Police in York say they're dealing with an incident involving a pedestrian and car in York city centre.

It's not clear yet whether the pedestrian has ustained any injuries.

Plans for a new mental health hospital in York have been approved by councillors.

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The city has had no permanent in-patient beds since Bootham Park Hospital (pictured) closed suddenly in 2015.

The trust, which runs mental health services for York, Selby and Easingwold, wants to build a 72-bed hospital just off Haxby Road.

The number of people being prosecuted for fly-tipping in West Yorkshire is at a record low, despite the number of reported cases having risen over the past five years.

Leeds has one of the highest increases in the whole of England, while the number of cases in Bradford, Wakefield and Calderdale has also gone up.

Alison Ogden-Newton, the CEO of Keep Britain Tidy, says the threat of prosecution isn't working:

A man from South Yorkshire has planted more than 2,000 Christmas trees to mark the births of his grandchildren.

John Johnson, who lives in Bolsterstone, near Sheffield, started by planting 50 Norwegian Spruce trees when his first grandchild was born 12 years ago.

Since then, he's carried on the tradition for all four of his grandchildren by planting another 50 trees per child.

You might think 200 trees in your garden would be enough - but John says soon his hobby has, er, branched out!:

We mentioned earlier about black ice causing problems on the roads.

It's also causing plenty of issues for pedestrians across Yorkshire too:

Teenagers in Sheffield who are overweight have been speaking out about self-harming and depression after receiving support from an organisation which helps young people rebuild their self-esteem.

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One of those teenagers is Lilly Longley, who started cutting herself when she was just 13-years-old.

Now 16, Lilly says she started self-harming to try and relieve how low she was feeling because of her weight.

Her mum, Joanne, says she felt devastated and shocked when she discovered what her daughter was doing.

Together they gained support from a project in Sheffield called Shine, or Self Help Independence Nutrition and Exercise.

The organisation, based in the Manor Top area of the city, helps young peopled aged between 10 and 17-years-old to lose weight and increase their confidence and self-esteem.

Now, Lilly and Joanne are sharing their story to help other young people who may have similar feelings.

Sheep are causing problems - as they so often do - in North Yorkshire at the moment.

It gives a whole new meaning to that well-worn phrase about the "shear" volume of traffic:

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

A cold, frosty start to Thursday in Yorkshire, with the risk of ice on untreated surfaces.

Sunny spells are likely later, the best of which will be towards the coast.

Watch my full forecast here:

Up to 20 illegal schools are operating across the northeast of England, Yorkshire and the Humber region, the education watchdog Ofsted has revealed.

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The schools are not registered or following a national curriculum and, in some cases, are teaching intolerant views to children.

Inspectors have found literature in some which is misogynistic and homophobic, the watchdog said.

Ofsted regional director Cathy Kirby said she was "worried".

"It's not just about the learning materials, it's the condition of the premises, often where they're not really appropriate settings and accommodations to have children educated," she said.

However, it was not a "hugely widespread thing in the northeast for us to be concerned about", she added.

If you were planning to saunter around York's famous city walls this morning, it looks like you'll have to put off that ambling until the weather gets just a little warmer...

City of York Council says the walls are closed for the time being due to patches of ice.

They'll be checked again at 10:30 this morning.

A council has spent £2.35m on a hotel in Yorkshire 75 miles away from its Lincolnshire headquarters.

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West Lindsey District Council said the Travelodge, in Keighley, West Yorkshire, would generate extra income.

Critics said the authority should have consulted with residents on the deal, and looked to invest in its own area.

The authority, which has its headquarters in Gainsborough, said it wanted to protect local services and the hotel was bought with funds from its own internal borrowing.

Council leader Jeff Summers said: "It was obvious we either had to make serious cuts to services... or go into the commercial world and generate an income for the council."

You can almost hear the electricity meter spinning...

Have a look at what three weeks' work created in Bagby, near Thirsk, in North Yorkshire:

Renowned Classics scholar Mary Beard has backed a state school's efforts to raise £100,000 in a bid for it to continue teaching Latin and Classics.

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High Storrs School in Sheffield said running courses for the small classes is "no longer financially viable".

The crowd funding campaign has already raised more than £5,000.

Prof Beard, professor of Classics at Cambridge University, said: "I am right behind any efforts to keep classical subjects in schools."

High Storrs is thought to be the only state school in Sheffield still offering Classics and Latin as subjects, although class sizes are small.

Teacher Gina Johnson (pictured above with High Storrs students) said she launched the appeal after learning the school could not fund a GCSE Latin class due to start next September despite 16 pupils enrolling for the subject.

The funerals of two young brothers who were killed when a stolen car crashed in Leeds last month are due to take place later.

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Ellis and Elliott Thornton-Kimmitt, who were 12 and 14, were among five people who died when the Renault Clio hit a tree in Meanwood on 25 November.

Darnell Harte, who was 15, was also killed, along with Anthony Armour and Robbie Meerun, who were 24.

A 15-year-old boy has admitted five counts of causing death by dangerous driving and has been warned by a judge at Leeds Crown Court he faces being locked up for a long time.

Drivers in North and West Yorkshire are being warned by police about the condition of the roads this morning as black ice seems to be causing some problems. Take care out there...

A PE teacher who told a pupil he wanted to "unwrap her" and that he liked "naughty girls" has been struck off.

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Paul Cuthbertson, 37, taught at South Craven Academy Trust, in Cross Hills, North Yorkshire.

A misconduct hearing, external of the National College for Teaching and Leadership found he "fell significantly short" of expected professional standards.

He was accused of inappropriate contact with several pupils, as well as with a parent of a student.

The incidents happened between 2015 and the beginning of 2016, the hearing was told.

He was banned from teaching indefinitely and cannot apply for the order to be lifted until at least 2019.

BBC News Travel

If you're catching a train this morning, you'll be pleased to know everything seems to be running pretty much to time across Yorkshire at the moment.

However, the 07:23 service from York to Manchester Airport has been cancelled and the 07:43 York to Aberdeen service is currently running about six minutes late.

You can click on the links below to keep up-to-date with the live departure boards for:

• Leeds Railway Station, external
• Wakefield Westgate, external
• Bradford Interchange, external
• Bradford Forster Square, external
• York Railway Station, external
• Sheffield Station, external
• Doncaster Station, external

Officers form West Yorkshire's Road Policing Unit have tweeted this dramatic picture of the aftermath of an early morning pursuit on the streets of Leeds:

BBC Weather

Showers will be mainly confined to the Pennines and falling as snow on hills.

Remaining cold with brisk winds over hills.

Tonight, clear spells will allow a frost to form with risk of icy patches.

Scattered showers will be wintry over hills.

Dozens of trees planted in honour of fallen soldiers in Sheffield will be replaced because it would be too expensive to save them, the city's council has said.

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Campaigners have fought a long battle with the authority over the fate of the "living memorial" in Western Road.

At a public meeting last night, it was decided the 41 trees, planted in 1919, would be removed and replanted.

Campaigners said the £500,000 estimate to save the trees was a "joke".

The trees, planted in honour of local soldiers who died in World War One, are due to be cut down as part of Streets Ahead, a £2bn project which Sheffield Council says is to improve roads and footpaths.

About 5,500 trees have been cut down in the city since 2012.

The authority insists those earmarked for felling are either "dangerous, dead, diseased, dying, damaging or discriminatory".

However, campaigners claim many of the trees classed by the council as "damaging" or "discriminatory" are healthy specimens which should not be cut down.