31/12/2016

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:00:08. > :00:11.Scores of men and women from our region have been named

:00:12. > :00:13.in the Queen's New Year's Honour's list.

:00:14. > :00:18.Successful Olympians and Paralympians are especially well

:00:19. > :00:21.represented, but some people have also been recognised for their work

:00:22. > :00:35.It's been a fantastic year for Yorkshire's

:00:36. > :00:37.sporting men and women, who've picked up trophies

:00:38. > :00:42.It is no surprise, then, that they feature heavily

:00:43. > :00:45.Heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill got the highest of the honours.

:00:46. > :00:52.And who could forget this proud Yorkshireman?

:00:53. > :00:54.NEWSREEL: Among the four Britons is Brian Robinson,

:00:55. > :00:56.who, with his brother, Desmond...

:00:57. > :00:59.60 years after becoming the first Briton to win a stage

:01:00. > :01:01.in the Tour de France, Brian Robinson has received

:01:02. > :01:06.the British Empire Medal for his services to cycling and charity.

:01:07. > :01:13.The guys I was with, I was with a dozen guys

:01:14. > :01:15.and they said, though, we're not going to call

:01:16. > :01:21.So, things like that are quite amusing, really.

:01:22. > :01:28.Seriously, it is a nice award at the end of a career, it is great.

:01:29. > :01:31.A British Empire Medal, too, for Penderfield Hospital play

:01:32. > :01:35.specialist Tracy Foster, who helps children with burns.

:01:36. > :01:38.Mohammed Taj came to Britain in 1966.

:01:39. > :01:41.He became the first Asian and Muslim trade unionist to be elected

:01:42. > :01:44.president and worked hard to fight racism in the workplace.

:01:45. > :01:49.What I have done over the last 40 years, so can you.

:01:50. > :01:52.Don't accept no as an answer from anyone.

:01:53. > :01:59.2016 has been a year to remember and celebrate.

:02:00. > :02:11.Making us proud and making a difference.

:02:12. > :02:13.Norman Rimmington - known as Mr Barnsley

:02:14. > :02:16.and who died this week - was also named in the

:02:17. > :02:20.Fans and players paid tribute to Norman before

:02:21. > :02:25.He joined the club in 1945 and worked as a player,

:02:26. > :02:28.assistant manager, groundsman, physio and kit man.

:02:29. > :02:32.Before he died, aged 93, Norman was told he'd receive

:02:33. > :02:39.He was Yorkshire through and through.

:02:40. > :02:43.Even from the first day that we met him.

:02:44. > :02:47.And everybody would do anything for him.

:02:48. > :02:49.And everybody would listen to Norman.

:02:50. > :02:51.He had his own way of talking to people.

:02:52. > :02:56.There will never be another Norman Rimington.

:02:57. > :03:00.I can't see anybody stopping at the club for 60, 70 years,

:03:01. > :03:05.At the end of the day, he is a Barnsley legend.

:03:06. > :03:10.To stay at the club for 71 years, doing various roles in the club.

:03:11. > :03:15.He has been a member of the club, he has been our laundry man,

:03:16. > :03:18.And we just wanted to lay a bit of respect.

:03:19. > :03:22.In modern-day football, you don't see anybody else like him.

:03:23. > :03:30.There's not a lot more I can say about a man like that.

:03:31. > :03:34.Detectives investigating an incident where a police officer and member

:03:35. > :03:38.of the public were shot in Bradford have made more arrests.

:03:39. > :03:41.Yesterday, this footage was released of the incident outside

:03:42. > :03:45.One man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

:03:46. > :03:49.and three others on suspicion of assisting an offender.

:03:50. > :03:54.Another man questioned has been released on bail.

:03:55. > :03:58.In the Championship, Barnsley let a two goal slip

:03:59. > :04:03.Goals from Nakhi Wells and Adam Reach - both four

:04:04. > :04:05.minutes into injury time - earned Huddersfield

:04:06. > :04:10.and Sheffield Wednesday draws against Blackburn and Preston.

:04:11. > :04:12.Sheffield United are top of League One going into 2017.

:04:13. > :04:14.They left it late to beat Northampton 1-0.

:04:15. > :04:24.In League Two, Doncaster came from behind to draw 1-1 at Mansfield.

:04:25. > :04:27.Here's Paul with the forecast for New Year's Day.

:04:28. > :04:33.Quite mild as well but we have got a weather front bringing rain down

:04:34. > :04:35.from the North West, into Leeds around midnight and it

:04:36. > :04:37.really makes for a very wet night in the making.

:04:38. > :04:40.A bit of sleet as it starts to clear over the Pennines.

:04:41. > :04:43.The lowest temperatures three or four degrees.

:04:44. > :04:46.So, New Year's Day is off to really quite a wet start.

:04:47. > :04:49.A bit of sleet or wet snow over the highest ground.

:04:50. > :04:52.A gradual improvement feeding down from the north.

:04:53. > :04:54.The afternoon looks brighter with sunshine and a few showers.

:04:55. > :05:01.That's all we have time for this evening.

:05:02. > :05:15.We're back on New Year's Day just before 7pm.

:05:16. > :05:16.wonderful New Year. You can keep up with all the best. Happy New Year.

:05:17. > :05:23.Good evening. As we head through the final few hours of 2016 the weather

:05:24. > :05:31.is on the change. We've got called her swooping in and there is a

:05:32. > :05:34.weather front bringing a soggy New Year's Eve. It is raining across

:05:35. > :05:37.southern Scotland and Northern Ireland and that will push south as

:05:38. > :05:41.we head towards parts of northern England. Showers moving in from the

:05:42. > :05:42.North Southwark