Sheffield City Council has announced it will be fitting sprinklers in all 24 of its tower blocks.

This evening the council said it would be announcing a series of meetings from Wednesday to speak to residents.

The news comes after the fire at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington claimed the lives of at least 79 people.

A spokesman for Sheffield City Council said they had always intended to review their policy on sprinklers as part of ongoing renovation and improvement works but was bringing the commitment forward to provide extra reassurance to residents.

Councillor Jayne Dunn said: “We have done a huge amount of work in recent years to make sure our tower blocks are safe.

"The cladding systems are fireproof and comply with building and planning regulations.

“We had always intended to review our position on sprinklers later this year. But as an extra reassurance to residents, I am today announcing this has been brought forward and we will be fitting sprinklers in all 24 blocks.”

The council will start consulting on a block by block basis later this year with tenants and leaseholders.

There is already one tower block with sprinklers – Callow Mount – which was retro-fitted in 2011, as part of work with the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association and South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue.

Twenty one of the council’s 24 tower blocks have metal cladding.

A spokesman said the cladding is fireproof as the insulation is mineral and rock wool, with fire breaks at the floor and party walls.

They added: "This creates a fire-proof box around each flat to the external structure to prevent the spread of fire to other flats.

"The other three are brickwork-clad and designed to operate in the same way as the other 21 but in these cases have a separate metal fire barrier installed."

Those are all the updates from across Yorkshire on Monday.

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Sam Robson and Paul Stirling make centuries as Middlesex reach 337-4 on day one against Yorkshire at Lord's.

Well that's all from us for today, we'll be back tomorrow from 06:30 with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel for Yorkshire.

Updates on breaking news will continue throughout the night, but before we go, let's look back at some of our top stories from today:

1. Finsbury Park mosque attack 'saddening' - Leeds council leader
2. Former South Yorkshire Police chief slams his old boss
3. Scaffolding collapse on busy York pedestrian crossing
4. Man robbed by masked men as he sat in his garden
5. Boy aged four in hospital after being hit by a car

See you tomorrow.

We all know it's hot in Yorkshire today, but how are we compared with more exotic locations?

Looks like today was the day to get to Whitby, with those beaches!

Hull and Sheffield are currently basking in 30C heat, they're both hotter than Benidorm, Barcelona and Ibiza.

Bradford City signed Charlton full-back Adam Chicksen on a two-year deal.

New Leeds United head coach Thomas Christiansen says he has the vision to bring success to the Championship club.

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Proposals to stop evening and weekend children’s operations at three regional hospitals because of a lack of staff are still due to go ahead - despite bosses at the affected sites failing to support the plans., external

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Andy Kershaw
BBC Radio Sheffield News

I've been seeing how the idea of not using the car for a day, external is going down with people in Sheffield.

Perhaps the odd day is no skin off anyone's nose, but doing it for longer?

Have you done it? Tell us here:

Ronan Sully
BBC Radio Sheffield

A man's died after a fight in Barnsley.

The 42 year-old was taken to hospital after police were called to an incident on Genn Lane in Worsborough.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of assault and released on bail as the investigation continues.

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A man in his 70s has been seriously injured after a number of men broke into his house in Bradford.

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The incident was at a house on Madison Avenue yesterday at about 03:00 and police called it a "targeted attack".

The victim was seriously injured and taken to hospital where he's still being cared for and is in a stable condition.

Police say the attackers didn't steal anything.　

Sarah Wakefield
BBC Radio Leeds News

A stronger police presence is being put in place across West Yorkshire and there's a call for communities to come together.

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It comes from Wet Yorkshire's Chief Constable, Dee Collins.

The pledge comes after one man died and ten other people were injured when a van was driven into worshippers near Finsbury Park mosque in north London just after midnight.

A four-year-old boy is in a serious but stable condition in hospital after he was hit by a car in the Harehills area of Leeds on Saturday.

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Police in Leeds are appealing to witnesses to the accident which happened on Avenue Crescent at about 14:40 to come forward.

A silver Citroen C1 hit the boy, who was riding a bike, the driver is heliping the police with their inquiries.

Officers say they are particularly keen to speak with two men who stopped to help the boy after the crash.

Four homes in Harrogate were targeted by burglars who stole thousands of pounds worth of items on Friday afternoon according to police.

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The four houses on Birstwith Road, Derwent Road, Coppice Avenue and Forest Lane were targeted sometime between 07:40 and 17:00.

The thieves took off-road motorbikes, gold jewellery, cash and clothing. Police are investigating if the burglaries are linked.

Officers say they're looking for a black Audi estate with tinted windows that was "seen in the area".

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BBC Radio York, News

Gillygate in York has now fully reopened after a scaffolding collapse; lucklily no one was injured.

City of York Council says it will work with "any health and safety investigation" after the structure - which had been attached to the Sound Organisation shop - came down this morning.

Cathy Killick
Journalist, BBC Look North

A minute's silence has been observed across Yorkshire to honour the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.

In offices, town squares, stations and homes everywhere, people took the time to think of those who've lost their lives or loved ones.

A 66-year-old man is still in hospital after a he was hit by a car in Doncaster ten days ago and police are appealing to the driver of a second vehicle who may have information about the incident.

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The incident involved a grey Honda Civic that hit the man who was walking on 9 June on the A638 Trafford Way.

Officers want to trace the driver of a silver BMW that was on that piece of road at the time as the motorist might have vital information.

The man is still in hospital in a critical condition.

We all know it's hot out there, but probably not so hot that you need to take it up with West Yorkshire Police:

People living in West Yorkshire are being urged to sign up to give blood.

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More than 30,000 people in the county gave blood last year, but the NHS Blood and Transplant service says more volunteers are needed to keep supplies in stock.

The service says that help is also needed to save the lives of people with sickle cell disease.

The condition is most common in black communities and 40,000 new donors are needed.

The boss of the York shop where scaffolding has collapsed has been speaking about the relief he felt when he learned no-one was injured.

It came down across Gillygate this morning.

Hamish MacDiarmid runs Sound Organisation, a supplier of audio equipment.

He's described what he was first told by builders about the incident: