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Sara Cox to cover equivalent of five marathons in five days for Children In Need

Cox will run, jog and walk through the sweeping moorlands and rolling hills of Northumberland, Durham, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire.

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Driver who killed great-grandmother as she crossed road has sentence increased

Tasham Mahmood was driving at more than twice the speed limit when he struck Carol Andrew in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire.

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Leeds United confirm racist incident as Sunderland fan arrested

Leeds United and West Yorkshire Police have confirmed a racist incident took place at Elland Road back in February

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UK Racist Couple Commands Their Dog To 'Kill' Filipino NHS Nurse In Ugly Encounter At West Yorkshire Park

A Filipino NHS nurse in Halifax was attacked by a racist couple who ordered their dog to 'kill' her, sparking police action and renewed debate on hate crime.

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Labour MP ‘receives death threats’ after Tory MP shares video on grooming gangs inquiry

Anna Dixon accuses fellow West Yorkshire MP Robbie Moore of spreading misinformation

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Teenage boy arrested after death of 13-year-old girl in West Yorkshire

Sixteen-year-old from Huddersfield held on suspicion of murder and rape

The Guardian - UK

Evri cashes in on second-hand boom with record number of deliveries

The West Yorkshire-based group said it delivered more than 807 million parcels over the year to the end of February.

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More than 100 cyclists set off on ride to remember murdered MP Jo Cox

Cheered on by Mrs Cox’s parents and sister, MP Kim Leadbeater, the group gathered at Princess Mary Athletics Stadium, in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire.

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Teenage killers stabbed prison inmate six months after being jailed for murder

Cousins Jakele Pusey, 17, and Jovani Harriott, 19, were given life sentences for the murder of Khayri Mclean, who was stabbed outside his school.

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Moment ‘tornado’ swirls over UK village caught on camera

A "tornado" was filmed swirling through West Yorkshire skies on Monday evening (21 July).

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‘Investing in destruction’: campaigners attack plans to fill Yorkshire tunnel with concrete

Government decision to infill disused Queensbury railway line comes amid calls for it to be converted to subterranean cycle path

The Guardian - UK

Man seen on CCTV calmly walking in city after killing wife as she pushed pram

Habibur Masum has been found guilty of murdering his wife Kulsuma Akter after tracking her to a women’s refuge.

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Spending review fails to impress former Labour supporters in West Yorkshire town

Plans to spend more on housing are met with scepticism in Morley and resentment over winter fuel payments remains

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Police name girl and father killed in house fire

Sohaib Ahmed, 38, and his daughter Manahal died in the blaze which broke out in Russell Close, Heckmondwike.

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House fire that killed girl and father ‘could have been started by tumble dryer’

An 11-year-old girl has also been left fighting for her life in hospital after the fire broke out in Heckmondwike on Sunday.

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‘Controlling’ husband killed wife after tracking her to refuge, court told

Habibur Masum, 26, launched a ‘ferocious’ knife attack on Kulsuma Akter, 27, after confronting her on a street in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

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Heckmondwike house fire: Girl, 9, among two killed in West Yorkshire blaze as 11-year-old fights for life

Medics tried to save man’s life but he died at the scene - while young girl was taken to hospital but died later that day

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Nine-year-old girl dead and 11-year-old critical in blaze which also kills man

Police are investigating the incident in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, on Sunday.

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The Independent UK

Girl, 9, and father killed in West Yorkshire house fire while sister, 11, fights for her life

There are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the fire in Heckmondwike

Evening Standard

Jenny Eclair backs £3.8m fundraiser to ‘save Hepworth artwork for the nation’

A museum and national charity wants to raise enough money to secure it for permanent public display in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

The Independent UK

Body found in urgent underwater search for teenage girl who fell into reservoir

West Yorkshire emergency crews hunted for missing girl for nearly 24 hours

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Body found in search for missing teenage girl who fell into reservoir from dam

Emergency services were called to Baitings Dam near Ripponden, West Yorkshire, at 1.17pm on Wednesday

Evening Standard

Inside Rose West's lonely prison wife as serial struggles to walk

Rose remains an inmate at women’s only HMP New Hall in West Yorkshire and has since changed her name to Jennifer Jones

The Guardian - UK

As a Labour MP who voted against winter fuel cuts, I’m glad the PM has seen sense

Our voters wanted change, not more austerity. Will the PM and his chancellor apologise for the anxiety and stress they’ve caused?, says Jon Trickett, the MP for Normanton and Hemsworth in West Yorkshire

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Blunkett outlines ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ plan to fix railways in Yorkshire

He said Yorkshire’s Plan for Rail would deliver a huge boost to jobs, growth and new housing.

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