Yorkshire breaking news: Latest updates

Those are all the updates from BBC Yorkshire Live on Thursday 26 January 2017.

For the latest news, sport, weather and travel for Friday 27 January, click here toget up-to-date.

Well that's all from us for today, we'll be back tomorrow from 06:30 with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel for Yorkshire. 

major news, sport and weather travel updates will continue into the evening and through the night.

But before we go, let's look back at some of our top stories from today: 

1. No investigation into West Yorkshire Police's role in Bradford City fire
2. Charges dropped over Sheffield tree-felling protest
3. Lewd comment hunt councillor resigns 
4. Yorkshire ambulance crews given more time to attend 999 calls
5. Bradford woman's incredible escape from crashing car

We'll see you tomorrow.

If you've braved a move away from your warm office or front room today, you'll have noticed that it's totally brass monkeys out there.

Nithering, nesh and indeed reet flippin' freezing. It's all down to wind chill.

But what it is it? Check out my video to find out:

A fish and chip shop in Idle, Bradford, has won the 'Healthy Eating Fish and Chips Award' at the 2017 National Fish & Chip Awards in London.

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But before you get excited that Towngate Fisheries have come up with the answer to all of our dreams of a portion of fish and chips that is good for you, I have bad news.

The award recognises that they "excel in educating and informing their customers about healthy eating choices".  

But whatever, it's great to to have a one of the best chip shops in the country on our doorstep.

A Labour party member in Sheffield says he doesn't trust senior members of his own party over the Amey tree-felling programme which has led to public protests. 

He says council leader Julie Dore admitted to a local party meeting that she hadn't seen the full contract.

The authority says it's not usual practice for members to read a complex contract which is 7,000 pages long.

But the man, who doesn't want to be named, says cabinet members are ignoring local Labour members' wishes:

The master of a North Yorkshire hunt who was captured making lewd comments to a female protester has now resigned from his role as a councillor. 

Charles Carter - the master of the Middleton hunt - was filmed via Facebook Live asking if the demonstrator would go to bed with him. 

He was suspended by the Conservative party, and has now stepped down from Breckland Council in Norfolk. 

Barnsley goalkeeper Adam Davies has signed a new two-and-a-half-year deal.

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The 24-year-old joined the Tykes from Sheffield Wednesday in June 2014 and has made 88 league appearances.

Boss Paul Heckingbottom told the club website: "I'm delighted that Adam has decided to commit his future to the club and there is no doubt that he thoroughly deserves this deal."

A homeless man has been charged over a series of assaults in Staincross in Barnsley last month.

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It's alleged that 33-year-old Stewart Caves, of no fixed address, assaulted a 34-year-old man at a house in Grove Road on 10 December. The victim  suffered serious injuries.

The suspect has also been charged with two further counts of assault on a 31-year-old woman on the same day. 

A businesswoman has been robbed of her takings after two men armed with baseball bats forced her to stop as she was driving in the Middleton area of Leeds.

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It happened at about 23:30 last night on Broom Grove. 

The woman was forced to stop and then two men banged on the car and demanded her money.　  

The pair the escaped with a "large amount of cash" in a car that police think may be a 2000-plate Vauxhall Corsa.

Quote Message: We believe the victim has been targeted, [she was] left understandably very distressed by what happened." from Det Con Jonathan Oates West Yorkshire Police

We believe the victim has been targeted, [she was] left understandably very distressed by what happened."

Sheffield City Council has won government funding to help projects aimed at getting more people to cycle or walk to work.

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The £7.5m, which is part of the Department for Transport's cycling strategy, aims to deliver:

• more safety and awareness training for cyclists 
• extra secure cycle storage
• bike repair and maintenance courses
• road safety measures
• mapping information for pedestrians
• real-time bus information through smart phone apps or information at bus stops
• increased focus on car-sharing clubs

The government says that by 2040 it wants walking and cycling to be "the natural choice|" for shorter journeys.   

Raffaele Sollecito, the man who was cleared of killing Leeds student Meredith Kercher, has said he has been left in financial difficulty by the legal costs incurred while proving his innocence.

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Mr Sollecito was arrested in 2007, along with his then-girlfriend Amanda Knox, for the murder of Ms Kercher in Italy.

He was twice convicted before Italy's highest court found him not guilty.

He has launched a compensation bid against the Italian government. The hearing is on Friday.

Doncaster Council has denied being reckless with taxpayers' money when dealing with the homeless. 

We reported earlier that the head of a charity called M25 Housing had said hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money was spent dealing with the town's tent city. 

But Pat Hagan, Doncaster Council's head of service for communities, insists they used existing budgets to help people:

This video is simply jaw-dropping.

Somehow a car crashes into this woman in Bradford and she walks away with just a few bruises and rips to her clothes:

The Sheffield Hallam MP Nick Clegg has welcomed news that three people who were arrested during a stand-off about the felling of eight trees in Sheffield have had the case against them dropped.

Jenny Hockey, who's 70, and 72-year-old Freda Brayshaw made up part of the 'Rustlings Road Three', charged with public order offences after protesting outside their homes when contractors turned up: