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David Ward and Oli Woodcock

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  1. Don't miss our live coverage on Friday

    That's it for our news coverage today.

    If you want to follow our news, sport, weather and travel on Friday then please click here .

  2. Five things we learned today

    Oli Woodcock

    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    That's all from the Yorkshire Live team for today. We'll be back tomorrow from 06:30 with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel for Yorkshire.

    Meanwhile, updates on breaking news, sport and travel stories will continue here throughout the night, but before we go, let's look back at some of our top stories from today:

    1. IS leader speech retweeter Mary Kaya from Batley sentenced

    2. A North Yorkshire care home has been fined £50,000 following the death of one of its residents 

    3. The woman found dead in the lake of a popular park in Leeds has been identified 

    4.  Police investigating the death  of Aseel Al-Essaie in Upperthorpe in Sheffield last month have arrested a 35-year-old man

    5. A member of the public's being praised for stopping the abduction of a toddler in Leeds

    Finally, if you spot something happening where you live, which you think we should know about, you can always get in touch with me  by email . Now enjoy the late evening sunshine!

  3. Yorkshire weather this evening

    Oli Woodcock

    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    Very mild and mostly cloudy this evening and overnight with the risk of some patchy rain mainly in western areas. Minimum temperature overnight of about 10C (50F).

    Weather still

    Patchy rain possible in the west at first tomorrow, otherwise bright with sunny spells and a risk of one or two showers. Still very mild. Maximum temperature 16C (61F).

  4. Uber driver fined after council prosecution

    The Press

    A taxi driver who was illegally working in York has been fined.

    City of York Council, responding to complaints by local taxi drivers, investigated Mohammed Nawaz, 25, of Cark Road Keighley.

    Uber mobile phone app
  5. Bradford campaigns to be part of proposed HS3 rail scheme

    Oli Woodcock

    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    The Rail Minister has spoken positively about the campaign for a station in Bradford as part of the proposed HS3 rail scheme .

    HS3

    Bradford Council says it will be "pushing very hard" to be included in the Leeds to Manchester line.

    Speaking in the Commons, the Labour MP for Bradford South Judith Cummins urged it to be made a priority.

  6. BreakingIS leader speech retweeter Mary Kaya from Batley sentenced

    Oli Woodcock

    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    A woman found guilty of encouraging terrorism after she retweeted a speech by the so-called Islamic State leader has been given a suspended jail sentence. 

    Mary Kaya

    Mary Kaya, 57, from Batley, West Yorkshire, had denied posting a link to an audio clip by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

    She was found guilty after a trial of dissemination of a terrorist publication likely to encourage people to participate in terrorism.

    Kaya received a two-year term.

  7. Sheffield woman sentenced after pleading guilty to terrorist offence

    Oli Woodcock

    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    A 22-year-old woman from Sheffield has today been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to disseminating terrorist material online.

    Fatimah Peer-Mohd

    Fatimah Peer-Mohd (also known as Fatimah Peer-Mohamed) of Earl Marshall Road in Sheffield admitted to one count of disseminating terrorist publications, contrary to Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006 at Sheffield Crown Court.

    Peer-Mohd was arrested in May 2015 by officers from the North East Counter Terrorism Unit after postings were made on social media that were pro ISIS and anti-Western.

  8. Sheffield's rum o'clock

    Rony Robinson

    Presenter, BBC Radio Sheffield

    Sheffield's first Rum Festival gets underway at Trafalgar Warehouse tomorrow night.

    Lucy Douglas has been in to tell me about it and bought with her a sample or two.

    (Not a drop was drunk though, promise)

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    Video caption: The Rum Festival logo
  9. Assel Al-Essaie death: Arrest made

    Oli Woodcock

    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    Police investigating the death of Aseel Al-Essaie in Upperthorpe in Sheffield last month have arrested a 35-year-old man.

    Aseel Al-Essaie

    He's in police custody on suspicion of assisting offenders. 

    Mr Al-Essaie was shot at about 13:35 on Saturday 18 Febraury in Daniel Hill. He later died in hospital.

  10. Yorkshire's Stephanie Hirst to be the voice of Channel 4

    Oli Woodcock

    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    Barnsley's Stephaine Hirst has taken to social media to announce she'll be the voice of Channel 4 tomorrow night to mark International Transgender Day of Visibility .

    "Hirsty" who was a voice on commerical radio in Yorkshire for many years made the transition from male to female in 2014 .

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    You can hear her from 18:00 tomorrow night on Channel 4.

  11. Power cut hits 2,400 properties

    The Press

    More than 2,000 properties in York and the surrounding area were left without electricity today after a major power cut.

    About 2,400 properties in the YO10, YO18,YO19,YO23,YO24,YO32,YO60 areas were affected.

    An electricity cable
  12. Toddler snatched before being rescued by passer-by in Leeds

    Oli Woodcock

    BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

    A member of the public's being praised for stopping the abduction of a toddler in Leeds.

    Tunstall Road, Leeds

    The attempted abduction, which took place at 16:30 on Wednesday on Tunstall Road, Beeston, was prevented by the "public-spirited" passer-by, who also detained the woman until the police arrived. 

    As a result one woman's been arrested, and a police investigation's underway after the incident.

    Quote Message: This was clearly a very distressing incident for the little girl and her mother." from Detective Inspector Charlotte Hails West Yorkshire Police
    Detective Inspector Charlotte Hails West Yorkshire Police