Police, fire service and ambulance crews are at the scene near J50 near Baldersby.

Police want to speak to this man after a 16-year-old boy was raped in Doncaster.

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It happened on Town Fields at about 14:00 on 10 May, the boy managed to run off towards Elmfield Park and didn't report what had happened until 13 May.

Officers also want to talk to a passer-by who came to the boy's aid after the attack in Elmfield Park.

She is described as being between 18 or 19 years old, with ginger hair, blue eyes, glasses and facial piercings.

Ernest Carr spent more than 25 years selling Royal British Legion poppies at a Leeds supermarket.

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The last remaining lorries have been turned around following this morning's fatal crash on the A1(M).

The northbound carriageway remains closed at J49 to J51.

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder and assistant Alan Knill sign 12-month contract extensions with the club.

Wakefield Trinity centre Joe Arundel has been ruled out for at least 12 weeks after having ankle surgery.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his wife, who was originally from Leeds.

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Pharmacist Jessica Patel, 34, was found dead at her home in the Avenue, Middlesbrough on 14 May.

Mitesh Patel, 36, entered no plea when he appeared at Teesside Crown Court, and was remanded in custody to return to the court on 3 September.

Mrs Patel, who worked with her husband at the Roman Road Pharmacy in the town, had suffered serious injuries, police said.

A film has been shot in Sheffield on the site of the former ski village which burnt down six years ago.

The film called 'Gamble' features some of the best downhill mountain bikers in the world showing off their incredible talent. It includes dramatic footage of Sheffield rider Steve Peat cycling down Parkwood Springs including on the old ski village!

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Plans to create a new site for gypsies and travellers on a green belt field in a Barnsley village have been rejected by planners, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

The decision came after more than 100 objections from people living in the area.

The proposed site was a field at Little Houghton and it was rejected because councillors were told it conflicts with a government directive forbidding such developments being built on greenbelt.

Cllr Pauline Markham told a meeting the proposed site was "not fit for purpose and is in the green belt."

Two men have been arrested after an armed robbery at a shop in Leeds this morning.

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It happened just before 07:40 at Armley Convenience Store on Town Street in Armley.

Two masked men - one armed with a baseball bat - went into the shop and threatened staff.

Allegedly a man who was working in the shop was struck repeatedly and had to go to hospital, he has since been had treatment and allowed home.

The masked men stole the till and left on bicycles.

Two men, aged 20 and 24, have been arrested in connection with the robbery and are speaking to police.

Leeds forwards Nathaniel Peteru and Jamie Jones-Buchanan suffer injury blows, a day after Kallum Watkins is ruled out for the season.

A man has died after a crash between two lorries on the A1(M) this morning.

It happened at J50 near Baldersby at 07:00 this morning between an articulated lorry and a car transporter.

Both were travelling northbound, the driver of the articulated lorry died at the scene.

Thousands of travellers were stuck in queues in the aftermath of the crash, some are still waiting to be turned around.

The carriageway remains closed.

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Zef Eisenberg has set two new speed records this weekend.

He took the "Green Monster" Hayabusa bike straight from Pendine Sands - where he achieved a British record last week - to Elvington in Yorkshire.

He achieved a speed of 216.5mph - a new British record for a supercharged 1650cc motorbike.

The previous record was 205mph.

Image source, Zef Eisenberg

The Guernsey businessman then took out the MADMAX quad bike, setting a new British record of 108.5mph.

Image source, Zef Eisenberg

And there he is in "superman position" on his quad bike.

Terrifying.

An 11-year-old boy has been left with a serious leg injury after he was hit by a car this morning in Leeds.

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It happened at about 08:10 the A653 Dewsbury Road in Beeston.

Police say they're looking for witnesses to come forward after he collided with a black Audi A3 sport.

The car stopped at the scene, and the victim was taken to hospital with a serious leg injury.

Castleford produce their most complete display of the season to dismantle Leeds and move into the Super League top four.

Farooq Rashid pleads guilty after being arrested by counter-terrorism police in October 2016.

Jurors were told the alleged victim had lied to further the far-right group's anti-Islamic campaign.

Highways England have announced more work to install safety barriers along motorways and other main routes around the region over the next year.

Ongoing work on these barriers on the M621 in Leeds and the A64 is due to be finished in the summer.

Further schemes include another stretch of the M621 and the M180 between Thorne and Epworth.

Magid Magid has been causing a stir since being elected as Lord Mayor of Sheffield at the age of 28, the youngest person to hold the office.

A man has been charged with child abduction after an incident at a Doncaster park.

Zain Shahid, 31, of Solihull, West Midlands, appeared at Doncaster Magistrates’ Court yesterday (Monday 21 May) charged with child abduction.

At around 18:30 on Saturday (19 May), officers were called to Sandall Park off Thorne Road to reports that a man had tried to abduct a three-year-old boy.

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An investigation was immediately launched and Mr Shahid was arrested later the same day.

He was remanded into custody to reappear at Sheffield Crown Court on 18 June.