A masterplan to develop thousands of homes and office space on a large area of land behind York railway station has been approved.

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It includes proposals for 2,500 homes, 2000 parking spaces, 120,000 sq m of new office space and about 17 acres of parkland and public space.

The plan also includes a £15m project to redevelop the entrance to York railway station.

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If you're making a journey on the rails in Yorkshire today keep in mind Northern currently have an amended service in place.

All services across the county seem to be running to time at the moment.

For all the latest live updates from Yorkshire's main railway stations, 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

A civic reception will take place in Bradford this lunchtime to mark the 70th anniversary of the first Caribbean immigrants arriving in the UK.

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Almost 500 came to Britain on the ship Empire Windrush in 1948.

They were invited to help reconstruct post-war Britain.

With many of them coming to live in Yorkshire.

Sheffield City Council is looking to extend the existing injunction it has to stop people from taking direct action to prevent trees being cut down.

The current injunction expires on 25 July, and anyone breaking the order will be in contempt of court and could face a fine or even a prison sentence.

The dispute between the council and protesters surrounds a 25-year, £2.2bn contract between the council and Amey.

Amey is due to resurface all Sheffield's roads by 2020.

In doing so, it's tasked with maintaining roadside trees.

The council says only street trees that are diseased, damaging or dangerous are being removed.

But protesters say many are felled because their roots are simply in the way of resurfacing methods.

Two weeks ago two protesters received two month prison sentences, suspended for a year, for breaching the injunction.

How a World War Two soldier returned to England on the Windrush and was reunited with the love of his life.

Hampshire's Jimmy Adams hits an unbeaten 132 as they seize the initiative against Yorkshire on day two.

Bradford City sign left-back Connor Wood from Premier League side Leicester City for an undisclosed fee.

Fines will be introduced outside 20 Sheffield schools with the city's highest pollution levels.

Planting two million trees is part of plans for the second stage of a multi-million pound flood scheme.

Jordan Burling's mother told a court she tried to get him to see a GP on "numerous occasions".

The top stories from across Yorkshire so far today include:

• Dozens of adult and juvenile geese are found shot and dumped in a North Yorkshire river
• The mother of a Leeds teenager found in an emaciated state who later died said she "started to shut down" as her son's health deteriorated
• A Leeds man wanted by police after murdering a 12-year-old boy is caught in Colombia
• There have been calls for a reform of "archaic" Commons rules after a sick Bradford Labour MP had to enter the lobbies in a wheelchair to cast her vote
• Police name a man found dead in Barnsley as Dawid Szubert

If it's yours then West Yorkshire Police are taking it away. Prices start at £237,500 for this limited edition Bentley which produces 572 brake horse power, but if it hasn't got road tax then it's not legal.

A trust first formed in Victorian times to take responsibility for an iconic Bingley building has agreed to sell it to a developer, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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The Priestthorpe Annex was built in the 1880s as a training college for the town.

It is the responsibility of the trustees of the former Bingley Technical School, with Bradford Council being the main trustee.

In recent years, the building has fallen into disrepair, and councillors representing the trust have today agreed to its sale.

The sculpture has been designed by Turner Prize-winning artist Rachel Whiteread.

Wakefield Police are to, external help a major charity bring all the fun of the fair to Thornes Park this Saturday in a high profile family fun day to celebrate Eid.

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Officers are again supporting the district’s Penny Appeal charity as final plans are put in place for an "Eid Extravaganza" at Wakefield's Thornes Park.

The event follows on from last year's Community Iftaar, which was held as part of the "Great Get-Together" Jo Cox commemoration weekend and attracted more than 2,000 people.

England's David Willey says Yorkshire threatened to cancel his deal after he missed the start of the season to play in the IPL.

Anglers and commercial fishermen in Yorkshire are being warned about an invasive species of salmon in UK waters.

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The alert, from the Environment Agency, external, comes after a commercial angler caught one of the fish near the River Tyne earlier this month.

The pink salmon originates from the northern Pacific Ocean, but now there's now a warning about the dangers of the species to native fish.

If anyone catches a pink salmon, they're being asked to immediately get in touch with the Environment Agency.

Walkers found about 25 dead adult and juvenile geese in the River Ure in the Yorkshire Dales.

League One side Oxford United sign Sheffield United midfielder Samir Carruthers on a season-long loan.

Cathedrals tend to make the perfect spot for birds of prey, because their height allows for pretty good spotting of prey.

Look at this great shot, snapped earlier today, of a juvenile female peregrine perched at the top of York Minster's south west bell tower:

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The bird is one of four chicks living at the cathedral.

They're the second set to be born at the Minster to a pair of peregrines who took up residence a few years ago.

The four young birds were ringed earlier this month so they can be traced when they eventually leave the nest.