Yorkshire News Briefing

Yorkshire News Briefing

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Yorkshire News Briefing episodes

  • 28 April 2021

    Today's stories:

    • Tour de Walkshire launched for residents after the region's cycling race postponed;
    • Over 1500 York businesses to receive the rest of Council's Additional Restrictions Grant;
    • Line-up for Sheffield Tramlines Music Festival announced ahead of July's event;
    • Doncaster recovered to pre-pandemic level of job adverts.

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      2 min
    • 22 April 2021

      Today's stories:

      • Yorkshire found to be the least energy efficient region in Britain;
      • Deer Shed music festival cancelled after organisers struggled with Covid insurance;
      • Three more men arrested following a stabbing in Sheffield;
      • Firefighters in Leeds complete Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge to raise money.

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        2 min
      • 21 April 2021

        Today's stories:

        • Statements were altered to mask police failings after Hillsborough disaster, court heard;
        • M&S to create 300 jobs as it opens new online warehouse in West Yorkshire;
        • Sheffield pub changed opening hours after noise complaints;
        • Tom Cruise was seen in North Yorkshire for a film shoot.

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          2 min
        • 20 April 2021

          Today's stories:

          • Primark to repay £121m furlough money despite lockdown shutdown;
          • South Yorkshire Police injured following incident on M18, where one man was arrested;
          • Community food bank in York has given more than 1000 packages since it opened in December;
          • Tuneless Choirs in Doncaster to return in May after 8 months.
            • 2 min
          • 19 April 2021

            Today's stories:

            • York Police Officer boards popular bus routes to talk to residents;
            • Sentencing delayed for Sheffield kidnap suspect after judge unable to conclude; 
            • One way system at Doncaster's Lakeside criticised by residents;
            • Sixth-tier football team York City jokingly boycotted the newly-announced European Super League.
              • 2 min
            • 16 April 2021

              Today's stories:

              • Government criticised over slow rollout of Kickstart as campaigns call for scheme extension;
              • Roman villa remains damaged by trespassers hours after its high status was revealed;
              • Kays Catalogue could become clinical research unit in Leeds;
              • Sheffield couple who met as teenage workers at Grand Hotel in 1940s to celebrate 70th anniversary.

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                3 min
              • 15 April 2021

                Today's stories:

                • BBC defends reporting of Prince Philip's death as it releases funeral coverage plans;
                • Extra measures and police patrols to tackle littering and anti-social behaviour at Sheffield park;
                • Congestion levels in Hull this week "twice as high as London";
                • Online workshops to return to Kirklees to help reduce food waste.

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                  2 min
                • 14 April 2021

                  Today's stories:

                  • Councils across Yorkshire offer Restart Grants to help businesses reopen;
                  • 18-year-old lost his hand in a machete attack in Leeds;
                  • Remains of a 'high-status' Roman villa discovered in Scarborough;
                  • Divers return to Ponds Forge pool in Sheffield.

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                    2 min
                  • 13 April 2021

                    Today's stories:

                    • Moderna vaccine rollout begins in England;
                    • Investigation launched after shots fired at house in Doncaster ;
                    • Yorkshire’s largest dinosaur footprint discovered on coast;
                    • York theatre to open new pop-up bar. 

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                      2 min
                    • 12 April 2021

                      Today's stories:

                      • Pubs and restaurants across Yorkshire reopen as part of the latest lockdown easing;
                      • Protest took place outside an B&M shop in Sheffield over allegations of an ex-worker's unpaid wages;
                      • Three people in West Yorkshire appeared in court with murder charges;
                      • Street art featuring key workers on display in York city centre.

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                        3 min

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