Two men in York have been arrested on suspicion of stealing parking meters last night.

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At about 21:15 a van crashed into a parking meter on Wigginton Road, people got out and loaded it into the van.

A short time after that it happened again at Carlisle Street car park, at this point the police arrived and chased the men.

Police arrested a 19-year-old man of no fixed address and a 22-year-old man from Doncaster. They remain in police custody.

After ten years playing home games in Bridlington, almost 20 miles away, Scarborough Athletic have a new, permanent pitch.

Flamingo Land Stadium is sold out for tomorrow's friendly between the Sea Dogs and Sheffield United.

Long-time fan, Jamie Daniel, says its a high point in the club's sometimes chequered history:

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Buses will replace some scheduled trams from today.

Sheffield's Supertram have announced that they're making temporary changes to the purple route from today due to "reduced tram availability".

On weekdays the first two trams of the morning will operate as normal, across the full route before being replaced by a more frequent bus replacement service between Herdings Park and Gleadless Townend.

Trams will then run again along the entire route just after 19:30.

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On Saturdays the purple route will operate trams until 09:26 along the whole line, then buses will run between Herdings Park and Gleadless Townend until just before 19:00.

The purple route will run in its entirety on Sundays as normal.

The boss of the Yorkshire Dales National Park has said the funding they receive from government is "pathetic."

David Butterworth is responsible for the day to day running of the Park.

Speaking to Jonathan Cowap on BBC Radio York he compared the amount they receive to funding just announced to upgrade some roundabouts on York's outer ring-road:

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BBC Radio Sheffield Political Reporter

Former Sheffield MP, David Blunkett has received an honorary degree from the University of Huddersfield 40 years after he attended the institution.

He graduated from what was then called the Polytechnic of Huddersfield in 1973 with a certificate of education.

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Today he returned to campus to receive his award for services to government and education.

He was MP for Hillsborough and Brightside between 1987 and 2015 and spent eight years in cabinet beginning as the Secretary of State for Education and Employment in Tony Blair's Labour government after the 1997 general election.

Here he is on stage, talking to the audience after receiving his prize:

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He spoke to the University of Huddersfield about the day:

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A man dressed in little more than his underpants was rescued from a first storey window ledge after he locked himself out of his flat., external

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Cladding on a seven storey block of flats in Bradford has failed fire safety tests.

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Landmark House, which is privately owned, has 91 apartments as well as shops on the ground floor.

The tests were carried out following the devastating Grenfell tower fire in London.

A meeting with people who live in the city centre block is likely to take place next week.

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It's been announced that Hollywood A-lister Russell Crowe will perform at Leeds' City Varieties Hall this September.

He said: "I have a deep connection and love of Yorkshire, I just wanted to play somewhere that would be in that area."

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So why does the New Zealand-born Crowe love Yorkshire so much?

• As well as being a box office super star, he's also an avid Leeds United supporter, nearly buying the club in 2015.
• He loves a good old fashioned 'cuppa', with Yorkshire Tea being a favourite.
• In 2008, he helped organise a rugby league game between Leeds Rhinos and the South Sydney Rabbitohs for Australia Day.

He had me at Yorkshire Tea.

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BBC Radio Sheffield

A project which uses exercise to help Rotherham people manage long-term health conditions has been short-listed for a national award.

The scheme, led by Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, is called the Active for Health and has helped over 800 people to live a more active lifestyle during the first 18 months of its existence.

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It's been named as finalist in the Association for Public Service Excellence awards in the Best Health and Wellbeing Initiative category.

A woman was attacked with a metal pole when a man tried to take her handbag in Huddersfield.

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It happened on Wednesday morning on Standiforth Road in Dalton.

The 40-year-old woman was walking along the street when the came up to her and grabbed her handbag. She resisted him and tried to run off.

As she tried to get away the man, who police think was aged in his late teens and was wearing grey tracksuit top and navy tracksuit bottoms, hit her on the leg with the pole.

The man ran off, and didn't manage to get her handbag.

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BBC Radio Sheffield Political Reporter

Sheffield city centre could be set to become a 20mph zone.

The city council want to put the speed limit in place to make it a nicer place to visit and to help regeneration.

If successful, these are the routes that will be changed:

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Would you be in favour of the speed limit being reduce? Here's what some people in Sheffield think:

Jack Scott is responsible for transport at Sheffield Council and explained why the proposal has been suggested:

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Olympic champions Jack Laugher, from Yorkshire, and Chris Mears are looking to complete their set of major diving titles with World Championship gold this weekend.

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The British pair won gold in the synchronised 3m springboard at Rio 2016 last year and are also the European and Commonwealth champions.

Their best Worlds result came two years ago, when they finished third in Kazan.

"It would be sensational and really amazing to add to the titles we already have," Laugher, 22, told BBC Sport.

Bradford council and four of the city's large cab companies are in dispute.

It's after fines were introduced for drivers of cars who failed council safety checks.

The council says it's found two of every five cars are still failing their checks - with many vehicles having defects.

But the drivers say the council is letting them down.

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The White and Red rose do battle tonight at Old Trafford as Yorkshire take on Lancashire in the T20 blast.

A win for the Vikings could see them top the North Group depending on how results go elsewhere across the country.

Adam Lyth and Peter Handscomb are ready to put on a show in front of a sell-out crowd:

Once play begins you can listen to ball-by-ball commentary of the match here.

The man in charge of transport in York says spending £32m upgrading parts of the city's outer ring road will be money well spent.

Senior councillors have approved the five-year project to improve seven roundabouts between Wetherby Road and Monks Cross.

The road will be widened to three lanes approaching each roundabout and widened to two lanes leaving them.

Critics say the money should go towards dualling that stretch of road, but Councillor Ian Gillies, who called the road a "big car park," says they can't afford to sit still:

Happy birthday to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

The open air gallery at West Bretton is 40-years-old.

Here's a brief peak at some of its latest pieces:

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BBC Radio Sheffield

There are some big sporting events happening across the UK over the next few days with stars from across Yorkshire taking part.

Sheffield's Joe Root leads the England cricket team at Trent Bridge in the second test against South Africa.

Oliver Rowland makes his Silverstone debut on Sunday behind the wheel of his Formula 2 car in one of the support races at the British Grand Prix:

Doncaster's Jo Butterfiled is representing her country at in the World Para Athletics Championships at the Olympic Stadium in London along with Hannah Cockroft and Kadeena Cox:

And on Saturday, Sheffield boxer Kid Galahad returns to the ring this for a world title eliminator fight:

Best of luck to all of you and make sure the "Yorkshire" chant rings loud and proud.

The Hollywood A-lister, Russell Crowe is coming to the UK to play two gigs...and one of them is in West Yorkshire!

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The Oscar winning actor's latest musical project goes by the name "Indoor Garden Party".

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Fifteen per cent of adults in Yorkshire and the Humber have don't have a reading age of an 11-year-old.

To help combat this a new centre is opening in Doncaster today, aiming to teach people with dyslexia and other learning difficulties some of the skills needed to get into the job market.

The Cascade Foundation has won awards for its work inside jails to educate and transform the lives of offenders.

Jackie Hewitt Main is behind the project:

One of the people who has been supported by Jackie is Dale Easter, he spent more than half his life in prison and couldn't read or write until he was almost 40:

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A man has been charged with modern day slavery offences after two Vietnamese teenage girls went missing from York.

The girls were last seen near York Minster on Sunday afternoon at about 12:30.

The man has been charged with two counts of modern slavery and is due to appear in court later.

North Yorkshire Police said he was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday morning as part of an ongoing investigation.