"I've managed against Huddersfield before and it's an awesome set-up, it's a big club with good support, " Allen was quoted in Tuesday's Yorkshire Post.

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"My specialist advised me to miss the game, but Lord's really wanted me to play to prove my fitness - and I didn't have a choice, " the Yorkshire Post quoted him as saying.

BBC: Gough hits back at media

Nick Hudson, who was formerly director of children's services at Wigan Council, has been appointed to the post in the Yorkshire and Humber region.

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North Yorkshire Police appealed for anyone who used the post office between 0400 and 0900 GMT on Tuesday to come forward.

BBC: Mother's plea to catch Melsonby postmistress killer

The Yorkshire MP's proposals provoked tens of thousands of people to post comments on the Facebook and Twitter sites of Look North, his local BBC regional TV news programme.

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South Yorkshire Police said they would not confirm the women's identities until post-mortem examinations are conducted on Wednesday.

BBC: Bodies of mother and daughter found in Sheffield

In the three force areas where just two candidates are standing - Dyfed-Powys, North Yorkshire and Staffordshire - registered voters will be presented with a familiar "first past the post" ballot paper.

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Yorkshire, yet to win a Championship game this summer, recovered from 55-4 to post a respectable 323-8.

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Mr Bettison left the post after an investigation was launched into his role in an internal inquiry conducted by South Yorkshire Police at the time of the Hillsborough disaster.

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