It looks like the end of the days of doing 30mph on a motorway may almost be in sight:

Police are still trying to piece together what happened to a car which crashed on the M18 near Sheffield leaving two men with serious injuries.

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It happened on Saturday at about 15:10 when a silver Vauxhall Vivaro was heading along the M18 link road, to join the M1 north.

Officers say they need to speak to any witnesses who saw it then hit the barrier and come to a stop in the second lane.

The driver of the car, a 40-year-old man, and his passenger, a 27-year-old man, were badly hurt but have since left hospital.

Carbon monoxide detectors are to be used by midwives in Wakefield in a bid to cut the number of women who smoke during pregnancy, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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Figures suggest that 18.1% of mums-to-be in the district light up while carrying their unborn babies.

Across the Mid Yorkshire NHS Hospitals Trust area, the figure is 20% - a rate which was described as "alarming" by a trust director last week.

The detectors will be used to screen pregnant women for signs of smoking and their introduction follows the success of a trial programme in the north east.

There's been a drop in the number of people out of work in the Yorkshire and Humber region.

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Latest figures show unemployment in the region fell by 9,000 between January and March to a total of 126,000.

Nationally, unemployment is down by 46,000 to 1.24 million.

A scheme to improve the language skills of some of the most disadvantaged children in Scarborough has been so successful it's being rolled out across the town.

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Education bosses were concerned NHS referrals for children unable to speak when they started school were taking too long.

So a speech therapist has been delivering sessions in five schools and by next year 25 schools will have a therapist on site.

It's using a pot of government funding aimed at increasing ambitions and achievements on the coast.

Jenny Eells
Reporter, BBC Radio Sheffield

A row's broken out in Sheffield over whether an ice cream vendor should be allowed to park outside a school and sell his cones and cans of pop to pupils.

Paul Grayson is applying to renew his licence to sell from ice cream van outside Birley Primary Academy school.

But the head teacher and some parents say his van is increasing congestion and putting pupils' safety at risk - claims Mr Grayson denies.

One parent's letter of objection says the school's healthy eating principles are compromised if Mr Grayson is allowed to sell items at the school gates which are not allowed in school.

Mr Grayson claims he's the subject of a vendetta and he "can't afford" to lose the £300-£400 he makes from pupils at the school every day.

The council's licensing committee is due to make a decision on the licence later.

Abbie Dewhurst
Weather Presenter, BBC Look North

Today will be a dry and generally fine day.

There'll be some good spells of warm sunshine and just a light or gentle breeze.

Watch my forecast here:

The government's promising to do all it can to find a solution to the cash crisis affecting Hull College Group.

The organisation, which runs colleges in Hull, Goole and Harrogate, has started a restructuring plan to deal with a £10m deficit which could see the loss of about 230 jobs.

Education Minister Anne Milton promised the government was working closely with Hull College to find a "sustainable solution".

Her comment comes after Emma Hardy, Labour MP for Hull West and Hessle, told the Commons that staff needed to know what was going on.

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More on the crash on the A168 between Thirsk and the A1(M).

Traffic is building very quickly and stretches back almost to the A19 currently:

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Police say they have just reopened on lane, but recovery services are still on the way.

There have been no serious injuries, however.

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If you're travelling around the Greengates area of Bradford this morning, the A658 Harrogate Road has been partially blocked because of an accident.

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It's affecting both directions, with Bradford-bound traffic experiencing about two miles of queues from Yeadon all the way to the Greengates crossroads near Sainsbury's.

Avoid if you can...

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There's been a crash on the A168 southbound this morning, which is a main route towards the A1(M) in North Yorkshire.

Use the A61 if you can as traffic is building up quickly:

The cold weather earlier in the year meant that city bosses in York overspent their budget by £200,000, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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The city council spent £581,000 on winter maintenance - including road gritting - in 2017-18, almost 50% over its £400,000 budget.

Council officials have confirmed their teams gritted roads in the city 108 times, on top of treating footpaths 27 times and cycle paths another five times - adding up to the £181,000 overspend.

However, they say the authority has a £258,000 "winter maintenance reserve" fund set aside specifically to help cover winter costs.

Some good news this morning:

Courtney Renwick, the missing 16-year-old from Leeds, has been found safe and well.

West Yorkshire Police say they want to thank people for sharing their earlier appeal.

The debate on safe-standing areas at football matches comes to Leeds today.

Standing is not allowed in English football's top two divisions following the Hillsborough disaster in Sheffield which claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool fans.

But clubs like Celtic in Scotland already have safe-standing areas. Here's how they work:

Leeds United has backed the campaign for these areas and the Safe Standing Roadshow is due to come to Elland Road later.

However, some groups have expressed concerns over safe-standing areas and last month the government said there were no plans to change the all-seater policy.

Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys look likely to land their sixth number one album as their new record is currently outselling the rest of the top 20 combined.

According to the Official Charts Company, the band's new album, Tranquility Base Hotel And Casino, has accumulated 66,000 combined chart sales since it was released on Friday.

However, the release has received mixed reviews.

Rolling Stone gave it two stars, external calling it a "weird lounge music detour".

But The Independent, in a four-star review,, external said the band had landed on "something creative, intriguing and completely different".

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One to watch out for this morning if you're on the move in north Bradford:

If you're not sure where they mean, it's here:

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Today will be a dry and generally fine day with some good spells of warm sunshine.

There will be just a light or gentle breeze:

An inquest is expected to be opened later into the death of the serial killer Dennis Nilsen, who was being held in a Yorkshire prison.

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Nilsen, who was 72, died in Full Sutton jail, near York, on Saturday night.

The hearing will follow a post-mortem examination which is expected to be held this morning.

Nilsen, one of Britain's most notorious killers, was jailed in 1983 and was serving life after being convicted of six murders.

Two men from Doncaster who modified antique guns to fire hollow point bullets have each been jailed for 14 years.

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Anthony McIntyre (left) and Shaun Michael May (right) admitted modifying and distributing the guns which had been altered to fire "dum dum" bullets.

One of the guns had been used in a shooting in Doncaster 2016.

At Sheffield Crown Court, Judge Slater said they were "key facilitators" and referred to "increasingly prevalent" firearms crime in South Yorkshire.

McIntyre, aged 57, of Main Street, Hatfield, admitted conspiracy to manufacture and transfer prohibited weapons.

May, aged 33, of Castle Well, Conisbrough admitted possessing prohibited weapons and conspiracy to transfer prohibited weapons.

Rail services from Yorkshire's main stations are generally running on time at the moment.

However, the 06:47 Wakefield Westgate to London St Pancras International via Nottingham service is currently reported as delayed by eight minutes.

For all the latest updates from National Rail Enquiries, click on the links below:

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