Police searching for a wanted man in York are urging the public to report any sightings of him.

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Stephen Paxton, 41, is wanted as part of an investigation into an assault in which two people, a vulnerable man and another person who intervened, were punched and kicked.

The attack happened on Union Terrace on Friday 11 September.

A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Police said: "Paxton has no fixed address but has connections in York and is believed to be in the area."

Anyone who has information about his whereabouts is being urged to contact police.

The medical director of the Nightingale Hospital in Harrogate says people should be "very concerned" about the rise in coronavirus cases across Yorkshire.

The Nightingale site is currently on standby in case maximum capacity is reached in the region's hospitals.

Dr Yvette Oade said: "I think people should be very concerned.

"Infection rates in Yorkshire are one of the highest in the country and we've seen hospital admissions rising quickly over the past two weeks, so everybody needs to do their bit."

Dr Oade added: "You only draw on your insurance policies when things have not worked to plan.

"Right now the hospital isn't needed, our colleagues are doing a great job around the region."

Network Rail says taking photos on a stretch of track was "plain stupidity".

Witnesses are being sought after a 64-year-old man was found with "serious injuries" by the side of a road in Leeds.

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The man was taken to hospital after being found in a layby on the northbound carriageway of Scott Hall Road, near the junction with Sholebroke Mount, at 22:45 on Saturday.

The man had been drinking with friends and had been dropped off at his home in Moortown at about 22:00, but was later found in Scott Hall Road, say police.

Officers say they are considering the possibility the man was involved in a road traffic collision.

Det Insp Guy Shackleton, said: “This is a busy main road and even at that time of night we would expect there to have been people about or passing the spot where this man was found.

“We are keeping an open mind as to how he has come to be injured but clearly we need to establish what has happened to him.”

Anyone who witnessed anything in Scott Hall Road leading up to when the man was found at about 22:45 is asked to contact police.

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Wolves' win at Leeds United, which moves them into sixth in the Premier League, was a "massive result" according to defender Conor Coady.

Rehan Baig was sentenced after pleading guilty to offences involving children and animals.

The medical director of the Yorkshire site says people should be concerned by rise in case numbers.

Jason Mercer and Alexandru Murgeanu died in a three-vehicle crash on the M1 near Sheffield.

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A memorial stained glass window at Selby Abbey has been smashed by a "callous" burglar who also stole a computer and cash, police say.

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The window was broken by "an unknown offender to gain entry", according to North Yorkshire Police.

The memorial was installed in tribute to the men of Selby who died in World War One.

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A spokesperson for the force said: "We're appealing for witnesses and information about the burglary, which happened between 23:00 on Saturday 17 October and 01:00 the following day."

David Roustoby is jailed for at least 19 years for the murder of David Clarke.

A man has been jailed for life for the murder of another man who was found floating in a river near York 13 years ago.

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David Clarke, 43, was found dead in the River Foss, near the village of Towthorpe in North Yorkshire, in 2007.

An inquest ruled he had drowned, but in 2019 David Roustoby (pictured above) was caught on video saying he had strangled Mr Clarke before dumping his body with the help of his girlfriend Sharon Houlden.

Roustoby, 45, of Rawcliffe Lane, York, claimed the taped confession was concocted to impress his friends, but jurors heard he revealed details in the recording only known at the time to police.

He was convicted of murder at Leeds Crown Court and jailed for at least 19 years.

Ms Houlden (pictured below), 50, of Rowntree Avenue, York, who is also known as Sharon Roustoby, was jailed for two years and eight months after she pleaded guilty to assisting an offender.

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Trouble flared when organisers refused to accept fixed penalty notices, West Yorkshire Police say.

A 64-year-old man has been found with serious injuries by the side of a road in Leeds, police say.

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He was discovered by a passing motorist at about 22:45 on Saturday in a lay-by on Scott Hall Road, near the junction with Sholebroke Mount.

He later contacted police following his discharge from hospital to report the incident, according to West Yorkshire Police.

He had been drinking with friends and had been dropped off at his home in Moortown at about 22:00 before later being found in Scott Hall Road.

Detectives say they're considering the possibility he could have been involved in a road traffic collision.

Det Insp Guy Shackleton says: "We would like to hear from anyone who witnessed anything in Scott Hall Road leading up to when the man was found.

“This is a busy main road and even at that time of night we would expect there to have been people about or passing the spot where this man was found."

Do you recognise this man? He's wanted in connection with an assault on a bus driver in Sheffield.

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Police say they have been looking for the man in the CCTV image for four months, following an assault in the Totley area of Sheffield earlier this year.

The attack took place on Friday 29 May when a man boarded a number 79 First Group bus and got into a fight with the bus driver over payment, say police.

A spokesperson for South Yorkshire Police said: "It's reported the man punched the bus driver in the face then got off the bus and headed in the direction of Mickley Lane."

Anyone who recognises the man is being urged to contact police.

The former Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, is expected to get a life peerage after the government was accused of "institutional prejudice" for failing to ennoble him.

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Dr Sentamu, the UK's first black archbishop, retired in June after 15 years. Despite all his predecessors being made peers and allowed to continue sitting in the House of Lords, he was not.

But a source has now told the Press Association the move is "imminent".

The Whitehall source said the delay was due to a procedural hold up with the House of Lords Appointments Commission.

Previously a No 10 spokesman had told the Sunday Times Dr Sentamu was kept off the list to keep House of Lords numbers down, despite the prime minister including his brother, Jo Johnson.

His successor, the Most Reverend Stephen Cottrell, said he had been "disturbed" at the move.

David Lammy, the shadow justice minister, said on Twitter: "No 10 snubbed Britain's first black archbishop for a peerage because it says the House of Lords is too large, but it made room for Ian Botham and Theresa May's husband - Blatant institutional prejudice."

If you were in Sheffield a little earlier and didn't quite believe your eyes, don't worry...it really was a 4m-high panda you saw in the sky above you.

The panda was being craned into position above a new development in the city.

The £66m New Era Square site on St Mary's Roundabout has been under construction since 2015 and has been dubbed Sheffield's "Chinatown".

Office space, restaurants and apartments have been created at the development, with some already being let to businesses.

The panda is a symbol for friendship which is why it was chosen to "welcome people into the city", the company behind it said.

Rongmin Qin, from New Era Developments, said: “With New Era Square, our ambition has always been to deliver a true example of what modern Asia has to offer.

“We also wanted to create something special for Sheffield. Now more than ever, we are seeing the important role open public spaces within our busy urban environment play in our mental health and well-being."

Face-to-face teaching is restarting from today at a Sheffield university after it was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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In-person teaching was paused in response to an increase in Covid-19 cases at the university earlier this month.

Teaching face-to-face is now restarting again alongside virtual lectures with a "low risk of transmission within teaching spaces", the university said.

It said: "We have worked hard to provide elements of on-campus teaching for our students where it adds most value to their education and will be putting additional risk mitigations in place and reducing the volume of this when we resume our blended learning on Monday 19 October."

It added that it had been "deemed appropriate" by Sheffield City Council and the local public health team.

It said: "We recognise the value of on-campus teaching on both learning and wellbeing, students have told us how much it benefits them and we have been assured by public health teams there is a low risk of transmission within teaching spaces as our own data also supports."

A golden mountain in the Yorkshire Dales has been dubbed "our own Ayers Rock" after a spectacular sunrise lit up the landmark at the weekend.

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Sandra Millman, who lives in nearby Horton in Ribblesdale, saw Ingleborough, which is one of the Yorkshire Three Peaks, turn gold as the sun rose on Sunday morning.

The view lasted for about 30 minutes, Ms Millman said.

She added it's "our own Ayers Rock" because of its visual similarities with the monolith in Australia.

Known officially as Uluru, the Australian sacred site (pictured below) is owned by the indigenous Anangu people and was closed to visitors last year.

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