They've just mentioned it on Look North Apparently it was a piece of 'space junk' burning up on re-entry
Official Confirmation NASA has just reported that the meteor seen last night over northern parts of the UK was in fact a football returning to earth after a few weeks in orbit. The ball was traced to the one used by Craig Davies in an unsuccessful penalty kick attempt against Birmingham City in Barnsley, UK on 26th December 2012.
Nah, you thought you saw rocks shooting over the western edge of Barnsley. In fact it was just stones going over the pennines. I'll get me coit.