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Leeds United have announced they have signed striker Patrick Bamford from Middlesborough.
Image source, Leeds UnitedThe 24-year-old has signed a four-year contract at Elland Road.
He will wear the Number 9 shirt and becomes the Whites' fifth summer signing.
Police say the victim had his wallet stolen after being pushed in to a canal near Mexborough.
Read MoreWorkers on Sheffield's supertram will strike for eight days in August, it's been announced.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Unite union said it had been trying to meet bosses at Stagecoach, the company which runs the tram network, over the pay dispute.
The union says it's calling for "constructive pay talks" with the company over a 26p-an-hour pay increase offer.
Strike days are 18, 20, 22, 28 and 30 August, as well as on 1 September and a 48-hour strike on 24 August.
Stagecoach said in a statement: "We are disappointed that further strike action is planned and that our customers may be inconvenienced again by the actions of the union. We have provided a strong pay offer."
Quote MessageThe bosses are playing hardball and it is the commuting public that will suffer travel misery as a result."
Steve Clark, Unite
There will be a further eight days of strikes on Sheffield's supertram, it's been announced.
More to follow...
A Hull man's been charged with two counts of assaulting a police officer.
Image source, GoogleRobert Jameson, 32, of Far Bell Place in Hull, is due to appear before magistrates later over an incident on Kyffin Avenue on Monday.
He's also been charged with five counts of breaching a curfew in Hull.
Staff at a sea life centre in North Yorkshire are celebrating the birth of their first female penguin chicks in five years.
Image source, Sea Life ScarboroughWilma (above) who hatched in April, was hand-reared by staff at Sea Life Scarborough and has recently been followed by two more arrivals.
The two new chicks, called Fred and Betty (below), are the first for penguin couple known as Kev and Princess Leia.
Staff at the centre say the pair have successfully reared them without the aquarium’s animal care team needing to intervene.
Image source, Sea Life ScarboroughThe Humboldt penguin comes from Chile and Peru, but native populations have struggled in recent years, causing the species to be classified as endangered.
Sea Life Scarborough joined a European Breeding Programme in 2006 to preserve the species in captivity.
Leeds United sign Middlesbrough striker Patrick Bamford in a deal worth up to £10m.
Read MoreThe British Chess Championships , externalare in Hull for the first time this week.
Image source, Chris BirdThe events taking place at City Hall every afternoon this week until the final on Sunday morning.
A "living chess" game using City of Culture volunteers and BBC Radio Humberside's David Burns as pieces will be played in Queen Victoria Square tomorrow morning from 11:00.
The Bradford-born actor Bernard Hepton, whose television career spanned more than 40 years, has died at the age of 92.
He was best known for his roles in the 1970s shows Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Secret Army and Colditz.
He began his career when he was a firewatcher in Bradford during World War Two and his boss gave him some plays to read to stop him getting bored.
One of his last TV roles was in the BBC's adaptation of the Jane Austin classic Emma, which aired in 1996.
Police are trying to find a 15-year-old girl who left her home in Bradford last week wearing slippers.
Image source, West Yorkshire PoliceMary Vunana was last seen in the BD5 area of the city on Friday 27 July.
She's described as being of medium build and about 5ft 3ins tall with short red hair.
She was last seen wearing black jeans, a white t-shirt, socks and slippers.
Police are appealing for information.
A police officer who abused his position to send sexual messages to a 14-year-old girl in a children's home has been sacked by a disciplinary panel, external.
Image source, Yorkshire Evening PostOwners of small businesses in Leeds aren't aware of the city's Clean Air Zone, which is due to be introduced in by 2020 - an oversight a new survey suggests could cost them thousands.
Image source, Getty ImagesLeeds, along with Derby, Nottingham, Southampton and Birmingham, will create charging zones for polluting vehicles.
Research commissioned by the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association has found that 38% of small and medium businesses in the UK which use vehicles are unaware the zones may involve charges.
Daily charges will be as much as £100 for lorries and £12.50 for taxis and vans.
Being a referee in any sport is a tough job - but what about being a pioneer?
Julia Lee became the first woman to referee men’s Rugby League in the 1990s, taking charge here and in Australia.. but since then no other woman in the UK has followed her..
Julia's story has now been made into a Play - called "REF"
Sportshour's Jade Lauriston went along to Hull in the north of England for the opening night.
Photo: Julia Lee (Varley Picture Agency)
Sheffield United sign defender John Egan from Brentford on a four-year deal for a club-record transfer fee.
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BBC Entertainment and Arts
Sheffield's Jarvis Cocker is set to rummage through other people's knick-knacks in a special episode of the BBC's Bargain Hunt.
The Pulp frontman will be pitted against Happy Mondays star Bez in a one-off episode of the show, which sees amateur buyers trying to sell antiques for a profit.
The programme will air in September to mark the fourth annual BBC Music Day.
An investigation by the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme has found that women in England are illegally taking abortion pills at home after buying them over the internet.
Image source, Getty ImagesScotland and Wales allow women to use the pills at home but in England they must be taken at a hospital or clinic.
Some dislike the rule because the effects can start within 30 minutes while they're travelling.
The Labour MP for Hull North, Diana Johnson, is one of 50 MPs who wrote to the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, about this issue when he recently took up the role.
She said the rules need to change in England too to allow the tablets to be taken at home.
Ms Johnson says: "This is something that's already happening in Scotland and Wales and English women are not being afforded the same dignity, the same woman-centred healthcare that we all want to see for these women and we want him to do something about it.
Quote MessageI'm hopeful. I raised it with him personally at the health select committee where he appeared before us just last week and, I think, he understands this is an issue he needs to address."
Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North
BBC News Travel
One lane's currently closed due to a broken down vehicle on the A63 Westbound from M62 J38 (North Cave) to M62 J37 (Howden).
Traffic is coping well.
The Dirar family fled war-torn Darfur and spent four years at a refugee camp before moving to Hull.
Read MoreThe site for Doncaster's new University Technical College (UTC) has been announced today.
Image source, Doncaster CouncilIt will be located on the site of the former Council House in the town's Civic and Cultural Quarter.
The go-ahead for the UTC was given last month after a couple of years of delays, with the opening date planned for September 2020.
The UTC will give up to 750 students, aged 13 to 18, the opportunity to learn science, technology, engineering and maths.
A 21-year-old Bradford man has been jailed for 32 months for a string of burglaries and handling stolen goods., external
Image source, Bradford Telegraph and Argus
