Summary

  • Brighouse Ritz told to change name by London Ritz hotel

  • North Yorkshire primary school with just 12 pupils to close

  • One-punch killer Blue Horrobin starting an 11 year prison sentence

  • Police increase patrols after Sheffield shooting

  • Plans to transform NHS services in England involve hospital closures or downgrading A&E with changes at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Dewsbury Hospital

  • One of North Yorkshire's biggest landfill sites will close when the county's new waste incinerator opens nearby.

  • Updates on Tuesday 21 February 2017

  1. Sidebottom to retire at end of seasonpublished at 12:08 Greenwich Mean Time 22 February 2017

    Yorkshire's ex-England seam bowler Ryan Sidebottom announces he will retire at the end of the County Championship season.

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  2. Police issue fatal shooting car appealpublished at 21:56 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Detectives investigating a Sheffield killing try to trace the movements of a car linked to the attack.

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  3. Life-saving wife in CPR call for schoolspublished at 18:41 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Carolyn Bjelan saved her husband's life and now she wants resuscitation skills to be more widely taught.

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  4. Stilt plans passed for flood-hit storepublished at 18:20 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Russell Dean is to stay in Mytholmroyd with a rebuilt store designed to beat more floods.

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  5. Our five top stories todaypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Oli Woodcock
    BBC Local Live

    Thanks for being with us today, live updates will continue throughout this evening and tonight. 

    Before we go, let's look back at some of our top stories from today:

    Gary Barlow

    If you spot something happening where you live, which you think we should know about, you can always get in touch with us by email.

  6. Young girl found travelling alone on Leeds buspublished at 17:59 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Charles Heslett
    Journalist, BBC Radio Leeds

    A young girl's been found travelling alone on a bus into Leeds city centre this afternoon.  

    Officers were called to collect the child, who's believed to be under the age of 11, from the bus when it stopped in Albion Street at about 17:30. She'd been found by the bus driver.

    The girl did not speak much English and could not tell officers why she was on the bus, a police spokesman has said.

  7. New market on Darley Street will put spotlight on Bradford producerspublished at 17:53 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Bradford Telegraph and Argus

    Local producers of food, external, crafts and arts will soon be given a chance to show their goods in a regular city centre market. 

    Matt Lamont, Shy Burhan and Jonathan Smith on Darley StreetImage source, Bradford Telegraph and Argus
  8. Woman's CPR saves her husband's lifepublished at 17:46 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Carolyn Bjelan's CPR after husband Jovan collapsed during DIY saved his life, says Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

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  9. Board games booming at Sheffield Librarypublished at 17:38 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Adam Pinder-Smith
    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    A popular Saturday morning board games session at Ecclesfield Library has now been extended until June due to the success of the scheme. 

    The sessions, run by Imagination Gaming, encourage children and families to come down and have a positive experience of their local library, as well as providing exciting activities, helping to connect communities together.  

    Playing board games at Ecclesfield LibraryImage source, Sheffield City Council
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    This event was a great success and very well attended. Lots of fun was had by all, including my own children. It’s great to see Ecclesfield Library going from strength to strength"

    Jack Scott, Cabinet member for community services and libraries at Sheffield City Council

  10. Ritz hotel orders venue to change namepublished at 17:30 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    A row has broken out after the Yorkshire Ritz received a letter from the London hotel's lawyers.

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  11. Did you hear a 'loud bang' in Crosland Moor last night? Police are investigating reportspublished at 17:23 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Huddersfield Examiner

    Police were called to Crosland Moor last night after a resident reported a "loud bang" which sounded like a "gun shot".   

    College Street in Crosland MoorImage source, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

    Officers were called to College Street after receiving the call from a concerned member of the public at about 21:30.

    They carried out a search of the area last night but no evidence was found to suggest a firearm had been discharged.

  12. Your evening weather forecastpublished at 17:15 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Owain Wyn Evans
    Weather presenter, BBC Look North

    Windy this evening and overnight with some rain. The rain will mainly affect the Pennines where it will be heavy and persistent. Strong and gusty westerly winds and a minimum temperature of 7 deg C (45F).

    Weather graph

    Early rain on Wednesday will soon clear to the south and the strong westerly winds will ease. Bright with sunny spells and just the odd isolated shower. Temperature highs of 10c (50F)  

  13. Listen: Antarctic expedition for North Yorkshire soldierpublished at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Adam Pinder-Smith
    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    A North Yorkshire soldier is among a group who'll attempt to become the first all-female team to cross the Antarctic unaided. 

    Lt Rosanna Baker is based at Catterick and during the three month, 1,000-mile expedition, will face temperatures of -40 degrees.

    Another member of the team is Maj Nat Taylor:

  14. Appeal over fatal motorbike crashpublished at 16:56 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    South Yorkshire Police are urging a motorcyclist who may have witnessed a fatal collision involving another bike in Rotherham at the weekend to come forward.  

    A motorcycle and a car collided on Worry Goose Lane, Whiston, near to the junction with Greystones Road, at about 12:50 on Saturday 18 February.

    Peter HeardImage source, South Yorkshire Police

    The rider of the motorbike, Peter Heard (pictured), 65, of Rotherham, was taken to Northern General Hospital with life threatening injuries and died a short time later. 

    Anyone with information is being asked to call 101.

  15. Doncaster's Houghton out for the seasonpublished at 16:44 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Doncaster Rovers midfielder Jordan Houghton is ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.

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  16. Dozen-pupil school to close in Julypublished at 16:22 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    A tiny primary school in North Yorkshire with just 12 pupils is closing because of falling numbers.

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  17. Sofa shop on stiltspublished at 16:04 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Len Tingle
    Political Editor, BBC Look North

    Calderdale Council have concluded their planning meeting looking at the application for a furniture store on stilts to replace one hit by the Boxing Day floods of 2015 in Mytholmroyd, near Halifax in West Yorkshire.

    It was approved by the council this afternoon, but it's not known at present when the work will begin.

    Furniture store in Calderdale
  18. Nine years behind bars for Doncaster rapistpublished at 15:49 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017
    Breaking

    A 43-year-old man has been jailed for nine years after admitting raping and sexually assaulting a Doncaster teenager, resulting in her becoming pregnant with his child.  

    Glenn SambrookImage source, South Yorkshire Police

    Glen Sambrook of Palm Grove in Conisborough appeared at Sheffield Crown Court and pleaded guilty to 11 offences .    

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    Although Sambrook has accepted responsibility for his awful crimes, this does not detract from the significant impact this abuse has had on his victim."

    Investigating officer DC Nichole Russell, South Yorkshire Police

  19. Paul Nuttall Hillsborough claims: A 'wider smear campaign'published at 15:26 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Nick Wilson
    BBC Radio Sheffield

    The UKIP leader, Paul Nuttall says there's a 'smear campaign' against him.

    It follows an apology from Mr Nuttall over the resignations of two party chairmen in Liverpool. They had accused him and the party donor, Arron Banks of showing what they called  'crass insensitivity' towards the Hillsborough disaster. 

    This in turn was triggered by false suggestions on his website that he'd lost close friends in the crush during an FA Cup semi-final at Sheffield Wednesday's ground in April 1989. 

    He says he's done nothing to warrant such criticism.

  20. Carnegie sign Arscott after Sale sackingpublished at 15:16 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2017

    Yorkshire Carnegie sign winger Tom Arscott, a month after he was sacked by Sale Sharks for leaking team information.

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