Four things you should know in Yorkshire today

Today we heard how Sheffield Children's Hospital had failed a dying toddler; saw a woman who stored explosive at her home jailed for three year; learned the true extent of the northern powerhouse's southern bias; and welcomed back to the Broad Acres the heroic Yorkshire Rows.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Mar 2016, 17:56 BST
Updated 7th Mar 2016, 18:01 BST
Yorkshire Rows (l-r) Janette Benaddi, Helen Butters, Niki Doeg and Frances Davies. at Welcome to Yorkshire after their record breaking Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. 7 March 2016. Picture Bruce RollinsonYorkshire Rows (l-r) Janette Benaddi, Helen Butters, Niki Doeg and Frances Davies. at Welcome to Yorkshire after their record breaking Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. 7 March 2016. Picture Bruce Rollinson
Yorkshire Rows (l-r) Janette Benaddi, Helen Butters, Niki Doeg and Frances Davies. at Welcome to Yorkshire after their record breaking Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. 7 March 2016. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Here are four things you need to know so far today:

Hospital told to apologise after toddler’s death

Sheffield Children’s Hospital has been told to apologise to the family of a two-year-old toddler who died following ‘failings’ in her care.

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Liversedge woman jailed for three years

A woman who stored explosive substances and ammunition at a house in Liversedge has been jailed for three years.

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A northern powerhouse with a southern accent

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Ninety eight per cent of senior civil servants employed by the Government department responsible for promoting the northern powerhouse are based in London, it has emerged.

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Heroic rowers welcomed home

The Yorkshire Rows returned to Yorkshire after their 3,000-mile trans-Atlantic rowing adventure to a heroes welcome.

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