David Collings, who was left unable to move after a stroke, is cycling two hours a day on a special bike.

The agriculturally-inspired Grade Up to Elite Cow is among more than 1,000 games collected at Leeds museum.

An academy trust which operates schools in Leeds, Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent is hoping to recruit teachers in Northern Ireland in a bid to help tackle a shortage of staff in England.

The Co-op Academies Trust, which operates 12 schools, says there are more newly qualified teachers than jobs in Northern Ireland.

The trust currently has more than 10,000 students and employs more than 1,000 teachers and support staff - with those numbers set to quadruple by 2022, according to the Co-op.

Richard Wood scores twice as Rotherham beat Shrewsbury after extra-time in the League One play-off final at Wembley.

Police say they are concerned about a woman who's disappeared from her home in North Yorkshire.

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Elizabeth Hobson has gone missing from Humanby, near Filey.

Officers are appealing for sightings of the 70-year-old.

Anyone with information about her whereabouts is being asked to contact North Yorkshire Police.

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The funeral of boxer Scott Westgarth, who died in February at Doncaster Dome after winning a 10-round light heavyweight bout, will take place in Sheffield later today, external.

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A 15-year-old boy has died after being knocked down by a car in Sheffield at the weekend.

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It happened just before 20:00 on Saturday on the A61 Penistone Road in Hillsborough, near McDonalds.

The boy suffered life-threatening injuries as a result of the collision and died in hospital on Sunday.

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Plans to transform Britain's rail network and increase connectivity in the north are due to be published today.

A report by transport think-tank Greengauge 21, external focuses on places which it says risk being "left behind" by current plans for the HS2 high speed rail link.

The Beyond HS2 report suggests it would be possible to add Hull and Doncaster to the high-speed cross-country service from the north east and Yorkshire, southwards to Birmingham, Bristol/Cardiff and beyond.

Report author Jim Steer believes that improving connectivity between northern cities will have significant economic benefits:

A man from Sheffield who has Locked-In Syndrome, external is defying his condition to raise money for charity.

David Collings, 60, who had a stroke in 2016, is fully aware of his surroundings and what's going on but has extensive paralysis.

Before his stroke, he completed various fundraising challenges for Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice and is now challenging himself again using a specially powered bike.

A 19-year-old was arrested on suspicion of theft and driving while unfit through drink.

A major scheme aiming to combat the threat of another devastating flood in York is to be considered.

The idea is to slow the flow of the River Foss after heavy rain by creating huge flood storage areas upstream from the city.

It's in a bid to prevent devastating floods like those of December 2015 ever happening again.

About 850,000 cubic metres, the equivalent of 340 Olympic-sized swimming pools, could be slowed and held back by lagoons.

Andrew Waller, City of York Council's executive member for the environment, says the aim is to look at the way the whole of the Foss flows, rather than just focusing on the stretch through York:

The return of Rotherham United to Championship football will bring major financial benefits, according to the club's chairman.

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The Millers beat Shrewsury 2-1 in the play-off final at Wembley at the weekend.

To mark their achievement, the team's open-top bus celebration will leave the New York Stadium today at 18:00 to head for All Saints Square and on to Rotherham Town Hall for a civic reception.

Is this a theatre I see before me?

The answer, of course, is yes as construction work begins on the "pop-up" Shakespearean Rose Theatre in York.

The 13-sided theatre is being built in the car park of York Castle, opposite the landmark 13th Century Clifford's Tower.

The design is inspired by the London Rose Playhouse which was built in 1587.

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When finished, the theatre will have have seating for 600 people on balconies around an open-air courtyard and standing space for a further 350 spectators.

A company of actors will perform four plays - Richard III, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream - over a 10-week period starting on 25 June.

And, as Mr Shakespeare said in Richard III, let's hope it'll provide a "glorious summer" for the son(s) of York - and the daughters too!

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The proportion of Barnsley children needing to have teeth removed due to decay is now more than three times the national average, external despite dental health generally improving in the borough.

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A cloudy start to the day but some sunny spells this afternoon.

Watch my full forecast here:

Hundreds of thousands of pounds is being spent installing, maintaining and removing average speed cameras on the A64 in North Yorkshire, according to figures seen by the BBC.

The cameras, which enforce a 40mph speed limit in roadworks, have been in place since February and are part of a project to replace 11 miles of central reservation barriers between Bramham and York.

The figures, from Highways England, reveal the cost of putting the cameras in, maintaining them and then removing them when the roadworks are complete amounts to £300,000.

Highways England says the reduced speed limit allows two lanes of the A64 to remain open in each direction while the barrier work takes place.

The scheme is expected to be completed by the middle of the summer.

A senior police officer in Sheffield says the city still feels safe despite several recent fatal stabbings.

Ch Supt Stuart Barton says police officers in Sheffield are working hard with schools to underline the dangers of carrying knives.

He adds that the bank holiday weekend's extension of stop and search powers in the Lowedges area, the scene of a fatal stabbing last week, has ended for the time being.

However, he adds that it could be reintroduced:

The teenager was stabbed in Sheffield on Thursday evening, South Yorkshire Police said.

A double-decker bus serving the North York Moors has been crowned the "most scenic" bus route in Britain.

The 840 Coastliner runs from Leeds to the coastal town of Whitby.

But it's the part of its journey which crosses the moorland from Pickering via Goathland and Sleights which has earned the prize.

You can see why by climbing aboard right here:

Police in North Yorkshire are describing it as "the most unusual job of the night"...

This golf buggy was reported being "driven" through a drive-through fast food outlet in Catterick at about 03:45 this morning:

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We're not sure if the officers involved are joking when they say: "Pre-emptive box utilised to avoid a high-speed pursuit"...

The driver, who's 19, has been arrested on suspicion of theft and driving while unfit due to drink.

As they put it: "A few interesting questions for him to answer in interview when sober."

Whatever, he's likely to be feeling a little "below par" this morning...