Summary

  • Funeral of teenage Dinnington stab victim Leonne Weeks is held

  • Steel maker Tata signs agreement to sell Speciality Steels business for £100m

  • Arriva Rail North workers balloted over strike action

  • £135m energy-from-waste incinerator gets the go-ahead in Keighley

  • Stolen sheep being hidden "in plain sight" in North Yorkshire

  • Updates on Thursday 9 February 2017

Live Reporting

Elly Fiorentini, Nick Wilmshurst and Kat Harbourne

  1. Watch: Lock snapping - what is it?

    Johnathan I'Anson
    BBC Radio Leeds

    I am staggered how quick it is to lock snap a door.  Take a look at this. It might just help you protect your home and car. 

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  2. Watch: How does a young person end up homeless?

    Elly Fiorentini
    BBC Local Live, York

    I can't imagine what it would have been like to have been kicked out of home at a young age. 

    The Yorkshire homeless charity Sash, Safe and Sound Homes, which supports young people by providing a roof over their head, says the number of teens being offered emergency accommodation across York and North Yorkshire has more than doubled in the last five years. 

    This is Beth's story. 

  3. Traffic and Travel: M18 lanes re-open

    BBC Travel

    Good news after the problems from a broken down vehicle on the M18 in South Yorkshire. 

    Heavy traffic northbound at J5, M180 (Stainforth), because of an earlier broken down vehicle. 

    All lanes have been re-opened.

  4. Severe disruption: M62 West Yorkshire Eastbound

    BBC Travel

    M62 West Yorkshire - M62 lane blocked on entry slip road and queuing traffic eastbound at J29, M1 (Lofthouse), because of an accident involving two cars and lorry.

    Congestion on M1 to J44, A639 (Leeds South) and to J28, A650 (Tingley).  

  5. Funeral of 16-year-old Leonne Weeks

    The funeral's taking place today of 16-year-old Leonne Weeks, whose body was discovered on a pathway off Lordens Hill in Dinnington, near Rotherham in January.

    A post-mortem examination found she died as a result of multiple stab wounds.

    There will be a procession before the funeral service at St Leonard's church at 1330.   

    Leonne WeeksLeonne Weeks

    Shea Peter Heeley, 18, of Doe Quarry Lane, Dinnington, has been charged with her murder, and is due to appear at Sheffield Crown Court next week.  

  6. Severe disruption: M606 West Yorkshire southbound

    BBC Travel

    M606 West Yorkshire - slow traffic on M606 southbound at M62 J26, Chain Bar, because of an accident, which is now on the hard shoulder.  

  7. Weather: It's chilly

    Jennifer Bartram
    BBC Look North weather presenter

    Did you have to clear a bit of snow off your car this morning?

    Here's what to expect later:

  8. Supercar maker McLaren due to officially announce Rotherham factory

    Elly Fiorentini
    BBC Local Live, York

    The luxury supercar manufacturer McLaren will officially announce it's to build a £50m chassis factory near Rotherham creating 200 jobs.  

    The "world-class" facility will be built at the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre near Rotherham.

    Construction is due to start "in early 2017", with full production of advanced carbon fibre chassis by 2020.

  9. Traffic and travel: Accident on M62 Junction 29

    Elly Fiorentini
    BBC Local Live, York

    This could slow you down this morning. 

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  10. Watch: Multi million pound incinerator at Keighley decision due today

    Charles Engwell
    Reporter, BBC Radio Leeds

    Plans to build a multi-million pound incinerator to burn industrial waste near Keighley in West Yorkshire will be considered today. 

    Bradford councillors will be shown a revised planning application for the £135m project which developers say will create five hundred jobs. 

    Objectors to the scheme on outskirts of Keighley say they fear it will harm their health and the environment.

  11. Watch: Who is Leeds Rhinos Ash Golding's favourite Headingley full back?

    James Deighton
    BBC West Yorkshire Sport

    Leeds Rhinos kick off the Superleague season tonight away at St Helens.  Their new number one Ash Golding talks about his favourite full back at the club. 

  12. Traffic and travel: B6376 South Yorkshire closed due to gas leak

    BBC Travel

    B6376 South Yorkshire - B6376 Maltby Lane in Maltby closed in both directions between the B6427 Holywell Lane junction and the Lilly Hall Road junction, because of a gas leak. Also affecting Millindale between A634 Blyth Road and A631 High Street. 

  13. Smoke alarm warning after three rescued from South Yorkshire Fire

    Elly Fiorentini
    BBC Local Live, York

    Yesterday we told you about the grandmother and two grandchildren who'd been rescued from a house fire in Cudworth.

    When firefighters got there in the early hours of Wednesday morning the occupants were trapped.

    Here's a message from the fire service about the importance of smoke alarms.

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  14. The headlines from across Yorkshire this morning

    Elly Fiorentini
    BBC Local Live, York

    Here are some of the stories which are making the news:

    • Plans to build an multi-million pound incinerator to burn industrial waste near Keighley will be considered today
    • Rotherham College announces it's to open a new ten-and-a-half-million-pound Higher Education Centre in Autumn 2018
    • The number of teens being offered emergency accommodation across York and North Yorkshire has more than doubled since 2011, according to figures from homeless charity Safe and Sound Homes 

  15. Traffic and travel: A653 West Yorkshire closed due to police incident

    BBC Travel

    West Yorkshire - Tempest Road in Leeds closed in both directions between the A653 Dewsbury Road junction and the Beeston Road junction, because of what police are describing as an incident.  

  16. Good morning: Join us for today's live coverage across Yorkshire

    It's a chilly morning, with the odd snow flurry here and there, but it doesn't feel as cold as yesterday.

    We're here throughout the day keeping you up to date with the latest news, sport and weather.