Four men remain in custody after counter-terror police raids in Sheffield and Chesterfield.

Gina Bolton
BBC Radio Sheffield

The RMT Union (Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers) has announced a number of strikes over Christmas and the New Year that will hit CrossCountry train services.

The dates are: Saturday, 23 December, Sunday, 24 December, Wednesday, 27 December and Sunday, 31 December. There are no CrossCountry services operating on Christmas Day or Boxing Day.

The company has created a map, external showing how services will run during strike action.

The action by the RMT is part of a dispute over rostering and Sunday working.

Kevin Larkin
Political reporter, BBC Radio Sheffield

The Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has written to the four local councils in South Yorkshire suggesting a compromise on the differences over devolution.

At the moment councils in Sheffield and Rotherham want a South Yorkshire deal from the government, with Barnsley and Doncaster keen on a Yorkshire-wide option.

I've seen the letter:

A man has filled a supermarket trolley in York and made of with it without paying.

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Police say the man went into Morrisons on Foss Islands Road in the city filled a trolley with groceries and left the store without paying.

Officers want to speak to the man shown in the CCTV in connection with the incident.

Anyone who can help identify the man is asked to contact police.

A dentistry student who wanted to become a suicide bomber for so-called Islamic State has been jailed for 10 years for terror offences.

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Undergraduate Mohammed Awan, 24, from Huddersfield, was found guilty at Sheffield Crown Court last week of preparing for terrorist acts and possessing material likely to be useful to a terrorist.

Judge Paul Watson QC jailed Awan for 10 years and ordered him to serve three years extended licence on his release.

The defendant's brother, Rizwan Awan, travelled with his wife Sophie from Manchester Airport to Istanbul, Turkey, on 17 May 2015 to join Islamic State and blew himself up in Iraq in 2016.

Andy Kershaw
BBC Radio Sheffield News

A special festive feast has been put on today for people who might be spending Christmas alone.

It's been staged at the Niagra Sports Ground in Hillsborough.

Gloria Stewart has been organising the Home Alone Christmas Lunch for the last eleven years.

She came up with the idea after meeting a woman in hospital and hearing how she was to spend Christmas on her own.

A Harrogate couple are said to be "devastated" after it emerged their son was one of the people killed in a fire at a luxury hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond.

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Richard Dyson was a guest at the five-star Cameron House Hotel when the flames took hold on Monday morning.

More than 70 firefighters tackled the blaze, but Richard, and another guest, journalist Simon Midgley, lost their lives.

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John Payne, of Hope Church in Harrogate, says in a social media post that Richard's parents, Roger and Val, are devastated. They've asked members of the church to pray for them.

At its height, 14 fire appliances and more than 70 firefighters were tackling the blaze.

Large slabs of Yorkshire stone have been stolen from the paths and walls of St. Oswald's church in Methley, West Yorkshire.

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A member of the parish posted these pictures on social media showing the large sections of pathway which have been removed by thieves. Coping stones from the churchyard wall have also been taken.

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In addition, large amounts of rubble have been dumped in the church grounds, some of it on graves.

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The church says the stones are marked with crosses, and anyone learning of similar materials being offered for sale is asked to contact police.

A 25-year-old woman missing from York since 15:00 yesterday has been "found safe"

North Yorkshire Police confirmed in the last few minutes that Suzanne Greening was found in the West Midlands.

Kate Linderholm
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

The BBC's Malik Walton has posted this image as anti-terrorism officers continue their search effort in Sheffield.

Raids on a number of properties were staged yesterday; officers say they were responding to a potential attack over the festive period.

Four people have been arrested.

Scammers in a part of Leeds have been using a new technique to apply for fraudulent loans.

West Yorkshire Police say fraudsters have been stealing people's post from houses in the Swarcliffe area and using the information to apply for money from banks.

During the last two weeks they have included applications for bank loans and credit cards.

They say if anybody has any information they should call 101.

Mick Lunney
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

This is the winning design in a competition to come up with the official South Yorkshire Police Christmas card.

It's an arresting sight, no?

Two people will appear in court in connection with two "towers" which were erected in the middle of a road outside a fracking test site in North Yorkshire.

The makeshift structures were built in the middle of Habton Road, near Kirby Misperton, during protests on Monday, 30 October.

A 56-year-old man has been charged with causing a danger to road users and a 39-year-old woman has been charged with causing a danger to road users and obstructing a police officer in the execution of their duty.

Both will appear at York Magistrates Court tomorrow.

Hopefully there won't be too many trips to the pharmacy required over Christmas (best to stock up on indigestion relief early).

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Worth making a note of the opening hours of your local branch, though, just in case.

Here's a handy list of all opening times of pharmacies, external in Yorkshire for the key dates during the Christmas period.

Police have issued these CCTV pictures after three masked men tried to break into a business in Huddersfield.

Officers say the a distinctive Audi A4 Avant estate was used by the would-be robbers at Gold International on Thornton Lodge Road yesterday.

The men tried and failed to break in and then sped off erratically down Manchester Road.

West Yorkshire Police say the car was weaving in and out of traffic.

If you saw it, you are asked to call them on 101.

Duncan Kennedy
BBC South of England Correspondent

An angler from Doncaster is raising money to take a fishery to court.

It comes after it displayed a sign forbidding Polish and Eastern Bloc fishermen from using it.

Rado Papiewski, who is originally from Poland, has crowd-funded £5,000 to pay for a private prosecution and have the sign in Oxford removed.

Here's my report:

Tougher sentences are being brought in for people who cause danger by misusing laser pens.

Last year there were 40 incidents of planes being targeted at Leeds Bradford Airport, despite warnings that shining the devices directly at people can cause blindness.

Under a new bill, the rules are being widened to include other forms of transport and penalties will be increased to five years in prison and unlimited fines.

Lasers are categorised by strength, ranging from Class 1 lasers - including those used to play CDs - to Class 4 devices - which can be strong enough to cut metal and to medically treat eyes.

However, the strength of laser pens can vary widely.

Laser pens should have a maximum of one milliwatt power output when sold to the public - one thousandth of a watt -according to Public Health England guidelines, external.

Andy Kershaw
BBC Radio Sheffield News

These images are of the aftermath of a raid by officers from the North East Counter Terrorism Unit in the Burngreave area of Sheffield.

It was part of a series of such raids, external in the city yesterday, along with one at a property in Chesterfield.

Police say it was an operation targeting a suspected terrorism plot for an attack over the festive period.

Plans to double the number of passenger trains between Harrogate and York are being pushed ahead by North Yorkshire County Council.

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The Council says it will enable the current one train an hour to be increased to two by 2020.

This would mean at least 30 trains a day in each direction, Monday to Saturday, and 20 in each direction on Sundays.

The council says it's already committed £2.9m to the £12.5m project and that it has agreed to prepare a funding bid for the remaining £9.5m.

Nick Wilson
BBC Radio Sheffield

Now that Barnsley Football Club has new owners, it's forecast that they'll have a role in nurturing international talent.

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They've been taken over by a consortium that includes Billy Beane, the baseball boss featured in the film and book Moneyball.

It's being anticipated that young players from Nice will spend time time earning their stripes at Oakwell before returning to France.

This is because of Chien Lee, who is now the majority investor in both clubs.

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