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Latest News... (Source: BBC News)
Man denies murdering eight in Birkby house fire
Shahid Mohammed is accused of killing eight family members in a fire in 2002.
M62 police shooting: Three in court over gun find
The three men on trial had been travelling in convoy with Yasser Yaqub when police shot him.
Huddersfield child sex inquiry: Thirty people to go on trial
The offences relate to five women and are alleged to have taken place between 2005 and 2012.
Hockney painting breaks auction record for living artist
The price of Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) is the highest for a living artist.
Jeremy Brabrooke: Murderer absconds from Ford Prison
Jeremy Brabrooke, sentenced to life for a killing in 1988, is on the run from a jail in West Sussex.
Ursula Keogh suicide: Girl, 11, 'intended to kill herself'
The girl's mother felt "fobbed off" as she tried to get support for her daughter, a coroner says.
Charles Bronson cleared of trying to attack prison governor
The notorious inmate did a celebratory jig as he was found not guilty of the attack at HMP Wakefield.
Yorkshire firm's £80,000 order to create jukeboxes for Japan
The Leeds-based firm say they are the last company in the world to make vinyl-playing jukeboxes.
Cerith Wyn Evans' glass pipes win £30,000 Hepworth Prize for Sculpture
Cerith Wyn Evans' giant glass instrument wins the Hepworth Prize for Sculpture.
Hull artist makes pictures from waste washed up on beaches
Mandy Barker says the amount of waste washing up on the East Yorkshire coast has increased.
Dictionary explores Yorkshire's link to Harry Potter
A new dictionary points out links between old Yorkshire words and JK Rowling's world of wizards.
NHS: Check key targets in your area
Use our tracker to check whether your local services are meeting waiting-time targets for cancer, routine operations, A&E and mental health treatment.
Teenager Chloe Bellerby's 200 mile walk for mental health
Why one teenager walked from Leeds to London to raise awareness of mental health.
Jamie Jones-Buchanan: Leeds Rhinos stalwart agrees new deal for 21st season
Jamie Jones-Buchanan signs a new Leeds Rhinos deal that will take him into his 21st season as a professional player.
Trent Merrin: Leeds Rhinos sign Australia forward on four-year deal
Leeds Rhinos sign Australia forward Trent Merrin from NRL side Penrith Panthers on a four-year deal.
Warrington Wolves: Jake Mamo joins from Huddersfield Giants
Warrington Wolves sign versatile back Jake Mamo from Super League rivals Huddersfield on a one-year deal.
Latest Sports News... (Source: BBC News)
Bradford face Aston Villa in semi
Bradford's reward for knocking Arsenal out of the Capital One Cup is a semi-final against Aston Villa, while Chelsea take on Swansea.
Leeds United 1-5 Chelsea
Chelsea come from a goal down to thrash Leeds at Elland Road and qualify for the Capital One Cup semi-finals.
Brentford 4-2 Bradford
Marcello Trotta scores twice as Brentford become the first side to beat Bradford in a cup game this season.
Wycombe v Bradford
Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's game between Wycombe and Bradford in League Two.
Lee given three-match suspension
Huddersfield striker Alan Lee is given a three-match ban for violent conduct in Saturday's 2-0 defeat at Hull.
Bakke tips Leeds to push Chelsea
Ex-Leeds midfielder Eirik Bakke believes they have a chance against a "jet-lagged" Chelsea in the League Cup.
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National News Headlines
Ellie-May Minshull-Coyle death: 'Cage bed' couple jailed
Ellie-May Minshull-Coyle experienced "immense suffering" in the "monstrous" bed.
Grindr cheat pharmacist 'sobbed over wife' days after her death
Mitesh Patel denies murdering his wife Jessica so he could claim a £2m life insurance payment.
Man banned for 'not running' Hull Marathon
Race officials said the unnamed man, from East Anglia, "appears to have not actually run the race".
Rotherham child sexual abuse: Six men jailed
One victim said she had sex with "at least 100 Asian men", while another was gang-raped in a forest.
Leicester explosion: Shopkeeper 'made prison confession'
While on remand, Aram Kurd allegedly told a fellow prisoner that he caused the shop explosion.
Former 'world's fattest man' Paul Mason fined for shoplifting
A man once known as the "fattest in the world" is caught trying to steal Star Wars toys and medicine.
Man denies murdering eight in Birkby house fire
Shahid Mohammed is accused of killing eight family members in a fire in 2002.
Kent travellers' site raid saw 'extreme' violence
Victims were assaulted and threatened with guns, crowbars and baseball bats in front of children.
'Ruthless' pair murdered Barnsley woman over necklace
The killers visited "relentless, extreme violence on a defenceless woman", a judge says.
Nechells wall collapse deaths: Families reject inquest verdict
The deaths of five scrapyard workers in Birmingham were accidents, an inquest has found.
Search for man who fired gun after Basildon crash
A shot was fired after a crash between two cars in a street in Laindon, police say.
Hemsby man told to stop protecting cliff-top home
Lance Martin carried out "unauthorised excavation works" after his bungalow survived when the cliffs crumbled in Norfolk.
Source: BBC News
