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Yorkshire News Briefing
Yorkshire News Briefing episodes
- 2 min
- 8 April 2021
Today's stories:
- MP calls for police protection for Rotherham Covid testing staff who were attacked by rocks;
- People urged not to put padlocks over Hull's new bridge;
- Final seven candidates announced for West Yorkshire Mayor Election;
- Sand drawing created at North Yorkshire beach to launch national clean-up campaign.
Available every weekday evening.
2 min - 7 April 2021
Today's stories:
- Under-30s in the UK are to be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine due to blood clot concerns;
- Third electric car charging hub to be approved in York;
- Two people died after motorway car collision in Sheffield;
- Leeds student installed bin bag dispenser at park which was stacked with rubbish last week.
Available every weekday evening.
2 min - 6 April 2021
Today's stories:
- Better public transport needed to help left-behind areas in Yorkshire, report says;
- Fire crews fight Doncaster recycling centre blaze;
- Sheffield Council to consider a crossing after petition;
- A York store destroyed b fire to be redeveloped as a business park.
Available every weekday evening.
2 min - 5 April 2021
Today's stories:
- Culture venues in Yorkshire and across England share the latest round of Recovery Fund;
- Hundreds attended Sheffield's Kill the Bill protest on Saturday;
- York Archbishop criticised for advertising job which pays £90,000;
- Worksop Masterplan launched to transform the town centre.
Available every weekday evening.
2 min - 2 April 2021
Today's stories:
- Shielding comes to an end for millions in the UK;
- Family of Barnsley murder victim appeal for answers;
- Around 47,000 eligible for vaccine in North Yorkshire have yet to come forward;
- Sheffield Recycling centres to extend opening hours after petition.
Available every weekday evening.
3 min - 1 April 2021
Today's stories:
- People urged to avoid busy places if travelling to Yorkshire coasts;
- Police investigate rape report in Sheffield park;
- Harrogate could have Yorkshire's first CYCLOPS junction;
- Yorkshire bus company finds residents want their April Fools boat service to be real.
Available every weekday evening.
2 min - 31 March 2021
Today's stories:
- Great Yorkshire Show to be held over four days for the first time;
- Mounds of litter left at parks in Leeds and Sheffield;
- Hit and run incident left 76-year-old woman from Doncaster severely injured;
- People in West Yorkshire reminded not to have BBQ due to increasing risks of moorland fires;
- New chocolate factory to open in Sheffield this year.
Available every weekday evening.
3 min - 30 March 2021
Today's stories:
- Wetherspoon to open 18 new pubs including in Sheffield and Leeds;
- York Council to fly Pride flag tomorrow to celebrate Trans Day of Visibility;
- Sheffield buses diverted because of vandalism and anti-social behaviour;
- Leeds Festival organiser feels confident about summer event.
Available every weekday evening.
2 min - 29 March 2021
Today's stories:
- People in England allowed to meet outside as lockdown restrictions ease;
- £170m Liberty Steel bailout request rejected by the government;
- Nine officers injured at anti-lockdown protest in Bradford;
- Fundraising campaign launched for a Doncaster shop after window attack;
- York rail operator resumed its services to London after three-month suspension.
Available every weekday evening.
2 min
About Yorkshire News Briefing
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Keep up to speed with Zoe Hu's two-minute Yorkshire News Briefing - bringing you the most important stories of the day. Available every weekday evening.