Stanley sign strikers Zanzala & Francispublished at 20:29 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
Accrington sign Offrande Zanzala on loan from Derby and fellow forward Akeel Francis on a free transfer.
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Tributes paid to bus stop crash victim Katelyn Dawson
Three arrests over 1985 disappearance of woman
North Yorkshire A&E bosses sign letter to PM
Virgin Trains facing £165m fine over franchise failure
Baby born premature on family holiday
Fly-tipping vehicles seized in South Yorkshire
International students generate millions for Yorkshire
Man, 74, pushed to floor in Mexborough robbery
Updates on Thursday 11 January 2018.
Stanley sign strikers Zanzala & Francispublished at 20:29 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
Dead mare and foal 'fly-tipped' in lay-bypublished at 20:24 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
The discovery near Barnsley comes as the council is criticised for not doing enough to tackle fly-tipping.
Read MoreInjured Scannell returns to Huddersfieldpublished at 19:55 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
Winger Sean Scannell returns to Premier League side Huddersfield early from his Burton loan spell because of injury.
Read MoreOur five top stories todaypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
That's all from us for today, we'll be back tomorrow from 06:30 with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel for Yorkshire.
Updates on breaking news will continue throughout the night, but before we go, let's look back at some of our top stories from today:
- Tributes paid to 15-year-old after bus stop crash
- Three arrests over 1985 disappearance of woman
- North Yorkshire A&E bosses sign letter to PM
- Search for family of rough sleeper who died on Leeds' streets
- Tim Peake's spacecraft landing at York Museum
See you tomorrow.
Additional officers on shift for steel city derbypublished at 17:56 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
Tomorrow night sees Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday meet in the 129th Steel City derby.
Image source, South Yorkshire PoliceTo ensure the safety of the thousands of fans from both sides of the city attending the game, South Yorkshire Police have announced that there'll be more officers out on patrol to help keep the city centre safe.
The force are also encouraging the public to interact with the police men and women on shift for the match, even going as far to request that you "say hi" to them as you head to and from Bramall Lane.
Police station re-opens on Manor Toppublished at 17:50 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
The re-opening of Elm Tree Police Station at Manor Top in Sheffield has been welcomed by residents, councillors and South Yorkshire's police and crime commissioner.
Image source, South Yorkshire Police/Sheffield City CouncilThe station on City Road was shut for approximately three years and will be home to five full time officers who'll serve the districts of Park, Arbourthorne, Manor Castle and Darnall.
There will also be an additional five Police and Community Support Officers based at the site.
Quote MessageI know from the many conversations I have had with local residents and businesses that people feel safer because of the increased police presence."
Cllr Jack Scott, Park and Arbourthorne ward
LISTEN: How one Yorkshire woman has stopped using plasticpublished at 17:43 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to eradicate all avoidable plastic waste in the UK by 2042.
The commitment is part of the government's 25-year plan to improve the natural environment.
Kate Javady from Huddersfield started boycotting plastic 10 years ago.
Sheffield to get 500 extra council homespublished at 17:31 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
There will be another 500 extra council homes built in Sheffield by 2023.
Image source, Getty ImagesSheffield City Council has already committed to building 1,000 council houses over the next two years.
The council is currently working on plans for new housing schemes for older people, families and people with learning disabilities.
The council’s plan also includes continued investment in existing homes with improvements planned to roofs, kitchens, bathrooms, windows and electrics.
Quote MessageIt’s a massive challenge as we lose around 350 properties each year through Right to Buy sales and face increasing need for social housing."
Cllr Jayne Dunn, Sheffield City Council
Meningitis C baby Kia Gott to return home by Aprilpublished at 17:23 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
The parents of a one-year-old girl who had all of her limbs amputated after contracting meningitis C have been told she will be allowed home by April.
Kia Gott, from Bradford, has been in hospital since September and has endured multiple skin grafts.
Her father Paul said he "felt like we won the lottery" when he was told the news by a hospital consultant.
Medics have described Kia's condition as "one of the worst cases of meningitis" ever seen.
Quote MessageIt was something we thought we'd never hear. I nearly burst out crying it was that emotional. [The last few months] have been absolute torture. We weren't sure if she was ever going to make it... We're going to have a massive homecoming party.
Vikki Mitchell, Kia's mother
Student Joana Burn's legacy 'to get girls into maths'published at 17:14 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
The mother of a Sheffield student who died after taking MDMA has said she hopes her daughter will be remembered as more than a victim of illegal drug use.
Image source, Family photoJoana Burns died after a night out in 2017 to celebrate completing her maths degree at Sheffield Hallam University.
Mosca Burns said her daughter, 22, had hoped to go on to teach the subject.
At a workshop aimed at encouraging girls to study maths, Mrs Burns said she hoped Joana's legacy would be in "inspiring girls, not a drugs death".
Tributes to best selling author from Yorkpublished at 17:04 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
York author Tricia Walker has died after a short illness.
Image source, The Walker FamilyShe was diagnosed with a rare aggressive form of stomach cancer and passed away at York's St Leonard's Hospice last Monday surrounded by her family.
Her best selling book Benedict's Brother is being made into a film - Her family say they'll continue to make sure that Tricia's dream will become a reality.
Her father, Peter Walker wrote more than 130 books and his constable series was adapted into TV's Heartbeat. He died last April.
Charity claims Yorkshire has bowel cancer hotspotspublished at 16:41 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
New research from Yorkshire Cancer Research claims people living in parts of Yorkshire are more likely to get bowel cancer, and are less likely to survive it, than people living in other parts of the country.
Image source, Science Photo LibraryThe number of people getting the disease and the number of those who die from it in parts of Scarborough and Ryedale, the Vale of York, Airedale and Wharfedale, Craven and Calderdale, is higher than the national average.
The charity is investing more than £100,000 in a new study to find out why.
In Scarborough and Ryedale a higher number of patients are diagnosed at a later stage.
Search for family of rough sleeper who died on Leeds' streetspublished at 16:31 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
Police say they're trying to find the family of a rough-sleeper whose body was found on the streets of Leeds on Monday.
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceOfficers aren't treating the death of 56-year-old Fiona Watson as suspicious - she was found under the Dark Arches in Neville Street at about 09:00.
West Yorkshire Police say that she also went by the name of Swan and lived on Prosper Street in Hunslet and she may have a sister in London.
They are also still trying to find three people who were with her at the time she died.
Quote MessageWe always endeavour to make direct contact with relatives ourselves but we have been left with no other option than to make a public appeal to find them."
Det Insp James Entwistle, West Yorkshire Police
Ex-school governor denies sex abusepublished at 16:15 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
Brian Martin is accused of offences at the North Yorkshire private school between 2005 and 2010.
Read MoreNew breast cancer project launchedpublished at 15:53 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
Sport scientists at Sheffield Hallam University are working on a new project that looks at helping breast cancer patients reduce the risk of the disease returning.
Image source, Sheffield Hallam UniversityYorkshire Cancer Research has invested £238,000 into the project which is being led by Northumbria University and supported by Dr Helen Crank (pictured), a reader at Hallam's Centre for Sport and Exercise Science.
The research will focus on helping breast cancer patients achieve and maintain a healthy weight following treatment and Dr Crank will help to lead and coordinate this research in Sheffield and Newcastle.
Patients from Yorkshire and the North East who have undergone treatment for a type of breast cancer that uses oestrogen to grow will be recruited to take part in the initiative as part of a clinical trial.
Quote MessageUnderstanding patient's needs is vital in this project so we can develop a programme that will support women to achieve a healthy weight after their initial breast cancer treatment."
Dr Helen Crank, Sheffield Hallam University
Attempted burglary at Whitby jewellerspublished at 15:35 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to after an attempted burglary at a jewellers in Whitby.
Image source, Youngs jewellers/North Yorkshire PoliceIt happened at Youngs Jewellers in the early hours of last Thursday.
Police say it's believed that the suspect tried to jemmy open the front door, while another suspect acted as lookout.
Officers are asking anyone who recognises the man in the image to get in touch.
Tim Peake's spacecraft landing at York Museumpublished at 15:08 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and one not be missed. Who can forget Tim Peake's extraordinary Principia mission to the International Space Station, where he spent six months orbiting Earth, in December 2015? There wasn't much he didn't do on that mission.
He was the first British Astronaut to do a spacewalk, the first person to be named in the Queen's Birthday Honours while in space, he carried out experiments and he even managed to run the London Marathon (on a treadmill) in Space while others were doing it on earth.
Image source, NASA/ESAOn the 18 June 2016, Tim Peake returned to earth in the Soyuz TMA-19M descent module. You've got the chance to see it at York's National Railway Museum from 17 January until 8 March 2018. There's also a chance for a space-age virtual reality experience narrated by the astronaut himself.
Image source, National Science and Media Museum/Jody HartleyListen: 'I think the standard's unbelievably good'published at 14:24 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
BBC SportNew Doncaster Rovers Belles manager, Neil Redfearn says women's football isn't a 'stepping stone' to bigger things, but an equal.
Redfearn, who took over just after Christmas, is the first ex-league manager to take up a position in the Women's Super League, having previously managed Championship sides Leeds United and Rotherham United:
Pervert groomed schoolgirl on facebook before meeting her for sexpublished at 14:09 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
A paedophile who had sex with a 14-year-old schoolgirl on repeated occasions after contacting her through Facebook has been jailed for four years., external
Image source, Yorkshire Evening PostRoad closed as police deal with reports of gun at propertypublished at 13:50 Greenwich Mean Time 11 January 2018
A main road into Bradford was closed briefly this lunchtime as police carried out an armed raid at a property.
Officers closed Leeds Road after they had reports there could be a gun being kept inside the premises.
A 28-year-old man was arrested and is in police custody.
Investigations are continuing at the scene.
