Three New Look stores in Yorkshire could be at risk of closure, as the fashion retailer plans to close 60 stores across the UK.

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The Leeds branch in the Core shopping centre, Hull's Whitefriargate and Doncaster Mens store are at risk.

It's part of a rescue deal to help it avoid going into administration, which is being handled by Deloitte - about 980 staff face redundancy across the country.

The rescue plan still needs approval from creditors. New Look said it faced "a difficult trading environment".

Chairman Alistair McGeorge said the cuts were "tough but necessary".

Police say two cars have been stolen by thieves who used one car to smash their way through the glass frontage of a Doncaster showroom before making off with two other high-end vehicles.

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It happened in the early hours of this morning at The Motor Company in Bawtry.

The gang of four made off with a Black Mercedes CLC Coupe with registration number BP08 XSK and a white BMW three series, registration YS61 BXD.

Officers say extensive damage was caused to the car showroom in the incident and they want to speak to anyone who has any information about the raid.

Jonathan Cowap
Presenter, BBC Radio York

Earlier this week we took a journey through time to find out more about the societies and cultures which have left a mark on Yorkshire.

It's to tie in with a BBC Two series, Civilisations,

On Monday we went to Star Carr near Scarborough for the Mesolithic Period.

Today we're focussing on the Anglo Saxons.

I've been to the Yorkshire Museum in York to find out more about them from Dr Christopher Ferguson:

A new education watchdog report says Sheffield College requires improvement, external in several areas.

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Ofsted says more needs to be done to provide a consistently good teaching and learning experience for students across the College.

Ofsted inspectors assessed the College against eight criteria:

• Apprenticeship provision is good.
• Provision for students with high needs is good.
• Adult learning programmes require improvement.
• Courses for 16 to 19-year-olds require improvement.
• The effectiveness of leadership and management requires improvement.
• The quality of teaching, learning and assessment requires improvement.
• Personal development, behaviour and welfare require improvement.
• Outcomes for students requires improvement.

A Lib Dem peer raises concerns over "a worrying and escalating" use of officers at tree felling.

The second day of strikes is taking place at the University of Bradford today.

University staff have now joined members of the University College Union (UCU) working at other institutions, who have been striking for around two weeks over the funding formula for their pensions.

The strikes are expected to last until mid-March.

William Martin, a lecturer at the University of Bradford, said: "The employers are imposing a new funding formula which means the average person joining a university now will be £10,000-a-year worse off in retirement.

"We believe that the action is working, the pressure we are applying is beginning to have an effect. We want to be able to get back to doing what we love."

A woman who had her one-year-old child in her car has been the victim of a "terrifying" attempted car jacking in Batley.

Police have issued an e-fit picture of a man they want to speak to about it.

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She had stopped to let a van out of the Al Murad car park on Staincliffe Hall Road at at about 14:15 on 25 February, but as she stopped two men came over to her car.

The two men tried to open the passenger door and one of them pulled out a knife, they persisted in trying to open the door of the 28-year-old woman's red VW Golf.

But she managed to drive off and the men did not get in.

Just when we thought the snow was behind us, a new weather warning for Yorkshire will come into place in the early hours of tomorrow.

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The Met Office says sleet and snow is expected for upland areas, as well as some on lower ground.

It'll move in overnight, and then through Thursday morning, meaning potential transport issues.

It's a yellow warning, which comes into force just after midnight, and goes through until 11:00 tomorrow morning.

The dog fell ill and collapsed after eating pellets thrown over the site at Kirby Misperton.

One of Leeds' oldest buildings could be restored soon - Plans to refurbish it are going before city planners tomorrow.

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The First White Cloth Hall on Lower Kirkgate in the city dates from the 18th Century, but has has fallen into serious disrepair.

The building is Grade II listed and the council has been working with developers to protect it for almost 10 years.

Developers Rushbond Group are behind the plans which would see one of building's wings restored, a new covered courtyard with atrium and a new shopfront put in place.

Fire crews from Harrogate and Tadcaster have rescued a cow stuck in a slurry pit near Harrogate.

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A specialist animal rescue team from Ripon was also involved in the operation.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue say crews were called at 08:10 this morning and the animal was released shortly afterwards.

It's not known how it got stuck.

A company planning to drill for shale gas in North Yorkshire says it's allowing more equipment to be taken off its site.

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Third Energy says it's trying to help Kirby Misperton return to normality.

The company's already taken equipment off its site after the Government delayed making a final decision on whether fracking could go-ahead.

It's now removing even more, including the top-level of a noise barrier around the well.

It also intends to re-open a footpath which was closed while lorries moved in and out of the site.

Third Energy say it's doing this as a way of helping villagers see their lives return to normal and is calling for protesters camped outside the main entrance to follow its lead and also leave.

The chair of the organisation representing care home owners says income tax needs to be increased to fund a rise in pay for care workers.

Mike Padgham, from the UK Home Care Association, also runs a care home in Scarborough.

His comments come after it was revealed North Yorkshire County Council is struggling to fill hundreds of vacancies for carers in the county.

Mr Padgham says raising taxes is the only way to properly fund pay rises for care workers:

People travelling on a new motorway section of the A1 in North Yorkshire will once again be pointed towards one of its famous market towns.

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It marks the success of a campaign to get tourism signs pointing to Richmond replaced following upgrade work on the A1.

Rishi Sunak, the MP for Richmond, took up the issue after long-standing signs to "Richmond – Georgian Market Town" were removed from the Scotch Corner junction during the work.

Highways England initially refused to replace the signs, arguing they were not necessary and did not meet current regulations for brown tourism signs.

But Mr Sunak (pictured left) pressed the case, along with the leaders of North Yorkshire County Council and Richmondshire District Council, saying Richmond shouldn't be disadvantaged due to the upgrade.

Highways England has agreed to pay for the Scotch Corner signs, which also point to Swaledale and Wenseydale, after Mr Sunak argued the local community had suffered because of the year-long delay to the upgrade project.

Sheffield Wednesday boss Jos Luhukay admits his team is lacking belief and confidence.

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Fingers crossed the M1 near Wakefield is going to stay open now.

Highways England say the emergency repair work is down to a damaged bridge strut just after J39:

A total of 40 Sheffield-based jobs which were at risk due to the collapse of construction firm Carillion are to be transferred to train operator Northern's passenger operations.

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The jobs at Northern's Customer Experience Centre had been outsourced to Carillion but will now be brought back in-house.

The transfer will take place over the next few weeks following consultation with those affected.

Another 200 jobs have also been saved, with station maintenance and cleaning employees, who are responsible for Northern's 477 stations, also transferring to the train operator.

Don't panic if you see a lot of fire crews in Bradford today...

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service crews are performing a "large exercise" at an office block on Nelson Street.

They'll be using fake smoke and the service says there will be lots of fire engines there too.

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Scrub that... it's all stopped again:

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Traffic has been released on the M1 after emergency repairs to a bridge northbound just after J39.

There's now start/stop traffic for about eight miles, however, so we can expect delays for at least the next two hours, according to Highways England.