Blackburn midfielder Hope Akpan is sent off for pushing referee Scott Duncan as the visitors lose at Sheffield Wednesday.

Tommy Smith's late goal against Rotherham extends high-flying Huddersfield's Championship winning streak to five games.

Chris Wood scores his 22nd goal of the season as Leeds United beat Championship strugglers Bristol City at Elland Road.

Aston Villa slip to a fourth Championship defeat in a row as Barnsley earn an eye-catching victory at Villa Park.

Compensation claims by council tenants for "unfit" housing soar despite investment in homes.

Four people also arrested in connection with the case are released without charge.

The return to steam power is part of the celebrations to mark the full reopening of the line after landslip damage.

Joe Root is a natural cricketer but he has a huge job ahead of him as captain, says BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew.

For the first time in nearly 50 years, a steam train is running a timetabled passenger service in England.

The 16-year-old is accused of attacking Irfan Wahid in the Harehills area of Leeds.

The 17-year-old was a member of the neo-Nazi organisation National Action.

The first winner of a new arts prize plans a musical work "beneath the limit of human hearing".

New England Test captain Joe Root is ideally suited to the role, says former England skipper Michael Vaughan.

A mother tells a court how robbers tried to steal her car with her baby son in the back.

Election candidate Gareth Snell said he made the comments "years ago".

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BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Sheffield boxer Kell Brook says it'll be a dream come true to fight at his beloved Bramall Lane.

The life-long Blade says he has "itchy knuckles" ahead of his next fight:

Buses in some parts of West Yorkshire are changing the timetables from the weekend.

You can check out your bus on the Metro website, external.

The changes come start this Sunday, so make sure you don't get caught out.

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Four people also arrested in connection with the case are released without charge.

A man's been charged with possessing an imitation firearm after an incident in Rotherham on Wednesday.

Matthew James Hirst, 24, from Schofield Street, Mexborough, was also charged with intent to cause fear of violence.

It comes after an incident in Avenue Road in Wath-upon-Dearne where a man was reportedly seen with a firearm.

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Police are still questioning a 34-year-old man on suspicion of murder following the death of a man at a house in Harehills in the early hours of yesterday morning. 

Three other men, aged 46, 50 and 51, and a 40-year-old woman have now all been released without charge.

West Yorkshire Police said they were called to a property, next to St James's Hospital, by the ambulance service at about 01:30 GMT on Sunday.

Officers found a man with serious injuries. Police said he died a short time later.