Weston Park CCTV being checked after sex attack
Leeds dad's call for tougher sentences for drivers who kill
Eight HS2 'parkway' options considered for South Yorkshire
Community group aims to raise thousands to save Leeds pub
York tourist industry ponders post-Brexit future
Charity offers free haircuts for homeless people in Leeds
Live updates on Wednesday 25 January 2017
Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North
Have a look at this BBC Weather graphic.
You'll notice that hovering right above Yorkshire are some very low numbers:
That's right, tomorrow is going to be very cold indeed, so just a heads-up to make sure you get your jumper on tomorrow morning!
Personally, I'm bringing a hot water bottle to work tomorrow...
A mum and dad from Barnsley have decided to change their lives to help their son change his.
James and Emma Swallow-Gaunt have had difficulty getting support for their son Liam who has ADHD and autism.
He's now 21 and their other son Ethan, who's 10, is struggling with similar issues.
Both parents have totally changed careers, retraining as specialist sports coaches and are involved in 4 all Games, external an inclusive sports programme being trialled in schools across South Yorkshire:
It is a delicacy enjoyed by some of the world's most affluent diners and served at some of its most exclusive restaurants. Now caviar has found its way to Yorkshire, external.
Image source, Wakefield Express
Kate Linderholm
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
Several people who were in Weston Park in Sheffield on Monday night at about the time of a serious sexual assault on a 21-year-old woman have been spoken to by police, but detectives say there are others they'd still like to hear from.
Image source, GoogleDetectives are analysing CCTV footage and want to speak to anyone else, external who was in the park between 22:35 and 23:00.
Det Insp John Fitzgibbons says the woman continues to be supported by specialist officers:
Quote MessageAs I'm sure you can appreciate, incidents like this are extremely traumatic for victims, and as such, ascertaining details, including specific details of any descriptions she may have, can take time."
Det Insp John Fitzgibbons, South Yorkshire Police
Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live
The current state of adult social care is one of the biggest issues the country faces - especially how to fund it.
Image source, Science Photo LibraryIn 2015-16, City of York Council spent £74m on adult care, support and services - a total of £360 for everyone in York receiving care.
Now, the council wants residents to email their feedback, external on care provision in the city.
The authority's report on how the service worked over the last year is available here, external.
Championship club Aston Villa sign Barnsley defender James Bree and FC Basel's Iceland midfielder Birkir Bjarnason.
Read MoreThe overuse of antibiotics was to blame for a serious stomach bug which spread through UK hospitals in the last decade, a Leeds-based scientist claims.
Image source, Science Photo LibrarySevere cases of diarrhoea, caused by the Clostridium difficile bug, first hit the headlines in 2006.
A year later, a deep-cleaning programme was introduced in hospitals to try to bring the outbreak under control.
Professor Mark Wilcox, from the University of Leeds, says he believes it wasn't the cleaning which helped stop it, but limiting the use of antibiotics.
Super League club Castleford Tigers have signed teenage half-back Jake Trueman from Bradford Bulls.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe 17-year-old, who is a product of Bradford's academy and made his senior debut in the 2016 season, has signed a two-year deal with Castleford.
Quote MessageWe now have some of the best young half-backs in the country to learn from the quality we have in our first team."
Daryl Powell, Tigers head coach
Kat Harbourne
Reporter, BBC Radio Sheffield
Locke Park in Barnsley today becomes the town's first with a smoke-free child's play area.
Signs designed by a local schoolgirl have gone up asking people in the park to keep their cigarettes unlit.
The aim is that eventually 24 play areas across the borough will be smoke-free.
If you ignore the signs, however, there's no fine as the scheme is purely voluntary.
Doesn't Locke Park's bandstand look glorious against today's blue skies?
The National Farmers' Union is calling for clarity on what will happen to free-range labelling if restrictions owing to avian flu in North Yorkshire and three other parts of the country continue.
Image source, AFPA government order means poultry must be kept indoors until the end of February or kept away from wild birds.
The H5N8 bird flu strain has been found in poultry in North Yorkshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire and Carmarthenshire.
Under current EU rules, products from poultry housed for less than 12 weeks can be still marketed as free-range.
This 12-week allowance for birds housed owing to avian flu will come to an end on 28 February.
CCTV images have been released of men police would like to speak, external to following a brawl in Huddersfield which saw three men needing treatment in hospital.
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceThe fight broke out on Zetland Street just before 20:00 on 22 October last year.
The men who were treated in hospital weren't seriously injured
If you know one of those people who refuses to wear the seat belt, maybe share this picture with them:
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceSee that cracked windscreen? That's the result of someone's head hitting it after having a crash without being buckled-up.
The picture was posted by West Yorkshire Police, external and it happened in Emley near Huddersfield.
According to officers, a man who was a passenger in the car walked away with just a headache.
But things could have been a lot worse:
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceTraffic was temporarily stopped on the A1 between J37 (Barnsley) and J38 while Highways Agency traffic officers move the vehicles.
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Kate Linderholm
BBC Local Live, Sheffield
Yesterday we reported that HSBC was closing a number of branches across Yorkshire and, of course, last week Yorkshire Bank announced closures.
Image source, PAThe move leaves Wath upon Dearne without a bank.
John Healey, the MP for Wentworth and Dearne, says he has contacted the chief executives of both banks to say he is concerned about their decision and is doing everything he can to get them to change their minds.
Mr Healey has started a petition in his office for residents to sign:
Quote MessageThe decision of both banks to pull out of Wath is a disgrace. The banking system had strong support from taxpayers after they caused the global financial crisis and recession in 2008, now they should be standing by their communities."
John Healey MP
Detectives in Sheffield investigating a serious sexual assault on a 21-year-old woman in Weston Park on Monday night say the victim is still too traumatised to give them a full account of events.
Today, as they try to use CCTV footage from the surrounding area, police are asking anyone who was in or around the park on the evening of Monday 23 January to contact them, external.
The incident is believed to have happened sometime between 22:35 and 23:00 as the woman walked through the park.
The park remains cordoned off today.
Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live
There are many images of the good and the great of York in the city's galleries and museums as well as various statues but one local artist wants to commemorate some current heroes.
Artist Sue Clayton wants to paint six portraits featuring some of the special people who live in the city, external for an exhibition next year.
But Sue needs the help of York's citizens - she wants people to nominate a local hero or heroine for her to paint:
Jonathan Cowap
Presenter, BBC Radio York
Increasingly these days people are moving from job to job as the labour market changes.
That's an idea I imagine Max Mills from Knaresborough would struggle with as he stayed in the same job for 51 years.
Max was a teacher at St. John Fisher School in Harrogate before retiring in 2015 - although he still coaches table tennis at the school.
His dedication to the world of education was rewarded recently with an MBE and earlier today on the BBC Radio York Mid Morning Show he told me what kept him teaching through the years:
Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, Leeds
It's been part of the street furniture of Leeds since the late 1800s, but the future of the Cardigan Arms on Kirkstall Road in Leeds is now in doubt after its owners put it up for sale.
Image source, Luke ButlerBut it appears all is not lost...
A community group has formed, external over the past few weeks and is now working towards buying the "Cardy Arms" and keeping it in the ownership of local residents.
The group says it's trying to raise £350,000 to make it happen, with at least £100,000 coming from the Plunkett Foundation, which supports co-operatives and social enterprises.
Members have until June this year to raise the money to buy the Grade II-listed building, which was also one of Camra's top 200 heritage pubs.
Police are investigating after three cars were set alight, external in the Lundwood area of Barnsley earlier this week.
Image source, GoogleEmergency services were called to a house in Lang Avenue at about 22:20 on Monday night after a caller said three cars on the driveway were on fire.
The fire is believed to have been started deliberately and police would like to hear from anyone who saw or heard anything suspicious in the area at about that time.
Jim Addyman
BBC Local Live
There's good and bad news for our coastal resorts today.
Image source, ThinkstockScarborough and Whitby have missed out on a place in the Rough Guide's list of Britain's top 30 best seaside towns, external.
However it's good news for Filey - which is at number 19 - and even better news for Robin Hood's Bay (pictured) which is in ninth place.
The latter gained a reputation in the 18th century as Yorkshire's busiest smuggling community and, despite the name, has no known connections to the famous outlaw.
