Jericho Keys
Reporter, BBC Radio York

I've been out to the site in Scarborough, a short distance from where the famous Holbeck Hall Hotel fell into the North Sea nearly 25 years ago, where some large cracks have appeared.

The weather is being blamed for the fractures which have appeared on a cliff-top path leading to the town's Clock cafe (pictured below) on the South Cliff. A wall has also partially collapsed.

The footpath's been cordoned off while consultants assess the damage.

Image source, Clock Cafe

Scarborough Council says the path might have to remain closed for six months.

Professor Rob Duck - an expert in coastal erosion - says the harsh winter has had a serious impact on the stability of the cliff.

Three Yorkshire councils are in talks over a bus service which could be axed, cutting vital links for villages south of York.

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City of York Council, East Riding County Council and North Yorkshire County Council say they are looking for ways to save the number 18 bus service, which runs from Market Weighton through Holme upon Spalding Moor and Wheldrake into York.

East Yorkshire Motor Services says it needs to cut the service because it is costing more to run than it's making in fares.

The firm is planning to reroute its number 46 service through Holme upon Spalding Moor, Market Weighton, Pocklington and York, but the councils are looking for another solution for the smaller villages.

A meeting's due to be held in Bubwith later over the future of the route.

BBC Look North's Big 50 Sofa Challenge team are now in Horsforth and they got a great reception from a local primary school.

Presenting trio Harry, Amy and Paul are dragging their famous red sofa across Yorkshire in aid of Sport Relief.

Harry's knee appears to be holding up, no doubt inspired by this lot:

An 18-year-old man has been left with serious injuries after being stabbed in Sheffield.

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The incident happened at about 17:25 on Clough Road.

Officers say the victim remains in hospital in a stable condition.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact police.

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The A64 has reopened after an earlier crash.

A woman has been airlifted to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries.

A flight from Leeds Bradford Airport had to land soon after take-off this morning because of a "minor fault".

Jet2 says the aircraft (similar to the one pictured above), which was Geneva-bound, landed safely and customers are being transferred onto another plane.

A man who went missing while on a night out in York in 2015 could have been sighted in Cornwall, it's being reported.

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North Yorkshire Police initially thought Rory Johnson-Hatfield had fallen in the River Ouse in November 2015, but his parents disagree.

Now, a member of the 29-year-old's family believes they saw him in Fowey, near St Austell, and there have been other possible sightings at Watergate Bay and Porth.

Rory's father, Doug, who's staying in Newquay, said: "We'd never had any leads or sightings in the two years and four months since Rory's been missing, so it was important we checked this one out.

"He's never been to Cornwall, as far as I know. It's a good place to get away to - it's small, it's remote, it's beautiful, and the people down here are wonderful. But it is a place where you possibly escape and start a new life," he added.

One person has had to be cut out of a car after a four-vehicle pile-up on the A64 near York this morning.

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The crash happened just after 10:00 and involved a blue VW van, a white Renault van, a black BMW car and a blue Mazda car.

The road is still closed in both directions so the air ambulance could land and diversions have been put in place.

All casualties are "breathing and conscious", according to North Yorkshire Police.

The Big 50 Sofa Challenge team are making good progress today: they've already been to Kirkstall Abbey after leaving Headingley earlier this morning:

We've not heard that Harry's encountering any problems similar to yesterday, but there are still plenty of miles to go and hills to climb yet for the BBC Look North trio.

Don't forget, the challenge is all in aid of Sport Relief, here's how you can donate:

Police are searching for a man who robbed a 62-year-old woman's handbag in Doncaster last week.

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It happened at about 11:00 on Wednesday 14 March when a man approached the woman on Beckett Road, in Wheatley Park, and grabbed her handbag.

This caused the woman to fall to the floor and she sustained minor injuries.

Police describe the man as white and he was wearing a green/grey hooded jacket.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact police.

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The A64 near York has been closed in both directions near the Highwayman Cafe because of a car crash.

The Air Ambulance has been called to the scene, according to North Yorkshire Police.

Delays are building in the area.

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The headline says it all, really...

Watch out if you're in Castleford just now:

Lucy Ashton
Local Democracy Reporter

Tackling sugar, junk food and obesity is the focus of a new campaign in Sheffield.

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Sheffield City Council says it wants to "resist" sponsorship from junk food companies and where possible prevent adverts that promote unhealthy food appearing near schools.

The campaign comes as £70,000 is cut off of the council's health budget. The council says because of the cuts, the focus will be on early intervention with children, families and communities.

Councillors hope it will reduce diet-related ill health such as obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and tooth decay.

A campaign has been launched to raise money to repair one of the main footpaths up the highest peak in the Yorkshire Dales.

Image source, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

A group of walking enthusiasts gathered to publicise the campaign on Whernside, the highest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks. The other two are Ingleborough and Pen-y-ghent.

A steep, remote part of the path up Whernside, known as Bruntscar, has become severely eroded, with an estimated 100,000 people using it every year.

The campaign aims to raise £46,000 needed to create a new 200m section of stone path.

Carey Davis, from the British Mountaineering Council said: “The increasing number of visitors to the Three Peaks is a good thing, but the impacts have to be managed.

"You can end up with scars as wide as a motorway.

A petition against the possible closure of the minor injuries unit at Hallamshire Hospital and Broad Lane walk-In centre in Sheffield will be presented to NHS officials later.

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The Primary Care Commissioning Committee will meet later today to discuss the results of the consultation into its urgent care review.

If the services are closed they could be moved to the Northern General Hospital.

Campaigners argue any closures would hit vulnerable people in the city centre.

An inspection found more than 90% of cells held more men than they were designed to.

BBC Look North presenters, Harry, Amy and Paul will be pulling their famous red sofa across Yorkshire for Sport Relief.

Today they're in the Leeds area, having just started off from Headingley.

Next stop is Horsforth at 11:30

Then:

• Rawdon 13:00
• Yeadon 13:45
• Guiseley 15:00
• Otley 18:30

They are a bit late setting off though, so the above times may be slightly later.

Bankers and lawyers from Yorkshire will be asked their views on Brexit later as an influential group of MPs visits Leeds.

The Commons Brexit committee, led by Leeds MP Hilary Benn, is touring the country.

The team is asking people from different professions what leaving the EU will mean for them.

A York band is trying to get back home after becoming stranded in the US.

Image source, Bull

The band, Bull, (pictured above on their Texas roadside sofa) was set to perform at the music festival SXSW in Texas, as part of a trip gigging across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

Image source, Bull

They bought a yellow school bus as both their transport and living accommodation for the trip.

But when they got to Texas, the bus broke down.

They've now set up an online funding campaign to try to make it back to York and meet their musical commitments on the way.

The police watchdog has published a report on South Yorkshire Police this morning, in which it says the force's effort to protect vulnerable people "requires improvement".

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The report, by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Service has rated the force as "good" at preventing crime, tackling anti-social behavior and tackling serious and organised crime.

Dr Alan Billings, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner, said: "It is very encouraging for South Yorkshire Police and further evidence that the police are moving in the right direction under the new leadership.

"The report does, however, speak of the need to do more for vulnerable people and that is one of the three priorities in my Police and Crime Plan. I shall, therefore, be paying particular attention to that in the coming year."