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• Barclays Black Friday scam warning as people fall for it for same reason

  13-11-2026 07:27 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Scams are becoming increasingly convincing
  
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• Man says he 'can't do it' anymore as he arrives at rescue with 76 cats in car

  13-11-2026 12:57 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Hector's House Cat Rescue in Torquay received 112 cats after a man arrived with 76 animals in the back of his car, saying he could not cope anymore
  
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• Russia pandemic fears as tourists 'falling seriously ill' with mystery virus

  13-11-2026 12:51 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Russia has raised fresh pandemic fears after tourists returning from Vietnam reported a mysterious illness
  
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• Leeds BBC star Emma Louise Jones breaks silence after needing urgent surgery

  13-11-2026 12:42 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  BBC presenter Emma Louise Jones sent a picture with a thumbs up
  
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• Huddersfield urged to dig deep to help and support grieving families this Christmas

  13-11-2026 12:21 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Forget Me Not Christmas Fayre will be held at Russell House on Sunday November 29
  
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• Holmfirth teen crashed Audi into wall leaving four friends seriously hurt

  13-11-2026 12:05 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Driver hit wall on rural road in Holmfirth, causing serious injuries to passengers
  
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• 'I ran Monster Mansion prison and still remember terrifying chat with inmate'

  13-11-2026 11:52 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Russell Brand is reportedly set to transfer to 'Monster Mansion' HMP Wakefield - and one former governor there shared his expertise about the West Yorkshire prison last year
  
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• BBC TV Licence refund - certain households can claim up to £165 back

  13-11-2026 11:42 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Households could be owed a BBC TV Licence refund in certain scenarios
  
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• Eleven people die after van veers off road in Pakistan

  13-11-2026 11:22 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  A major rescue operation had been launched after the passenger van left the road
  
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• Microsoft 365 down today - everything we know about global outage

  13-11-2026 11:08 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  A major Microsoft 365 outage is disrupting Outlook, Teams and Copilot globally
  
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• DWP state pensioners could get £4,500 income boost if they live alone

  13-11-2026 10:50 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is urging state pensioners to check if they are eligible for Pension Credit
  
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• Huddersfield man in court charged with sexual assaults on university campus

  13-11-2026 10:27 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  He will appear in court today
  
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• Microsoft LIVE outage as Outlook, Teams and Copilot down as fix rolled out

  13-11-2026 10:17 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Microsoft has been suffering the huge outage for more than 12 hours with staff struggling to find a fix
  
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• Residents in area of Yorkshire issued £500,000 police warning

  13-11-2026 09:26 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Residents issued warning as five people quizzed by detectives
  
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• BBC doctor says new study found ear symptom years before dementia memory loss

  13-11-2026 09:18 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  A BBC health expert has explained how new research found symptoms potentially emerging years before major memory loss begins
  
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• DWP confirms new Pension Credit rates from April 2027

  13-11-2026 09:16 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed new Pension Credit payment rates from April 2027
  
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• LIVE as police hunt missing boy, 12, who has been out overnight in freezing temperatures

  13-11-2026 09:03 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Missing Gerald has not been seen since just after 9pm on Thursday
  
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• Microsoft outage hits thousands as 'fix' update issued

  13-11-2026 09:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Microsoft 365, Teams, Outlook and Copilot have gone down for hundreds of thousands of users worldwide, with a fix update failing to resolve the widespread disruption affecting 73 countries including the US, UK and Australia.
  
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• Kevin Sinfield overwhelmed as Lindsey Burrow turns up with surprise during interview

  13-11-2026 09:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Sir Kevin Sinfield was left emotional as Rob Burrow's widow Lindsey made a surprise appearance
  
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• UK households warned to make sure they have 15 emergency items - full list

  13-11-2026 08:45 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The Cabinet Office is urging UK households to prepare 15 emergency essentials
  
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• M18 LIVE traffic updates as major motorway shut in both directions

  13-11-2026 08:20 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  M18 crash latest as traffic blocked in both directions
  
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• Chloe Watson trial LIVE as day four centres on role of Archie Rycroft and Blake Dowling

  13-11-2026 08:19 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Chloe died from stab wounds and Kayla Smith has changed her plea to guilty of murder
  
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• Death Row dad's chilling final words after executing his three kids

  13-11-2026 08:11 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  John Allen Rubio was executed by lethal injection in Texas
  
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• Victim identified decades after thousands of human bones found on 'serial killer' farm

  13-11-2026 08:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Herb Baumeister is believed to have killed at least 25 people between the late 1980s and the early 1990s, mainly targeting gay men in the Indianapolis suburb of Westfield — with Daniel Halloran now identified as his 10th known victim through forensic genealogy
  
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• 'Hercules' vigilante killed 'rapist' and left chilling note around his neck

  13-11-2026 08:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  A man accused of rape has been found dead with a chilling note around his neck in Bangladesh, as vigilante-style killings continue amid public anger over rising rape cases in the South Asian country.
  
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• Russell Brand 'heading for Monster Mansion' as more allegations are made against him

  13-11-2026 07:59 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Russell Brand is being assessed for a move to HMP Wakefield, known as 'Monster Mansion', where Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was stabbed to death last year
  
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• 580,000 urged to get vaccine against deadly virus before deadline

  13-11-2026 07:39 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  You need to act fast to boost immunity in time for the busy festive season
  
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• Traveller family 'kept building after being told to stop' at Yorkshire site, council claims

  13-11-2026 05:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  North Yorkshire Council says work continued at Miller's Meadow, near Hudswell, despite enforcement action being launched
  
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• These 23 people lost their lives on Yorkshire’s roads this year

  13-11-2026 05:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Sadly, many people have lost their lives in road traffic accidents this year
  
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• Theory test candidate caught doing something sneaky with his headset

  13-11-2026 05:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Miklovan Shahinaj, 31, of Liversedge, appeared at Bradford and Keighley Magistrates Court
  
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