Fewer of us are buying our weekly National Lottery tickets, it seems...

The number of people playing the Lottery fell by more than 10% last year, while the amount spent on it per household also dropped by a sixth.

An inquiry has been launched to counter the decline in National Lottery income.

Sheffield's Richard Caborn, the former Sports Minister, says people need to be reminded of the good work the National Lottery does:

Bradford City defender Matthew Kilgallon says they are going through "a hard time" after their 2-0 defeat by Rotherham.

Hundreds of parents in York are being warned about "explicit and inappropriate material" which has been sent to some schoolchildren in the city on social media.

It's led to schools sending a letter out warning parents and carers to check their children's mobiles have the maximum security settings.

Police say numerous incidents have been reported and are now investigating.

Helen Westerman, Campaigns Manager for the North of England NSPCC, says the moment children start to use technology parents should begin monitoring:

The driver of this car in Leeds has been arrested after police say they injured a cyclist and didn't have insurance:

Image source, West Yorkshire Police

The driver hit the cyclist and drove off, leaving the rider with injuries, according to police.

Officers caught up with them later and then discovered they didn't have insurance.

The driver is now due to go to court and their car has been seized, police say.

Jenny Cork
BBC Local Live, Sheffield

A public consultation on changes to bin collections, external in Rotherham is coming to an end, with the last day for you to give your views being Friday.

Image source, Rotherham Council

If plans go through, waste collection in Rotherham will look like this:

• Week one: General waste
• Week two: Cans and bottles
• Week three: General waste
• Week four: Cardboard and paper

So, there'll be a recycling collection every two weeks - but of different items - and a charge to the collection of green waste.

The plans have proved controversial, with Liberal Democrats in Rotherham launching a campaign to "Save the Bins".

Watch more on the proposals here:

The men were stopped as they transported almost £30,000 worth of the drug from Bradford to Aberdeen.

Yorkshire Post

Ministers must finally commit to "big, transformative" transport projects in the North instead of disputing claims about the decades of underfunding for infrastructure in the region, a leading think-tank said today, external.

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Unemployment in Yorkshire and the Humber region has gone up.

Figures for September to November show a rise of 6,000 in the region.

The total number of people out of work across Yorkshire and the Humber region is 134,000.

Nationally, unemployment fell by 3,000 to 1.4 million.

Figures just released also show that pay grew slightly faster in that time.

It's hoped an Oscar-nominated film which was shot in North Yorkshire,will bring more people to the region this summer.

A number of scenes in Phantom Thread, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, were filmed in the Robin Hood's Bay area.

It's been nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor.

The Victoria Hotel was one of the locations used in the film.

Its manager Beverley Rutherford says the attention to detail included ripping out the windows:

There's been an accident on the M18 southbound, at J2 for A1.

Two lanes closed M18 southbound at J2 A1(M), because of an accident involving three cars and debris on the road. Traffic is coping well. Here's the latest form Highways:

BBC Weather

The weather's been causing problems across Yorkshire this morning. There are very wet and windy conditions across the region today.

Flood warnings have been issued for York, external and there's a yellow warning of rain for the Pennines.

Health bosses in a part of North Yorkshire say they're facing a deficit of more than £5m.

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The Scarborough and Ryedale Clinical commissioning group meets this morning to discuss ways of tackling their debt.

They're going to set out plans to break even by the start of 2022.

York's flood protection barrier has been closed as river levels in the city rise in response to recent rainfall and melting snow.

Flood warnings have been issued by the Environment Agency, external for the River Ouse in York, Naburn Lock near York, the River Swale at Kirby Wiske and River Ure at Roecliffe Caravan Park.

The York Rescue Boat tweeted information about York's Foss Barrier coming down.

BBC Radio Sheffield

Gul Nawaz Hussain has many hats. He's a barrister who has dealt with some of the county's most serious crimes and has chambers in both Sheffield and London.

He also presents Eastern Air on BBC Radio Sheffield from 18:00 on Sundays. Oh, and he used to be a Thai boxer!

On top of all that, he's one of Yorkshire's few QCs.

Read more about Gul, here, external.

Six hundred candles are to be set out in the form of the Star of David in York Minster later, to remember more than six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War Two.

Image source, York Minster

The candles will be lit during the course of the evening.

It's part of a week-long series of events in York and across the UK to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Saturday.

The congregation at tonight's evensong will be invited to light candles, which will be added to the Star of David throughout the evening, until all 600 candles are lit.

Owain Wyn Evans
Weather presenter, BBC Look North

Very windy and wet today.

Here's my full forecast:

A police investigation is continuing this morning in Scarborough, after a man was found with stab wounds there yesterday.

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The 28-year-old was discovered on Valley Road at 11:15 and was taken to hospital.

Three men aged 20, 26, and 31 have been arrested.

Officers ask anyone with information to contact them on 101.

Doncaster MP, Ed Miliband, is to join a new commission looking into the future of social housing in Britain.

The former Labour leader is joining the project, run by the homeless charity Shelter, which wants to address concerns highlighted following the Grenfell Tower fire.

New research suggests almost half of families in social housing feel their concerns are ignored.

It's claimed almost half of children in parts of Bradford are growing up in poverty.

New figures show the Bradford West and East constituencies are among the top ten worst areas for child poverty in the country. Leeds Central is not far behind.

The research comes from the End Child Poverty Coalition.

Gareth Thompson from the Bradford-based charity, Christians Against Poverty, says he's inundated with appeals from those needing help: