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• Medics 'repeatedly warned' Christa Pike's execution attempt was not working

  23-10-2026 09:56 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Murder Christa Pike survived an attempt by the State of Tennessee to kill her by lethal injection
  
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• Poundland 'faces risk of collapsing within days' as directors near resignation

  27-10-2026 10:47 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Poundland is facing a heightened risk of collapse as the directors recruited to lead the retailer through a sale process are on the brink of resigning, it has been claimed.
  
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• Care worker jailed after CCTV caught her stealing jewellery from patient's home

  27-10-2026 10:42 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The family of the victim became suspicious the care worker had taken jewellery from the home when they set up secret CCTV
  
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• Driver quizzed by detectives after car slams into wall during pursuit - police statement in full

  27-10-2026 10:23 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Huddersfield Road crash in Bradford ends in three people being rushed to hospital
  
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• Wearing a white poppy on Remembrance Day meaning explained - reasons for wearing it

  27-10-2026 10:10 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The white poppy has been worn since 1933
  
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• DWP writing to 370,000 people over payments increase as letters dispatched

  27-10-2026 09:52 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed it is writing to 370,000 people potentially affected by the Home Responsibilities Protection error
  
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• 'We only checked Google Maps' - couple's warning after 2-hour stop left them with £109 phone bill

  27-10-2026 09:37 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Polo Lam was on a European holiday with his girlfriend Laura Matos when they were landed with the unexpected bill after using their phones for just minutes
  
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• Comedian Joe Lycett slams 'morally wrong' council over parking fines at children's hospital

  27-10-2026 09:35 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The comedian has slammed Birmingham City Council for fining parents as they take their children to hospital
  
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• Andy Burnham government confirms new two-week paternity rule

  27-10-2026 09:26 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The change will see 150,000 new parents entitled to two weeks of paternity pay worth up to £194 per week
  
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• DWP 'cliff edge' punishment for benefits claimants watered down from Wednesday

  27-10-2026 09:15 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The Labour Party has confirmed a change to the Carer's Allowance cliff edge earnings limit in the Autumn Budget
  
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• Beach tragedy stuns Cornwall as campaigner found dead on beach where her son died years earlier

  27-10-2026 08:45 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Charmaine Lyn George, 52, was found on the shoreline off Lighthouse Hill at Portreath beach after being spotted by a member of the public on October 5
  
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• Huddersfield Road crash LIVE updates as 999 crews rush to serious collision

  27-10-2026 08:36 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Crash in Low Moor area of town as 999 crews rush to the scene overnight
  
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• Jesy Nelson reportedly pulls out of I'm A Celebrity for twin daughters

  27-10-2026 08:33 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has reportedly withdrawn from a six-figure deal to appear on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!, with sources saying her twin daughters Ocean and Story
  
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• UK weather warnings Tuesday update as strong winds and heavy rain on the way

  27-10-2026 08:17 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The Met Office has issued fresh weather warnings for strong winds and heavy rain across the UK following Storm Boelo
  
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• UK's best places to live named and one in Yorkshire - not York or Leeds

  27-10-2026 08:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  A Halifax quality of life survey has named the top-ranked locations across Britain for families looking to settle down, with the leading contenders all within the same region, followed by a Yorkshire town
  
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• Haunting last photo of gran killed trying to save her dog from alligator

  27-10-2026 08:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Gloria Serg, 85, was walking her Shih Tzu Trooper at Spanish Lakes Fairways retirement village in Florida when an 11-foot alligator attacked and killed her
  
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• Rotherham predator's chilling 12-word 'apology' after 'so sorry' child sex abuse claims - Trial

  27-10-2026 06:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Malcolm Barnes is standing trial at Hull Crown Court
  
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• The 'Generalan' and Agent 47 behind recruitment of hitman foiled in Huddersfield hotel plot

  27-10-2026 05:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Johannes Kongsnes Natland was found holed up in hotel but questions remain over plot and target
  
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• Seven barbers in 630m - councillors ask if Yorkshire seaside town needs so many

  27-10-2026 05:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Councillors have raised concerns about illegal sales and enforcement activity
  
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• Secret raves held beneath a barber shop in pretty West Yorkshire village

  27-10-2026 05:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  And the best part is, guests are home by teatime
  
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• Neighbours urged to snitch on dog owners who don't pick up

  27-10-2026 05:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Doncaster Council raises £5,000 from dog poo fines
  
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• 'Mini Aberfan' fear over annex with cinema room built without permission

  27-10-2026 05:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Councillors raised safety concerns over a crack in the structure and its lack of building control sign-off
  
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• Dad almost killed by one-punch attack walked daughter down aisle weeks later

  27-10-2026 05:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Craig Lazarus has reunited with the ambulance crew member who helped save his life after a devastating one punch attack in 2021
  
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• Cane Corso came 1mm from killing man - now he's too scared to go home

  27-10-2026 05:00 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  "We've been living in fear for months and the police aren't taking it seriously."
  
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• 'Jolliest of blokes' and 'incredible' mum remembered after horror crash

  26-10-2026 23:06 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  The families of Karen and David Cozens have paid tribute after the couple died in a two-vehicle crash
  
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• Army officer, 26, 'struck and killed by vehicle' in training exercise horror

  26-10-2026 22:48 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Second Lieutenant Max George, from County Durham, was part of 5 Rifles when he was killed during a training exercise at Salisbury Plain
  
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• Sheffield mosque targeted as Qur'an desecrated in 'disturbing incident'

  26-10-2026 22:18 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Local MP Louise Haigh said the Wybourn Islamic Centre had been hit by "another disturbing incident"
  
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• Undiagnosed condition ruined '45 years' for Jamie Oliver's wife

  26-10-2026 20:38 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  Jools Oliver has spoken about how her late-in-life autism diagnosis made her reconsider her earlier experiences
  
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• Predatory pensioner raped vulnerable woman who was scared of what he might do

  26-10-2026 20:19 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  He has now been jailed
  
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• Sheffield funeral for baby Maria as mum and four others charged with her murder await trial

  26-10-2026 20:03 via YorkshireLive - News
  
  A funeral has been held at St Marie's Catholic Cathedral in Sheffield for newborn Maria Skopova earlier today
  
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