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Latest news, sport, weather and travel updates from across Yorkshire on Friday 15 December 2017.

A massively over-budget project to allow trams to run on train tracks is criticised by MPs.

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:

1. Fatal Leeds crash: Brothers' funerals held
2. Sheffield Council votes against saving memorial trees
3. Green Hammerton plan for 3,000 new homes approved
4. Seven-car crash on Leeds street due to ice
5. Polar bears enjoy a special birthday treat

See you tomorrow

Yesterday we told you about A police officer who goes into schools who was handed a knuckleduster a teacher had confiscated.

Today an arm of the West Yorkshire force who go into schools regularly revealed that they have been also handed knives:

Image source, West Yorkshire Police

A tweet from West Yorkshire Police's Youth Intervention Team says so far this term in Kirklees they've been handed a long kitchen knife and a hunting knife.

They say the items were all found on school grounds or confiscated from pupils.

A 16-year-old girl from Leeds has been missing since Monday.

BBC Yorkshire has obtained a new picture of her.

Do you know where she is?

Image source, Facebook

Tyler Burton, 16, from Horsforth, was last seen on Monday.

Det Insp Fiona Gaffney says: "We are concerned for Tyler’s welfare and need to find her and check that she is okay.

"We are carrying out extensive enquiries to trace her and we would like to hear from anyone with any information that could assist in tracing her."

More armed police officers have been dispatched to patrol shopping hotspots across the region during the run up to Christmas.

Image source, South Yorkshire Police

Highly trained officers with firearms will patrol areas to offer "some visible reassurance" to shoppers.

The UK terror threat level currently remains at severe, meaning an attack is highly likely.

However ACC David Hartley, from South Yorkshire Police, says the rise in armed officers on patrol is not in response to a specific threat.

He said: “We don’t want the sight of armed officers to alarm anyone in our communities and sadly, following the terrorist atrocities elsewhere in the UK this year, we are becoming more accustomed to seeing our armed colleagues in crowded places and on routine patrols.

"It’s been said before, but if anyone is intimidated or has concerns about the sight of our armed officers – please go up and talk to them. They are friendly and approachable, and happy to explain a bit about their role."

Bradford Telegraph and Argus

At roughly the size of a car keyfob, the Zanco Tiny T1 certainly lives up to its name., external

Image source, Bradford Telegraph and Argus

BBC News Travel

If you get the bus in York, looks like you might be late for tea:

Rob Rose
BBC Yorkshire Live

If you're a regular on the buses around Sheffield you might end up sitting next to Father Christmas himself next week.

Image source, Stagecoach Sheffield

Saint Nicholas, also known as Santa Claus, will take a break from his reindeer sleigh and instead hop on the bus from 18 December to spread his festive cheer around the city.

I wonder whether he's got his free bus pass? He is 1,747 years-old after all.

A man has been left with a broken jaw after an unprovoked attack in Huddersfield town centre at the weekend.

Image source, Google

It happened on Cross Church Street in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The 23-year-old man was walking with a friend when he was punched in the face, leaving him with a broken jaw requiring hospital treatment.

Police say they're looking for a white man, around 19-20-years-old, 5ft 10ins, of slim build and with mousey brown hair.

Polar Bears.

Birthday.

Video.

Enjoy.

It's been revealed that Sheffield City Council spent £60,000 on trips to China and legal costs in bids to secure investment plans.

Image source, DAVE PICKERSGILL/GEOGRAPH

One of the plans included the transformation of the city's central library into a five star hotel - a scheme which has now collapsed.

Sheffield City Council has confirmed that over 18 months officials have made multiple trips to China.

A spokesperson for the council said: "All costs have been kept to a minimum and wherever possible we have used non council funds to pay for any necessary visits."

The council also added that they had secured an investor who is committed to investing significant amounts of money into the city and is not linked to just one project.

There's another cold night in prospect tonight with temperatures dropping to near freezing.

Leeds City Council say they're going to be gritting at least three times through the night:

A convicted sex offender has been found guilty of attempting to sexually assault an 11-year-old girl at a pantomime.

Image source, Steve Partridge/Geograph

Malcolm Naylor, 70, from Bradford, sat next to the girl during Peter Pan at Bradford Alhambra Theatre on 24 January, the city's crown court heard.

He escaped through an emergency exit when the girl alerted a relative and an usher, jurors were told.

A judge adjourned sentencing for a risk assessment of the danger Naylor poses.

Stephen Wood, prosecuting, said Naylor, an Oxford University chemistry graduate, had gone to the pantomime alone.

Naylor, of Rushton Road, Bradford, had denied the charge. He will be sentenced on 26 January.

Plans to build a new 3,000-home village in countryside between York and Harrogate have been approved.

Campaigners said Harrogate council's decision to build the development near Green Hammerton would be "utterly devastating" for surrounding villages.

It is part of the authority's plan to provide affordable housing and build up to 14,000 homes by 2035.

Alternative sites at Flaxby and Cattal were considered, but Green Hammerton was chosen as the preferred location.

This was the scene on a Bradford road this morning:

Image source, Ryan Sparks

Ned Lane in the Holme Wood area was so icy that one car crashed into a wall, one flipped over and one crashed and caught fire.

Luckily there were no serious injuries.

Image source, Ryan Sparks

On Twitter, Ryan Sparks posted these pictures and said: "Called @bradfordmdc, external again on Friday to discuss ‘gritting’ after a serious accident.

"Told our road 'isn’t a priority route'. How about now? Road now blocked in both directions. Cars stranded, burnt out and upside down! An utter shambles..."

Following an accident last week Bradford Council said they "will always assist emergency services but no request was submitted for this road until after the accident on Friday."

Concerns are growing over the welfare of a man from Sheffield who's not been seen for three days.

Image source, South Yorkshire Police

John Walton, 61, was reported missing from Salisbury on Monday where he had recently been staying.

Mr Walton is described as having short grey hair, a clean shaven face and is of an average build.

Officers believe he may have travelled to the Weston-on-the-Green area of Oxford, but now believe he could have travelled elsewhere in the UK.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is being asked to contact police.

Whitby's famous Magpie café has reopened today after a devastating fire.

Image source, Marshal Hamilton

Fire crews spent six hours fighting the blaze when it broke out in May.

The Magpie's takeaway section reopened two months later, but the restaurant has remained closed until today.

The building is said to date back to 1750 when it was a Merchants House. It was used as a shipping office and by whaling crews before being converted into a cafe in 1939.

The famed restaurant has been reviewed by food critics and chefs, including Jay Rayner and Rick Stein.

One lane of the M62 near Wakefield has been closed eastbound between junctions J31(Normanton) and J30 (Rothwell) due to emergency roadside drain works.

Congestion is starting to build in the run up to rush hour:

Image source, Highways England