Lincoln City sign Aston Villa midfielder Riccardo Calder and Doncaster goalkeeper Ross Etheridge on loan until the end of the season.

The family of a 53-year-old man who was found dead in York last week have paid tribute to him.

The body of Shaun Skelton, 53, of Chancery House in Holgate Road, was found at a flat in Holgate on Sunday.    

In a statement, his family says: "Shaun was a father, son, brother, uncle and grandad who has been taken from us too soon.  

"He was a quiet man who kept himself to himself with a love of pet birds and was an avid Leeds United supporter. He will be sadly missed by us all."

Daniel Thomas Reed, 19, of no fixed abode, has been charged with Mr Skelton's murder.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

An 83-year-old farmer from near York, who shot a man on his farm , has been cleared of inflicting grievous bodily harm. 

Image source, Richard Dean

Kenneth Hugill, of Mill House Farm, Wilberfoss, shot Richard Stables in the foot on 13 November 2015 believing he was planning to steal diesel. 

Mr Stables, 44, said he had stumbled on to the farm accidentally and denied plans to steal diesel.

Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Yorkshire has seven of the best places to live in the UK, according to the Sunday Times' annual list.

The locations for the Sunday Times Best Places to Live were selected for offering the best quality of life, and combining features such as a positive community spirit, good local shops and services and attractive outdoor spaces.

Horsforth, in Leeds (pictured), North Yorkshire's Helmsley, Malton, Pateley Bridge, Richmond, Saltburn and Fulwood in Sheffield all  make the list.

So if you live in one of those places, you can feel pretty smug!

Eight-year-old Toby Little, from Bolsterstone, South Yorkshire, has made it his mission to write a letter to all 193 countries in the world to find out how different people live. 

Image source, Toby Little

Incredibly he's now only waiting for replies from 29 countries after getting replies from people from as far afield as Antarctica and Hawaii.

But he still needs names and addresses so he can get in touch with people from the following countries. Can you help?:

Angola, Armenia, Burma (Myanmar), Burundi, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, ‪Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Honduras, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tonga, Tunisia and Tuvalu. 

Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Bus passengers on routes that travel down a road in Leeds are being reminded to smile after a resident put a sign up in their window.

The sign reads:

It's been put up in the window of a house beside a bus stop on Kirkstall Road, and is exactly the same height as the passengers on the top deck of double deckers.

It also has advice for each day of the week, for example:

• Monday "Well, nothing to say, don't fall asleep on your desk. We hope you had a good weekend."

And:

• Friday "Yeeaaah, weekend! If you do some shopping, bring me some beers, ta."

Hats off to them, I say. It's better than scowling at bus passengers as you're having your breakfast I suppose...

BBC Radio York

The country's largest network of local charities and community groups is calling for more government support for people who volunteer across North Yorkshire.

The National Association for Voluntary and Community Action says some services run by volunteers across North Yorkshire may not be sustainable in future. 

Currently more than 6,000 people in the county give up their time to help out with council-run projects like libraries and museums. 

But the organisation says it would like to see all employees given paid leave to volunteer for a couple of days a year. 

Amy Mook, a student in York, who spends most of her spare time volunteering says she decided to do it after growing up in care:

Richard Edwards
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Leeds

Transport minister and Yorkshire MP Andrew Jones has called for fresh talks  before Monday's Northern Rail strike . 

The RMT union has called the strike over plans to introduce more trains where drivers, not guards, are responsible for opening and closing the doors. 

Mr Jones, the MP for Harrogate, says Northern's plans aren't finalised yet, and the two sides should get back round the table:

Why is there so much anger among Anglicans after Philip North chose not to be Bishop of Sheffield?

A worker in the City of London who fatally punched a friend from Leeds after he threw his shoe out of a car window following a drunken row has been jailed for three years .

Image source, City of London Police

Alexander Thomson, 33, from Clapham in south London, leaned forward and hit Tom Hulme, 23, after he threw the shoe.

Initially, he got out the car and appeared fine, but then he collapsed on the pavement. He died in hospital the next day from a brain haemorrhage.

The judge said the incident arose "out of trivial, friendly horseplay".

Mr Hulme (pictured) had worked as a recruitment consultant.  

Leeds is at risk of developing a serious issue with gambling - that's according to researchers at Leeds Beckett University.

The research concluded there could be over 10,000 people in Leeds who could be identified as "problem gamblers" and a further 30,000 people who may be "at risk of harm" from it.

As part of the research, the team interviewed a range of gamblers in Leeds, and gambling operators in the city including casinos, bingo halls and betting shops.

Dr Alexandra Kenyon, from Leeds Beckett said: "Our findings showed many people enjoy gambling as a fun and sociable activity, but for some that is not the case. 

"Some gamblers told me they hid their gambling habits, lied about their whereabouts, borrowed money and sometimes gamble away their wages to 'chase the big win'.”

The city's hosting a conference on the dangers of betting, with ideas of how to tackle it, and Leeds City Council says it will now do more to improve support.

An 18-year-old woman has been remanded in custody after appearing at Doncaster Magistrates' Court charged with murder.

Megan Sambrook, of Wadworth Street in Denaby Main, was charged over the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old man in Denaby Main on Wednesday.

Sheffield once had thousands of back-to-back houses. 

Local "Benidorm" actor Bobby Knutt grew up in one.

All were demolished post World War Two - but now they're making a return:

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

One of York's historic treasures is returning to the place it was originally found.

Image source, Jorvik Viking Centre

In April the York Helmet – an Anglian helmet buried during the Viking occupation of York – returns to Coppergate's Jorvik Viking Centre.   

The helmet is usually on display in the Yorkshire Museum, but York Museums Trust has loaned it to the Jorvik Centre to feature in its newly redesigned gallery.  

Sarah Maltby, from York Archaeological Trust, says the helmet is not strictly Viking, but was probably "appropriated and used by one of the Viking settlers around the late ninth century."

Ex-users of the former legal high known as "Spice" say it's easier to buy in Sheffield than a pint of milk.

While simulating the effects of cannabis, the chemical make-up of Spice is different and the side-effects are, as yet, little studied.

Some experts say it can be up to  100 times as potent, external  as the drug it mimics.  

Spencer and Ciaran, who attend the Archer Project in Sheffield, say they've both witnessed the effects of Spice at first hand:

An 83-year-old farmer is on trial after shooting a man at his farm in East Yorkshire.

Nick Wilmshurst
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

Undercover police officers are being deployed on special buses to tackle anti social behaviour in parts of West Yorkshire.

It's after some buses in Huddersfield, Bradford and Todmorden had stones thrown at them and drivers spat at. 

A team of Special Constables and Community Support Officers have been disguised as passengers on a so-called Trojan Bus ready to intervene when trouble occurs.

Andrew Barton
BBC Local Live, Yorkshire

The BBC Weather Watchers inbox is positively bulging with beauty today.

Here are just a few of the many cracking pics we've received exemplifying the glory of Yorkshire:

Top row left to right: Geno captured Thistle Hill in Knaresborough, illuminated in red. Meanwhile, Aberford's tall trees were captured by Gerrywatch and the lads on Green Watch at Robin Hood airport sent the orange clouds above Finningley.

Bottom row left to right: Sandra Barber experienced the first rays of sun on the sands at Filey this morning, a fence post in Kirby Malzeard provided the perfect perch for a resting barn owl and Yorkshire Images found sunlight reflected in Swillington.

A Sheffield man has been given a six-year football banning order and imprisoned for his role in trouble after Sheffield United played Grimsby Town in July.

Image source, Humberside Police

Derem Smith, 28, of Bridby Street, Sheffield, was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer following the match on Saturday 23 July and handed a 56-day prison sentence..

Smith appeared at Grimsby Magistrates' Court for sentencing on Monday after previously being found guilty at court last month. He was also made to pay £100 compensation.

Jericho Keys
Reporter, BBC Radio York

Filey has opened its very own bakery for dogs - or should that be bark-ery?

Mrs Bishop's Doggy Deli sells confectionery such as Cherry Bark-Wells, Doggy Donuts, Chocolate E-claws and Wuffins.

I've been helping to create special cakes for canine connoisseurs using carob - a chocolate substitute. Here's the result: