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• Knighthood for Opera North director Richard Mantle

  16-06-2023 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Richard Mantle is due to retire from Opera North in December.
  
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• County lines crackdown leads to 43 arrests

  16-06-2023 19:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Suspects from Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Merseyside are charged with drug offences.
  
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• Ash Taylor: Bradford City sign Kilmarnock defender on two-year deal

  16-06-2023 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bradford City sign defender Ash Taylor from Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock on a two-year contract.
  
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• Leeds First Bus drivers to strike over pay rise dates

  16-06-2023 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  First West Yorkshire says it is "dismayed" by Unite's action.
  
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• Wakefield beauty salon owner told to move from asylum seeker hotel

  16-06-2023 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jane Jennings was given just two days' notice to move out of the hotel in Newmillerdam.
  
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• Halifax nightclub attacker jailed for face-slash attack

  16-06-2023 15:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olajede Webb is jailed for eight years after he attacked a drunk Halifax nightclubber with a blade.
  
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• Avanti West Coast: Train drivers to strike over sick pay, Aslef says

  16-06-2023 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aslef members at Avanti West Coast will take action on 1 July, the train drivers' union says.
  
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• Driver injured as car crashes off A64 onto A1(M) during police pursuit

  16-06-2023 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The car was being followed by officers when it crashed off the A64 and on to the A1(M), police say.
  
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• West Yorkshire coroner warns of suicide risk link to antibiotic

  16-06-2023 12:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The possible side-effect of taking ciprofloxacin is highlighted by West Yorkshire's senior coroner.
  
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• Kirkgate Market in Leeds could get six-storey hotel complex

  16-06-2023 11:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leeds City Council will consider plans for a new hotel development at Kirkgate Market.
  
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• A1(M) crash: Major roads closed after serious crash in North Yorkshire

  16-06-2023 08:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police say the closures are expected to remain in place for some time following the crash overnight.
  
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• A Leeds influencer wants people to embrace their flaws

  16-06-2023 07:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Emily Lucy Rajch, a content creator and business owner, wants younger women to embrace their flaws.
  
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• Bradford's National Science and Media Museum celebrates 40 years

  16-06-2023 07:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The film features memorable moments from the museum’s history, including a magic carpet.
  
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• Artwork with Simon Armitage poem planned for Brimham Rocks

  16-06-2023 07:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Simon Armitage has written a poem about Brimham Rocks for the National Trust.
  
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