Four things you should know in Yorkshire today

The furore about fracking in Yorkshire rumbled on today and the RSPCA released a shocking video of the squalor that 12 pedigree dogs were kept in by a Leeds vet. Popular comedian Jo Brand failed to fulfil her pledge to swallow dive from the Humber Bridge at the start of her long-distance walk for Sport Relief, and the work of celebrated sculptors from Wakefield and Castleford has been given listed status

Comedian Jo Brand sets off from Barton in Humber, with a crossing of the Humber Bridge, on the first day of her Hell Of A Walk challenge for Sport Relief.

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

Further delays over fracking plans

The Government has been urged not to intervene following another delay to plans for exploratory drilling at a fracking site in North Yorkshire.

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Huskies kept in squalid cellar

A Yorkshire vet and his assistant have been found guilty of neglect after keeping 12 husky dogs in squalid conditions in the cellar of a flat in Armley, Leeds.

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A first class Branding exercise

Comedian Jo Brand raised laughs as she crossed the Humber Bridge at the start of her 150-mile coast-to-coast walk which aims to raise funds for Sport Relief.

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Yorkshire masterpieces recognised as national treasures

Sculptures by Yorkshire artists Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore are among a collection of statues to be given the same protection as historic buildings, with the bestowal of official listed status.

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