Lee Evans scores a superb double as Sheffield United boost their play-off hopes with victory over 10-man Middlesbrough.

The Craven Heifer became a national phenomenon in the 1800s when people would pay to see her.

Yorkshire's top stories today include:

• West Yorkshire 'paedophile hunters' help convict 'over 20' sex crime offenders
• Wakefield cyclist 'gutted' over admin error which excluded her from race
• Coxswain at Scarborough Lifeboat 'has been stood down'
• Woman dies in Barnsley concrete mixer lorry crash
• Final protesters to leave North Yorkshire fracking site

Updates on breaking news will continue throughout the night.

A galvanised steel sculpture of the Craven Heifer has been unveiled today, to celebrate the 160th Great Yorkshire Show this summer.

Image source, Great Yorkshire Show Charlotte Graham

The Craven Heifer became a national phenomenon in the 1800s when people would pay to see her on her way to Smithfield Market, London.

She remains the largest heifer ever shown in England and lived in the same era as the first Great Yorkshire Show.

Show organisers, the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, commissioned renowned Whitby-based sculptor Emma Stothard to create a sculpture of her to launch this year's show.

You can see how it was made in the film below.

Weighing more than half a tonne and standing at 6 ft tall, the sculpture has travelled from the Craven Heifer’s birthplace at the Bolton Abbey Estate to Fulford, York.

She'll continue to tour to various venues across North, South and West Yorkshire until 10 June.

The show itself takes place between 10-12 July.

Leeds Trinity University's new chancellor has been speaking about her role for the first time.

Image source, Leeds Trinity University

Earlier today it was announced that Yorkshire-born playwright and former Coronation Street actor Deborah McAndrew was to take up the role.

She said said: “It’s a great honour and a very personal pleasure to be invited to be Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University.

"I was educated through the Catholic schools of Leeds and I have remained close to my roots."

Forensic examiners have finally been allowed inside a hotel in Scotland which was badly damaged in a fire four months ago killing a man from Wetherby.

Richard Dyson, 38 (pictured below left), was on holiday with his partner Simon Midgley and died in the fire at the Cameron House hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond, near Balloch.

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More than 200 guests were made to leave the building after the alarm was raised about 06:40 on 19 December last year.

But experts were only granted access to the 18th Century building last week after it was deemed safe.

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that following extensive structural work, scene examiners have now been able to access Cameron House hotel.

"A full forensic examination is ongoing and the investigation continues to establish details surrounding this incident.

Police say they want to send this man back to prison after he broke the terms of his release - they say he could be in Keighley

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David Bland was released in January after serving part of his sentence.

However the 29-year-old broke the terms of his licence and now officers want to find him so he can be put back in prison.

Act Det Insp Mark Pronger from West Yorkshire Police said: “We have conducted numerous inquiries to locate Bland, who we believe is residing somewhere in the Keighley area.

On this day in 1633, a man with East Yorkshire routes is thought to have been the first person in the country to sell bananas.

Listen to David Lewis talk about the UK's first banana entrepeneur, Thomas Johnson.

A police investigation into the financial running of a collapsed academy chain has found that no crimes were committed.

Wakefield City Academies Trust (WCAT) announced in September last year it was giving up its 21 schools because it could not rapidly improve them.

A police spokesperson said: "No crimes have been recorded." and a WCAT spokesperson said: "We are pleased to hear the police inquiry has ended."

The trust ran 14 primary and seven secondary establishments across West, South and East Yorkshire, providing education to about 8,500 children.

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after an attack in Bradford in the early hours of the morning.

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The assault happened at Woodcross Court at about 01:20 following a report of a "disturbance".

The man in his 30s was found with facial injuries and was taken to hospital.

Two men aged 44 and 51 have been arrested on suspicion of assault and are in custody.

Researchers from the University of Sheffield have found that studying the way honey bees act in a colony could increase the understanding of the basic mechanisms of human behaviour.

The team viewed the colony as a single superorganism giving a coordinated response to external stimuli - and found it obeyed the same basic rules as the human brain.

The study concluded that the way bees communicate with each other and make a decision on where to build a nest is comparable to the way the human brain's neurons interact with each other.

The research will enable scientists to study the principles that govern how superorganisms work and apply those to better understand the human brain.

Heavy rain has caused flooding on some roads in North Yorkshire.

They include stretches of the A64 near York and the A165 on the North Yorkshire Coast.

Image source, Environment Agency

The Environment Agency's issued a flood warning at Bishop Monkton where the level of the beck's continuing to rise.

The heavy downpours have led to standing water on many routes...the A64 between York and Tadcaster is down to one lane on the the eastbound carriageway.

On the coast, the main street in Cayton's been closed because of flooding, while the A165's partially-blocked by the standing water at Lebberstone.

And in Harrogate, the Pump Room Museum had to close for the day because of an overflowing sewer outside the building although that has now been brought under control.

Image source, Harrogate Borough Council

Dozens of people in Rotherham have taken to Twitter and Facebook to describe hearing unusual loud noises from the Templeborough area of the town.

Twitter user David Watson said it sounded like "a jumbo was trying to land on the roof at work."

Another Twitter user Jeff Owen wrote: "Does anyone know what the noise is coming from the Templeborough side of Rotherham.

"It sounds damned scary."

Well, you can see below what was responsible - the new biomass plant at Templeborough.

We've asked Templeborough Biomass for their comments.

Tom Clark was dismissed following an "unauthorised" training exercise, the RNLI says.

The rulings are issued after concerns were raised with police about three teenage girls.

Police in York say they're concerned for a homeless man who hasn't been seen for four days.

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Officers say Martyn Kirby (pictured) frequents York city centre,

They say his disappearance is out of character and are "keen to know where he is to make sure he is okay."

Anyone who sees him is asked to contact North Yorkshire Police.

Twelve year old Amelia Thompson from Dronfield Woodhouse, near Sheffield, is to be part of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding at Windsor Castle on 19 May.

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Amelia was among the crowds at the Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena on 22 May last year when a bomb went off in the foyer of the venue.

Twenty-two people died in the attack by suicide bomber, Salman Abedi.

Amelia suffered trauma and damaged vocal cords from screaming after the terror attack..

She's one of 1200 members of the public nominated by the nine regional Lord Lieutenant offices to be allowed into the grounds of Windsor Castle to share in the atmosphere of the Royal Wedding.

Now she has decided to give her other ticket to grandmother Sharon Goodman - her 15-year-old granddaughter Olivia Campbell-Hardy died in the attack.

Amelia said she had no idea her mother had nominated her: "I was speechless, I could not respond I was so excited,

"I can't get my head around it. I'm so excited to go."

The coxswain at Scarborough Lifeboat Station has been permanently stood down after unprofessional conduct.

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Tom Clark has served on the lifeboat since 1984 and became coxswain in 2002.

A spokesman for the RNLI said: "The RNLI was made aware of an unauthorised all weather lifeboat training exercise led by the coxswain.

"It is not acceptable to take out the lifeboat under these circumstances, without proper permissions, and subsequent evidence during the investigation contributed to the decision to stand him down."

The RNLI has also confirmed the inshore and all weather lifeboats at Scarborough will remain on service and it continues to work with the volunteer crew.

Wakefield City Academies Trust announced last year it was giving up its 21 schools in Yorkshire.

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India's Cheteshwar Pujara has returned to play county cricket for Yorkshire ahead of this summer's Test series against England.

The right-hander, who has had previous spells with Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, speaks to the BBC Asian Network about playing alongside England Test captain Joe Root: