and 14 in Rotherham.

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The abuse dates back 18 years. The judge at Sheffield Crown Court said their victims had been degraded and embarrassed by their ordeals and had suffered severe psychological harm.

The six men, Tayab Dad, Nasar Dad, Basharat Dad, Matloob Hussain, Mohammed Sadiq and Amjad Ali were sentenced to a total of 81 and a half years in prison.

The longest sentenced was given to Basharat Dad who was jailed for 20 years after the jury found him guilty of multiple child sexual offences.

The Press

Three people were arrested after a man suffered injuries in an assault in York, external on Tuesday night.

North Yorkshire Police were called to a disturbance in the communal area of some flats in Grosvenor Terrace and found a man was found with injuries to his face and arm.

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live

A woman from Leeds is preparing to perform with the world famous Cirque du Soleil on its first-ever UK arena tour, starting in Sheffield tonight.

Emily McCarthy, 20, from Morley joined the circus five years ago and is one of two aerial flyers. 

Emily, a former pupil at Woodkirk Academy in Tingley, initially trained as a gymnast and acrobat. 

She competed as an acrobat at World Championship level while training at Wakefield Gymnastics Club. 

Yorkshire Evening Post

A pioneering cycle route from Leeds to Bradford has now been used by over 100,000 people., external

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Engineers working on Elland Bridge which was badly damaged during the Christmas 2015 floods say the project's completion has been delayed. 

The Canal and Rivers Trust says the structure should now reopen to cars at some point this month. The structure was reopened to pedestrians and cyclists last month.

They say that the cold and frosty weather has slowed the final bits of work needed.

Local traders had expected the bridge to have reopened this week.  

BBC Sport

Thomas Voeckler will be back to defend his Tour de Yorkshire, external title after being unveiled as the first star rider of 2017.

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Direct Energie rider Voeckler, 37, emerged triumphant last year after he broke away with Nicolas Roche on the final climb of the third stage and outsprinting the Irishman along Scarborough’s North Bay (pictured above).

The popular French rider has earned a cult following due to his attacking style and never-say-die attitude.

He has also won four Tour de France stages, held the iconic yellow jersey for 20 stages, and even topped the mountains classification in a glittering career.

Last September he announced plans to retire following this summer’s Tour de France, meaning the Tour de Yorkshire on 28-30 April will be his last competitive appearance on British soil.

Georgey Spanswick
Presenter, BBC Radio York

The Bafta-nominated series, The Secret Life of 5 Year Olds, is back on TV tonight featuring children from North Yorkshire. 

The first of two episodes is on Channel 4 this evening, calling itself "the uncensored drama of life in the playground". 

Among the places being focused on in this series are Harrogate and Knaresborough.

One of the children featured is five-year-old Harry from Knaresbrough who will be allowed to stay up late and watch the show tonight - I asked him if his brother will be watching: 

Claire Renwick
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

The future of a Barnsley tourist attraction looks a little brighter, after the Heritage Lottery Fund released a statement over the closure of Wentworth Castle Gardens.

A spokesperson says the organisation's prepared to work with all parties "to help find a solution for this important heritage asset."

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It was announced yesterday that the Grade I-listed site will close in March due to lack of funds.

The trust which runs the venue, says it will make "every effort to honour existing weddings."

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live

North Yorkshire Police and Sheffield City Council’s Trading Standards team are urging anyone who has ordered or received a bed from Magical Dream Beds Ltd to contact them.

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The call comes after officers investigating the sudden death of a seven-month-old baby in York issued a safety warning to customers of a company called Playtime Beds Ltd.

Following the death, Playtime Beds was served a notice by Sheffield's Trading Standards team to cease and desist trading but they found that a company trading as Magical Dream Beds Ltd, set up by a former Playtime Beds employee, has since supplied a bed designed and made by Playtime Beds. 

The bed was supplied after the serving of the cease and desist notice and has prompted a further safety warning. 

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of fraud offences in relation to the investigation into Magical Dream Beds Ltd. 

A man has been seriously injured in a shooting in Dewsbury.

The 24-year-old was taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. 

It happened just before 22:30 last night in Cemetery Road in the town. 

Police say that they think the shooting was targeted. 

Officers say that they are linking it to another incident, where someone was threatened in the same place half an hour before the shooting, in what detectives say was a case of mistaken identity. 

It's thought that the suspects then tried to steal cars to make their get away. 

Police are looking for four men aged in their late teens/early twenties.

Three of them are described as Asian, Afghan and Afro-Caribbean. 

Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live

Four restaurants in Yorkshire have been included in The Sunday Times Top 100 Restaurants list, published this weekend.

The Yorke Arms in Ramsgill, The Black Swan in Oldstead, The Star Inn in Harome and The Magpie Café in Whitby are all included.  

The list is compiled by a judging panel which includes TV chefs Jamie Oliver, Antonio Carluccio (pictured above) and Nick Jones, the founder of Soho House.

It doesn't rank the establishments in the list, but selects eight regional winners and an overall winner.

Two more arrests have been made over the death of Raheem Wilks, the 19-year-old who died after being shot outside a barbers in Leeds.

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Armed officers arrested a 23-year-old man on suspicion of murder in Chapeltown this morning. They also arrested 19-year-old woman on suspicion of assisting an offender. 

Keal Richards, 21, of Francis Street, Chapeltown, is due to appear at Leeds Crown Court today charged with Mr Wilks' murder.　

A 49-year-old man who was previously arrested on suspicion of murder remains on bail.

A 19-year-old woman previously arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender also remains on police bail.

Claire Renwick
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

Sheffield Council says it's confident it'll have alternative arrangements in place after confirming Hurlfield View in Gleadless Common is to shut.

The authority says it'll be able to book day centre places at homes and facilities already providing care to people with dementia and complex needs.

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Hurlfield View is the last specialist day care facility in the city for people with dementia.