Virtual reality gaming is being used to help burns victims deal with the pain.

Researchers from Sheffield Hallam University are using virtual reality headsets to help treat burns victims.

In the first trial of its kind in the UK patients who wore a headset to immerse themselves in a virtual basketball game said they felt less pain when having bandages changed.

Megan Moxon, 19, said it took her mind off the "excruciating pain".

The trial, led by Sheffield Hallam University, involved some patients being treated on the burns unit at the city's Northern General Hospital.

A campaign's under way across North Yorkshire to cut back on the thousands of tonnes of food thrown away each year.

The county council wants to recruit more volunteers known as "rotters."

One of their jobs is encouraging people to compost waste food.

The council's also trying to cut the amount of edible food that's thrown away, by promoting the Love Food Hate Waste campaign, which helped inspire a pay-what-you-feel café in Tang Hall in York.

The first of a new fleet of trains which rail operators say will improve journey times for passengers arrive in Yorkshire next month.

The trains, which were built in Spain, are currently being tested in the Czech Republic and will come in to service later this year.

Transpennine Express says the trains will have more carriages and reduce journey times between Leeds and Manchester.

The trains will replace the out-dated Pacers which were first built in the 1980s and intended for short-term use.

Lloyds banking group, which also owns the Halifax, has announced it's closing more branches across Yorkshire.

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The latest closures including the Halifax Branch on Davygate in York and Lloyds in West Yorkshire's Sowerby Bridge (pictured).

It was announced in December last year that Lloyds branches in Ripon and Pocklington were to close.

Nationally 49 branches are shutting with the loss of more than 300 jobs.

Rugby league minnows York City Knights have promised "a day to remember" when they face Catalans Dragons in the Challenge Cup.

A pregnant ewe and her two unborn lambs have been killed in a dog attack sparking a police warning for owners to keep their pets on a lead.

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Two lurcher dogs attacked the animals when they entered a field in Catterton, near Tadcaster, on Saturday evening.

Insp Jon Grainge, of North Yorkshire Police, warned dog owners to keep pets "under control when they make their way through sheep fields".

"Quite apart from the impact on their livelihoods, it is absolutely devastating for farmers to come across the bodies of sheep who have been attacked and then left to suffer a slow and painful death."

Officers have appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

BBC Weather

There'll be large amounts of cloud this morning, but it'll stay largely dry with some brightness at times.

Cloud will disperse this afternoon leaving behind some long spells of warm sunshine.

BBC News Travel

Train services from Yorkshire's main railway stations seem to be running pretty smoothly so far this morning.

You can check the latest information on your journey from National Rail Inquiries right here:

• York, external
• Leeds, external
• Sheffield, external
• Doncaster, external
• Wakefield, external
• Bradford Interchange, external
• Bradford Forster Square, external

Groups of men say they are turned away from bars because of their gender. Is it fair - or legal?

Patients in Sheffield said playing a virtual reality game helped them cope with excruciating pain.

Guiseley's relegation from the National League is confirmed after a 1-0 home defeat to Barrow.

Rotherham United move closer to a League One play-off place with a 1-0 win at Gillingham.

Bradford dent Portsmouth's League One play-off hopes with only their second win in 16 matches.

Relegated Bury pick up their first League One points since March in a brilliantly unpredictable 3-3 draw at Doncaster.

North Yorkshire Police are warning dog owners to keep pets on a lead while out walking in fields.

Huddersfield's veteran playmaker Danny Brough is banned for three matches and fined £500 for verbally abusing a touch-judge.

Yorkshire's headlines today include:

• Rapist who fled to Germany after Bradford attack jailed

• University criticised after 'racist incident'
• 'Life-saving' nearest defibrillator app for Yorkshire
• Yorkshire not using its reusable water bottles, poll finds
• Fixing an engine to your bike is 'dangerous' say police

Updates on breaking news will continue throughout the night.

Miroslav Cicak, attacked a sex worker at knifepoint in April 2014.

Rubbish collections in Rotherham face a shake-up after the council cabinet approved a range of changes including the introduction of a charge for green waste collections and smaller bins for general waste collections.

From October, those who want garden clippings removed will have to pay with a charge of £39 to cover the first 18 months of the service with future charges to be decided later.

In addition to the green waste charge, the council is also introducing kerbside plastic collections as a response to demand from the public. That means the size of the general waste bins will be reduced, from 240 litres to 180 litres.

According to the Local Democracy Reporter Service, details have still to be worked out on exactly what types of plastics will be collected when kerbside collections begin, because some types are not suitable for recycling.